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Every Friday and Sunday, Slate’s popular daily news podcast What Next brings you TBD, a clear-eyed look into the future. From fake news to fake meat, algorithms to augmented reality, Lizzie O’Leary is your guide to the tech industry and the world it’s creating for us to live in.
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Do Algorithms Make Sentencing Fairer?
Thirty-five states are using algorithms to help judges make better decisions. Are they working?
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A Landmark Privacy Law Takes Effect. Now What?
California’s Consumer Privacy Act could have a national impact.
16 min
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Ring: Your Doorbell Is Watching
The Shark Tank reject now partners with more than 600 police departments around the country.
17 min
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Inside The Influence Economy
What we get wrong about the world of influencers, and why we should be paying attention.
16 min
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What Is Google After Larry and Sergey?
With the founders stepping down, the tech giant enters uncharted territory.
16 min
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Is TikTok Really a National Security Threat?
The app’s growing popularity in the U.S. has lawmakers worried about Beijing’s influence.
20 min
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How WhatsApp Got Hacked
Private spyware companies help governments get around encryption, and business is booming.
19 min
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The Uber Drivers Who Don’t Want to Be Employees
A new law in California could be the beginning of the end for the gig economy.
15 min
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The Price of Automating Aviation
What the 737 Max crashes teach us about flying when automated systems malfunction.
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Inside Facebook's Political Ad Mess
Why this fight is really a battle about something much bigger.
18 min
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Announcement: What Next: TBD
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Smash Bros Side Hustlers
37 min
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The People Who Hold The Internet Together
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What it Takes to Study Online Harassment
38 min
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The Surveillance Is Coming From Inside The (Sma...
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Breaking Away From Google
One journalist’s quest to wean the tech behemoth out of his daily life.
39 min
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The Case For The Vape
34 min
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Inside Uber
A closer look at Uber during the Travis Kalanick years.
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Cosmetic Gene Editing Gone Awry
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When Your DNA is Public Information
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The Allure of Smart Guns
32 min
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China’s Cyber War Against Hong Kong
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Chemists Spill the Science of Skincare
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Why Facebook Can’t Just Create a Currency
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Prime Day Comes but Once a Year
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