Stephen Petranek: How Will Humans Live On Mars? Stephen Petranek says, in the next decade, we will send humans to colonize Mars. He lays out the technology--from water-extraction to bricks made of Martian soil--that'll make life possible there. NPR/TED Staff
Facebook Grapples With Another Privacy Scandal For Facebook, 2018 has been marked by persistent scandals. Noel King talks to author Anand Giridhadaras about the latest privacy scandal, and why little has changed for the tech giant.
Report: Facebook Underreported Amount Of User Data Third Parties Had Access To A new New York Times story finds that Facebook has underreported the amount of personal user data it allowed outside companies to access. Noel King talks to Gabriel Dance, an author of the report.
Google Will Spend 1 Billion Dollars To Build New Campus in New York City Google is expanding its footprint in New York City, pledging to add jobs and spend $1 billion on a new campus. It's the latest example of a Silicon Valley giant branching out in an influential city. Jasmine Garsd
Teen Girls And Their Moms Get Candid About Phones And Social Media About half of all teens say they've tried to cut back on their phone use. But one of the girls we spoke with says that's hard when "it's obviously designed to be addictive." Anya Kamenetz
These UW bees wear tiny backpacks to help local farmers UW researchers have developed a backpack sensor that’s mounted on bumblebees to collect data on their environment. Ruby de Luna
Google CEO Says He Leads 'Without Political Bias' In Congressional Testimony Sundar Pichai, in his public debut in Congress, is expected to address privacy, allegations of anti-conservative bias, a censored search tool for China and a scuttled Pentagon contract. Alina Selyukh
Google Accelerates Google+ Shutdown After 52.5 Million Users' Data Exposed Users' names, birth dates, email addresses, work history and other data were exposed for nearly a week in November, Google says. It will now close the social network four months earlier than planned. Bill Chappell
2018 In Review: What Happened In The World Of Big Tech Growing awareness of privacy scandals and the spread of misinformation on social media may mean our love affair with technology has ended, and a new era of regulation is about to begin. Jasmine Garsd