Business, Spoken
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Apple and Google Are Gearing Up to Fight a New App Store Bill
The Open App Markets Act would relax the tech giants’ grip on the app economy. But a PR campaign against it is already underway. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Now That Machines Can Learn, Can They Unlearn?
Privacy concerns about AI systems are growing. So researchers are testing whether they can remove sensitive data without retraining the system from scratch. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How an Obscure Green Bay Packers Site Became the Biggest Thing on Facebook
The social media giant's new transparency report mostly succeeds in showing the extent of its spam problem. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
New Regulation Could Cause a Split in the Crypto Community
An article in the Infrastructure Bill led cryptocurrency to acquire a great marker of prestige: a lobby. But can it keep a united front? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Feds Are Investigating Tesla Over Autopilot Crashes
The probe will look at 11 accidents, each of which involved a parked emergency vehicle. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Deepfakes Are Now Making Business Pitches
The video technology, initially associated with porn, is gaining a foothold in the corporate world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
What Airbnb’s Summer Boost Reveals About Covid-19 Recovery
The company’s latest earnings report showed an upsurge in business, but it also hedges expectations for the fall. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Samsung Has Its Own AI-Designed Chip. Soon, Others Will Too
Synopsys, which sells software for designing semiconductors to dozens of companies, is adding artificial intelligence to its arsenal. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This Device Helps Paralyzed People Breathe—and Sing
Called the Exo-Abs, the robotic device uses artificial intelligence to gauge how much pressure to put on a person’s midsection. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Struggling to Recruit, Police Turn to Targeted Ads
The pandemic and the George Floyd protests have made recruiters’ jobs tougher. Now they’re tapping the behavioral profiling power of social media. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Biden Wants More EVs on Roads. What About Charging Stations?
The president called for 40 percent of new cars to be electric by 2030. But motorists still fret about running out of juice—even if it rarely happens. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
John Deere Doubles Down on Silicon Valley and Robots
The farm-equipment giant is buying Bear Flag Robotics, which makes autonomous tractors, marking its second big tech buy in four years. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
If YouTube Algorithms Radicalize Users, Data Doesn’t Show It
New research tracking people’s behavior on the platform found that most don’t go down those ever-deepening rabbit holes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These Algorithms Look at X-Rays—and Somehow Detect Your Race
A study raises new concerns that AI will exacerbate disparities in health care. One issue? The study’s authors aren’t sure what cues are used by the algorithms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Amazon's Massive GDPR Fine Shows the Law's Power—and Limits
It's the first significant GDPR ruling against Big Tech. But secrecy around the decision exposes the regulation’s flaws. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Facebook’s Reason for Banning Researchers Doesn’t Hold Up
The company says privacy concerns forced it to block access for a team of academics. Whose privacy, exactly? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
China Cracks Down On Its Tech Giants. Sound Familiar?
Companies like Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent were once regarded with national pride. Now they’re being slapped with fines and other penalties. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Pandemic Drives Cofounders to Couples Therapy
Startups are like relationships—at least that’s what some Silicon Valley therapists are pitching. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Toyota Whiffed on EVs. Now It’s Trying to Slow Their Rise
In a bid to protect its investments in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells, the carmaker is lobbying against the transition to electric vehicles. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Intel's Ambitious Plan to Regain Chipmaking Leadership
The company announced a strategy that involves new machinery and new technologies. It may get a boost from the US government. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Clubhouse Opens Its Doors. Is Anyone Rushing to Get In?
Just a few days after ditching its invite-only status, the audio chat app had fewer than 500,000 new downloads. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Trucks Move Past Cars on the Road to Autonomy
Money is pouring into autonomous trucking startups, just as many are souring on the short-term prospects for self-driving cars. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These Bendy Plastic Chips Fit in Unusual Places
Researchers think these flexible semiconductors will be able to monitor your heartbeat or tell you whether your milk has spoiled. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
As the Use of AI Spreads, Congress Looks to Rein It In
The White House, lawmakers from both parties, and federal agencies are all working on bills or projects to constrain potential downsides of the tech. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Who’s Winning the War Between Biden and Facebook? Fox News
Misinformation on the cable channel may be responsible for more vaccine hesitancy than the social network. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Pentagon Is Bolstering Its AI Systems—by Hacking Itself
A new “red team” will try to anticipate and thwart attacks on machine learning programs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Why Not Use Self-Driving Cars as Supercomputers?
