Slate Technology
Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
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ICYMI: John Green, Tall Love and the Star Wars ...
We’re bringing back High Speed Downloads to explain some internet hijinks.
24 min
252
What Next TBD: Amazon Wants Your Handprint
Biometric payment methods are coming to Whole Foods and beyond. Should we be worried?
19 min
253
What Next TBD: The FBI Made a Phone Network. It...
Anom was used by thousands of criminals. It was run by the FBI.
29 min
254
ICYMI: The Icarian Journey of Ashley Madison
A recent Netflix docuseries highlights the rapid rise and even more rapid decline of the now-infamous dating website.
38 min
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Slate Money: Is Tesla Even a Good Car Company?
The Money crew discusses Tesla’s big shareholder vote, the return of GameStop’s stock influencer, and the death of NYC’s congestion pricing scheme.
41 min
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What Next TBD: Apple Goes Intelligent
The giant Silicon Valley holdout joins the AI race. But is the demand real or artificial?
21 min
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ICYMI: Netflix’s TikTok Dance Cult Documentary ...
The director’s choice to film Dancing For The Devil in real time may have done the material a disservice.
54 min
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What Next TBD: Fee’d Up: A Musician’s Take on T...
Look what you made Merrick Garland do
19 min
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ICYMI: Inside the Unsolved 2014 Attack on a Fur...
A new podcast hopes to finally close a decade-old cold case.
33 min
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What Next TBD: The Secret Semiconductor War
The race is on and America is trailing. Why is it important to catch up?
19 min
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ICYMI: TikTok’s Current Main Character is a Fam...
Fannita Legett’s videos taking white influencers to task poured fuel on a fire that’s now raged beyond her control.
50 min
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What Next TBD: Would You Buy Poop On the Internet?
The wild world of peer-to-peer Fecal Microbial Transplants.
20 min
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ICYMI: Anna Sale on Internet Sabbaticals, iPod ...
How the host of Death, Sex & Money spends her time online
37 min
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Slate Money: Nobody’s Gonna Stop Nvidia
Alex Kantrowitz of the Big Tech podcast joins the Money squad to discuss Nvidia, Sam Altman, and WhatsApp.
51 min
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What Next TBD: He’s Suing Big Tech Over Uvalde
The lawsuit includes the gunmaker, Meta, and Activision, the company behind Call of Duty.
23 min
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ICYMI: Encore: TikTok Shop Is a Dystopian Mall ...
How TikTok’s e-commerce feature is ruining the app and small businesses
38 min
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What Next TBD: Why Hospitals Keep Getting Hacked
New computer security systems may not be a priority for your hospital. They should be.
20 min
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What Next TBD: Scarlett Johansson vs OpenAI
Is OpenAI’s latest scandal a sign of what’s to come?
23 min
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Well, Now: How Social Media Hurts Youth Mental ...
Minors are facing a mental health crisis, and data supports social media as a culprit. One city health commissioner is helping fight back in the courts.
37 min
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What Next TBD: The Dark Side of GoFundMe
Even when it succeeds, it’s evidence of a broken system.
28 min
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Slate Money: Biden Zaps Chinese EVs
The Money team discusses new China tariffs, Congress debating AI, and Melinda French Gates’ departure from her foundation.
51 min
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ICYMI: Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show Makes Rea...
The comedian’s latest project is simultaneously enthralling and utterly repellant.
46 min
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What Next TBD: Too Stonks Too Furious
Meme stocks are back—wait, they never really went away.
21 min
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ICYMI: Street Fights and Moissanite Rings: Redd...
Netflix’s hit reality show has spurred spinoffs, real estate celebrities and a community of more than 250,000 rabid fans
46 min
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What Next TBD: Would You Choose Your Child’s Sex?
Almost every country has banned the practice—but in the US, its growing.
25 min