El Salvador’s Bitcoin Gamble Is Off to a Rocky Start
Enthusiasm, fear, and light shows usher the country into the age of cryptocurrency. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 21, 2021•10 min
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An Explosion in Geofence Warrants Threatens Privacy Across the US
New figures from Google show a tenfold increase in the requests from law enforcement, which target anyone who happened to be in a given location at a specified time. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 20, 2021•7 min
The $150 Million Machine Keeping Moore’s Law Alive
ASML’s next-generation extreme ultraviolet lithography machines achieve previously unattainable levels of precision, which means chips can keep shrinking for years to come. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 17, 2021•12 min
GM Recalls Every Chevy Bolt Ever Made Over Faulty Batteries
The automaker is recalling the electric vehicle after investigating two manufacturing defects linked to car fires. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 16, 2021•6 min
Gavin Newsom’s Recall Election Divides Silicon Valley’s Elite
How the tech world’s unique brand of politics is shaping the fight over who governs California. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 15, 2021•6 min
A New Chip Cluster Will Make Massive AI Models Possible
Cerebras says its technology can run a neural network with 120 trillion connections—a hundred times what's achievable today. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 14, 2021•8 min
Lina Khan’s Theory of the Facebook Antitrust Case Takes Shape
With a beefed-up complaint, the Federal Trade Commission explains precisely why it thinks the social media giant is an illegal monopoly. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 13, 2021•8 min
AI Can Write in English. Now It's Learning Other Languages
Startups in Germany, China, Israel, and elsewhere are following the path blazed by GPT-3—with local twists. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 10, 2021•10 min
Tesla Promised a Robot. Was It Just a Recruiting Pitch?
The highlight of an event aimed at AI whizzes was a human simulating a robot that might someday replace a human. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 09, 2021•6 min
Looking for a New Job in Tech? It’s Your Lucky Day
Flexible WFH policies, signing bonuses, fancy cookies—employers are turning on the charm to attract engineers and developers to their firms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 08, 2021•6 min
The Push for Ad Agencies to Ditch Big Oil Clients
An activist coalition is pressuring firms to stop promoting fossil fuel companies—some of which have advertised oil and gas as “climate friendly.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 07, 2021•8 min
Apple and Google Are Gearing Up to Fight a New App Store Bill
The Open App Markets Act would relax the tech giants’ grip on the app economy. But a PR campaign against it is already underway. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 06, 2021•10 min
Now That Machines Can Learn, Can They Unlearn?
Privacy concerns about AI systems are growing. So researchers are testing whether they can remove sensitive data without retraining the system from scratch. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 03, 2021•7 min
How an Obscure Green Bay Packers Site Became the Biggest Thing on Facebook
The social media giant's new transparency report mostly succeeds in showing the extent of its spam problem. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 02, 2021•8 min
New Regulation Could Cause a Split in the Crypto Community
An article in the Infrastructure Bill led cryptocurrency to acquire a great marker of prestige: a lobby. But can it keep a united front? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Sep 01, 2021•8 min
The Feds Are Investigating Tesla Over Autopilot Crashes
The probe will look at 11 accidents, each of which involved a parked emergency vehicle. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 31, 2021•6 min
Deepfakes Are Now Making Business Pitches
The video technology, initially associated with porn, is gaining a foothold in the corporate world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 30, 2021•7 min
What Airbnb’s Summer Boost Reveals About Covid-19 Recovery
The company’s latest earnings report showed an upsurge in business, but it also hedges expectations for the fall. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 27, 2021•5 min
Samsung Has Its Own AI-Designed Chip. Soon, Others Will Too
Synopsys, which sells software for designing semiconductors to dozens of companies, is adding artificial intelligence to its arsenal. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 26, 2021•6 min
This Device Helps Paralyzed People Breathe—and Sing
Called the Exo-Abs, the robotic device uses artificial intelligence to gauge how much pressure to put on a person’s midsection. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 25, 2021•9 min
Struggling to Recruit, Police Turn to Targeted Ads
The pandemic and the George Floyd protests have made recruiters’ jobs tougher. Now they’re tapping the behavioral profiling power of social media. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 24, 2021•6 min
Biden Wants More EVs on Roads. What About Charging Stations?
The president called for 40 percent of new cars to be electric by 2030. But motorists still fret about running out of juice—even if it rarely happens. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 23, 2021•7 min
John Deere Doubles Down on Silicon Valley and Robots
The farm-equipment giant is buying Bear Flag Robotics, which makes autonomous tractors, marking its second big tech buy in four years. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 20, 2021•5 min
If YouTube Algorithms Radicalize Users, Data Doesn’t Show It
New research tracking people’s behavior on the platform found that most don’t go down those ever-deepening rabbit holes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 19, 2021•7 min
These Algorithms Look at X-Rays—and Somehow Detect Your Race
A study raises new concerns that AI will exacerbate disparities in health care. One issue? The study’s authors aren’t sure what cues are used by the algorithms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 18, 2021•8 min
Amazon's Massive GDPR Fine Shows the Law's Power—and Limits
It's the first significant GDPR ruling against Big Tech. But secrecy around the decision exposes the regulation’s flaws. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 17, 2021•9 min
Facebook’s Reason for Banning Researchers Doesn’t Hold Up
The company says privacy concerns forced it to block access for a team of academics. Whose privacy, exactly? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 16, 2021•8 min
China Cracks Down On Its Tech Giants. Sound Familiar?
Companies like Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent were once regarded with national pride. Now they’re being slapped with fines and other penalties. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 13, 2021•12 min
The Pandemic Drives Cofounders to Couples Therapy
Startups are like relationships—at least that’s what some Silicon Valley therapists are pitching. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 12, 2021•7 min
Toyota Whiffed on EVs. Now It’s Trying to Slow Their Rise
In a bid to protect its investments in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells, the carmaker is lobbying against the transition to electric vehicles. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Aug 11, 2021•7 min
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