EA Sports says Kaepernick will return as a free agent in the latest update of Madden 21. His overall rating of 81 is higher than several notable NFL starters, including Baker Mayfield and Cam Newton.

Stocks are down sharply for the third day in a row, partly because a decline in oil prices is hurting energy companies.

TikTok is known as an app where kids show off dance moves. We meet a woman from Nebraska who has become an improbable star, the "Mom of TikTok."

Some linguists find that younger people tend to see text messages that end with a period as passive-aggressive, or otherwise negative.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Jessica Feezell, of the University of New Mexico, about how much disinformation on Facebook affects voting.

Pepe the Frog is one of the most prolific images on the Internet. A new documentary follows the frog's creator, cartoonist Matt Furie, as he fights to regain control over his character.

ByteDance-owned tutoring app GOGOKID employes about 4,000 American teachers. Trump's crack down on TikTok could mean those instructors will lose their jobs.

The digital dictionary updated some 15,000 entries, including adding 650 entirely new words from popular culture. Many of the revisions deal with topics related to identity, like race and gender.

After days of record gains, the stock market suddenly falls to earth, with shares of Apple, Tesla and Facebook leading the way down.

Burners can attend an art class, DJ dance party — or even join a virtual group hug — via webcam or virtual reality. In place of statue burning, the event will end with backyard fires and candles.

"We're increasingly seeing attempts to undermine the legitimacy of our elections from within our own borders," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says.

College campuses are traditionally a big venue for voter registration, but during the pandemic, political mobilization efforts are going virtual.

At the age of 92, baseball broadcasting legend Vin Scully has taken to social media. He posted his first video on Twitter and Instagram Wednesday. Scully plans a Facebook page and a YouTube channel.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Pat Garofalo of the American Economic Liberties Project, about the progressive group's study indicating Facebook and Google are harming local journalism.

Researchers say one of the operation's goals was to steer left-leaning voters away from the Biden-Harris campaign ahead of the November election.