Marketplace Tech

Marketplace Tech
Dive headfirst into the tech-tacular world with Marketplace Tech. Your trusty guide? Molly Wood, who chucked the conventional 9-to-5 desk job to satisfy not only her inner geek, but to enlighten fellow tech enthusiasts too. Hunger for all things digital? Look no further! Be it your grandma trying to figure out her new iPad, or a Silicon Valley geekpreneur, there's something for everyone. The podcast is a smorgasbord of digital goodness, serving hot news on AI, cyber security, gadget reviews, and more. Among the show's most riveting stuff, check out 'Robot Tastemakers', exploring how AI is setting trends in music. So buckle up, it's time to feel the digital pulse of the world with Marketplace Tech!

Latest Marketplace Tech Episodes

Are we “flying blind” into peak hurricane season?

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:10:00 +0000
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Could AI be a peacekeeper of the future?

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 10:05:00 +0000
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One in five consumers are using AI daily

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review - AI regulation ban dies, renewable energy credits hit and Amazon’s millionth robot

Fri, 04 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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How AI "ghost students" are stealing financial aid

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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News on social media is now mainstream

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:02:00 +0000
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Some states shared private health information with Big Tech

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:06:00 +0000
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The case for the FTC to rein in Big Tech for online safety

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 10:02:00 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review - AI's fair use case win, at-home camera surveillance tech, and iPhone's 'F1' ad annoys users

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:05:00 +0000
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Data centers in space

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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How commercial satellites are defining modern warfare

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Iranians are left without internet access amid Middle East conflict

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:07:00 +0000
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California seeks new guardrails on automated AI systems

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:10:00 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review – Trump's mobile venture, online data brokers used to target MN victims, and an OpenAI-Microsoft breakup

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:04:00 +0000
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Malawi looks to tech to solve teacher shortage

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:10:00 +0000
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Online coverage of anti-ICE protest split by political lenses

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:10:00 +0000
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The various contracts Palantir has with the federal government

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 10:05:00 +0000
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Crypto crime gets physical

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Is Apple out of ideas?

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Can Finland take Europe’s startup crown?

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Brazil wants its consumers to control their digital data — by monetizing it

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:04:00 +0000
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Companies are betting on deep sea mining for critical minerals

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 10:02:00 +0000
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Federal judge rules AI chatbots don't have free speech protections — for now

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 10:05:00 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review: A bet to make AI less human, and more

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:04:00 +0000
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How a high-tech farm in Canada is winning in the trade war

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 10:05:00 +0000
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A test to weed out AI-generated deepfake images

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:30:00 +0000
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The startups bringing brain-computer interfaces to market

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 09:45:00 +0000
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Police use new AI tool that can identify someone without facial features

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 09:30:00 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — Texas’ age verification law, a potential moratorium on local AI laws, and Meta splits its AI team

Fri, 30 May 2025 08:15:00 +0000
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NYC's child welfare agency uses AI to scrutinize marginalized families, recent investigation finds

Thu, 29 May 2025 09:30:00 +0000
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Controversial Reddit AI study raises wider ethical concerns

Wed, 28 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Big Tech pivots from the carrot to the stick

Tue, 27 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Are digital banking outages on the rise?

Mon, 26 May 2025 07:30:00 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review – AI dominates Google I/O and more

Fri, 23 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Farm workers head back to school to upskill in agtech

Thu, 22 May 2025 10:10:00 +0000
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Universities propel agtech innovation in the Central Valley

Wed, 21 May 2025 10:05:00 +0000
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California farmers reshape agriculture with cutting edge tech

Tue, 20 May 2025 10:03:00 +0000
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Having a child in a digital economy

Mon, 19 May 2025 10:10:00 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review - Saudi Arabia bets billions on AI

Fri, 16 May 2025 10:10:00 +0000
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What it takes to bring manufacturing to space

Thu, 15 May 2025 10:05:00 +0000
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AI is more marketing hype than real capabilities, new book suggests

Wed, 14 May 2025 10:02:00 +0000
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Mozilla rejects DOJ's remedies in Google search antitrust trial

Tue, 13 May 2025 10:10:00 +0000
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The rise of the "Splinternet"

Mon, 12 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review - RIP Skype

Fri, 09 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Vibe coding is having its moment

Thu, 08 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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The human cost of fast shipping

Wed, 07 May 2025 10:05:00 +0000
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Fiverr CEO explains why everyone needs to upskill with AI

Tue, 06 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Is talking to AI chatbots good for us?

