Business, Spoken

Several companies are testing airborne deliveries. But rules are years away, and no one knows if consumers are even interested. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“We can treat only one patient at a time, but if we can get a message out there that can hit thousands or hundreds of thousands, then we can change their thoughts.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ride-hail company joined rival Lyft with a “Green” pledge. It's counting on incentives to encourage drivers to switch to battery power. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Older patients and other vulnerable populations tend to need more medical care, but it’s often difficult for them to get online for remote visits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Users say the platform’s new Creator Fund is opaque and riddled with problems. The company says it’s listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A former world champion teams up with the makers of AlphaZero to test variants on the age-old game that can jolt players into creative patterns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tech companies are swapping on-campus gourmet chefs for free snack deliveries, but they're also stepping up childcare support and mental health services. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After learning its own ethics lessons the hard way, the tech giant will offer services like spotting racial bias or developing guidelines around AI projects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The companies will handle more of the technology for notifying people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. Privacy won't be affected, they say. Â Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alphabet's DeepMind pioneered reinforcement learning. A California company used it to create an algorithm that defeated an F-16 pilot in a simulation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If it succeeds, AB979 would require Facebook, Netflix, Nvidia, Salesforce, and others to add directors of color. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The digital infrastructures have been under construction for years. But the pandemic has forced candidates to embrace them and to get creative with how they use them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Conservative influencers say they understand the president's moves to shut down the platform in the US, even if it costs them their audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A leading antitrust scholar says yes. Congress may be listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many states are not collecting the race or ethnicity of coronavirus patients, which can make it harder to know the true impact on low-income communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The companies are backing bills in more than a dozen states that would legalize the devices. Some bills would block cities from regulating them at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Requests are rising from law enforcement for information on the devices, which can include internet queries, food orders, and overheard conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pilot projects for autonomous shuttles abound. But technical limitations and hostility from labor unions may thwart large deployments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This year's A-Levels, the high-stakes exams taken in high school, were canceled due to the pandemic. The alternative only exacerbated existing inequities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thousands protest in the UK after a formula replaced a test that influences college placement. It's led to broader scrutiny of automation and inequality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The ride-hail services are threatening to stop service in the Golden State to protest a judge's ruling. They did something similar in Texas in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A top Trump adviser outlines a blueprint for experimenting with wireless tech on bases and using software to counter China's lead in hardware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The president's latest actions against China may affect US tech firms, and Americans who communicate overseas through the social apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Pentagon will share part of the wireless spectrum, allowing telecom carriers to reach more areas with fewer cell towers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Civil rights activists warn of "mission creep," as cameras installed to prevent break-ins are increasingly used to monitor protesters and communities of color. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices