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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.
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English
Episodes
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
One Man’s Army of Streaming Bots Reveals a Whole Industry’s Problem
4/4/2024
A rare case in Danish court shows how automated clicks and fake accounts can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars on Apple Music and Spotify. Experts say it’s the tip of the iceberg. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:06:47
Apple Store Employees Say Coworkers Were Disciplined for Supporting Palestinians
4/3/2024
A protest is planned Saturday at a Chicago Apple store where workers say managers disciplined staff—and fired an employee—for wearing pins, bracelets, or keffiyeh in support of Palestinian people. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:32
TikTok Shop’s Era of Super Subsidies Is Ending
4/2/2024
The app’s shopping features won over sellers and shoppers by offering deals that can seem too good to be true. Now TikTok is raising sellers fees, which may translate into higher prices. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:06:10
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
4/1/2024
A US judge has sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried, one-time crypto wunderkind, to 25 years behind bars. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:08:27
The Antitrust Case Against Apple Argues It Has a Stranglehold on the Future
3/29/2024
The Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit against Apple says the company's grip on iPhone users and developers is blocking future innovation in tech. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:17
The Science of Crypto Forensics Survives a Court Battle—for Now
3/28/2024
A jury convicted Roman Sterlingov of money laundering this month. His defense team says it will appeal, saying the crypto-tracing technique at the heart of the case is “pseudoscience.” Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:10:44
Here Comes the Flood of Plug-In Hybrids
3/27/2024
New US emissions rules mean more plug-in hybrid cars are on the way. The electric vehicle tech is clean—but has a catch. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:50
The EU Targets Apple, Meta, and Alphabet for Investigations Under New Tech Law
3/26/2024
The probes are the first to take place under Europe’s landmark Digital Markets Act—and add to Apple's mounting antitrust woes. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:07:26
The Case Against Apple Weaponizes the Cult of Cupertino
3/25/2024
The US government's antitrust suit argues that Apple's sticky ecosystem keeps hold of customers by penalizing those who leave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:00:10:11