Native Americans On Tribal Land Are 'The Least Connected' To High-Speed Internet New Census Bureau estimates underscore the digital divide facing Native Americans living on reservations or other American Indian land in the U.S. Hansi Lo Wang
Microsoft Urges Congress To Regulate Facial Recognition Technology In a rough year for tech, Microsoft unseated Apple as the most valuable company. It's cultivated an image as Silicon Valley's elder statesman, urging regulation for technologies it's still developing. Alina Selyukh
More Potholes, Traffic Jams On The Horizon Unless Interstates Are Fixed, Report Finds A federal report suggests America's interstates are worn, overused and highly congested. It also recommends billions of dollars in fixes. David Schaper
Data Of Some 500 Million Marriott Customers Stolen In Breach Marriott is investigating a hack of its reservation database, as data from some 500 million guests was stolen. Compromised information includes passport numbers, dates of birth and credit cards. Alina Selyukh
Marriott Says Up To 500 Million Customers' Data Stolen In Breach The hotel giant said information on up to 500 million customers worldwide was exposed in a breach of its Starwood reservation database. The data includes dates of birth and passport numbers. Avie Schneider
Google Tweaks Email Program That Assumed An Investor Was Male When Google saw that one of its predictive text technologies assumed someone's gender based on occupation, it blocked the technology from using all gender-based pronouns. Ruben Kimmelman
Google employees say search in China will be 'state surveillance' Several employees shared a letter with NPR calling on the tech giant to halt its reported work on a search engine project tailored to Chinese censorship demands. Colin Dwyer
Thanks To Science, You Can Eat An Apple Every Day After harvest, apples can be stored for months in controlled atmosphere storage rooms where the temperature, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and humidity levels are adjusted to put them into hibernation. Rachel D. Cohen
Optimized Prime: How AI And Anticipation Power Amazon's 1-Hour Deliveries Amazon executives often evoke magic when talking about fast shipping. Now in a race for one-hour deliveries, few retailers can afford to keep up. And few rely quite so much on artificial intelligence. Alina Selyukh
Free Speech Or Hate Speech: When Does Online Hate Speech Become A Real Threat? The Supreme Court has ruled that hate speech is protected under the Constitution. But what about social media? Several alleged perpetrators in mass shootings have ranted online before acting. Jasmine Garsd
