TikTok has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration after the White House issued an executive order that would effectively ban the hugely popular app from operating in the United States. AP hide caption
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An appeals court has given Uber and Lyft more time to fight a judge's order over how they classify their drivers, averting a threatened shutdown in California. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Federal prosecutors allege Uber's former head of security organized a cover-up of a massive data breach. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Former Uber Executive Charged With Paying 'Hush Money' To Conceal Massive Breach
The Google logo adorns the outside of the company's New York City office building. The stock market is hitting records, in large part because of a handful of superstar tech stocks, including Alphabet, Google's parent company. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
There's More Big Tech In Your Life Than You Even Know. Check Out Your Stock Portfolio
President Trump holds a press briefing Wednesday at the White House. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Apple, now worth $2 trillion, first crossed the $1 trillion milestone two years ago. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Actors Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in a scene from Marriage Story. The award-winning 2019 film can be watched with audio description that conveys scenes to viewers who are visually impaired. But Parasite, another popular award-winner, has not included such descriptions. Wilson Webb/Netflix hide caption
There's A Better Way To 'Dub' Movie Audio For Visually Impaired Fans
People stand in the lobby of Amazon offices in New York in January 2019. At a time of mass work from home and many moving to spacious suburbs, Amazon is funding a large expansion of corporate real estate and jobs in New York and five other U.S. cities. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
Your animals will demand your attention in Planet Zoo, just one of several simulation games that might distract you from quarantine. Frontier hide caption
President Trump on Friday ordered that ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, divest from the U.S. in 90 days. AP hide caption
Joyce Lilly moves a filing cabinet as her dog Max follows, Tuesday, July 21, 2020, in the Riverdale neighborhood of The Bronx, in New York. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
The Good, Bad And Ugly Of The Pandemic Housing Market, Plus TikTok Under Fire
The fun of Fall Guys comes in watching its little jelly bean-shaped characters getting whacked around goofy obstacle courses. Mediatonic hide caption
Tech companies are under enormous pressure from government officials to prevent their platforms from being used by foreign actors and others to disrupt the 2020 election, as occurred in 2016. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Top Facebook Official: Our Aim Is To Make Lying On The Platform 'More Difficult'
A woman named Un A leads viewers on a tour of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, in a recent YouTube video. "Every building in Pyongyang is going through general cleaning to shake off winter dust," she says in English. Echo of Truth/YouTube hide caption
Some Netflix users will be able to watch shows at slower and faster speeds. It's a helpful move for blind and deaf users, advocates say. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Netflix Is Letting Some People Speed Up Playback. That's A Big Deal For Blind Fans
Instead of meeting inside Charlotte, N.C.'s downtown arena, the Republican National Committee will hold scaled-down meetings inside the city's convention center. Skip Foreman/AP hide caption
In a ruling Monday, a California judge said Lyft and Uber have refused to comply with a California law, known as AB5, passed last year that was supposed to make it harder for companies in the state to hire workers as contractors. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
California Judge Orders Uber And Lyft To Consider All Drivers Employees
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is testing mobile surveillance towers like this one, parked at the Border Security Expo in San Antonio, to improve the tracking of illegal crossers. Critics of the border wall say the government should favor virtual technology over steel and concrete. John Burnett/NPR hide caption
Border Patrol Faulted For Favoring Steel And Concrete Wall Over High-Tech Solutions
"I got a lot of emails after we posted our first video," says violinist Dr. Erica Hardy. She says the orchestra's virtual performances are a way to give back to the community. Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Meet The Medical Professionals Playing Classical Music Together Online
President Trump's executive order prohibits transactions between U.S. citizens and TikTok's parent company starting in 45 days. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
A satellite image from Planet Labs, a private satellite company, shows the exhaust from a North Korean missile test on May 4, 2019. Planet Labs Inc. hide caption