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Land of the Giants

Big tech is transforming every aspect of our world. But how, and at what cost? This season of Land o

Episodes

Total: 71

Welcome to the wide world of niche dating apps. There's an app for almost every group -- Muslims, ve

Bumble is the second most downloaded dating app in the U.S., behind Tinder. Dubbed the "feminist dat

Dating app execs don’t like to explain how their matchmaking algorithms work– they’ll claim it’s too

Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, The League. If you’ve ever wondered why using these different dating apps fe

When Tinder launched in 2012, it changed dating culture and our expectations around dating forever b

This season, The Verge and New York Magazine's The Cut trace the evolution of the multi-billion doll

Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for the future -- that in a few years, we’ll be living our digital live

Meta’s most expensive acquisition ever and one of the most used communication apps in the world: Wha

Facebook defined an era of social media built on our connections, our social lives. We’re watching t

Facebook used to brag about how its tools helped politicians swing elections. Now, the platform’s re

When Mark Zuckerberg bought Instagram in 2012, he promised he would be hands-off with the company’s

If our first episode brought you into the beginning of Zuckerberg’s vision for connecting at scale,

Long before Mark Zuckerberg renamed Facebook Meta and made an unprecedented pivot into the metaverse

Land of the Giants: The Facebook/ Meta Disruption explores how the social media juggernaut has arriv

Apple has always maintained it knows what’s best for its customers. But now governments and develope

Back in the early 2000s, file sharing services like Napster devastated the music industry. Steve Job

Much of Apple’s success is built around its relationship with China, which is both one of Apple’s la

Steve Jobs co-founded Apple and infused it with his love of product design and attention to detail.

In 1997 Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy and falling far behind its biggest competitor, Microsof

In 2007 Steve Jobs took the stage and introduced something that would change our lives forever -- a