Workers at Amazon, Target and other companies walked off the job on Friday to demand safer working conditions and transparency about how many front-line workers have gotten sick during the pandemic.

Working from home requires a lot of technical setup, which is ... not a smooth process for some. NPR's Scott Simon and Jessica Hansen play out a scenario many might be familiar with.

NPR's reporter in Nairobi finds his parents connecting with his kids through TikTok. Formerly the realm of Gen Z, the app's now a family board game where Grandma and Grandpa reveal their silly selves.

The Supreme Court, for the first time, livestreamed its oral argument on Monday. It has discussed whether generic terms can become protected trademarks by the addition of a dot-com domain.

The state accuses the ride-hailing apps of flouting a labor law by classifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees.

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky described the global pandemic as the "most harrowing crisis of our lifetime" and said the coronavirus has cut the company's anticipated revenue in more than half.

The ride-hailing company is cutting 3,700 jobs. It's the latest U.S. tech company to turn to layoffs to deal with fallout from the coronavirus crisis.

The Supreme Court is now holding hearings over a teleconference, making the audio publicly available. Jerry Goldman, the founder of the Oyez Project, offers some guidance on how to listen to it.

The company has faced criticism in recent years for its handling of issues ranging from user privacy to policing hate speech to stopping the spread of disinformation.

"Deepfakes" have received a lot of attention as a way to potentially spread misleading or false information and influence public opinion. But two specialists say that might not be a huge concern.

The company has agreed to launch a new internal data security program and will take other steps to combat hacker disruptions.

Companies are trying to figure out how to welcome back employees to their offices, and keep them safe once they return. The new normal might involve smartphone apps and badges to track employees.

We're used to thinking of DNA as a rigid blueprint. Karissa Sanbonmatsu researches how our environment affects the way DNA expresses itself—especially when it comes to sex and gender.

Companies around the country are figuring out how to safely reopen office during the pandemic. The new normal might involve smartphone apps and badges to track employees.

The tech giant announces it is extending its previous work-from-home plans for most of its staff and will begin reopening offices this summer.

Influential keyboardist and electronic music pioneer dies following short battle with cancer

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The musician’s breezy vocals sit quite well with his light acoustic guitar plucking on the track

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The British vocalist and singer-songwriter suffered a cardiac arrest on May 6th in Florida

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The track is the Mumbai-based acoustic outfit’s first release this year

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The world music duo on reinventing their 2011 track ‘Karpur Gauram’ with 17 musicians from nine countries

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Twin sisters Nishita and Atisha Lulla talk about recording a previous single in Mumbai, the country-folk influence and more

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The record is filled with soaring vocals, melodic guitar work, stomping grooves and more

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The year-old band also called on Zygnema’s Sidharth Kadadi to produce their second release

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The Bengaluru turn up on dissonance and retain prog flavors on their latest song

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Pianist-singer behind “Tutti Frutti,” “Good Golly Miss Molly” and “Long Tall Sally” set the template that a generation of musicians would follow

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Air-burning plasma thruster may be competitive with jet engines.

Regulatory “flexibility” was never meant to allow fraud, agency says.

The Raptor rocket engine burned for about 4 seconds.

NASA has already assessed the viability of the Falcon Heavy for the task.

A mutation in the virus seems to be getting more common, but we don't know why.

Peer review moves to Twitter, muddling public health information.

They are among the earliest enslaved African people brought to the Americas.

Ex-official alleges cronyism, says warnings about supply shortages were ignored.

"There will be no social distancing in place," union rep wrote to city leaders.

Consumers are starting to see meat shortages after thousands of workers fall ill.

Just 1,000 light years from Earth, its two companion stars are visible to the naked eye.

Posts from high-profile accounts tout questionable virus therapies and cures.

Dr. Joseph Allen studies where building design meets health—he took our questions for 30min.

A new paper analyzes what we know about the sample the probe grabbed last year.

Trump admin allegedly told CDC its reopening guide would "never see the light of day."

A solar-driven hydrogen-producing machine that makes more copies of itself.