Plans To Develop High-Tech 'Smart City' In Toronto Met With Resistance Sidewalk Labs is a sister company of Google, which is why some Toronto residents are worried about its plan to develop a high-tech, green neighborhood where sensors collect data on people's movements. David McGuffin
Europe Pressures U.S. To Back Low-Cost Alternative To Huawei Discussions at the Munich Security Conference have been somewhat overshadowed by the deepening divide between the U.S. and Europe over Huawei. Rob Schmitz
U.S. Prosecutors Hit Huawei With New Federal Charges The U.S. government has charged China's Huawei with racketeering and conspiracy to steal trade secrets. The new charges raise the stakes to a case that began last year. Jim Zarroli
Meme 2020 Creates Bloomberg Sponsored Internet Content NPR's Rachel Martin talks to New York Times technology reporter Taylor Lorenz about Michael Bloomberg presidential team's use of memes, and Internet culture as part of its campaign strategy.
Watchdog Warns Census Faces Cybersecurity, Hiring Risks Before National Rollout Weeks before the census is fully underway, the Government Accountability Office finds the Census Bureau is behind on recruiting workers and resolving risks with the first primarily online U.S. count. Hansi Lo Wang
Chinese Hackers Charged In Alleged Cyber-Theft Of 145 Million Americans' Data The credit agency Equifax was compromised by a cyberattack that permitted China's military to steal names, Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information. Ryan Lucas
Amazon Wants Trump To Testify About Military Contract Awarded To Microsoft Amazon accuses the president of interfering in the process over a personal rift with CEO Jeff Bezos. Microsoft won the Pentagon's $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract after months of controversy. Alina Selyukh
How Political Campaigns Are Using 'Geofencing' Technology To Target Catholics At Mass NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Heidi Schlumpf of the National Catholic Reporter about how one political group is using "geofencing" of cellphone data to target Catholic voters at Sunday Mass.
Lessons Learned From The Iowa Caucuses, And Danger Signs Ahead As Democratic Party officials and election security experts dissect what happened Tuesday in Iowa, concerns are growing that similar failures could occur elsewhere. Pam Fessler