Business, Spoken
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How Restaurants Retooled for Takeout—and Survival
Chefs tinkered with food chemistry, while dining apps reengineered logistics. Those changes will endure even after the pandemic is over. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Airlines’ Pandemic-Driven Cargo Business Will Keep Flying
As Covid-19 shut down air travel, the industry quickly pivoted to hauling more stuff. It won’t be pivoting away anytime soon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Newest Weapon Against Covid-19: AI That Speed-Reads Faxes
Local health departments rely on the old-fangled tech to track cases. A hastily developed machine-learning program gives it an assist. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Texas Accuses Google and Facebook of an Illegal Conspiracy
A new antitrust case against Google alleges that the two companies made a deal to reduce competition in online advertising. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The ‘Healthy Building’ Surge Will Outlast the Pandemic
Because of Covid-19, developers are realizing that incorporating health concerns in a building's design isn’t just a luxury—it’s a necessity. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Future of Social Media Is All Talk
From Clubhouse to Discord to Twitter, 2020 was all about giving people a voice online. Literally. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Conferences After Covid Will Be Shorter—and Smarter
In-person gatherings will resume eventually, but innovations born during the pandemic will remain. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Mass Transit Is in Jeopardy—and So Are Cities
Subways and buses are the lifeblood of dense cities like New York. If the system withers, the region becomes a less attractive place to live and work. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Behind the Paper That Led to a Google Researcher's Firing
Timnit Gebru was one of seven authors on a study that examined prior research on training artificial intelligence models to understand language. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Chuck Yeager’s 1947 Flight Inspired Our Supersonic Ambitions
Yeager was the prototype of the American hero, a decorated fighter pilot immortalized in Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff. He died Monday at age 97. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
This Guy Is Taking Viewers Along for His Driverless Rides
Joel Johnson, who has taken more than 60 rides in Waymo's Arizona taxis, has posted over a dozen videos and says it's been "rock solid." Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Uber Gives Up on the Self-Driving Dream
The ride-hail giant invested more than $1 billion in autonomous vehicles. Now, it's selling the unit to Aurora, which makes self-driving tech. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
A Prominent AI Ethics Researcher Says Google Fired Her
Timnit Gebru is a leader among those examining the societal impacts of the technology. She had also criticized the company's diversity efforts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Do Diverse Corporate Boards Lead to a Fairer Workplace?
Nasdaq wants at least one woman and one underrepresented minority among directors at listed companies. The proposal goes further than most, but will it matter? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Ride-Hail Companies Are Making Life Harder for Scooters
Officials in many cities feel they couldn't rein in Uber and Lyft. Now, they're being stricter with other innovative forms of transportation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
All the Social Media Giants Are Becoming the Same
Which major platform has a news feed, disappearing posts, private messaging, and a live broadcasting feature? That would be … all of them. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
As Cities Curb Surveillance, Baltimore Police Took to the Air
In a program that overcame three court challenges this year, planes with high-tech cameras circled the city up to 40 hours a week. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Congress Is Eyeing Face Recognition, and Companies Want a Say
Amazon and Microsoft have hired lobbyists. So too have airlines, retailers, wireless carriers, and cruise operators. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Did a University Use Facial Recognition to ID Student Protesters?
University of Miami students accuse the campus police of using the software. Administrators deny it, but they had previously touted the capability. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
AI Can Run Your Work Meetings Now
A new wave of startups is trying to optimize meetings, from automated scheduling tools to facial recognition that measures who’s paying attention. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
When AI Sees a Man, It Thinks 'Official.' A Woman? 'Smile'
A new paper renews concerns about bias in image recognition services offered by Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
What the EU Gets Right—and the US Gets Wrong—About Antitrust
European regulators focus on how Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google use—and abuse–their vast stores of data to maintain advantages over rivals. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Robots Invade the Construction Site
Boosted by advances in sensors and artificial intelligence, a new generation of machines is automating a tech-averse industry. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apple Will Take a Smaller Cut of Some App Store Revenues
The App Store Small Business Program aims to improve the company’s public image and its standing in antitrust battles. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Marissa Mayer’s Next Act Is Here
The former Yahoo CEO wants to build a better address book on your phone. Does anyone want it? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
DoorDash Shows Delivery Can Be Profitable—in a Pandemic
Can the app-based services survive once restaurants reopen and diners aren't sequestered in their homes? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
More Black and Latinx Students Were Going to College. Then Covid Hit
Underrepresented students enrolled in higher education in historic numbers. But financial setbacks and the challenges of remote schooling may reverse any progress. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
One Big Challenge for Biden? China’s Push for Tech Supremacy
Trump’s aggressive policy scored only modest successes. Analysts say the US needs a more nuanced approach if it wants to out-compete Beijing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Why Just Zoom When You Can Bend Reality?
