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Facial Recognition Tech Is Coming to a School Near You
Despite a lack of evidence that more technology makes kids safer, facial recognition technology may soon be coming to a school near you. It’…
6 years, 10 months ago
It's Time to Put Down Your Phone
Episode 426
How long have you gone without checking your phone in the past week? 10, 15, maybe 20 minutes while you’re awake? Our screens have commandee…
6 years, 10 months ago
Why Is Microsoft Making a Phone?
Episode 425
Microsoft surprised just about everyone this week by showing off a pair of new mobile devices with two screens apiece. The pocketable Surfac…
6 years, 10 months ago
Spot, the Robot Dog, Learns New Tricks
Episode 424
For 25 years, Boston Dynamics has been building robots and releasing videos of the terrifying things running around, opening doors, and fend…
6 years, 10 months ago
Your DNA Belongs on the Blockchain
Episode 423
You may not realize it, but when you send a spit-filled tube off to a lab that’s going to analyze your DNA, you’re linking the most unique i…
6 years, 10 months ago
iPhones to the Max
Episode 422
New iPhones! A shinier Apple Watch! So many camera lenses! On this week’s episode of Gadget Lab, it’s Apple week yet again. Lauren, Mike, an…
6 years, 11 months ago
How Uber Went Down in Flames
Episode 421
Once upon a time, there was a true unicorn, a startup named Uber. Led by CEO Travis Kalanick, the company broke all the rules of business an…
6 years, 11 months ago
Why It’s So Hard to Unlink Yourself From Facebook
Episode 420
If you have both an Instagram and Facebook account, chances are they are connected, whether you like it or not. But what if you didn’t conne…
6 years, 11 months ago
You’ve Got Microplastics
Episode 419
Plastic is everywhere. No, really, it is everywhere. Tiny bits of plastic waste, called microplastic, have come to permeate nearly every par…
6 years, 11 months ago
How Google’s Secrecy Lead to Company Turmoil
For years, Google has flourished in large part because of its famously open internal structure. Leadership encouraged active and vocal commu…
7 years ago