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DC went to YC to talk OS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Trump told crypto enthusiasts exactly what they want to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Platforms combining plants and recycled garbage could offer a cut-price solution for reviving polluted bodies of water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A controversial new surveillance system in Paris foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OpenResearch released the first results of the most comprehensive study on giving unrestricted cash grants to impoverished Americans. Researchers say it will flame both sides of the debate over welfare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The software company has pushed back hard against claims that its algorithms helped make rent in the US too damn high. Property owners and managers aren't entirely convinced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Alphabet-owned driverless car service is getting aggressive against alleged vandals after a series of violent incidents in San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The music streaming service has added a comment function under podcasts. Who is it for, anyway? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

French politicians’ pledge to make swimming possible in the iconic river is a way to ward off criticism about the cost of the clean up operation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a roundabout bid to win public opinion (and a juicy tax abatement,) Riot Platforms is preparing for its prized bitcoin mine to be annexed by a miniscule village in rural Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new resolution echoes what 16 members of Congress have already said to the White House: It must do more to free one of the most storied crypto-focused federal agents in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest iOS overhaul prompted by European Union rules, the smartphone maker will give third-party developers access to its payment technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fortnite creator Epic Games says Apple rejected its App Store rival for being too similar to its own—a move it deemed “arbitrary, obstructive,” and in violation of EU rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scientists know enough about exoplanets to speculate about how simple plants might arise on them. But don't count on them being green. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The new government could bring about a renaissance in UK tech and bolster the country’s precarious post-Brexit startup pipeline. That’s if politics don’t get in the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former customers of bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox are preparing to be reunited with their lost bitcoin—and it's a $9bn windfall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A hot ocean provides the energy hurricanes need to grow—and can limit the cooling that happens in their wake, making it likelier that the storms that follow will be powerful ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Upside Foods is slashing staff, citing legislative, regulatory, and funding headwinds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the latest big tech reprimand, European Commission officials say the tech giant must offer another option for EU users to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With polls suggesting voters are about to swing toward the far right or hard left, the AI industry is starting to freak out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Having humans rate a language model’s outputs produced clever chatbots. OpenAI says adding AI to the loop could help make them even smarter and more reliable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Toxic air kills over half a million children every year, yet only once has air pollution been listed as a cause of death on a death certificate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices