Technology

Activists have taken to TikTok and other platforms to fight a restrictive new abortion law in Texas.

National

TikTok Activists Are Flooding A Texas Abortion Reporting Site With Spam

4:44pm September 03, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

A new law in Texas makes it illegal to have an abortion after six weeks, as well as to help anyone have an abortion. Activists are spamming a website set up to report people for violating the law.

A person scans a QR Code on an Apple Watch to send a digital driver's license temporarily to another mobile phone last month in Salt Lake City. Utah is among eight states that eventually will let users add a license or state ID to Apple Wallet.

Driver's Licenses Will Soon Be Coming To The iPhone And Apple Watch In These 8 States

6:25pm September 02, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

Arizona and Georgia will be the first two states to introduce the new feature, which will allow users to add a license or state ID to their Apple devices.

House Select Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., right, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., listen during the panel's first hearing last month. The committee has asked 35 social media and communication companies to preserve records associated with

Politics & Government

House Panel Investigating The Capitol Attack Orders 35 Companies To Preserve Records

8:08pm August 30, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

The Democratic-led committee is targeting the communication records of individuals who've been charged with crimes related to the attack, and those who participated in a rally preceding the riot.

Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos, speaks at the Fortune Global Forum in San Francisco.

National

Elizabeth Holmes Plans To Accuse Ex-Boyfriend Of Abuse At Theranos Fraud Trial

11:20am August 28, 2021

by Bobby Allyn

Newly released documents reveal how the founder of the biomedical startup intends to defend herself at a federal fraud trial starting next week.

The almost 40-foot 3D-printed pedestrian bridge designed by Joris Laarman and built by Dutch robotics company MX3D has been opened in Amsterdam six years after the project was launched. The bridge, which was fabricated from stainless steel rods by six-axi

Check Out The First 3D-Printed Steel Bridge Recently Unveiled In Europe

5:30pm August 27, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

The almost 40-foot bridge, revealed last month, will now serve pedestrians and cyclists in Amsterdam's city center.

Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.

National

Fortnite Is Letting You Relive MLK's 'I Have A Dream' Speech

3:07pm August 27, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

The video game's new feature takes players back in time to experience Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 speech. But some people worry it sends the wrong message about the civil rights leader.

"This is an active threat," White House press secretary Jen Psaki, pictured here in March, told reporters as the hack started to spread. "Everyone running these servers ... needs to act now to patch them."

National

China's Microsoft Hack May Have Had A Bigger Purpose Than Just Spying

4:38pm August 26, 2021

by Dina Temple-Raston

China broke into tens of thousands of email accounts in January. Now officials fear the breach wasn't just about spying. It was to build the next generation of artificial intelligence.

National

OnlyFans Switches Its Stance On Sexually Explicit Content

4:39pm August 25, 2021

by Shannon Bond

The subscription site OnlyFans has reversed course. It says it will continue to allow sexually explicit content just days after announcing a ban on such material.

Behind The OnlyFans Ban Of Sexually Explicit Content

5:23pm August 21, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with reporter Taylor Lorenz about the online subscription service OnlyFans announcing that it will bar sexually explicit content from its site starting in October.

World News

Tech Platforms Try To Limit The Taliban's Social Media Propaganda, But Won't Ban Them

9:28am August 21, 2021

by Bobby Allyn

The Taliban of today has a sophisticated social media presence. It has harnessed online platforms as a tool of propaganda and is now using it as a way to govern.