Mon, 05 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review - Meta joins the AI assistant race

Fri, 02 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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When an AI internet search competes against a human internet search

Thu, 01 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Meta's news blackout in Canada causes problems during election

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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A battery farm in the Bronx could help clean up New York's power grid

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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AI can't read the room

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review - OpenAI's for-profit troubles, FTC sues Uber and how VCs are weathering Trump tariffs

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Is community fact-checking the future of social media moderation?

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Cities take the lead in battling rent-setting algorithms

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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This company uses AI to make workers AI-savvy — and keep their jobs

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Mobile apps are failing users with disabilities

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — Meta's antitrust trial, Nvidia's export restraint, and Jack Dorsey's hot take on IP law

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:13:00 +0000
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For the 2034 Olympics, Utah wants air taxis instead of Ubers

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Can the U.S. get around China's restrictions on rare earth minerals?

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Virginia's reliance on surveillance tech raises data privacy questions

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Is using AI in job interviews cheating?

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — How tariffs impact consumer gadgets, e-commerce and the AI boom

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:08:00 +0000
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Etsy's AI curates the search for the perfect thing

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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What does a bear market mean for Big Tech?

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000
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Microsoft wants to be the world's AI platform

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 03:13:06 +0000
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How to ethically design a nuclear power plant

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:04:09 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — TikTok’s new bidders, Tesla sales slump and OpenAI raises $40 billion

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 10:09:20 +0000
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Why LGBTQ+ teens, young adults feel safer online

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:06:16 +0000
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Worry over worker visas goes viral in Silicon Valley

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:13:57 +0000
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Napster lives on

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 10:09:22 +0000
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China sets its sights on AI leadership

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:08:42 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — Trump officials’ Signal leak, 23andMe goes bankrupt and chatbots take on search engines

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:09:21 +0000
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Network effect: Customers help utilities build smarter, more efficient power grid

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:13:04 +0000
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The SEC invites cryptocurrency supporters and skeptics to the table

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:08:05 +0000
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AI chatbots mimic human anxiety, study finds

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:59:01 +0000
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Workers hope to steer giant Southern EV battery plant toward unionization

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:12:46 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — Nvidia’s new bot, evaluating AI models in health care, and a health tech company preps its IPO

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:06:40 +0000
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More Stanford grads are finding jobs and purpose in defense tech

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:07:06 +0000
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Ransomware’s new strategy: naming and shaming victims

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:10:22 +0000
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The do’s and don’ts of payment apps

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:38:02 +0000
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Schools are using AI tracking software on student devices, recent investigation shows

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:05:07 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review – AI that reads emotions, Waymo expands its services, and the industry pushes back on federal tech cuts

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:07:07 +0000
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Futurist couldn’t predict our inability to plan for the future

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:06:36 +0000
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The pandemic made teachers learn to love tech

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:05:45 +0000
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Keeping remote workers close to the action

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:06:34 +0000
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How the pandemic gave a huge boost to wastewater virus tracking

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:07:15 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review – Tariff tensions hit tech stocks, TSMC expands its U.S. investment and a tech leader joins bid to buy TikTok

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:06:15 +0000
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Maryland’s message to Big Tech: Think different.

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 11:11:23 +0000
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Can close connections with AI chatbots harm kids?

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:07:23 +0000
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Parents want their kids to be social, but with less social media

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:04:50 +0000
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Youngsters’ social media habit has developmental impact, researcher says

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:12:14 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — Apple’s huge investment, Nvidia’s strong earnings and Bybit hack batters bitcoin

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:05:10 +0000
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As followership wanes, TikTok resets relations between creators and fans

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:08:35 +0000
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If AI writes code, is coding still crucial for kids to learn?

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:06:33 +0000
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How will Australia’s teen social media ban work?

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:10:57 +0000
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Satellites provide internet access and a lot more, but the skies are getting crowded

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:05:56 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — deep cuts at AI agency, DOGE sued again and pulling the plug on the Ai Pin

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:09:01 +0000
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Responsible ways to use AI for government efficiency

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:59 +0000
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The cost of losing government webpages and public data

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:15:23 +0000
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When venture capital collides with the nation’s capital

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:05:12 +0000
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Are we ready for ‘grief-tech’?

