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The biases embedded in technology are more than mere glitches, argues Meredith Broussard in her new book, "More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Ge...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:01
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A few years ago, Douglas Rushkoff was invited to speak to a group of billionaires. Rather than asking about current tech trends, the billionaires w...
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- Length: 59:00
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The Flat Earth conspiracy got a huge boost from Facebook and YouTube, as Kelly Weill explains in her book "Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy ...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
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Many tech employees in Silicon Valley are pressured into joining a new religion, worshiping work and taking spiritual direction from their companie...
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"Tech companies have abused their power and it is time to resist them." Oxford professor Carissa Véliz describes why privacy is so important, and h...
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- Length: 59:00
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Amazon took over books, Spotify and Google took over music, and musicians and authors are struggling as a result. Cory Doctorow talks about what we...
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Alec MacGillis discusses his book "Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America" – about how Amazon has had drastic effects on the economy,...
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The tech industry is launching new brain-surveillance devices intended to monitor your mental state and, yes, even read your thoughts. Nita Farahan...
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Internet addiction is a growing problem, thanks to the intentional design of Silicon Valley platforms to "hook" users. The ITAA can help: Internet ...
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- Added: Apr 04, 2024
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My code is as long as here to Saturn
but condensed and confused in an anti-pattern.
This is Episode 104 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...
- Added: Mar 26, 2021
- Length: 07:44
Who hasn’t inadvertently pocket dialed someone? Smartphones are ubiquitous, and so are the phone foibles of the digital age. Jocelyn Robinson tells...
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- Added: Sep 10, 2020
- Length: 17:42
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If you missed the 2019 edition of the South by Southwest Education (SXSW Edu) conference in Austin, Texas, we rehash some highlights that you may h...
- Added: Apr 09, 2019
- Length: 26:46
iPhone sales blocked in China, Apple’s getting into the A&R business, pump the breaks on the e-scooter hype, and forget the notch, 2019 might be th...
- Added: Dec 16, 2018
- Length: 20:11
It's hard to let go of owning a car. What passes through those pipelines we hear so much about?
- Added: Mar 13, 2016
- Length: 14:05
When Evernote came along, it re-shaped note taking by giving us a way to use technology to remember things. Many thought the application would fail...
- Added: Nov 06, 2014
- Length: 31:21
It seems odd that a large corporation would launch a campaign that’s neither proprietary nor tightly controlled. So when American Express — a not-s...
- Added: Nov 06, 2014
- Length: 31:16
Dr. Daniel Hudon discussed cosmology for the total novice.
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- Added: Feb 28, 2010
- Length: 25:27
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Commentary on the recent decision in Kansas to restrict library books.
- Added: Feb 22, 2009
- Length: 02:47
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: 04:36
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Commentary on the developing hybrid car technology
- Added: Dec 19, 2006
- Length: 04:05
The Brits are developing a computer that reads your mood. Erg.
- Added: Aug 20, 2006
- Length: 02:37
Part of the audio sketch series Micro-Texts, exploring culture and technology.
- Added: Jul 11, 2006
- Length: 02:01
Part of the audio sketch series, Micro-Texts, exploring culture and technology.
- Added: Jul 11, 2006
- Length: 02:20
