Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy state AGs are taking Meta to court
The attorneys general of California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey are suing Meta for $1.4 trillion, claiming the social media giant designed Fa…
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The U.S. has the steepest inflation in the G7
Though the latest inflation reports show price growth cooled a bit in June, U.S. inflation remains higher than its peer nations, which include the U.…
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How much of our economic growth depends on AI?
The AI boom has boosted tech spending to levels not seen since the IT boom of the 1990s. All of the spending on the AI infrastructure buildout is con…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
To build or not to build
Data centers, that is. That is the question that states are now grappling with. Just yesterday, New York became the first state to enact a moratorium…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Netflix struggles to retain viewers after a series' first season
Netflix may be the undisputed king of streaming, but it's facing a new challenge: "the sophomore slump." Internal data reported by Bloomberg show aud…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Inflation came down in June. Will it stay that way?
We got a better-than-expected June CPI report: Inflation slowed in both the goods and services sectors. But it’s hard to say whether that trend will …
2 weeks, 3 days ago
A little bit of inflation relief
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released fresh consumer price index numbers, which showed that consumer prices actually fell 0.4% month …
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Critical aid in exchange for health data
The way U.S. aid is distributed around the world has changed significantly since the beginning of President Trump's second term. Reporting by ProPubl…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Froggle, Goofstump, and the fake AI companies winning hearts online
Last month, comedians Harris Alterman and Dave Ross posted a series of advertisements for made-up tech companies around the New York City subway syst…
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Big banks fare well in this rocky economy
Five major banks report earnings Tuesday morning, and analysts expect them to be rosy. Despite a volatile energy market and uncertain geopolitical cl…
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