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Amazon's Quest for World Domination
Episode 417
Amazon didn’t become the behemoth it is by accident. Its services, like Amazon Prime, and products, like the Echo smart speaker, were design…
7 years ago
Bumps in the Road to Our Robo-Car Future
Episode 416
From fledgling startups to automotive giants like General Motors, there’s a whole lot of companies looking to develop fully self-driving car…
7 years ago
Why New York’s Revenge Porn Law Is Flawed
Episode 415
This week, New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill criminalizing the spread of nonconsensual pornography, or revenge porn. WIR…
7 years ago
Twitter’s Redesign Is Impressive. Is It Enough?
Episode 414
On Monday, Twitter began rolling out its first desktop redesign in seven years. It was a mostly aesthetic makeover, with changes like a new …
7 years ago
Facebook's Libra and the Future of Money
Episode 413
Last month, Facebook announced its plans to get into the cryptocurrency race with Libra. A blend of blockchain and partnership with 28 compa…
7 years, 1 month ago
Rebalancing Our Relationship With Tech
Episode 412
This week, a conversation with Aza Raskin, cofounder of the Center for Humane Technology at Stanford University, about the “asymmetric power…
7 years, 1 month ago
A Genius Move
Episode 411
If you thought an internet giant stole your hard work and claimed it as their own, how would you ever prove it? Well, what if you could boob…
7 years, 1 month ago
The Biggest News From E3
Episode 410
This week was E3, the trade show where the biggest names in gaming debut their latest shiny products and software. On this week’s Gadget Lab…
7 years, 2 months ago
Everything From Apple’s WWDC
Episode 409
The iPhone is still undoubtedly Apple’s most important product. So why were some of the biggest announcements this week at the company’s ann…
7 years, 2 months ago
Making Surfing More Sustainable
Episode 408
The great irony in the sport of surfing is that the process of making a surfboard puts a great deal of strain on the environment. The variou…
7 years, 2 months ago