Technology

Advocates For Deaf And Blind Laud Netflix's New Playback Features

5:24pm August 08, 2020

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Everette Bacon, a board member with the National Federation of the Blind, about Netflix's new playback features, which he says will improve accessibility.

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President Trump's executive order prohibits transactions between U.S. citizens and TikTok's parent company starting in 45 days.

National

TikTok To Sue Trump Administration Over Ban, As Soon As Tuesday

5:09pm August 08, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

Lawyers for the video-sharing app are likely to say the executive order was unconstitutional, arguing the company was not informed, as is standard, and the national-security concerns are baseless.

A satellite image from Planet Labs, a private satellite company, shows the exhaust from a North Korean missile test on May 4, 2019.

From Desert Battlefields To Coral Reefs, Private Satellites Revolutionize The View

4:40pm August 08, 2020

by Greg Myre

Satellite images were once restricted to governments. Now anyone can get them, creating a new world of possibilities for environmentalists, human rights groups and those monitoring nuclear weapons.

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President Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Tiktok, WeChat

5:40am August 07, 2020

President Trump issues an executive order barring "any transaction" with TikTok's parent company ByteDance Ltd. NPR's David Greene speaks with James Griffiths, author of "The Great Firewall of China."

President Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters at the White House on Monday.

Trump Signs Executive Order That Will Effectively Ban Use Of TikTok In the U.S.

11:36pm August 06, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

The president also issued an executive order aimed at cutting ties between the U.S. and the owner of the popular Chinese communications and social media app WeChat.

Facebook said the president's claims violated its coronavirus misinformation policy, in a rare departure from the social network's largely hands-off approach to politicians.

Politics & Government

Twitter, Facebook Remove Trump Post Over False Claim About Children And COVID-19

9:59pm August 05, 2020

by Shannon Bond

Both social networks said the president's false claims that children are "almost immune" from COVID-19 violated its policy on coronavirus misinformation.

Beruit's port before (left) and after Tuesday's explosion (right).

World News

Satellite Images Show Aftermath Of Beirut Blast

6:32pm August 05, 2020

by Geoff Brumfiel

The massive explosion leveled the city's port and scattered debris across a road thousands of feet away. The blast killed at least 100 people and injured thousands more.

What Is The Future Of Chinese Tech Companies In The U.S.?

5:26pm August 05, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Adam Segal, a digital and cyberspace policy expert, about the future of Chinese technology companies in the U.S. amid the Trump administration's push to ban TikTok.

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Golden Daka participated in many events at Morehouse College, but the pandemic prevented him from giving his commencement speech as class valedictorian.

'Nothing Feels Tangible': Virtual Is New Reality For Grads Starting New Jobs

2:36pm August 05, 2020

by Uri Berliner

Postings for entry-level positions popular with new college grads fell by 73%, compared with before COVID-19 hit. And for those in the class of 2020 who have landed jobs, it's been a strange journey.

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Nineteen lawsuits have been combined into a unified federal legal action against short-form video app TikTok for allegedly harvesting data from users and secretly sending the information to China.

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Class Action Lawsuit Claims TikTok Steals Kids' Data And Sends It To China

3:55pm August 04, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

A lawsuit alleging that TikTok collects and sends American users' data to China could cost the company hundreds of millions of dollars.