Multiple Twitter accounts claiming to be run by members of the National Park Service and other U.S. agencies have appeared since the Trump administration's apparent gag order. The account owners are choosing to remain anonymous. David Calvert/Getty Images hide caption
Merriam-Webster's Twitter account weighs in on trending words and phrases and has waded into linguistic matters in politics, including a big campaign question: Did Donald Trump say "bigly" or "big league"? Marian Carrasquero/NPR hide caption
Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new Apple TV app during a product launch event in Cupertino, Calif., in October. The company now plans to make original movies and TV programming, according to sources. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Visitors photograph each other while standing on concrete slabs at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin in 2016. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
Writer and critic Jason Sheehan calls Red Dead Redemption his favorite Western of all time — surpassing even The Outlaw Josey Wales. Courtesy of Rockstar Games hide caption
Computer scientist Avi Rubin speaking at TEDxMidAtlantic. Chris Suspect/TED hide caption
Newly hired Spokane County Sheriff's Deputy Russell Aldrich chats with strangers in a shopping mall. The exercise is meant to help rookies build up the subtle people skills that older police trainers claim are lacking among many millennial recruits. Martin Kaste/NPR hide caption
A Syrian woman and her child sit in their refugee living space in Lebanon. They are featured in Four Walls, a virtual reality presentation by the International Rescue Committee. YouVisit Studios hide caption
Josuhe Pagliery grew up playing video games on consoles he says were not common in Cuba. Those games helped inspire him to develop Savior, Cuba's first independent video game. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
The new law was prompted by concerns over the intrusion of work into private lives. Carlina Teteris/Getty Images hide caption
Lincoln Clay, the lead character in Mafia III, is a protagonist rarely featured by the gaming industry. Courtesy of 2K Games hide caption
People in Shanghai overlook the financial district in June 2016. The Shanghai city government recently released an app that produces a "public credit score" for residents. A good score can lead to discounts, but a bad score can cause problems. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The Last of Us is as much about the bonds between Joel and his surrogate daughter Ellie as it is about their post-fungal-apocalypse world. Sony/Naughty Dog hide caption
How long do Americans, on average, keep a phone before buying a new one? Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
The top 20 most popular stories from the past year ranged from fact checks to mosquito bites, from Aleppo to taxes, and how to raise kids who will thrive, whatever the future brings. (From left) Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images; Felipe Dana/AP; Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP hide caption
Large portions of the Internet have declared 2016 one of the worst years ever. But 2017 hasn't gotten here yet, so let's all just simmer down. Luciano Lozano/Getty Images/Ikon Images hide caption
