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Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan on TikTok hearing

5:21pm March 25, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Mark Pocan, Democratic congressman of Wisconsin, about this week's hearing that featured TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, and how he thinks lawmakers should regulate the app.

Google's 'ghost workers' are asking for labor rights

2:03pm March 25, 2023

by Dara Kerr

People who work to assure the quality of Google search results are asking for labor rights.

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Gordon Moore, the legendary Intel Corp. co-founder who predicted the growth of the semiconductor industry, smiles during a news conference in 2001.

Intel co-founder and philanthropist Gordon Moore has died at 94

7:05am March 25, 2023

by The Associated Press

Moore also made his famous observation, now known as Moore's Law, three years before he helped start Intel in 1968. It said the capacity and complexity of integrated circuits would double every year.

Utah passes an age-verification law for anyone using social media

4:37pm March 24, 2023

by Saige Miller

Utah is the first state to pass an age verification law for anyone using social media. Those under 18 must soon have parental consent. Critics say the law does not protect children as it intendeds.

Nintendo will soon close the digital storefronts for the Wii U and 3DS.

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Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS stores closing means game over for digital archives

1:08pm March 24, 2023

by Jamal Michel

Starting March 27, you won't be able to buy digital games for the Wii U and 3DS. Video game archivists and fans are racing to preserve titles that may soon disappear.

Gov. Spencer Cox signs two social media regulation bills during a ceremony at the Capitol building in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Cox signed a pair of measures that aim to limit when and where children can use social media and stop companies from luring kids to the sites.

Utah's new social media law means children will need approval from parents

12:16pm March 24, 2023

by The Associated Press

The restrictions passed through Utah's Republican-supermajority Legislature reflect how politicians' perceptions of technology companies are changing — and that includes pro-business Republicans.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill on March 23, 2023. The hearing was a rare opportunity for lawmakers to question the leader of the short-form social media video app about the company's relationship with its Chinese owner, ByteDance, and how they handle users' sensitive personal data.

Lawmakers grilled TikTok CEO Chew for 5 hours in a high-stakes hearing about the app

5:33pm March 23, 2023

by Dara Kerr

Both Republicans and Democrats expressed deep skepticism that the company won't share U.S. user data with the Chinese government.

Congress grills TikTok's CEO about security of user data

5:04pm March 23, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

Lawmakers hear from the CEO of TikTok as the threat that the app will be banned grows larger.

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, pictured at her April 2021 confirmation hearing, spoke to Morning Edition on Thursday about the new "Click to Cancel" proposal.

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Still trying to quit that gym membership? The FTC is proposing a rule that could help

2:34pm March 23, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The Federal Trade Commission gets thousands of complaints a year from customers trapped in memberships they don't want. Its "Click to Cancel" proposal aims to change that, Chair Lina Khan tells NPR.

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Ethan Mollick, a business professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, used a photo of himself (left) in an artificial intelligence platform where he generated a deepfake video of himself (right).

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It takes a few dollars and 8 minutes to create a deepfake. And that's only the start

12:44pm March 23, 2023

by Shannon Bond

Powerful artificial intelligence tools that can create video, audio, text and pictures are raising fears the technology will supercharge disinformation and propaganda by bad actors.

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