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The Ford Lightning F-150 Is the Electric Vehicle of Dystopia 01.06.2021 7:16

The automaker says the battery inside the pickup can power a home for three days—useful in a world of fires, floods, and freezes. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All Those Electric Vehicles Pose a Problem for Building Roads 31.05.2021 9:48

Gas taxes are the largest source of funding for highway construction and maintenance. As more cars plug in, that revenue is shrinking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Most Radical Thing About Ford's F-150 Lightning? The Cost 28.05.2021 7:57

After tax credits, the base model of the electric pickup will be cheaper than its gas-fueled sibling, removing what has been a big barrier for EV sales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roku and YouTube Are Battling for Your Precious TV Data 27.05.2021 8:12

Connected TV advertising brought in $9 billion last year and is poised to grow as more viewers shift from cable to streaming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Covid Forced America to Make More Stuff. What Happens Now? 26.05.2021 10:34

A software entrepreneur pivoted to making masks at the start of the pandemic. The experience opened his eyes: “I thought, ‘Wow, the US really is behind.’” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Live Audio Apps Lure Creators With Money and Promises 25.05.2021 10:20

Talk is cheap, unless you’re an in-demand content creator for platforms like Clubhouse and its many clones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps 24.05.2021 12:12

Thousands of would-be investors are joining Discord groups that promise big earnings by manipulating the crypto market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DeepMind Wants to Use AI to Transform Soccer 21.05.2021 9:16

The Alphabet-owned company is working with Liverpool to bring computer vision and statistical learning to the high-stakes world of sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To Make These Chips More Powerful, IBM Is Growing Them Taller 20.05.2021 9:22

The company reveals a process that it says can cram two-thirds more transistors on a semiconductor, heralding faster and more efficient electronic devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Black and Queer AI Groups Say They'll Spurn Google Funding 19.05.2021 8:23

The move is the latest fallout following the departures of the heads of the company's ethical AI research team and a recruiter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twitter Group's Offer India a Covid-19 Lifeline 18.05.2021 9:45

Hashtags have provided a kind of emergency hotline—but the need for mutual aid on social media is also a rebuke to the government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It Began As an AI-Fueled Dungeon Game. It Got Much Darker 17.05.2021 12:19

The game touted its use of the GPT-3 text generator. Then the algorithm started to generate disturbing stories, including sex scenes involving children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The One Legal Question That Will Probably Decide the Epic-Apple Lawsuit 14.05.2021 9:37

It’s all about how you define the market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gummy Bears and Candy Bars Are Casualties of the Pandemic 13.05.2021 9:10

Shopping online means fewer unplanned purchases. Manufacturers and retailers are testing tactics to bring impulse buying to the web. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why Almost No One Is Getting the Fastest Form of 5G 12.05.2021 13:56

A new report shows that US mobile customers are tapping into the technology’s speediest networks less than 1 percent of the time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The WFH Exodus Creates an Opportunity for Small Cities 11.05.2021 9:10

Workers from urban centers will continue to work from home, at least part-time. Officials and developers are planning the shops and services they'll want. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ford's Ever-Smarter Robots Are Speeding Up the Assembly Line 10.05.2021 7:17

A transmission factory shows how artificial intelligence may creep into industrial processes in gradual and often imperceptible ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

AI Helps Prove Two Scribes Wrote Text of a Dead Sea Scroll 07.05.2021 10:13

Most scholars thought the Isaiah Scroll was copied by a single author. New handwriting analysis just revealed otherwise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Researcher Says AI Is Neither Artificial nor Intelligent 06.05.2021 9:08

Kate Crawford, who holds positions at USC and Microsoft, says in a new book that even experts working on the technology misunderstand AI.Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Now for AI’s Latest Trick: Writing Computer Code 05.05.2021 8:49

Programs such as GPT-3 can compose convincing text. Some people are using the tool to automate software development and hunt for bugs. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Europe's Proposed Limits on AI Would Have Global Consequences 04.05.2021 9:23

The EU released draft laws that would regulate facial recognition and uses of algorithms. If it passes, the policy will impact companies in the US and China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Need an Angel Investor? Just Open Up Clubhouse 03.05.2021 9:20

Consider it likeÂ Shark TankÂ on your phone: Every week on Angelhouse, founders make a pitch to a panel of investors as hundreds of people listen in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Fatal Crash Renews Concerns Over Tesla’s ‘Autopilot’ Claim 30.04.2021 9:06

The company offers a feature called “Full Self-Driving Capability.” But it remains far from a self-driving car. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Union Says Amazon Violated Labor Law in the Alabama Election 29.04.2021 14:51

Amazon defeated the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s bid to represent workers at one warehouse. The union claims the company fought dirty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BMW’s Virtual Factory Uses AI to Hone the Assembly Line 28.04.2021 7:26

The German automaker uses new software from chipmaker Nvidia to simulate train robots and human workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices