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News Articles: Technology

Tech companies are under enormous pressure from government officials to prevent their platforms from being used by foreign actors and others to disrupt the 2020 election, as occurred in 2016.

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  • Business

Top Facebook Official: Our Aim Is To Make Lying On The Platform 'More Difficult'

Facebook's head of security policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said that the company is working harder than ever to counteract efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.

August 13, 2020
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  • Ashish Valentine
The fun of <em>Fall Guys</em> comes in watching its little jelly bean-shaped characters getting whacked around goofy obstacle courses.

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  • Games

'Fall Guys' Is Candy-Colored Party Battle Fun

If you're stressed out by battle royale shooter games like Fortnite, you and your friends may enjoy steering the jelly-bean-esque characters of Fall Guys around an array of goofy obstacle courses.

August 13, 2020
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  • Kaity Kline
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

News Brief: Facebook Helping Voters, Kamala Harris And Representation, Thai Protests

Facebook is launching a tool to help users register to vote. Kamala Harris' Black and Asian identities are making history. And, Thai students protest the military.

August 13, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is testing mobile surveillance towers like this one, parked at the Border Security Expo in San Antonio, to improve the tracking of illegal crossers. Critics of the border wall say the government should favor virtual technology over steel and concrete.

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  • National

Border Patrol Faulted For Favoring Steel And Concrete Wall Over High-Tech Solutions

The Department of Homeland Security watchdog has criticized Border Patrol for not looking for a cheaper alternative to President Trump's border wall, such as cutting-edge surveillance technology.

August 12, 2020
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  • John Burnett
Some Netflix users will be able to watch shows at slower and faster speeds. It's a helpful move for blind and deaf users, advocates say.

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  • Media

Netflix Is Letting Some People Speed Up Playback. That's A Big Deal For Blind Fans

People who are blind spend a lot of time listening to words. So much that they often prefer to listen at faster speeds, including for TV shows.

August 12, 2020
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  • James Doubek
A woman named Un A leads viewers on a tour of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, in a recent YouTube video. "Every building in Pyongyang is going through general cleaning to shake off winter dust," she says in English.

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  • World

North Korea Makes A Push To Reach Foreign Audiences On YouTube And Twitter

With a view to reaching English-speaking and South Korean audiences, the videos show glimpses of Pyongyang, highlight consumerism and try to dispel notions that life is restricted and people are poor.

August 12, 2020
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  • Anthony Kuhn
In a ruling Monday, a California judge said Lyft and Uber have refused to comply with a California law, known as AB5, passed last year that was supposed to make it harder for companies in the state to hire workers as contractors.

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  • Business

California Judge Orders Uber And Lyft To Consider All Drivers Employees

Uber and Lyft have been fighting California over whether drivers are employees, entitled to benefits, or independent contractors. A state judge orders them to consider all those drivers employees.

August 11, 2020
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  • Bobby Allyn
Instead of meeting inside Charlotte, N.C.'s downtown arena, the Republican National Committee will hold scaled-down meetings inside the city's convention center.

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  • Elections

Republican Convention To Mandate Masks, Track Attendees' Movements

Delegates at the scaled-back RNC later this month in Charlotte, N.C., will have badges equipped with Bluetooth technology so organizers can find out whom people came in contact with if needed.

August 11, 2020
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  • Steve Harrison
"I got a lot of emails after we posted our first video," says violinist Dr. Erica Hardy. She says the orchestra's virtual performances are a way to give back to the community.

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  • Music

Meet The Medical Professionals Playing Classical Music Together Online

The National Virtual Medical Orchestra brings together health care workers and gives them a creative outlet during the pandemic.

August 10, 2020
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By:
  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro and
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
President Trump's executive order prohibits transactions between U.S. citizens and TikTok's parent company starting in 45 days.

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  • Technology

TikTok To Sue Trump Administration Over Ban, As Soon As Tuesday

Lawyers for the video-sharing app are likely to say the executive order was unconstitutional, arguing the company was not informed, as is standard, and the national-security concerns are baseless.

August 08, 2020
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  • Bobby Allyn
GPB News NPR

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  • Technology

Advocates For Deaf And Blind Laud Netflix's New Playback Features

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Everette Bacon, a board member with the National Federation of the Blind, about Netflix's new playback features, which he says will improve accessibility.

August 08, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
A satellite image from Planet Labs, a private satellite company, shows the exhaust from a North Korean missile test on May 4, 2019.

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  • Technology

From Desert Battlefields To Coral Reefs, Private Satellites Revolutionize The View

Satellite images were once restricted to governments. Now anyone can get them, creating a new world of possibilities for environmentalists, human rights groups and those monitoring nuclear weapons.

August 08, 2020
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  • Greg Myre
President Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters at the White House on Monday.

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  • Technology

Trump Signs Executive Order That Will Effectively Ban Use Of TikTok In the U.S.

The president also issued an executive order aimed at cutting ties between the U.S. and the owner of the popular Chinese communications and social media app WeChat.

August 07, 2020
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  • Bobby Allyn
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

President Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting TikTok, WeChat

President Trump issues an executive order barring "any transaction" with TikTok's parent company, ByteDance Ltd. NPR's David Greene speaks with James Griffiths, author of The Great Firewall of China.

August 07, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
Facebook's new Reels feature on Instagram allows users to create and share short videos, similar to TikTok.

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  • Technology

Facebook Launches Instagram Reels, Hoping To Lure TikTok Users

The social network's new Reels feature on Instagram is launching as TikTok faces scrutiny in Washington over its Chinese ownership.

August 06, 2020
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  • Shannon Bond
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