Tag: Gear / Gadget Lab Podcast
Seriously, Use Encrypted Messaging
This week, we talk about recent developments with messaging apps Telegram and Signal, and discuss the future of encrypted messaging, surveillance capitalism, and nonprofit business models in tech. Source
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Navigating the ‘Wild West’ of EV Charging
This week, we talk about the slow rollout of public electric vehicle chargers in the United States, and the wildly disparate prices drivers are paying to top up. Source
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Your Photos Aren’t Real
This week: Google’s new photo manipulation tools produce some convincing results, but how much of this unreality are we supposed to stomach? Source
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Good Luck Selling Your AI Startup
This week, we talk about the current trend of Big Tech acqui-hiring key talent from smaller AI companies. Source
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Dating Apps Are Dehumanizing. Let’s Try Something New
This week, we talk about the arrival of Date Like Goblins and chart the rise of niche, interest-specific platforms for online dating. Source
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The Hugely Important Ocean Current You’ve Never Heard Of
This week, we learn about the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and how the failure of this critical ocean current could throw the world’s climate even further into crisis. Source
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