Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMeta faces an investigation over AI in WhatsApp
From the BBC World Service: European antitrust regulators have just launched an investigation into Meta over its rollout of artificial intelligence f…
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Have we given up on data privacy?
Every day, consumers are confronted with the fragility of our personal data privacy — another data breach, another government agency accessing databa…
1 month, 1 week ago
Small businesses pull back on hiring
Small business owners’ economic moods remain mixed. But, as is so often the case, how folks feel is different from how they act. And hard data tells …
1 month, 1 week ago
Making university research make money
The Trump administration has been clear about its desire for deep federal funding cuts to university research. So, some institutions of higher learni…
1 month, 1 week ago
A fuel efficiency rollback
President Donald Trump plans to announce weaker fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks at a White House event today. The move will likely reve…
1 month, 1 week ago
Europeans pledge to cut out Russian gas
From the BBC World Service: European politicians have reached a provisional agreement to phase out imports of Russian gas by 2027. Exports of oil and…
1 month, 1 week ago
What happens when all your coworkers are AI?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman once speculated that we'll soon see the first billion-dollar company run by one person and an army of AI agents. Journalist Eva…
1 month, 1 week ago
A Fed divided against itself
The Federal Reserve’s quantitative approach to monetary policy decisions means its governors tend to reach consensus. But in the past few meetings, s…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The human story behind a digital time capsule
If you could send a message to yourself, 20 years into the future, what would you say? On today’s show, Scientific American’s editor-in-chief David E…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
A sign investors think the economy will remain strong
Corporate bond spreads, extra compensation that corporate bonds pay out compared to government bonds, have been narrowing this year, which means inve…
1 month, 2 weeks ago