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:14:32 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — AI talks at Paris summit, Apple launches health study and BuzzFeed’s social media plans

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:07:26 +0000
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Will DeepSeek disrupt American AI’s first-mover advantage?

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:20:58 +0000
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The AI boom is carving space for the data centers economy

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:04:27 +0000
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AI pressures professions to accept artificial expertise 

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:04:12 +0000
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The complicated business of changing digital map names and boundaries

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:04:55 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — Google’s AI policy pivot, OpenAI teams up with California colleges, and robotaxis arrive in Austin

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:07:02 +0000
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The case for a comprehensive federal law to oversee AI

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:05:09 +0000
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A veteran of Reagan’s “Star Wars” has doubts about Trump’s “Iron Dome”

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:04:25 +0000
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Artificial ingredient: Cooking up new snacks with aid of AI 

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:07:07 +0000
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Reimagining the long-term alignment of human and AI advancements

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:05:50 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — DeepSeek, chip tariffs, and an attempt to get kids off social media

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:10:39 +0000
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Trump renews interest in crypto “meme coins”

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:10:06 +0000
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How Trump’s executive order on online free speech could upend content moderation

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:03:33 +0000
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“Superagency” explores how AI can enhance human potential to new heights

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:16:46 +0000
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At Davos, rich and powerful now comfortable with power of AI

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 11:03:24 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — The Stargate project, Trump meme coins, and the TikTok flip-flop

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:26:07 +0000
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As LA blazes rage, even firefighters turn to Watch Duty

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:06:18 +0000
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How one college is leveraging AI for educators and students

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:12:09 +0000
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Trump’s election syncs up with tech backlash against gloom and guilt

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:04:42 +0000
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Biden pushed back on Big Tech’s power, and Trump found a few new friends

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:17:31 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — TikTok shutdown, Biden’s AI policies and Zuckerberg asks Trump for a favor

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:12:36 +0000
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California’s wildfire detection tech was no match for the Palisades fire

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:06:01 +0000
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Donors need protection too as wildfire misinformation and scams emerge

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:07:40 +0000
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How AI chatbots are turning the tables on scammers

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:05:37 +0000
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Will AI replace call center workers?

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:05:07 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — Meta’s users take over fact checks, YouTubers sue PayPal and highlights from CES

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:05:47 +0000
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Meta pivots to community fact-checking ahead of Trump term

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 11:05:10 +0000
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A Dutch port demonstrates how automation in the industry could work

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:04:57 +0000
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Why 2025 may be the year of small AI

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:35 +0000
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With OpenAI seeking profits, activist seeks payback to the public

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:55:28 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — Trump’s bid to delay TikTok ban, OpenAI’s advances and a tech prediction for 2025

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:05:09 +0000
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Not all AI is, well, AI

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:08:46 +0000
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Not all screen time is created equal (rerun)

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 10:41:16 +0000
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Futurist forecasts convergence of key technologies into “living intelligence”

Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:06:44 +0000
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How content creators profit from rage-baiting

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:06:34 +0000
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How China’s EV market could endure higher tariffs

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:07:24 +0000
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Yelp helped change the game for online reviews

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:13:41 +0000
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How teenagers can get hooked on sports betting (rerun)

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 11:09:15 +0000
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Big Tech’s pivot away from diversity efforts (rerun)

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 11:05:25 +0000
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A look back at 20 years of podcasting

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:10:32 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — SCOTUS to hear TikTok case, Congress unveils AI roadmap, and the year ahead for robotaxis

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:06:19 +0000
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The good and bad of AI voice cloning

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:05:55 +0000
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The entrepreneur who wants to buy TikTok

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:08:23 +0000
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Nuclear power needs to build up its workforce so it can power up clean energy 

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:06:24 +0000
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The download on Trump 2.0 and tech

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:06:55 +0000
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Bytes: Week in Review — Investments flow into health tech, FDA approves modifying AI medical devices, and California’s AI insurance claim law

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 11:08:19 +0000
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Could AI and fintech help you get a bank loan?

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:07:46 +0000
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