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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of an Equitable Internet — Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Even if you’re blind, you should be able to order a pizza on Domino’s website—so says the Supreme Court, who just ruled in favor of ADA compliance online. This seems eminently reasonable, fair, and equitable. Will it change the internet for the better? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

PlayStation 5 Is Coming, Elon’s in Trouble Again, and More News - Tech in Two
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Ancient Sippy Cups, A Full-Control Android Hack, and More News - Tech in Two
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PayPal Ditches Facebook's Cryptocurrency, Libra – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Why did PayPal drop off of Facebook’s new cryptocurrency project, Libra? https://www.wired.com/story/paypal-unfriends-facebooks-libra-cryptocurrency/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A US Election Phishing Attack, Quitting Vaping, and More News - Tech in Two
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Microsoft's New Dual-Screen Devices – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Microsoft has a new phone/tablet/foldable thing. It actually looks pretty interesting. And maybe most important of all: Microsoft says it doesn’t care about the operating system layer. It’s going to use Android and focus its efforts on Microsoft apps. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-surface-duo-neo-phone/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Instagram’s New App, Whistle-Blower Protocol, and More News - Tech in Two
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Microsoft’s New Devices, Tesla’s ‘Smart Summon,’ and More News - Tech in Two
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The First Drone Airline, a Critical Device Vulnerability, and More News - Tech in Two
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A Wildfire Vaccine, Elon's New Starship, and More News - Tech in Two
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NASA's Nuclear Idea, an Unfixable Apple Flaw, and More News - Tech in Two
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Congress Grills the Spy Chief, Google’s Quantum 'Victory,' and More News - Tech in Two
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Uber Adds a Suite of New Safety Features – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Uber is adding new safety features into the app. This is good for customers! And some of the features—like identifying phones and cars with high-frequency sounds—are super cool. But it’s also important for Uber. They disrupted the norms and culture of transportation, and lots of bad things happened along the way. They need to fix that, and of course they are still trying to rebrand from the crazy days when the company was run like a pirate ship. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

New Amazon Devices, Trump’s CrowdStrike Ask, and More News - Tech in Two
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A Ruling on the Right to be Forgotten – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
The right to be forgotten doesn't have to be remembered across the world. This is a victory for free speech and the free press, but a loss for privacy advocates. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A Robot Dog for Rent, Apple’s Secret AR Glasses, and More News - Tech in Two
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Tesla's Million-Mile Battery – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Tesla has apparently designed a battery that can last a million miles. The science is interesting and the consequences are too. Read more here: https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-may-soon-have-a-battery-that-can-last-a-million-miles/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Tesla's Million-Mile Battery, Greta Thunberg's UN Speech, and More News - Tech in Two
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A Global Climate Strike, a Dangerous Huawei Move, and More News - Tech in Two
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An Apple iOS 13 Review, Spying Streaming Devices, and More News - Tech in Two
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An Area 51 Warning, Trump Takes on California, and More News - Tech in Two
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New Clues Show Russia's Grid Hackers Aimed for More - Most Interesting Thing in Tech
A startling, dangerous new theory and insights into why Russia hacked Ukraine's election grid in 2016. Here's the full story: https://www.wired.com/story/russia-ukraine-cyberattack-power-grid-blackout-destruction/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A Massive GM Strike, a LastPass Vulnerability, and More News - Tech in Two
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A Buzz-Kill Physics Discovery, a Deadly Miracle Drug, and More News - Tech in Two
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A Super-Powered iPhone Chip, a Potential HIV Treatment, and More News - Tech in Two
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A New Water Vapor Discovery in Space, SFO Delays, and More News - Tech in Two
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Apple Event Breakdown, a Honkin’-Huge Car Screen, and More News - Tech in Two
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Apple's Big Hardware Conference – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
New specs, new prices, and a mysterious chip—and I want you to help me understand what it's for. Read more about the event here: https://www.wired.com/story/everything-apple-announced-sept-2019/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Myth of Processed Foods, an Amazon Walkout, and More News - Tech In Two
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Fireworks Between Apple and Google – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Fireworks between Apple and Google! And also, OMG what did China just do? More here: https://www.wired.com/story/ios-hacks-apple-response/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A Moon Landing Goes Awry and More News
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Identifying Deepfakes – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Facebook, Microsoft, and The Partnership on AI have launched a contest to write software that can identify deepfakes. This is crucial work if we want to live in a world of trust: where we can believe that what we’re seeing or hearing is actually real. More here: https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-microsoft-contest-better-detect-deepfakes/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Facebook's Dating App Arrives and More News
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Hurricane Dorian Science, a Vaping Mouse Experiment, and More News
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A New Kind of Business Fraud – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
A new kind of business fraud is on the rise. If your boss calls you, be wary. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Android 10's Best Features and More News
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An Unprecedented iPhone Hack and More News - Tech in Two
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A Crazy New iPhone Hack – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
A crazy new iPhone hack has been revealed. And based on the clues we've got, it looks like a government trying to spy on its citizens. Be careful out there! https://www.wired.com/story/ios-attack-watering-hole-project-zero/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A New Kind of Wi-Fi and More News
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The Debate Over Ring – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Ring has created something like a social network for video surveillance, and police departments are making use of it. This debate is going to get heated. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Capitalism Burns the Amazon and More News - Tech in Two
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The Lawsuit Against Anthony Levandowski – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Anthony Levandowski is the self-driving vehicle pioneer accused of stealing Google trade secrets. His arc is, in my mind, very much the story of Silicon Valley's Icarusev. Read more here: https://www.wired.com/story/ex-uber-engineer-levandowski-charged-trade-secret-theft/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A Hack to Steal a Tesla More News - Tech in Two
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A Development in Language Generation – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
Open AI built a tool for language generation, but they decided it was risky so they locked it up. But now two graduate students have come and replicated it. They just took the idea and did the same thing. And, in their success, lies a really interesting lesson about how technology works today. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

China Trade Spillover and More News - Tech in Two
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Why the Amazon’s On Fire and More News - Tech in Two
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Carriers and the States Take Action Against Robocalls – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
The carriers finally take bold action against Robocalls, spurred on by the states. This is good! But it’s also nuts that it took them this long. Read more here: https://www.wired.com/story/attorneys-general-robocalls-telecoms/ Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A New Strategy for Combatting Hate Online – Most Interesting Thing in Tech
A new strategy for combatting online extremism on social media platforms. Would it be better to randomly knock off bad actors, instead of banning large groups en masse—for fear they might regroup? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A Tugboat in Space and More News - Tech In Two
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A Potent Cancer Therapy More News - Tech In Two
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