Technology

President Franklin D. Roosevelt talks to the nation in a fireside chat from the White House in this November 1937 photo.

Commander-In-Tweet: Trump's Social Media Use And Presidential Media Avoidance

4:09pm November 18, 2016

by Tamara Keith

If Donald Trump continues personally tweeting as president it will be an extension of commanders in chief going around the media. Though, it may also be unorthodox.

Politics & Government

Commander In Tweet: Trump Avoids Media Filter With Twitter

7:47am November 18, 2016

by Tamara Keith

An unprecedented feature of Donald Trump's successful campaign for president was his personal use of Twitter. In some ways, this is in line with a tradition of presidents going around the press.

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Freezing up for the #mannequinchallenge in Nepal.

VIDEO: Mannequin Challenge Makes It To India, Nepal, Nigeria

6:49pm November 17, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

The online craze has gone global. Watch videos from students in Indonesia, radio deejays in Morocco and temple visitors in Nepal.

A trio of toilets, photographed by Samantha Russell, a Peace Corps volunteer, in Viti Levu Island, Fiji.

Health & Safety

To Make A Big Stink About Diarrhea, Ask 'Em To Write A Poo-em

4:44pm November 17, 2016

by Vicky Hallett

Defeat DD is raising awareness for the No. 2 killer of children under five around the world — by getting people to write haikus about poop.

Club Penguin users gather in the town square to share thoughts.

March Of The Penguins: Kids Take Political Activism To Virtual World

2:32pm November 17, 2016

by Laura Roman

Club Penguin, an online world designed for kids, became the unexpected center of a political protest. While there were some messages supporting Donald Trump, most protested the election results.

How does Facebook decide when to take down controversial images and posts?

From Hate Speech To Fake News: The Content Crisis Facing Mark Zuckerberg

9:33am November 17, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

The Facebook chief has an army of subcontractors making editorial judgments about millions of pieces of content — like a media company. But the rules they operate by are complex and contradictory.

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Twitter has suspended some accounts linked to the alt-right movement.

Twitter Suspends Prominent Alt-Right Accounts

7:55pm November 16, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

Several suspended accounts are linked to Richard Spencer, one of the leaders of the movement associated with white nationalism. Twitter has been pushing to curb hate speech and abuse on its platform.

From Candidate To President-Elect, How Trump's Twitter Strategy Might Change

6:10pm November 16, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to BuzzFeed reporter Charlie Warzel about Donald Trump's use of Twitter and the social media site's new policies to combat harassment.

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The world's largest radio telescope is nestled among the jagged, green mountains of southwest China's Guizhou Province.

In Southwest China, A 'Very Large Eyeball' Peers Into Deep Space

9:30am November 16, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

The new telescope will help discover new galaxies and will observe the hydrogen clouds from which stars and planets are born. But not everyone's happy. 9,000 locals were displaced to make room for it.

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A man uses the dating app Tinder in New Delhi in 2015.

Tinder Now Lets Users Identify As Genders Other Than Male Or Female

4:58pm November 15, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The dating app will now allow users to type in the gender that they identify with. The company said the change is meant to make the app more inclusive to transgender or gender non-conforming people.