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What Next TBD: Can an Algorithm Spot a Shooter?
Social media surveillance technology used in schools has been largely ineffective.
21 min
727
ICYMI: How Depp v. Heard Broke the Internet
The trial was inescapable on social media, but how many people even knew what they were talking about?
27 min
728
What Next TBD: Online Privacy in a Post-Roe World
How to minimize your digital footprint
17 min
729
ICYMI: The Real Story Behind The Viral Makeup A...
Turns out the Jones Road ‘s virality might not have been entirely organic.
26 min
730
What Next TBD: Will Bitcoin Ruin El Salvador?
How the country's Bitcoin gamble is unraveling.
20 min
731
ICYMI: Oh No, Not Another Couch Guy
Featuring questions on wet jeans, a new Couch Guy (?) and Hayley Kiyoko’s relationship status.
26 min
732
Better Life Lab: The Future of Wellbeing in an ...
What about us Humans?
43 min
733
What Next TBD: North Korea's Hacking Army
Can North Korea's army of cyber-criminals be stopped?
20 min
734
ICYMI: The Trial That Ruined TikTok
If your “For You” page is only Depp v. Heard, Lizzo, and a weird “Jiggle Jiggle” rap, you’re not alone.
27 min
735
What Next TBD: How Buffalo Could Transform Soci...
Can the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism effectively moderate extremist content?
19 min
736
ICYMI: Tumblr’s “This Is White Privilege” Stays...
The creator of “This Is White Privilege” knows it educated a lot of people, but says he’d never do it again.
22 min
737
What Next TBD: Inside Trump’s Twitter Clone
Can Truth Social survive without Trump?
17 min
738
ICYMI: The TikTokkers Taking Down the Troubled ...
We spoke with two survivors about what it’s been like finding their community on TikTok, and how the app is helping spread the word.
26 min
739
A Word: Is Big Tech Pro-Choice?
Tech companies fell short on “racial reckoning” promises. Are abortion rights next?
22 min
740
What Next TBD: Can A.I. Know What You're Feeling?
A.I. that can read emotion is the next frontier in machine learning.
16 min
741
ICYMI: The “Am I the A**Hole” Economy Is Thriving
We talk to one TikTokker who’s made it her brand.
25 min
742
What Next TBD: Is Free Speech Online Just a Myth?
The framework we create now will define speech online for decades to come.
22 min
743
ICYMI: Your Period Tracker Is Not Your Friend
Big Tech has so much more of our data than we realize.
29 min
744
What Next TBD: Can the Internet Rescue Abortion...
A conversation with a doctor providing abortion access via telemedicine.
15 min
745
What Next TBD: The Fantasy of Internet for All
Starlink was supposed to revolutionize the global internet. Can it still meet its goal?
15 min
746
What Next TBD: What Elon Wants With Twitter
The purchase of Twitter is almost across the line. Now what?
18 min
747
What Next TBD: A New High-Tech Weapon in Ukraine
How is facial recognition technology is being deployed on the front lines in Ukraine?
18 min
748
What Next TBD: The COVID Data Disaster
The CDC moved the goalposts on COVID-19. Can we still fight the pandemic without a clear picture of the data?
21 min
749
What Next TBD: How TurboTax Tricks Taxpayers
The popular software is the product of a 20-year fight to make free tax filing nearly impossible.
18 min
750
What Next TBD: Elonnnnnnnnnnnnn!
What does Elon Musk really want with Twitter?
16 min