Episodes
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
Published 04/26/24
Published 04/26/24
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
Published 04/25/24
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
Published 04/24/24
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
Published 04/23/24
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
Published 04/22/24
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
Published 04/19/24
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
Published 04/18/24
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
Published 04/17/24
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
Published 04/16/24
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
Published 04/15/24
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
Published 04/12/24
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
Published 04/11/24
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
Published 04/10/24
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
Published 04/09/24
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
Published 04/08/24
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
Published 04/05/24
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
Published 04/04/24
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
Published 04/03/24
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
Published 04/02/24
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
Published 04/01/24
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
Published 03/29/24
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
Published 03/28/24
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
Published 03/27/24
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
Published 03/26/24