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What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future

Every Friday and Sunday, Slate’s popular daily news podcast What Next brings you TBD, a clear-eyed l

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Total: 582

Why did Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt spend over a decade building relationships with the most powerful

Going off-grid can seem appealing in lots of ways. But are there consequences if everyone unplugs fr

The FBI warned that Russia would use deepfakes to support its invasion of Ukraine. Are they missing

In just two years, the mental-health startup Cerebral has grown to operate in 50 states, registered

Hong Kong's zero-COVID policy got enviable results, but inadvertently set the stage for disaster. Wh

When Minnesota's Operation Safety Net, a coordinated effort among nine Minnesota law enforcement age

Vladimir Putin has always regarded the internet with suspicion. Now, with western tech companies pul

Second Sight restored partial vision to hundreds of patients around the world through retinal implan

Up against one of the world's most effective propaganda operations, Ukraine has taken control of the

Peter Thiel spent the better part of two decades molding the tech industry in his image. Now, he's l

For seven years, Ukraine has served as a virtual testing ground for a generation of cyber weaponry c

The COVAX Fantasy

2022/2/20

Over two years into the pandemic, much of the world remains either unvaccinated, partially vaccinate

"Rampant Racism" at Tesla

2022/2/18

Last week, California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing sued Tesla. It accuses the electri

In just a few short years, the Chinese fast fashion company Shein upended the way countless young wo

Facebook’s first crack at the metaverse has a problem: kids. Underage users seem to be flooding Hori

Banks, healthcare providers, and retailers around the world still rely on COBOL, a programming langu

For Spotify, the last month has seen a cascade of controversies around its exclusive podcast, The Jo

Ten years ago, IBM made a gamble. Through a monumental advertising and PR campaign, it promised that

A recent advertisement for crypto.com, featuring Matt Damon, was met with widespread mockery online.

Today on What Next TBD: What is going on with little kids' vaccines? Why don’t they seem to be a pri