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Technology coverage from across the Slate Podcast network
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ICYMI: Oh No, Not Another Couch Guy
Featuring questions on wet jeans, a new Couch Guy (?) and Hayley Kiyoko’s relationship status.
26 min
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Better Life Lab: The Future of Wellbeing in an ...
What about us Humans?
43 min
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What Next TBD: North Korea's Hacking Army
Can North Korea's army of cyber-criminals be stopped?
20 min
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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
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What Next TBD: How Buffalo Could Transform Soci...
Can the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism effectively moderate extremist content?
19 min
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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
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What Next TBD: Inside Trump’s Twitter Clone
Can Truth Social survive without Trump?
17 min
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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
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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
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A Word: Is Big Tech Pro-Choice?
Tech companies fell short on “racial reckoning” promises. Are abortion rights next?
22 min
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ICYMI: The “Am I the A**Hole” Economy Is Thriving
We talk to one TikTokker who’s made it her brand.
25 min
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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
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ICYMI: Your Period Tracker Is Not Your Friend
Big Tech has so much more of our data than we realize.
29 min
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What Next TBD: Can the Internet Rescue Abortion...
A conversation with a doctor providing abortion access via telemedicine.
15 min
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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
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What Next TBD: What Elon Wants With Twitter
The purchase of Twitter is almost across the line. Now what?
18 min
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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
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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
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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
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What Next TBD: Elonnnnnnnnnnnnn!
What does Elon Musk really want with Twitter?
16 min
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What Next TBD: Uber Makes Nice With Cabs
New York City taxis are headed to the Uber app.
18 min
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What Next TBD: Elon Trolls the SEC
The Tesla billionaire is now Twitter's largest shareholder. Will he remake the platform in his image?
19 min
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What Next TBD: A Conversation With Europe's Top...
Margrethe Vestager just wants big tech companies to play by the same rules as everyone else.
17 min
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What Next TBD: The White House's Favorite Tech ...
Google's Ex-CEO built considerable influence in Biden's Office of Science and Technology. Did he cross the line?
19 min
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What Next TBD: The Cost of Going Off-Grid
Is there a downside to being entirely energy self-sufficent?
18 min