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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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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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9:11

US National Security Experts Warn AI Giants Aren't...

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2024/06/13

Susan Rice, who helped the White House broker an AI safety agreement with OpenAI and other tech companies, says she's worried China will steal American AI secrets.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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7:19

From the Archives: The ‘Green’ Future of Furniture Is...

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2024/06/12

Foam rubber—like the filling inside your couch—produces an enormous amount of CO2. A Norwegian company called Agoprene thinks seaweed could be the solution.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:55

An AI Cartoon May Interview You For Your Next Job

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2024/06/12

As if trying to land a new gig isn't demoralizing enough, job seekers are meeting with characters powered by generative AI who are capable of meeting with infinite candidates to judge their skills.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:02

The Snowflake Attack May Be Turning Into One of the...

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2024/06/11

The number of alleged hacks targeting the customers of cloud storage firm Snowflake appears to be snowballing into one of the biggest data breaches of all time.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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11:05

The Case for MDMA's Approval Is Riddled With Problems

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2024/06/10

The FDA is considering approving MDMA alongside psychotherapy as a treatment for PTSD. But evidence of the drug’s effectiveness isn’t clear cut.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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12:24

From the Archives: Energy Drinks Are Out of Control

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2024/06/09

Highly caffeinated drinks have become a cultural staple. But following a death allegedly related to Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade, has our collective obsession with energy drinks become unsafe? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:58

From the Archives: Here Come the Glow-in-the-Dark...

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2024/06/08

Startup Light Bio has created a bioluminescent petunia using mushroom genes and plans to start shipping the plants next spring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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10:37

From the Archives: What Will Plants Be Like on Alien...

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2024/06/07

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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7:20

Marc Andreessen Called Online Safety Teams an Enemy....

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2024/06/07

Investor Marc Andreessen called tech ethics and safety teams “the enemy” in his “Techno-Optimist Manifesto” last year. Today he clarified he’s in favor of online guardrails for his 9-year-old son. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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13:20

From the Archives: A Medieval French Skeleton Is...

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2024/06/06

We're bringing an extra episode from our show Science, Spoken. Christopher Columbus was blamed for bringing syphilis to Europe. New DNA evidence suggests it was already there. Maybe both stories are true. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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8:10

An American Company Enabled a North Korean Scam That...

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2024/06/06

Wyoming’s secretary of state has proposed ways of “preventing fraud and abuse of corporate filings by commercial registered agents” in the aftermath of the scheme’s exposure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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9:55

AI Is Your Coworker Now. Can You Trust It?

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2024/06/05

Generative AI tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot are becoming part of everyday business life. But they come with privacy and security considerations you should know about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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