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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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One of DOGE’s goals is to get government data out of “silos” and make it more easily shared across d

If setting up a baby monitor in the room with your sleeping kids doesn’t allow you to pop out and en

This week, the FTC and Meta began a trial to determine if—by adding Instagram and WhatsApp to its po

TikTok was on the verge of being sold to a non-Chinese company when Trump rolled out his new tariff

The same day  Nintendo was officially introducing its latest console, Donald Trump was announcing hi

Elon Musk’s polarizing persona and antics have created a toxic cloud around his companies, particula

This week, DOGE set its sights  and scythe on the Department of Health and Human Services, with a go

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Memecoins are a niche type of cryptocurrency with no intrinsic value. But they remain a popular form

During his first term, President Trump and Jeff Bezos openly sparred with each other. During this se

The National Institutes of Health is the primary engine of biomedical research around the world, whi

With a Trump-friendly Supreme Court and a contentious relationship with the press, could Donald Trum

The public’s anger towards Elon Musk and DOGE has found an outlet in the form of Musk’s car company

After the election, Mark Zuckerberg announced that he was doing away with Facebook’s fact-checking a

To understand the second Trump administration, you have to understand the internet culture that gave

Everyone’s talking about the price of eggs—so why are they so expensive? And when can we expect—if e

Federal workers in the U.S. Digital Service resigned in protest over what they viewed as indiscrimin

The crypto industry threw its weight and money behind Donald Trump, in hopes of legitimizing the ind

As someone whose companies receive billions of dollars from the government, it’s worth asking why El

The infinite scroll has no purpose other than keeping your attention. But that doesn’t mean it’s val