Podcast Episodes

What do Girl Scouts get out of selling cookies online?

Girl Scout cookie sales started back in 1917. In addition to raising money, cookie selling is also meant to make the girls more business savvy. The G…

1 month, 1 week ago

California’s one-stop shop for data brokers to delete consumers' data

The 39.4 million people who live in California now have a new tool where they can request that data brokers delete their personal information. That m…

1 month, 1 week ago

Bytes: Week in Review — Prediction markets reel amid Iran conflict, defense contractors to drop Anthropic, and Meta's AI deal with News Corp

Meta and News Corp reached a licensing deal this week. Plus, defense contractors untangle Claude from their workflows.

But first, the online predictio…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Iran’s cyberwar on American banks

As the war in the Middle East intensifies, one risk facing American banks is the possibility of cyber attacks by hackers linked to Iran.

There is so…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Brands are racing to show up in AI search

You've probably heard of search engine optimization, or SEO. That's what you need to do to get your shoe brand or your coffee shop or your public rad…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Digital archiving and the global memory shortage

As tech companies rush to build data centers to power their AI models, they're eating up power, money, and memory. Specifically, memory chips. The re…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

How government uses "surveillance as a service" to collect data

We create digital breadcrumbs all the time — when we buy something online, when we post on social media, and even when we look up directions on the i…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Bytes: Week in Review - Anthropic and the Pentagon face off, OpenAI teams up with consulting firms and Mac Mini moves to the U.S.

This week, OpenAI turns to consultants to get more companies to integrate AI coworkers.

Plus, Apple will be making its Mac Mini in Texas.

But first, U.…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Physical media's comeback

Move over, streaming services. Physicial media is making a comback. A Consumer Reports survey finds that nearly half of people in the US are watchin…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

AI meets the search for a BA

As teenagers decide whether to go college, and where, more of them are turning to artificial intelligence to help make that decision. According to a …

1 month, 3 weeks ago