Business, Spoken

We're bringing an extra episode from our show Science, Spoken.Take a tour of a rooftop laboratory where scientists show how growing crops under solar panels can produce both food and clean energy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We're bringing an extra episode from our show Security, Spoken.Security researchers set up a remote machine and recorded every move cybercriminals made—including their login details. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The troubled company is back from the brink, but will emerge from bankruptcy to a world where coworking's long-term future is much less certain. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

“Google as an illegal monopolist will have to pay some penalties,” US federal judge James Donato said Thursday, in a hearing discussing next steps after a jury found the company breached antitrust laws. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We're bringing an extra episode from our show What's New.The FDA has yet to approve any drugs for life extension. But biotech company Loyal is now a step closer to bringing one to market—for dogs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Using DNA from tangerines and tobacco, food scientists have made a familiar fruit tastier—and more Instagrammable—than ever. We looked into it so you don’t have to. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In London, Uber drivers are protesting a new payment system that they say makes it impossible to understand the algorithms that decide how much they get paid. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The US government has filed an antitrust suit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, for allegedly abusing their dominance in the ticketing market to extinguish healthy competition. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A disused church, a school, and a motorcycle garage are among the hyperlocal new coworking spaces cropping up to offer remote workers a place to go. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A new breed of online ad allows brands to pay Google to offer shoppers AI-generated images that show how items of clothing would look on different skin tones and body types. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A UK judge has determined that Craig Wright forged evidence in a campaign to prove he is Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin, in a move that prevents him from bringing further lawsuits in the country. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Investors are interested in buying TikTok so that it can avoid a US ban. But even if ByteDance accepts, a takeover will be far from simple. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The EU has launched an investigation into Facebook and Instagram's child protection measures as part of mounting concerns around minors’ use of social media. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The future of once-beloved sports blog Deadspin has been murky since it was acquired by an unknown company called Lineup Publishing in March. The new ownership shared its plans with WIRED. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Google’s new voice-operated AI assistant, called Astra, can make sense of what your phone’s camera sees. It was announced one day after OpenAI revealed a similar vision for ChatGPT. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The carmaker’s only European gigafactory has become the target of increasingly radical protests since announcing expansion plans. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People are using AI at work whether their bosses want them to or not, new data shows. But it’s desperation, not innovation, driving the change. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Dynisma’s $2 million rig is state of the art. Just ask Ferrari, which has one for its F1 team. Now a consumer model is in development, we decided to test the ultimate driving simulator. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

FTX has a plan to repay its former crypto customers more than the billions of dollars they lost in the latest bankruptcy proposal. But some will reject it anyway. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Amazon’s newest delivery drones will take off from just outside Phoenix but don't count on rush ordering a fan on a hot day. The fleet can't fly when the temperature exceeds 104 degrees Fahrenheit. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

WeWork’s controversial former CEO tried to acquire the bankrupt company he left in crisis. After being rebuffed, Adam Neumann will have to pivot to something new. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Academic Ethan Zuckerman is suing Meta to win protections for add-ons that help researchers study the platform and give users more control over their feeds. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

European iPhone owners are being shown a new pop-up screen listing alternatives to the Safari browser. The developers of the browsers shown on that screen are torn about the user experience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Ever feel like Instagram or TikTok algorithms know you a bit too well? The backlash against automated curation is building, and new algorithm-free platforms are springing up. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In a chaotic housing market that has shut many buyers out, fractional home ownership and investing trends are taking off. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Meta’s decision to give away powerful AI software for free could threaten the business models of OpenAI and Google.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The US Senate voted to pass a bill that could see TikTok banned within a year, pitching creators and businesses dependent on the platform into an uncertain future.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

European chip machine-maker ASML is at the center of US-China trade tensions. Its new chief executive now faces a daunting political juggling act.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The world's most-visited deepfake website and another large competing site are stopping people in the UK from accessing them, days after the UK government announced a crackdown.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The open source Llama 3 AI model released by Meta is just the start, according to the company’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun. He said a new, much larger version is in the works.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The car company popularized EVs. Now, facing intense competition from China, it has to figure out what to do next.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Airbnb is encouraging developers to build condo towers purposefully designed to be listed for short-term rentals. Units are selling fast in Miami and coming soon to other US cities.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It’s time for another audio-first social network with a long wait list and vague moderation policies. What could go wrong?Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

After cryptocurrency prices spiked, scammers have flooded the market with fake tokens that promise investors great riches, but leave them penniless. It's working.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

When Do Kwon’s crypto empire fell to pieces, tens of billions of dollars were wiped out. A civil jury in the US has found he lied to investors.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Some businesses are replacing people with AI; others are augmenting their workforce or hiring new workers. The long-term impact on labor is murky.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Under threat from murder hornets, climate change, and habitat loss, UK honeybees are getting help from AI-enabled apiculturists tracking everything from foraging patterns to foreign invaders.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The app that turned green chat bubbles blue has been acquired by Automattic, the parent company of Wordpress and Tumblr.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation’s history for the first time, the Internet Archive is expanding its already outsize role in preserving the digital world for posterity.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

WIRED investigates how artificial intelligence tools, like OpenAI’s Sora, currently portray members of the LGBTQ community. Hint: It’s a lot of purple hair.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

OpenAI and other AI leaders think new leaps in machine intelligence will require new forms of computer hardware. One proposal involves connecting GPUs with light.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A rare case in Danish court shows how automated clicks and fake accounts can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars on Apple Music and Spotify. Experts say it’s the tip of the iceberg.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A protest is planned Saturday at a Chicago Apple store where workers say managers disciplined staff—and fired an employee—for wearing pins, bracelets, or keffiyeh in support of Palestinian people.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The app’s shopping features won over sellers and shoppers by offering deals that can seem too good to be true. Now TikTok is raising sellers fees, which may translate into higher prices.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A US judge has sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried, one-time crypto wunderkind, to 25 years behind bars.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit against Apple says the company's grip on iPhone users and developers is blocking future innovation in tech.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A jury convicted Roman Sterlingov of money laundering this month. His defense team says it will appeal, saying the crypto-tracing technique at the heart of the case is “pseudoscience.”Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

New US emissions rules mean more plug-in hybrid cars are on the way. The electric vehicle tech is clean—but has a catch.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The probes are the first to take place under Europe’s landmark Digital Markets Act—and add to Apple's mounting antitrust woes.Read this story here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices