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Amazon began layoffs, reportedly affecting as many as 10,000 employees. That follows job cuts at Meta, Twitter, and Stripe, with CEOs citing economic uncertainty and a slowdown in online ad buying.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with researchers who've studied the relationship between social media posts and opinions.

Pastry chef Aggie Chin talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about desserts for your New Year's Eve party. This week, it's citrus pavlova cake.

Only 16 investigators are looking into child abuse and neglect claims in St. Louis and St. Louis County. The head of the Missouri Children’s Division says that number should be closer to 60.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Washington Post reporter Ben Strauss about recent layoffs at Sports Illustrated and the future of the revered magazine.

Billionaire Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter would dramatically reshape how the social media site works. He says he would cut back on the company's attempts to fight disinformation.

The suspect was arrested earlier with a loaded handgun, demanding to see Gov. Tony Evers. After he made bail, he came back with an assault rifle.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has drawn a lot of attention with her "sort of a feminist manifesto" Lean In. Critic Maureen Corrigan finds that much of the book is bland, but toward the end, Sandberg's intellectual charisma breaks through.

Twitter, Apple, Snapchat, and Facebook are embroiled in controversies about the balance between protecting user data and cooperating with law enforcement. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with tech correspondent Steve Henn about the issue.

In the face of dozens of lawsuits and pressure from parents, Meta rolls out new security features for teenagers.