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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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How Tough Will Biden Really Be on Big Tech?
His presidency may be the last chance to constrain the far-reaching power of the tech giants.
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How the Gig Economy Won in California
An unprecedented ballot measure could shape the gig economy for years to come.
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The Fight Against Election Day Falsehoods
Researchers are expecting a deluge misinformation on Election Day.
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A Historic Case Against Google
For the first time in two decades, the federal government is trying to loosen Google’s grip on search.
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Facebook Flips on Holocaust Denial
The social network’s reversal on its most controversial policy signals a shift to a new way of thinking about speech.
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What Landlords Have on You
Automated background checks help landlords decide who gets to rent their properties. They’re deeply flawed.
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The Attack on Florida’s Latino Voters
A flood of Spanish-language misinformation could tip the scales in Florida.
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A Vaccine Won’t Be the End
Many of us are hoping that an effective vaccine will end mask-wearing and social distancing. That would be a mistake.
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Did the Internet Doom a Pregnancy?
The real-life cost of online misinformation
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The Great Climate Migration Begins
The largest mass movement of humans in history is starting. It could change everything.
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The Limits of Filming Police Brutality
Smartphone ubiquity and body cameras were supposed to change policing for the better. What went wrong?
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QAnon Goes Mainstream
How the conspiracy moved from the fringes of the internet to the White House press room.
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What Went Wrong With Contact Tracing Apps
They were supposed to help us keep the virus in check. Why don’t any of them seem to actually work?
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How Google Search Sold Out
The search engine used to be a gateway to the rest of the internet. Now, it’s something else entirely
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How One Block Got Through It
Chicago’s 75th Street seems like exactly the type of place that would have struggled to survive the pandemic. Instead, it’s thriving.
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When America Can’t Pay the Rent
Is an eviction crisis around the corner?
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New Orleans Without Music
The city’s music scene can’t work without visitors. What will become of its venues, musicians, and economy?
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Cities Are Running Out of Money
Will the U.S. learn lessons from the Great Recession or just repeat the same mistakes?
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Is “Covid Flight” a Thing?
There are countless reasons why Americans move out of cities. Is the coronavirus really one of them?
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What's a City Without the Office?
The future of the corporate office and the future of the American city aren’t easily separated.
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A Hidden Side of Police Abuse
You can’t reform the police if you don’t know what surveillance technology they’re using.
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Why Remote Learning Failed
After three months of school closures, data about the impact of the coronavirus on learning is starting to trickle in. It’s far from reassuring.
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Is This the End of Facial Recognition?
In the space of a week, development of the powerful surveillance technology has come to a screeching halt.
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Your Delivery Habit Isn't Helping
Apps like DoorDash and Grubhub are doing more harm than good.
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Trump and Twitter Go to War
Twitter fact checked the president’s tweets. Two days later, he issued an executive order that aims to redefine free speech online.
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