NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aaron Mackey with the Electronic Frontier Foundation — a nonprofit which advocates for civil liberties in the digital world — about warning labels on social media. Read More
NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with journalist Stephen Witt about chip-maker Nvidia’s rise to become the most valuable company in the world and what it means for the future of AI. Read More
A growing number of children in the U.S. are being targeted in sextortion schemes— a scam in which a cybercriminal obtains and then threatens to release nude or sexually compromising photos, blackmailing victims for a ransom. And sadly dozens of young victims have died by suicide in the last few years. Cybercriminals are often based…
Hurricane Maria, which tore through Puerto Rico in 2017, also devastated a tiny nearby island that’s home to hundreds of monkeys. All that destruction seems to have transformed the monkeys’ society. Read More
In Thailand, lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly to legalize same-sex marriage. If the measure goes into effect, Thailand’s government would become only the third in Asia to permit same-sex marriage. Read More
The remarks were some of the most hard-hitting to date since Iran-backed Hezbollah began attacking Israel last October across the border with Lebanon in support of Hamas in Gaza. (Image credit: Bilal Hussein) Read More
Travis Scott was arrested in Miami on Thursday for allegedly drunken and disorderly conduct after an altercation at the Miami Beach Marina. (Image credit: Suzanne Cordeiro) Read More
The actor appeared in hundreds of films and shows, including M*A*S*H, Klute, Ordinary People and the Hunger Games franchise. He was best known for playing off-kilter authority figures. (Image credit: Hulton Archive) Read More
Electronic dance music is one of the largest and most popular sectors of the music industry. But do you know where it came from? Test yourself with Throughline’s quiz. (Image credit: Claire Greenway/Getty Images) Read More
If current cancer trends continue, authors of a new study project “cancer incidence in the US could remain unacceptably high for decades to come.” (Image credit: FatCamera/Getty Images) Read More