What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the...
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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A.I. for Cops
Silicon Valley wants your police department to use artificial intelligence. Do you?
24 min
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The People Suing ICE
21 min
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Saudi Arabia Gets into EA’s Games
What state investment in the video game company means for the industry.
20 min
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Who Owns TikTok Now?
25 min
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Trapped in a Tesla
Teslas are trapping passengers inside after crashes. Regulators are starting to notice.
24 min
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How Trump Got Obsessed with Autism
Thanks to RFK Jr., Trump can capitalize on an issue he’s cared about for decades.
28 min
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Is A.I. Taking Your Job?
For young workers, it might be time to worry.
27 min
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The Discourse | TikTok Ban: The Final Loop?
4 min
34
A Very Online Shooter
The memes that came before, and the memes that were made after.
32 min
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Her Daughter Killed Herself. Then She Saw the C...
Should A.I. have warned someone?
31 min
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You Can't Escape the Charlie Kirk Video
Content moderation is dead, algorithms are designed to serve you horrific videos - is this the future of life online?
32 min
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End of an Electric Avenue
Are Americans ready and willing to pay full-price for an electric vehicle?
20 min
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Is the A.I. Bubble Bursting?
An “A.I. hater” makes the case.
31 min
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A24 Meets A.I.
Risk alienating your “auteurs”—or risk being left behind?
22 min
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The Great Celebrity Spotify Playlist Hack
What the “Panama Playlists” revealed, other than JD Vance’s taste.
23 min
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Trump Vs. Cancer Research
Wait, it’s ‘Vs. Cancer,’ right? No? Wow.
26 min
42
The CDC Under Fire
A widespread suspicion of public health—something HHS head RFK Jr. does nothing to tamp down—has metastasized into something much more dangerous.
21 min
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Down the Text-Scam Rabbit Hole
Ever wondered what happens if you accept one of those SPAM-text job offers?
29 min
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Trump Dips into NVIDIA’s Chips
Trump takes a page from China’s book of “state capitalism” with a dubiously legal export fee.
23 min
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Here Comes the A.I. Music Slop
No singer, no songwriter, all slop…but paid equally.
26 min
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What Happened After Meta Fired Its Fact-Checkers
The truth is, Zuckerberg’s new system isn’t working very well.
25 min
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The A.I. Data Center Push That Wasn't
The Trump administration touted Stargate as a 500 billion dollar investment in American data centers. So far, it hasn't panned out.
24 min
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The Death of an Online Whisper Network
Your safety? There isn’t an app for that.
25 min
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Dupes!
Is your skincare/skirt/vacation island as good as the real thing?
29 min
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A Colbert Report
How Trump did (and didn't) get Stephen Colbert cancelled.
21 min