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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
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ICYMI: The Internet Hates Hogwarts Legacy
A new video game set in the Harry Potter universe lays bare the mediocrity of Rowling’s world.
38 min
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Slate Money: Microchips and Child Care
Slate Money talks child care in the CHIPS Act, ESG investing, and mortgages.
42 min
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What Next TBD: What Would Convince a Lab Leak S...
Why one virologist doesn’t find the Department of Energy’s assessment convincing.
29 min
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ICYMI: Selena Gomez Loves Logging Off
But she never stays offline for long.
37 min
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What Next TBD: Is a 25-Year-Old’s Brain Mature?
How the new science of brain development isn’t just changing policy, but how we live.
21 min
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ICYMI: North West Is TikTok’s New Queen
Is deploying her mother’s business savvy or just enjoying being a kid?
33 min
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Amicus: SCOTUS on the Internet: “It’s Complicated”
Two big tech cases before the US Supreme Court this week promised justices tackling the thorny issues of content moderation, liability, and internet platforms, but instead delivered confusion and dodges.
50 min
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What Next TBD: Why A.I. Says the Darndest Things
Microsoft is working out the kinks of their chatbot in real time, and we're the guinea pigs.
25 min
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ICYMI: Tumblr Revived the Welcome to Night Vale...
A poll to find the top “Tumblr Sexyman” reminded users how much they loved narrator Cecil Palmer.
36 min
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What Next TBD: The Baby-Sleep Industrial Complex
Is the Snoo a life-saving necessity, or $1700 luxury item for bougie babies?
28 min
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ICYMI: The Influencer Even Skeptics Love
Emma Chamberlain has taste, and a personality.
36 min
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What Next TBD: What Made the Balloon Drama Pop ...
Blown cover or just blown off course?
32 min
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ICYMI: The Internet’s Black Emo Renaissance
Paramore is for Black people.
37 min
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What Next TBD: Contraband Tech Behind Bars
Why prisoners risk the consequences to have a cell phone.
28 min
615
ICYMI: Is Weight Lifting a Diet Culture Escape ...
Writer Casey Johnston on how gym weights broke her out of diet and fitness hell.
39 min
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Slate Money: Will A.I. Kill the Internet?
Slate Money talks A.I. search engines, oil profits, and Bed Bath & Beyond.
48 min
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What Next TBD: Why Ban TikTok?
If the U.S. wants to protect users, there are better options.
24 min
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ICYMI: How a 9-Year-Old Took Over TikTok
Plus, drama in the TikTok food world.
35 min
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What Next TBD: Did a Twentysomething Con Americ...
How the start-up “Frank” went from a shiny new acquisition to “a huge mistake” for JP Morgan Chase.
29 min
620
ICYMI: The Anal Bead Cheating Scandal That Rock...
Plus, Mittens the cat is a viscous chess bot.
35 min
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What Next TBD: How COVID Changes Our Immune Sys...
The data doesn't tell the whole story.
25 min
622
ICYMI: Has the Internet Made Parenting Easier?
Or has it just created new problems for parents to grapple with?
36 min
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What Next TBD: Did A.I. Write This Headline?
No, but Silicon Valley thinks it can.
31 min
624
Slate Money: Chip War
Chris Miller joins Slate Money to talk about microchips.
43 min
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ICYMI: TikTok Isn’t For Creators Anymore
Social media companies have the content spigots in a chokehold.
34 min