19+ hour, 4+ min ago   (64+ words) NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with environmentalist, Bill McKibben, and public relations specialist, Frank Maisano, about opposition to industrial development projects like fracking and data centers. From fracking to data centers: Hearing from people on both sides of the opposition NPR's…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago   (756+ words) Hugo Winwood-Smith, right, Hardy Macpherson and Edan Abou, left, all 11-years-old, use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Rick Rycroft/AP hide caption MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (422+ words) A new era unfolded at Apple on Wednesday with its new CEO unveiling an iPhone the size of a passport that, well, folds. The device, called iPhone Duo, represents the most radical physical change to the iconic iPhone since Apple…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (347+ words) FILE - A teenage boy uses his phone in Sydney, Nov. 8, 2024. Rick Rycroft/AP hide caption CANBERRA, Australia — Australian social media users would be given a choice to opt out of algorithms under proposed laws announced by the government Tuesday that…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1702+ words) NPR also looked at how often AI-generated answers may have uncritically exposed users to false information compared to traditional search results. Even before the popularization of generative AI, networks of pro-Kremlin outlets churned out content promoting the Russian government's worldview....

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (58+ words) NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to social scientist Kathryn Coduto of Boston University about a decline in the use of dating apps. Have dating apps lost their luster? Data shows a decline in users NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to social scientist…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (194+ words) Concerns about social media have prompted a group of attorneys general to sue Meta. Could their case change the way social media is used?Meta’s lawyers are in federal court to defend against accusations from four state attorneys general that…...

1+ mon, 17+ hour ago   (414+ words) People take cover inside at a MRT station during the Urban Resilience (Air-Defense) Exercise, part of the annual Han Kuang military exercises in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. Chiang Ying-ying/AP hide caption TAIPEI, Taiwan — For 30 minutes, the internet in parts…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (291+ words) Texas is on track to become the country's largest data center market. But the governor has effectively issued a pause on new centers until the state can audit their energy and water usage. Texas has the fastest-growing market for data…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (141+ words) Data centers.They’ve been all over the news. Last month, protesters showed up in 125 cities across the country on a single Saturday to demonstrate against these structures, either proposed or completed.But are the politicians listening? We sit down for…...