Russian Bots Tweeting Calls To Fire McMaster, Former FBI Agent Says An online tracker developed by former FBI agent Clint Watts has identified Russian bots as responsible for many tweets urging the firing of National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster. Read more on NPR

Is AI More Threatening Than North Korean Missiles? Tesla CEO Elon Musk last week warned that AI is an enormous threat. There can be no doubt that the advent of smart, rather than smart-ish, machines, is a long way off, though, says blogger Alva Noë. Read more on NPR

Tech Companies Blacklist White Supremacist Site The neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer has been essentially purged from the Internet following the white supremacist violence in Charlottesville. Read more on NPR

Silicon Valley Fights Back Against Extremism Online Companies are waging a broad attack against white supremacist groups, cutting off their ability to raise money, post content or register their sites online. These moves are not unprecedented, but this muscle flexing raises a lot of questions — not just about free speech, but also about due […]

Turning To VPNs For Online Privacy? You Might Be Putting Your Data At Risk With Internet providers able to track and sell your browsing data, people who want to keep their activity hidden are turning to virtual private networks. But VPNs are often insecure. Read more on NPR

British Cybersecurity Expert Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Malware Charges Before these allegations, 23-year-old Marcus Hutchins was known for his role in finding the kill switch to the WannaCry ransomware cyber-attack last May. He is accused of creating a malware scheme. Read more on NPR

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to … Interactive Biodegradable Funerary Urns? Technology is fundamentally changing how we deal with death, memorials and human remains. One of the latest examples: A startup offers a smartphone-connected urn where ashes are used to grow a tree. Read more on NPR

Kyle Quinn Hid At A Friend’s House After Being Misidentified On Twitter As A Racist A University of Arkansas professor falsely identified as a participant in a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville says the online reaction was frightening and felt like being chased by a mob. Read more on NPR

Dreamhost Challenges Department Of Justice Anti-Trump Records Request NPR’s Audie Cornish speaks with Dallas Kashuba, co-founder of DreamHost. The company challenged the Department of Justice’s demand that DreamHost hand over 1.3 million IP addresses for people who visited an anti-trump protest site. Read more on NPR

UNICEF Picks YouTube Star As Ambassador Known as “Superwoman” to her 12 million online followers, Lilly Singh represents a new kind of celebrity — and that’s exactly why UNICEF’s made her the face of its cause. Read more on NPR