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The Internet Archive Endangered

From the Wayback Machine to the mass-digitization of the history of Aruba, the Internet Archive...

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What’s Driving Tesla’s Layoffs?

Tesla’s market cap has dropped. The company had its biggest round of layoffs ever. The Cybertruck...

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Is America Ready for Legal Psychedelics?

How the semi-legalization of marijuana has drawn a road map for legalizing psychedelics—and also...

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Does Google Suck Now?

Why lately our search engines just don’t seem to deliver results.  Guest: Jason Koebler,...

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America Needs More Power

The demand for electricity is surging in the U.S. With increasing amounts of power going towards...

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Truth Social’s Rocky Week

Donald Trump got a huge financial boost when Truth Social went public last week—or did he?...

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The Psychological Toll of Mars

From science fiction writers to American presidents to Elon Musk, everyone’s eager to send people...

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Can Boeing Pull Out of This Tailspin?

How supply chains, the pandemic, and a steady stream of Wall Street money led to a crisis at...

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The Next Round of the Union Fight

After organized-labor victories at Amazon, with automakers, and in Hollywood, big corporations...

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Reddit’s IPO Gamble

Despite the blackouts, moderator revolts, and long string of controversies, Reddit remains an...

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When Private Equity Gets in to Health Care

Private equity firms have been buying up doctors’ offices and hospitals around the country. But...

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Is TikTok Cooked This Time?

TikTok’s connection to the Chinese government has been a Washington talking point since the Trump...

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Instagram’s Pedophile Problem

As the debate around child safety online rages on, an investigation by The New York Times found a...

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Why TikTok Went Silent

Thousands of songs have disappeared from TikTok in recent months as music giant Universal Music...

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Google’s Scam Obituary Problem

Why scam obituaries are edging out earnest ones, with the help of artificial intelligence and an...

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The Supreme Court Takes on Content Moderation

Is it censorship for social media platforms to moderate their content, or is censorship when the...

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Alabama’s IVF Mess

Fertility doctors and their patients trying to conceive via in vitro fertilization (IVF) were...

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The Coasts are Sinking

Studies have found that, in tiny increments, America’s East Coast is sinking into the ground...

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Apple Vision Pro: The Ultimate Surveillance Device?

Apple Vision Pro goggles might be a crime against fashion but with the amount of data they can...

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Warfare Enters the A.I. Era

The war in Ukraine reordered the priorities of the country’s growing tech sector, and has become...

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