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The Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo., July 27, 2018.

Bay Area Tech Nonprofit To Track Power Plant Pollution With Artificial Intelligence

Watt Time said it plans to use satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to track plant pollution and make its data public.

Earlier this week, Disney, Nestle and Epic Games — which makes Fortnite — pulled their ads from YouTube, which is owned by Google.

Advertisers Abandon YouTube Over Concerns That Pedophiles Lurk In Comments Section

Hasbro, Disney, Nestle and others have suspended their ads on the online video site. YouTube has responded by disabling comments on millions of videos.

Ke Jie, the world's No. 1 Go player, stares at the board during his second match against AlphaGo in Wuzhen, China, on Thursday. The 19-year-old grandmaster dropped the match in the best-of-three series against Google's artificial intelligence program.

Google A.I. Clinches Series Against Humanity's Last, Best Hope To Win At Go

Ke Jie is a wunderkind — the 19-year-old undisputed master of what might well be the world's most complex game. And he just soundly lost a best-of-three series to an artificial intelligence program.

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify following a break during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

Mark Zuckerberg Is Back Before Congress For A Second Day Of Testimony

The Facebook CEO appears before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, after a five-hour session before two Senate committees on Tuesday. He'll take more questions about privacy and security.

The Student Borrower Protection Center, a watchdog group, says one lender seems to charge higher rates to graduates of historically black colleges.

Graduates Of Historically Black Colleges May Be Paying More For Loans: Watchdog Group

Graduates of historically black or predominantly Hispanic colleges might be paying more to borrow money because of where they went to school, according to a report from a financial watchdog.

Noemi Arroyo Ramirez holds a photo taken of her and her late husband, Hector Navarro Lopez, as she wipes away tears in their bedroom in San Marcos, July 30, 2020. He died of COVID-19, and she said she took care of him with no medical guidance.

Home Deaths Climb As Some COVID-19 Victims Die Without Medical Care

Some COVID-19 victims are dying at home with no medical care. Some tested negative. Some didn’t have primary care doctors.

The Google Doodle for January 9, 2018 honors Har Gobind Khorana.

The Man In The Google Doodle: From Poor Villager To Nobel Prize Winner

He's the biochemist Har Gobind Khorana, who discovered the grammar that organizes DNA. But first he had to overcome the accent and mannerisms of his Indian village.

Entrepreneur and presidential hopeful Andrew Yang in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan ahead of a meeting with undecided voters moderated by NPR.

'A Game Changer': Andrew Yang Explains How He'd Give Every American $1,000 Per Month

Two undecided voters ask first-time presidential hopeful Andrew Yang about his universal basic income "freedom dividend" proposal.

Google says it will improve its internal systems and give advertisers more control of where their spots appear, responding to complaints about the pairing of paid ads with offensive content.

Google Promises To Keep Ads Off 'Hateful, Offensive' YouTube Content

On Friday, a division of a global marketing group with a digital budget of more than $200 million put its dealings with Google on "pause," citing recent controversies.

U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad, left, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, right, after concluding a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, in May.

Ambassador Defends New Requirement That China's Diplomats Report Meetings In U.S.

In a rare on-the-record interview, U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad tells NPR that the new rule is "modest" compared to the way U.S. officials are monitored by Beijing.

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