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Rage against the machine
AI learns by scraping our work — often without asking. Now people are fighting back. Not just in court, but raging against the machine itself — quiet…
2 months, 1 week ago
The price tag of you
In this CyberMonday crossover with WAMU’s 1A, we hear from listeners and return to an episode on how companies are using our data to customize how on…
2 months, 1 week ago
The space debris strikes back
Last week, Artemis II returned from the Moon. For a moment, it all felt clean. Simple. But space isn’t empty anymore. It’s crowded. It’s noisy. It’s …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Defying gravity
The Artemis II mission that made its trip around the Moon didn’t happen in a vacuum. It was built in part on a mission that happened a couple of year…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Reverse engineering us
With digital copies of the human mind, scientists at MIT now have a new kind of testing ground --- a brain they can probe, no surgery required. It's …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Every breath you fake
We lie with our faces. With our voices. Even with our pauses. Now AI says it can see through all of it. But is it actually detecting the truth…or jus…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Village that built the internet
To live in the modern world, you have to be online. But in many places, that connection still doesn’t exist. So people aren’t waiting. They’re buildi…
3 months ago
Almost heaven, no reception
What does it take to get everyone online? More than wires and satellites. We return to a story about a Mississippi farmer searching for a reliable co…
3 months ago
Internet at the speed of light
We usually think of getting online as something that requires cables—strung under oceans or buried beneath our feet. Mahesh Krishnaswamy of Taara thi…
3 months ago
A wrinkle in time: GPS jamming in Ukraine
In this CyberMonday crossover with WAMU’s 1A, we hear from listener and return to an episode on how satellites, electronic warfare, and a team of Ame…
3 months, 1 week ago