Google Employees Hope To Turn Last Year's Walkouts Into Real Change NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Vicki Tardif, a linguist at Google, who led one of the walkouts last year. Now, she's building upon that with a social media campaign to end forced arbitration.
Shutdown Makes Government Websites More Vulnerable To Hackers, Experts Say The longer the federal shutdown lasts, the more likely security breaches of government websites become, cyber specialists say. And it could lead to security problems long after the government reopens. Laura Sydell
Senate Finds Russian Bots, Bucks Helped Push Brexit Vote Through A recent report on Russian influence operations overseas detailed large amounts of money and effort spent to influence the referendum. Scott Simon talks with The New Yorker's Jane Mayer. Scott Simon
High-speed internet on Inslee's wishlist for Washington state Washington's governor wants the state to start treating the internet the same way it treats electricity. Paige Browning
Netflix Increases Subscription Prices As It Churns Out Original Content The hikes, which will affect all U.S. viewers, come as Netflix faces an increasingly competitive field of video streaming services. Francesca Paris
Congress May Soon Impose New Regulations On Facebook Political forces on the left are joining their voices to those of conservative politicians in seeking regulations over social media giant Facebook. Tim Mak
What The Future Of Work Means For Cities One of the nation's top economists explores the past and future of work in cities. He finds that opportunities for workers without a college degree are drying up. Greg Rosalsky
Hacks Are Getting So Common That Companies Are Turning To 'Cyber Insurance' Insurance companies across the nation are writing over 1,000 cyber insurance policies every day in hopes of changing the weakest link in cyber space: human behavior. Dina Temple-Raston
Troll Watch: Online Harassment Toward Women The international human rights group Amnesty International found in a recent study that women experience widespread harassment on Twitter. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with project lead Tanya O'Carroll.
Viral Hashtag Celebrates Palestinian-American Representation NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Susan Muaddi Darraj, creator of #tweetyourthobe, a hashtag for the public to share pictures of their thobe as a response to the swearing-in of Rep. Rashida Tlaib.