Business, Spoken

The incident, which cost first responders valuable time, underscores the challenges that Cruise and other companies face on the road to driverless taxis. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Increased demand and staffing shortages are already contributing to huge delays and airport logjams across the country. Here’s what you can do. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The way people buy automobiles is changing—so Honda and other manufacturers are adapting in kind. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

As AI invades the interview process, the DOJ and EOCC have provided guidance to protect people with disabilities from bias. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sellers keep getting hit with fee increases—at a time when shelves are sitting empty. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

An epic crash in algorithmic stablecoins spells trouble for the entire industry. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The future of computing is AI-powered chatbots that have read the entire internet—if Google can figure out how to tame them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

For years, the tech industry has relied on an six-shade scale to classify skin tones. The search giant’s open source alternative could change that. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It’s probably not a good idea for important platforms to be in the business of frequently banning users for life. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Elon Musk’s intervention demonstrates how satellite internet could route around war or censorship far beyond Ukraine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Philippine researcher Fatima Gaw says the platform has become a hub for pro-Marcos historical revisionism. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

For some women, inappropriate conduct from other conference-goers continued to haunt them online. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

OpenAI’s new system is adept at turning text into images. But researchers say it also reinforces stereotypes against women and people of color. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Alphabet, Meta, and others collect heaps of user data that could be exploited by law enforcement—and create legal hazards. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After pandemic safety measures ended in the US, ride-hailing companies lifted their requirements for riders—leaving those behind the wheel on their own. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

What if no one cares whether it’s a Ponzi scheme? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Censors are cracking down on free speech online, but people are finding new ways to get around them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Digital Services Act will extract more new information from the young app than from older platforms like Facebook. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Data scientists, coders, and other techies could prove decisive in future conflicts—if Uncle Sam can recruit them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Elon Musk's “free speech” promise is igniting an extremist revival, but the "replatforming" has only just begun. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The landmark Digital Services Act has a glaring omission: It ditches plans to tighten rules that could have protected survivors of revenge porn and other forms of sexual abuse. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Range anxiety is bad enough. But even when they find a station, drivers often have to deal with broken equipment. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

His weeks-long pursuit of the company has resulted in a $44 billion deal. But how did it happen, and what the hell comes next? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Digital Services Act has granted the European Commission unprecedented power over tech companies in times of war. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The government wants to restart production and shipping to meet global demand, but some people may trade a lockdown at home to being locked inside factories. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The killer app for GPT-3 could help marketers lure clicks and game Google rankings. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Online activists Gen-Z for Change targeted Starbucks and Kroger for anti-union firings. Now they plan to take aim at Amazon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Moxi and other delivery-focused assistants have become even more critical as the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed health care workers to their limits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The global chip shortage has triggered a surge in demand for prized, pricey used electric vehicles. It's only just beginning. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

At TED, the Tesla CEO made his case for owning Twitter—and rewrote his own history. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A majority of editors voiced support to end such donations, arguing that the Bitcoin and Ethereum networks consume too much energy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Machine learning can help count people to deliver government funding and decide political representation, but the technology still makes mistakes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

By combining two processors into one, the company has squeezed a surprising amount of performance out of silicon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Painstaking new techniques for archiving social media posts could provide crucial evidence in future prosecutions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The ability to edit tweets is coming—but it’s full of risks. This is how to do it right. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A world of services has appeared to help act as digital death doulas for the bereaved. They show software's potential—and its limits. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With future price rises baked in and some countries on the verge of rationing gas, things are going to get a whole lot worse before they get any better. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Europe wants to source EV materials within its own borders. But fierce opposition ahead of the elections in Serbia shows locals don’t trust mining companies. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Uber and Lyft have legally cemented the independent contractor status of ride-hail drivers. Now other states are on the horizon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The demand for tech to save the planet is driving a new boom in companies trying to cash in. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

VPNs are divided between trying to help Russians stay connected to the global web and steering clear of Putin’s messy politics. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Outside researchers can’t easily monitor how truth or lies circulate on the social media platform—raising concerns about its role in spreading misinformation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A seemingly endless supply chain crunch has fueled interest in tech that promises to track problems or predict where new ones might occur. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The EU targets tech giants' walled gardens with aggressive new rules, but the smaller companies the DMA is meant to help are skeptical it will work. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Companies are offering interest-free advances to people with poor credit in exchange for detailed personal data. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A 2030 target for electric vehicles to dominate ride-hailing is a lofty goal. But it’s the drivers, not the companies, who may have to foot the bill. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Russia has branded Meta an “extremist organization” and banned Facebook and Instagram. WhatsApp is a different story. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Europe's efforts to avoid Russian energy imports will likely trigger a short-term spike in coal, and environmentalists are concerned. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Food delivery drivers are using platforms’ data-powered systems, mass WeChat groups, and unofficial unions to fight unfair conditions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Foundations of Humane Technology is an eight-hour class for Silicon Valley’s disillusioned workers. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices