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Technology

Icon for the smartphone app TikTok. (Anjum Naveed/AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

Class action lawsuit claims TikTok steals kids’ data and sends it to China

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

5 years ago

TikTok has been under fire in Washington. The Trump administration and some Democrats in Congress have been raising national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app.
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NPR
Politics & Policy

Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok as Trump threatens a ban

The president’s announcement comes as Microsoft is in talks to acquire the app, which is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company.

5 years ago

Rep Jim Jordan
NPR
Politics & Policy

4 key takeaways from Washington’s big tech hearing on ‘monopoly power’

Democratic Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline said Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple operate like monopolies and need to be broken up or regulated.

5 years ago

Coronavirus testing
Health

Misinformation on the coronavirus is proving highly contagious

Experts say the flood of bad information is dangerously undermining efforts to slow the virus, which has been blamed for about 150,000 deaths in the U.S.

5 years ago

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Education
The Notebook

With Philly’s revised virtual learning plan, advocates call for expanding internet access

Some say the city and corporate players need to display more urgency.

5 years ago

Donald Trump Jr.
NPR
Community

Twitter restricts Donald Trump Jr.’s account over COVID-19 misinformation

Twitter confirmed the restriction in a subsequent tweet, emphasizing the action was a temporary limit on some of his account's features and not a permanent suspension.

5 years ago

Many Philadelphia-area universities have introduced a hybrid model for the fall, bringing students onto campus but still having them do most of their coursework remotely. (lakshmi Prasad/Bigstock)
The Why
Education

Coming this fall: On-campus students, virtual classes

Several Philly area universities are planning virtual classes while still inviting students back to campus. A Penn prof says schools can't justify that hybrid approach.

Air Date: July 27, 2020

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Graffiti Pier
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

4 Delaware River industrial artifacts that shaped Philadelphia

Photographs of Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront reveal the intertwined fates of nature, industry and culture.

5 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Twitter and Facebook become targets in Trump and Biden ads

Ahead of Election Day, President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden aren't just attacking one another in online ads. They're also targeting tech giants.

5 years ago

Tech language
The Pulse
Science

How Tech is Changing the Way We Talk

Technology isn’t just changing our world — it’s changing the words we use to describe it. Language is evolving at breakneck speed, ...

Air Date: July 24, 2020

Listen 48:36
Reporter Isis Piccillo and their mom, Anna Yeung, using a language app to learn Arabic while sheltering in place at their home in Northern California. (Isis Piccillo/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Can you actually learn a new language through an app?

Definitely maybe, research suggests. What doesn’t help: conjugation, and odd bits of practice conversation no one ever uses.

5 years ago

Listen 6:41
Twitter
NPR
Community

Twitter removes thousands of QAnon accounts, promises sweeping ban on the conspiracy

Twitter says it is taking sweeping action against the conspiracy theory QAnon, removing more than 7,000 accounts associated with the group and banning links related to QAnon.

5 years ago

NPR
Health

Your ‘doomscrolling’ breeds anxiety. Here’s how to stop the cycle

So many of us do it: the long scroll through grim news on social media. A behavioral specialist offers shares how to stop “doomscrolling” for the sake of your health.

5 years ago

Twitter says it is
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘We’re embarrassed’: Twitter says high-profile hack hit 130 users

Up to eight accounts also had their private information compromised in a high-profile breach earlier this week, according to Twitter.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Education

Murphy pledges to close the ‘digital divide’ in N.J. for new school year

When schools moved to online instruction in March, wide disparities in home computer and internet access were a roadblock.

5 years ago

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