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Yaël Eisenstat: Why we need more friction on social media

Facebook profits from being frictionless, says Yaël Eisenstat. But without friction, misinformation can spread like wildfire. The solution, Yaël says, is to build more friction into social media.
- Rachel Faulkner
Here's what Elon Musk will likely do with Twitter if he buys it

Musk says he'd loosen rules against spreading misinformation, allow former President Donald Trump back on Twitter, shake up the company's business model and find new revenue sources.
- Shannon Bond
Some leading robot makers are pledging not to weaponize them

The companies warned that "untrustworthy people" could use their robots to harm others or infringe on civil liberties, and they pledged to make sure their customers didn't weaponize the products.
- Joe Hernandez
Elon Musk says he's willing to buy Twitter after all, possibly averting a trial

The Tesla CEO tells Twitter that he'll go ahead with the original deal to buy the company for $54.20 a share, possibly averting a trial. The news led Twitter stock to soar before trading was halted.
- Raquel Maria Dillon
Commuters beware: traffic ahead!

Oof! Traffic in the Seattle area... You can’t get over it, you can’t go through it, and sometimes you can’t even get around it. The push to revive the city comes with unpredictable traffic jams. Mark Hallenbeck, the director of the Washington State Transportation Center is here today to help us navigate the congestion.
- Brandi Fullwood
Will Bed Bath & Beyond sink like Sears or rise like Best Buy?

The company has been on a rollercoaster of crises, including a meme-stock rise and crash. Its latest financial report comes Thursday.
- Alina Selyukh
This is what NASA's spacecraft saw just seconds before slamming into an asteroid

NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday night. These are the final images it captured as it hurtled toward the rocky surface.
- Rachel Treisman
Facebook takes down Russian network impersonating European news outlets

Meta says it has disrupted a large Russian network of fake accounts pushing a pro-Kremlin view of the war in Ukraine and a separate Chinese campaign targeting the U.S. midterm elections.
- Shannon Bond
Google celebrates NASA's DART mission with a new search gimmick

In celebration of NASA's DART mission, searching for information about it will result in an animation and tipped screen.
- James Doubek
Move over, Bruce Willis: NASA is shoving an asteroid to test planetary defense

Hollywood likes to blow up incoming asteroids with nukes, but NASA's first test of whether it can change the trajectory of a space rock will try just giving one a little nudge.
- Nell Greenfieldboyce

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