Now playing Next USA 'Frightening' online transphobia has real-life consequences, advocates say Social media is "both the best thing" and "also the worst" to happen to the trans community, one transgender advocate said. 22/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Sacha Baron Cohen slams Facebook as 'greatest propaganda machine in history' "It only seems fair to say to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, 'Your product is defective, you are obliged to fix it,'" the actor said in a speech to the Anti-Defamation League. 22/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Musk unveils 'bulletproof' electric Tesla truck, but window cracks A sledgehammer swung at the door had no effect, but when a metal sphere was hurled against the window, it shattered. "Room for improvement," Musk joked. 22/11/2019
Now playing Next USA 'Climate emergency' is Oxford Dictionaries' 2019 word of the year Usage of the term is up 10,789 percent over the previous year, according to the dictionary's data. 21/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Iranians grapple with internet outages amid protests At its lowest point, Iran's connectivity to the outside world fell to 4 percent of ordinary levels, according to the non-profit group Netblocks. 21/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Coldplay to pause touring, citing environmental reasons Chris Martin, the band's frontman, said the carbon footprint of their tour is too large to justify. 21/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October The meeting took place during Zuckerberg's most recent visit to Washington, where he testified before Congress about Facebook's new cryptocurrency Libra. 21/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Misleading Ukraine story spreads among conservatives on social media The article offered conservatives and Trump loyalists a welcome alternative to the day's news. 20/11/2019
Now playing Next USA 'Cyborg' bots spread misinformation in Louisiana and Kentucky elections, researchers say Accounts that use a mix of human direction and automation point to the continuous evolution of misinformation strategies. 20/11/2019
Now playing Next Green News Is the science driving tree planting trends ‘dangerously misleading’? Researchers have claimed that the study published in July 'strongly overestimates' the impact of restoring forests. 20/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Uber to test recording audio of trips in effort to improve security The feature was unveiled during an event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, earlier this month and may be rolled out in other regions down the road. 20/11/2019
Now playing Next USA SpaceX has plans to land a huge spaceship on the moon in 2022 NASA announced five companies that are newly eligible to deliver robotic payloads to the lunar surface for the agency. 19/11/2019
Now playing Next USA 'We're still dodging it': Red tide returns in Florida Red tide killed thousands of tons of marine life including sea turtles, manatees and dolphins last year. 18/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Inside Facebook's efforts to stop revenge porn before it spreads The Facebook team tasked with fighting nonconsensual intimate images spoke for the first time about their research, early missteps and hopes for AI. 18/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Hong Kong's student protesters organize and catch up on class the same way: Telegram As protesters turn to Telegram for more than just organizing, they're also at risk of efforts to infiltrate their groups given the movement's reliance on the app. 16/11/2019
Now playing Next USA As Venice floods, scientists who grew up surrounded by water sound the alarm As climate change causes sea levels in Venice — and across the planet — to inch higher, scientists say catastrophic floods could become more severe and more frequent. 16/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Microsoft asks Eric Holder to audit AnyVision over use of facial recognition on Palestinians According to five sources, AnyVision's technology has powered a secret military surveillance project that has monitored Palestinians in the West Bank. 15/11/2019
Now playing Next USA With a single bead of plastic, scientists tease interactive 3D British scientists have developed moving three-dimensional images with sound and touch sensations based on a tiny plastic bead moved at high speeds. 14/11/2019
Now playing Next USA On Facebook, fears of parasites push people to post pictures of feces and pursue dangerous remedies While these groups have been under pressure from authorities, they have so far been successful in sidestepping Facebook's broader crackdown on health misinformation. 14/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Chicago mayor accuses Uber of 'paying off' black ministers to stop tax proposal Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the company offered the ministers money to convince her to stop a plan to increase flat fees on ride shares in downtown. 13/11/2019