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Between sexual harassment scandals, fake ads and stronger calls for regulation, Big Tech had a rocky year in 2017. LinkedIn Co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman talks with NPR's Kelly McEvers about resolutions Silicon Valley should make in 2018.

COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than WWII. That fact helps some people put the viral death toll in perspective, while others find it offensive. Historically, is it even a valid comparison?

"There's not a lot of heroic acts in middle school," Maya Erskine says. She and Anna Konkle play 13-year-old versions of themselves in the Hulu comedy series PEN15.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Elaina Plott of The Atlantic, about Ivanka Trump and how her image and personal brand have come under deep scrutiny during her father's presidency.

Tens of thousands of Instagram followers can't be wrong: Curiosity about the sober life is trending. Scientists say cutting out alcohol can improve your sleep and blood pressure, and help your liver.

Humanitarians are using crowdsourcing software to fill in blank spots on maps of disaster-prone countries.

In rural Uganda, "radio is everything," as one journalist puts it. So the U.N., hoping to hear more rural voices, used a tiny amount of data to build speech recognition software for new languages.

New research reinforces the role of a human — an adult or older child — when young kids learn from technology.

Migrants from Hong Kong are looking to escape Beijing's grip for the safety of Great Britain, which ruled Hong Kong until the handover to China in 1997. The U.K. has set up a generous visa program.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Patricia Lockwood on her new novel, No One Is Talking About This. The book follows its protagonist down an Internet wormhole until a real-life event snaps her out of it.