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Chicago Teens Receive 5 Years Of Probation For Sexual Assault That Was Livestreamed

In March 2017, a 15-year-old girl was assaulted by five or six boys and men as dozens of people watched on Facebook Live. Two 15-year-old boys have now been sentenced to five years of probation.

At Shiru Cafe in Providence, R.I., students "pay" for coffee, but not with money.

No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data

For free coffee, students can provide their names, phone numbers, email, majors and interests. This information is then provided to corporate sponsors who want to "diversify students' career choices."

Federal Communication Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler joins hands with Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel ahead of a February 2015 hearing in Washington, D.C.

FCC Vote Means Internet Providers Need Permission To Share Your Data

Internet service providers will have to ask consumers before collecting and selling their data. However, the new rules do not apply to Google, Facebook and other tech giants.

The U.S. Capitol on October 11, 2016. An MIT project distorted photos of the capitol building and other famous sites using an artificial intelligence algorithm to make horror images.

Researchers Build 'Nightmare Machine'

An MIT project rolled out just in time for Halloween uses artificial intelligence to generate horror images.

An image of the U.S. capitol building distorted in what researchers from MIT call a "toxic city" style by an artificial intelligence algorithm.

Researchers Build 'Nightmare Machine'

An MIT project rolled out just in time for Halloween uses artificial intelligence to generate horror images.

Lyor Cohen delivered the SXSW keynote address at Austin Convention Center in March 2018.

Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Music Head, Faces Down A Doubtful Music Business

The former rap mogul and current head of music at YouTube on #MeToo (sort of), Migos and his mortality.

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in West Virginia earlier this month.

President Trump's Description of What's 'Fake' Is Expanding

Over the course of Trump's presidency there has been an upward trend in tweets declaring everything from news to books "fake" or "phony."

Google Announces Partnership With Newspapers In Europe

Last December, Google shut down its Google News page in Spain, after the country threatened steep fines for aggregator sites that don't pay newspapers.

A Spanish riot police officer swings a club against would-be voters near a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Barcelona, Spain on Sunday.

'Illegal' Independence Referendum Turns Violent As Police And Pro-Separatists Clash

"Horrible scenes," NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from Barcelona. "Police dragging voters out of polling stations, some by the hair."

Our Mental Space, Under Attack

Have you ever opened your computer with the intention of sending an email and then an hour passes by? On this episode, we discuss the strategies media companies use to hijack our attention.

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