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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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Seduced by Substack

2021/4/16

Like countless venture-funded start-ups before it, Substack is “disrupting” the media industry. The

Since the start of the pandemic, usage of apps like BetterHelp and Talkspace has skyrocketed. These

Introducing: ICYMI

2021/4/4

ICYMI is Slate’s new podcast about internet culture. It’s a show for people who have a healthy relat

There are at least 17 different “vaccine passport” initiatives underway in the United States. And le

The AstraZeneca Saga

2021/3/26

Back in April 2020, AstraZeneca was hailed as a frontrunner in the race to get an effective vaccine

Hate, Lies, and AI

2021/3/19

Facebook’s failure to contain the spread of dangerous misinformation is no secret. For years, the co

Back in 2014, Google released in-depth diversity data for its workforce for the first time. 1.1 perc

The federal Lifeline program was intended to bridge the gap between Americans who could comfortably

Over the last year, the Australian government has been waging a quiet war against Facebook and Googl

Why Texas Went Dark

2021/2/19

Over the last week, millions of Texans have been forced to live without power or heat. At least 16 h

For most of the last year, Clubhouse—the audio-only social media app—has been dominated by conversat

Last week, in response to protests by farmers outside New Delhi, India, the government of Prime Mini

The story of how GameStop went from the verge of a bankruptcy to a $15 billion market value isn’t an

Most people thought developing the vaccine in record time would be the hard part. That, or shipping

After Facebook and Twitter banned thousands of accounts in the wake of the Capitol riots, fringe gro

This week, in the wake of violent protests at the Capitol, the social media platforms took unprecede

Recently, one of the world’s leading AI ethics researchers, Timnit Gebru, left Google. Google says s

Everybody Sues Facebook

2020/12/11

This week, the FTC and more than 40 state attorneys general brought antitrust lawsuits against Faceb

Ransomware attacks--when hackers break into digital systems, encrypt files, and demand payment to un

Inside Biden’s COVID Team

2020/11/20

When Joe Biden takes office in two months, the federal government will take on a new stance in its f