Plus: The rise of desktop publishing, the legal fate of the Trumps, and a mix-up for the ages. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
What Happened to the Deepfake Threat to the Election?
Lawmakers and researchers had warned that videos altered using AI could disrupt the 2020 vote. But they didn't turn out to be a problem. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Apps Are Now Putting the Parole Agent in Your Pocket
The pandemic has stirred interest in smartphone software for remotely monitoring parolees and people on probation. But the approach has raised alarms. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The US Government Will Pay Doctors to Use These AI Algorithms
The artificial intelligence programs can diagnose eye disease in diabetics and complications in stroke patients. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
These Factory Robots May Point the Way to 5G’s Future
Manufacturing, mining, and delivery firms, among others, are exploring building their own high-speed wireless networks with the new standard. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Who’s Still Covered by California’s Gig Worker Law?
Uber and Lyft led a ballot measure that exempts them from AB 5. But millions of janitors, retail workers, and others are still covered by the statute. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
With Its Own Chips, Apple Aims to Define the Future of PCs
Intel processors are on their way out, replaced by home-grown designs, which will give the Mac maker more control of its destiny. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Future of McDonald's Is in the Drive-Thru Lane
The fast food chain is radically rethinking what the Golden Arches experience looks like, from a new loyalty program to more high-tech drive-thrus. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
One Clear Message From Voters This Election? More Privacy
Ballot measures were approved in California to restrict commercial use of user data and in Michigan to require warrants for searches of electronic information. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
With $200 Million, Uber and Lyft Write Their Own Labor Law
Following a well-funded campaign, California voters approved Proposition 22—allowing gig economy companies to keep treating workers as independent contractors. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
It's Hard to Escape Facebook's Vortex of Polarization
Suggesting other news sources only reinforces users' political beliefs. Another study finds that quitting the social media giant leaves people less informed. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
WFH or Work at the Office—More Tech Employees Can Now Choose
The “hybrid workplace” is Silicon Valley’s latest buzzword, as tech companies start giving people more options for how and when and where they get stuff done. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
To Save the Planet, Get More EVs in Used Car Lots
To reduce carbon emissions, electric vehicles need to stay on the road as long as possible. That means developing a robust trade in second-hand cars. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Left and the Right Speak Different Languages—Literally
A study analyzed patterns in online comments and found liberals and conservatives use different words to express similar ideas. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How an Algorithm Blocked Kidney Transplants to Black Patients
A formula for assessing the gravity of kidney disease is one of many that is adjusted for race. The practice can exacerbate health disparities. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
How Police Can Crack Locked Phones—and Extract Information
A report finds 50,000 cases where law enforcement agencies turned to outside firms to bypass the encryption on a mobile device. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Why Is Everyone Building an Electric Pickup Truck?
Tesla has the Cybertruck, GM a $113,000 Hummer, and Ford an electric F-150. And then there are the startups. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Give These Apps Some Notes and They'll Write Emails for You
Entrepreneurs are building tools that create emails or marketing copy using GPT-3, text-generation technology released earlier this year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Give These Apps Some Notes and They'll Write Emails for You
Entrepreneurs are building tools that create emails or marketing copy using GPT-3, text-generation technology released earlier this year. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Companies Are Rushing to Use AI—but Few See a Payoff
A study finds that only 11 percent of firms that have deployed artificial intelligence are reaping a “sizable” return on their investments. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Fate of Gig Workers Is in the Hands of California Voters
A ballot measure would create a new classification for people who have been contractors. Uber and Lyft threaten to leave the state if it fails. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The Anticlimax of the Google Antitrust Suit
The justice department's case against Microsoft in the 1990s was much stronger than the one it's concocted against the Mountain View tech giant. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices