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Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and society.
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Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and society.
Language:
English
Episodes
A Lawsuit Argues Meta Is Required by Law to Let You Control Your Own Feed
5/2/2024
Academic Ethan Zuckerman is suing Meta to win protections for add-ons that help researchers study the platform and give users more control over their feeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:08
Why Apple’s iPhone Browser-Choice Option Sucks
5/1/2024
European iPhone owners are being shown a new pop-up screen listing alternatives to the Safari browser. The developers of the browsers shown on that screen are torn about the user experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:08:05
The Latest Online Culture War Is Humans vs. Algorithms
4/30/2024
Ever feel like Instagram or TikTok algorithms know you a bit too well? The backlash against automated curation is building, and new algorithm-free platforms are springing up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:08:41
Can’t Afford a House? Buy a Piece of One Instead
4/29/2024
In a chaotic housing market that has shut many buyers out, fractional home ownership and investing trends are taking off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:10:17
Meta’s Open Source Llama 3 Is Already Nipping at OpenAI’s Heels
4/26/2024
Meta’s decision to give away powerful AI software for free could threaten the business models of OpenAI and Google. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:06:21
Senate Vote Leaves TikTok's Creator Economy Staring Into the Abyss
4/25/2024
The US Senate voted to pass a bill that could see TikTok banned within a year, pitching creators and businesses dependent on the platform into an uncertain future. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:27
Semiconductor Giant ASML Has a New Boss, and a Big Problem
4/24/2024
European chip machine-maker ASML is at the center of US-China trade tensions. Its new chief executive now faces a daunting political juggling act. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:11
The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK
4/23/2024
The world's most-visited deepfake website and another large competing site are stopping people in the UK from accessing them, days after the UK government announced a crackdown. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:06:45
Meta Is Already Training a More Powerful Successor to Llama 3
4/22/2024
The open source Llama 3 AI model released by Meta is just the start, according to the company’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun. He said a new, much larger version is in the works. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:45
Tesla’s Layoffs Won’t Solve Its Growing Pains
4/19/2024
The car company popularized EVs. Now, facing intense competition from China, it has to figure out what to do next. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:58
Luxury Airbnb High-Rises Are Reshaping Miami’s Skyline
4/18/2024
Airbnb is encouraging developers to build condo towers purposefully designed to be listed for short-term rentals. Units are selling fast in Miami and coming soon to other US cities. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:10:23
Airchat Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Obsession
4/17/2024
It’s time for another audio-first social network with a long wait list and vague moderation policies. What could go wrong? Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:09:24
Crypto FOMO Is Back. So Are the Scams
4/16/2024
After cryptocurrency prices spiked, scammers have flooded the market with fake tokens that promise investors great riches, but leave them penniless. It's working. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:09:39
Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Found Liable for Multi-Billion-Dollar Fraud
4/15/2024
When Do Kwon’s crypto empire fell to pieces, tens of billions of dollars were wiped out. A civil jury in the US has found he lied to investors. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:11:35
No One Actually Knows How AI Will Affect Jobs
4/12/2024
Some businesses are replacing people with AI; others are augmenting their workforce or hiring new workers. The long-term impact on labor is murky. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:06:29
The Honeybees Versus the Murder Hornets
4/11/2024
Under threat from murder hornets, climate change, and habitat loss, UK honeybees are getting help from AI-enabled apiculturists tracking everything from foraging patterns to foreign invaders. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:08:30
Beeper Took On Apple’s iMessage Dominance. Now It’s Been Acquired
4/10/2024
The app that turned green chat bubbles blue has been acquired by Automattic, the parent company of Wordpress and Tumblr. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:22
The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island
4/9/2024
By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation’s history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding its already outsize role in preserving the digital world for posterity. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:08:00
Here's How Generative AI Depicts Queer People
4/8/2024
WIRED investigates how artificial intelligence tools, like OpenAI’s Sora, currently portray members of the LGBTQ community. Hint: It’s a lot of purple hair. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:08:57
To Build a Better AI Supercomputer, Let There Be Light
4/5/2024
OpenAI and other AI leaders think new leaps in machine intelligence will require new forms of computer hardware. One proposal involves connecting GPUs with light. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:29