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The latest in-depth coverage covering the intersection of technology and culture will help you make sense of a world in constant transformation. Join us as we explore the ways technology is changing our lives.

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6:27

Epic Games Lashes Out at Apple Over App Store Rejection

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2024/07/11

Fortnite creator Epic Games says Apple rejected its App Store rival for being too similar to its own—a move it deemed “arbitrary, obstructive,” and in violation of EU rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:12

What Will Plants Be Like on Alien Worlds?

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2024/07/10

Scientists know enough about exoplanets to speculate about how simple plants might arise on them. But don't count on them being green.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:09

How Labour Can Fix the UK’s Tech Industry

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2024/07/09

The new government could bring about a renaissance in UK tech and bolster the country’s precarious post-Brexit startup pipeline. That’s if politics don’t get in the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:33

After a 10 Year Wait, Mt. Gox Bitcoin Is Finally...

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2024/07/08

Former customers of bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox are preparing to be reunited with their lost bitcoin—and it's a $9bn windfall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:03

Hurricane Beryl Isn’t a Freak Storm—It’s the Exact...

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2024/07/04

A hot ocean provides the energy hurricanes need to grow—and can limit the cooling that happens in their wake, making it likelier that the storms that follow will be powerful ones.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:20

Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Cuts Dozens of Jobs

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2024/07/03

Upside Foods is slashing staff, citing legislative, regulatory, and funding headwinds.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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5:04

Meta's Pay for Privacy Model Is Illegal, Says EU

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2024/07/02

In the latest big tech reprimand, European Commission officials say the tech giant must offer another option for EU users to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:35

French AI Startups Felt Unstoppable. Then Came the...

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2024/07/01

With polls suggesting voters are about to swing toward the far right or hard left, the AI industry is starting to freak out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:29

OpenAI Wants AI to Help Humans Train AI

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2024/06/28

Having humans rate a language model’s outputs produced clever chatbots. OpenAI says adding AI to the loop could help make them even smarter and more reliable.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:36

Air So Polluted It Can Kill Isn’t Being Taken...

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2024/06/27

Toxic air kills over half a million children every year, yet only once has air pollution been listed as a cause of death on a death certificate.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:55

The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over

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2024/06/26

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of espionage in US court on Wednesday, ending a years-long legal battle between the US government and a controversial publisher.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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3:42

Post-Pandemic Recovery Isn’t Guaranteed

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2024/06/25

The aftermath of a disaster like Covid can be divided into roughly three stages: the honeymoon, the slump, and the uptick. The aim is always to build back better—but in some cases that never happens.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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13:44

Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity...

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2024/06/24

Earlier this week, WIRED published a story about the AI-powered search startup Perplexity, which Forbes has accused of plagiarism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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12:38

Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable—but You’re Eating...

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2024/06/21

The humble potato is a miraculous vegetable, but Americans are eating less of them than ever before and have ditched fresh potatoes for frozen. Is it time to rebrand the spud?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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6:43

STEM Students Refuse to Work at Google and Amazon...

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2024/06/20

Students and young workers from more than 120 universities have pledged to refuse work at Google and Amazon until the Israeli contract is dropped.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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12:52

Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will...

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2024/06/19

Extreme weather threatens the investment value of many properties, but financing for climate mitigation efforts are only just getting going.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:26

AI Is Coming for Big Tech Jobs—but Not in the Way You...

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2024/06/18

Companies aren’t replacing workers with AI yet. But they are sacrificing thousands of jobs in the race to further innovation in the technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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13:56

I Spent a Week Eating Discarded Restaurant Food. But...

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2024/06/17

Food app Too Good To Go promises to cut waste by directing hungry bargain hunters to leftover restaurant food. But the week we spent living off the app had me wondering if Too Good To Go is too good to be true. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:11

From the Archives: Scientists Have Finally Found the...

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2024/06/14

Astronomers show how a 50-meter space rock orbiting near Earth isn’t a typical asteroid: It probably blasted off the moon millions of years ago.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:11

Apple Proved That AI Is a Feature, Not a Product

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2024/06/14

Other tech companies want to sell you chatbots. Apple’s demos show the value of seeing the AI as an integrated, holistic experience rather than a stand-alone app or device.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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