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Sep 05, 2024•43 sec•Transcript available on Metacast DC went to YC to talk OS. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 31, 2024•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast At the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Trump told crypto enthusiasts exactly what they want to hear. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 30, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Platforms combining plants and recycled garbage could offer a cut-price solution for reviving polluted bodies of water. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 29, 2024•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast A controversial new surveillance system in Paris foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 26, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast OpenResearch released the first results of the most comprehensive study on giving unrestricted cash grants to impoverished Americans. Researchers say it will flame both sides of the debate over welfare. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 25, 2024•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast The software company has pushed back hard against claims that its algorithms helped make rent in the US too damn high. Property owners and managers aren't entirely convinced. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 24, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Alphabet-owned driverless car service is getting aggressive against alleged vandals after a series of violent incidents in San Francisco. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 23, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 22, 2024•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast The music streaming service has added a comment function under podcasts. Who is it for, anyway? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 19, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast French politicians’ pledge to make swimming possible in the iconic river is a way to ward off criticism about the cost of the clean up operation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 18, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast In a roundabout bid to win public opinion (and a juicy tax abatement,) Riot Platforms is preparing for its prized bitcoin mine to be annexed by a miniscule village in rural Texas. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 17, 2024•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast A new resolution echoes what 16 members of Congress have already said to the White House: It must do more to free one of the most storied crypto-focused federal agents in history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 16, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 15, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest iOS overhaul prompted by European Union rules, the smartphone maker will give third-party developers access to its payment technology. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 12, 2024•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 11, 2024•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast Scientists know enough about exoplanets to speculate about how simple plants might arise on them. But don't count on them being green. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 10, 2024•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 09, 2024•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former customers of bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox are preparing to be reunited with their lost bitcoin—and it's a $9bn windfall. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 08, 2024•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 04, 2024•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Upside Foods is slashing staff, citing legislative, regulatory, and funding headwinds. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 03, 2024•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 02, 2024•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast With polls suggesting voters are about to swing toward the far right or hard left, the AI industry is starting to freak out. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 01, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 28, 2024•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 27, 2024•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 26, 2024•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 25, 2024•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Earlier this week, WIRED published a story about the AI-powered search startup Perplexity, which Forbes has accused of plagiarism. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 24, 2024•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 21, 2024•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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