Autonomous vehicles use the equivalent of 200 laptops to get around. Some want to tap that computing power to decode viruses or mine bitcoin. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
No, Facebook and Google Are Not Public Utilities
It’s time to retire one of the most half-baked ideas for regulating Big Tech. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
As Travel Rebounds, Airlines Are Figuring It Out on the Fly
Businesses destinations are out, tourist spots are in. The old rules governing fares and flight schedules have been thrown out the window. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Why Do Some Crimes Increase When Airbnbs Come to Town?
Tourists neither commit nor attract crimes. But a study finds that violent offenses rose in neighborhoods where more homes were converted to short-term rentals. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US Needs to Get Back in the Business of Making Chips
Pandemic-induced supply disruptions and competition from China put more pressure on US companies to manufacture semiconductors at home. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
China's Nationalistic ‘Wolf Warriors’ Blast Foes on Twitter
Diplomats hurl insults and mock enemies in screeds that often appear aimed at a domestic audience, even though the social media service is blocked in China. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A New Tool Shows How Google Results Vary Around the World
Search Atlas displays three sets of links—or images—from different countries for any search. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
GitHub’s Commercial AI Tool Was Built From Open Source Code
Copilot is pitched as a helpful aid to developers. But some programmers object to the blind copying of blocks of code used to train the algorithm. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Clubhouse Aimed to Foster Diversity. Is it Working?
Here’s what you need to know before joining the social audio platform, especially if you’re a person of color. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
French Spyware Executives Are Indicted for Aiding Torture
The managers are accused of selling tech to Libya and Egypt that was used to to identify activists, read private messages, and kidnap, torture, or kill them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Pet Startups Are Having a Field Day
The pandemic ushered in a new wave of pet owners—and unleashed business opportunities for companies that cater to them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Need to Fit Billions of Transistors on a Chip? Let AI Do It
Google, Nvidia, and others are training algorithms in the dark arts of designing semiconductors—some of which will be used to run artificial intelligence programs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Pentagon Scrubs a Cloud Deal and Looks to Add More AI
The JEDI program had become a legal and political morass. Microsoft won the $10 billion contract, but Amazon and Oracle sued to block the deal. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This AI Helps Police Monitor Social Media. Does It Go Too Far?
Law enforcement officials say the tool can help them combat misinformation. Civil liberties advocates say it can be used for mass surveillance. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Global Smart-City Competition Highlights China’s Rise in AI
Chinese entrants swept all five categories, featuring technologies to improve civic life. But the advances could also be tools for surveillance. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Oregon’s Buckled Roads and Melted Cables Are Warning Signs
Highways and rail lines in the Pacific Northwest were built for a cooler climate. But the heat wave proved that extreme weather is becoming more common. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
El Salvador’s Race to Be the Bitcoin Capital of the World
After China’s crackdown, the cryptocurrency crowd is looking for a new haven. This Central American nation thinks it’s the answer. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Google Launches a New Medical App—Outside the US
The dermatology AI app won approval for use in the EU but not with the FDA, an odd twist on Europe's reputation for tough rules on tech. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
America’s ‘Smart City’ Didn’t Get Much Smarter
Columbus, Ohio, won a $50 million grant five years ago to use tech to solve old problems. But technical hurdles, bureaucracy, and the pandemic dashed many plans. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
An Algorithm That Predicts Deadly Infections Is Often Flawed
A study found that a system used to identify cases of sepsis missed most instances and frequently issued false alarms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Andreessen Horowitz Goes Ham on Crypto with a New $2.2B Fund
After its wildly successful Coinbase exit, the VC firm signals its commitment to cryptocurrencies with a third fund. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A New Wave of Dating Apps Takes Cues From TikTok and Gen Z
Online dating exploded in popularity during the pandemic, and the number of new startups has grown. But will they last? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How Some Americans Are Breaking Out of Political Echo Chambers
A growing number of people are seeking a wider diversity of news sources or opinions contrary to their own to combat information silos within social media. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Baltimore May Soon Ban Facial Recognition for Everyone but Cops
The measure would make private use of the technology illegal, but would not apply to police. It awaits the mayor's signature. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices