Business, Spoken

A court has issued strict limits on how police can pull innocent bystanders into big data investigations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fearing the company’s new management, researchers frantically completed studies on misinformation and algorithmic bias, then published them online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a backlash, Spotify has removed a clause that allowed Apple to train machine learning models on some audiobook files. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Integrating large language models into search engines could mean a fivefold increase in computing power and huge carbon emissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Active users have fallen by more than 1 million since the exodus from Elon Musk’s Twitter, suggesting the decentralized platform is not a direct replacement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Kenyan moderator sued the company for work-related PTSD. A new ruling on his case could signal a global reckoning for Big Tech outsourcing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cofounder Gabor Cselle says his upstart social network can offer a “2007 Twitter” community vibe that Elon Musk’s platform no longer supplies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A search bot you converse with could make finding answers easier—if it doesn’t tell fibs. Microsoft, Google, Baidu, and others are working on it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

City agencies say the incidents and other disruptions show the need for more transparency about the vehicles and a pause on expanding service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Students from top schools used to waltz from Silicon Valley internships into lucrative jobs. Now, some are reconsidering their options. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former president Trump tried and failed to ban the app. Now US lawmakers from both parties are preparing legislation they say can finish the job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Madison Square Garden is under fire for using the technology. Other venues are exploring their own uses of face algorithms, raising privacy concerns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Electric vehicles are selling fast. But unless people change how they get around, the demand for battery materials threatens its own environmental disaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The company’s founders pioneered putting employees first and said they’d never bow down to Wall Street. How things have changed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The EV giant is alienating its customers, bringing in less revenue, and falling behind legacy carmakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A device called Mill from veterans of Nest, the smart-thermostat creator, transforms your would-be kitchen waste into chicken feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The digital currency exchange’s stupendous fallout has put local Web3 companies in the Bahamas on the back foot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Virtual landowners have found a way to put their investments to work, but with unintended consequences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Britishvolt promised investors it would be the cornerstone of the country’s battery industry. Now it faces bankruptcy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By reinstating banned accounts and selling blue checks, Musk has supercharged “the most dangerous” Covid disinformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The chair of the Federal Trade Commission explains why she wants to ban companies from locking up employees with noncompete clauses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A London-based startup is networking seamsters with the goal of personalizing fit and making garments last longer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The tractor maker is accused of blocking farmers from fixing their own equipment. A new agreement offers concessions—but campaigners say it’s not enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A glitch in the so-called NOTAM system caused the agency to ground flights across the US. But its problems go back years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iranian women are baring their heads to protest government controls. A top official said algorithms can identify anyone flouting dress codes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices