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.
Extreme weather threatens the investment value of many properties, but financing for climate mitigation efforts are only just getting going. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Startup Light Bio has created a bioluminescent petunia using mushroom genes and plans to start shipping the plants next spring. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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 about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Data breaches at Ticketmaster and financial services company Santander have been linked to attacks against cloud provider Snowflake. Researchers fear more breaches will soon be uncovered. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Google rushed out fixes after its AI search feature made errors that went viral. Fundamental limitations of generative AI mean that it will still screw up sometimes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
We're bringing an extra episode from our show Business, Spoken. Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
2022’s NASA mission proved it was possible to knock an incoming near-Earth object off course. But that creates debris—which might also be a threat. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US says a Chinese national operated the “911 S5” botnet, which included computers worldwide and was used to file hundreds of thousands of fraudulent Covid claims and distribute CSAM, among other crimes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Why does some wildlife thrive in the city? Figuring this out is the first step to boosting urban biodiversity. And that's good for everyone. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
We're bringing an extra episode from our show Science, Spoken. A clinical trial reveals the first evidence of how the brain restructures physically in the first month on SSRIs—and the link between neuroplasticity and depression. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US military aims to maintain its dominance by building autonomous attack drones that collaborate with humans and overwhelm defenses in swarms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Solar winds at a million miles an hour and freaky magnetic turbulence are sparking some of the best light shows in centuries. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Chinese-owned app is in serious trouble in Washington, but a survey of US creators suggests TikTok’s influencer economy is carrying on with business as usual. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
If Scarlett Johansson pursues legal action against OpenAI for giving ChatGPT a voice she calls “eerily similar to mine,” she might claim the company breached her right to publicity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
We're bringing you a special episode from our Business, Spoken show. Check it out wherever you're listening. Tech companies have laid off more than 400,000 people in the past two years. Competition for the jobs that remain is getting more and more desperate. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
They predict the ups and downs of Bitcoin based on planetary movements, and their super-secretive clientele listens. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
