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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a concurrence in a case over former President Donald Trump's Twitter account in which Thomas suggested that social media companies should be regulated like a common carrier, like a telephone company.

Justice Clarence Thomas Takes Aim At Tech And Its Power 'To Cut Off Speech'

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said social media companies are "sufficiently akin" to a common carrier, like a telephone company, and should be "regulated in this manner."

The Federal Communications Commission is accepting public comment on its proposal to loosen the "net neutrality" rules placed on Internet providers in 2015.

Internet Companies Plan Online Campaign To Keep Net Neutrality Rules

Dozens of websites — including large ones like Netflix, Facebook and Amazon — join an online advocacy push Wednesday, urging regulators and lawmakers not to weaken regulations for Internet providers.

These days, a radiologist at UCSF will go through anywhere from 20 to 100 scans a day, and each scan can have thousands of images to review.

Scanning The Future, Radiologists See Their Jobs At Risk

In a new series called "Is My Job Safe?" NPR looks at the future of jobs at a time of rapid gains in artificial intelligence and robotics. We start with a high-paying job in medicine: radiologists.

Reporter Glenn Greenwald speaks to reporters in Hong Kong on June 10, 2013, just days after publishing a series of reports about the NSA's mass surveillance programs.

Greenwald On NSA Leaks: 'We've Erred On The Side Of Excess Caution'

Journalist Glenn Greenwald says he and his team weighed the public's interest against the potential harm to innocent people when deciding how many of Edward Snowden's leaked documents to make public.

Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice

Johansson says she was approached multiple times by OpenAI to be the voice of ChatGPT, and that she declined. Then the company released a voice assistant that sounded uncannily like her.

Peter Thiel In 'Zero To One': How To Develop The Developed World

NPR's Wade Goodwyn talks to investor and Paypal cofounder Peter Thiel about his new book, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future.

TikTok lawyers to argue before the Supreme Court over law banning the app in the U.S.

TikTok is heading to the Supreme Court to fight for its life. The viral video app is facing a Jan 19 deadline to be sold, or banned nationwide. Lawyers for TikTok are hoping the court strikes the law down. President-elect Donald Trump, meanwhile, has vowed to rescue the app, regardless of what the court decides.

Hurricane Maria Could Offer A Chance To Build A New Tech Infrastructure In Puerto Rico

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Ina Fried of Axios about ways Puerto Rico can take advantage of what tech offers in the future. That is, what opportunities there are starting from scratch, using the newest and best ways to generate power and connect people.

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley discusses his mission to hold big tech accountable

Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri talks about his mission to hold tech companies accountable even as they try to align themselves with President Donald Trump.

Reflecting on his decision to go public with classified information, Edward Snowden says, "The likeliest outcome for me, hands down, was that I'd spend the rest of my life in an orange jumpsuit, but that was a risk that I had to take."

Edward Snowden Speaks Out: 'I Haven't And I Won't' Cooperate With Russia

In 2013, Snowden showed journalists thousands of top-secret documents about U.S. intelligence agencies' surveillance efforts. He's been living in Russia ever since. His new book is Permanent Record.

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