Podcast Episodes

AI makes it easier to code websites — including ones that scam consumers

Thanks to AI coding agents, basically anyone can program their own software without much technical knowledge. But lowering the barrier to sophisticat…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Bytes: Week in Review — Google to make links more prominent, Palantir moves to Florida and Ring reportedly had plans to use "Search Party" for more than finding lost dogs

This week, Palantir announced on X it’s relocating its headquarters to Miami. Plus, we look at the controversy around Ring's Search Party feature.

But…

2 months ago

Meta's big bet on "superintelligence"

Meta anticipates up to $135 billion worth of capital expenditures this year, nearly double the company’s outlay in 2025. One driver of that expenditu…

2 months ago

Can software companies survive the AI boom?

As artificial intelligence companies roll out more sophisticated agents, many analysts and investors raised concerns that AI could replace traditiona…

2 months ago

Fewer students are enrolling in computer science classes and majors

According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, the number of students enrolling in computer and information science decreased this …

2 months ago

High-tech data centers get a powerful assist from a century-old company

Caterpillar, which manufactures heavy duty equipment like asphalt pavers, diesel engine locomotives, and industrial gas turbines, has been around for…

2 months ago

Bytes: Week in Review — Alphabet takes on debt to pay for AI projects, the social network where humans aren't allowed, and Spotify reports record user growth

This week, we look at Spotify's stellar quarter. Plus, there's a new AI-only social network called Moltbook. But first, Alphabet, parent of Google, w…

2 months, 1 week ago

Crypto’s big growth on the books and in the shadows

Cryptocurrency is being used more frequently in illegal transactions — about $158 billion was used in illicit crypto activity last year. That’s an al…

2 months, 1 week ago

Is the moon (and its resources) up for grabs?

NASA’s Artemis II mission, which will send humans around the moon for the first time in over five decades, could launch as early as March. This is pa…

2 months, 1 week ago

TPU? GPU? What's the difference between these two chips used for AI?

Graphics processing units (GPUs) have become the most important commodity in the AI boom — and have made Nvidia a multi-trillion dollar company. But …

2 months, 1 week ago