A Rare Political Common Ground: Rooftop Solar Whether you’re a Republican or Democrat, chances are you support rooftop solar. New research suggests there’s a reason why two groups that normally disagree on environmental issues both like solar. Courtney Flatt
Paul Allen never created Data, from Star Trek. But he wanted to Allen's long term goal was to create an A.I. that could pick up a textbook, read through a chapter, and then successfully answer the quiz questions at the end of the chapter. Joshua McNichols
Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Dies At 65 Paul Allen, who co-founded tech giant Microsoft with Bill Gates, has died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Seattle Times reporter Matt Day. KUOW Staff
US Stock Markets Regain Footing After Plunge U.S. stocks indexes headed moderately lower again, after a global sell-off overnight triggered by a plunge in U.S. stocks Wednesday. The decline was led by a selloff among the biggest tech stocks. John Ydstie
Goodbye, Google+ — We Forgot You Existed Google announced that its social network, Google+, will shut down, after reports of a data breach that affected millions of users. The announcement left many surprised that Google+ still existed.
Google+ Shutting Down For Consumers After Data Vulnerability Is Revealed The company says it discovered and patched the issue in March but did not immediately disclose it. There is no evidence, it said, that a third party was aware of the bug or misused profile data. Merrit Kennedy
Google Hid Data Breach For Months, 'Wall Street Journal' Reports David Greene talks to Douglas MacMillan of The Wall Street Journal about how Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of Google+ users and then opted not to disclose the issue.
Morning News Brief Trump blasts Democrats for trying to destroy Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The Wall Street Journal reports on a software glitch in Google+ that went unreported. Interpol's president resigns. Noel King
How Good — And How Secure — Is Facial Recognition Technology? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Alice O'Toole of the University of Texas at Dallas about developments in facial recognition technology and its implications.