Episodes from This Week in Tech (Audio)
The hosts discuss the implications of the Cox Communications copyright case before the Supreme Court, the proliferation of age verification laws, and the challenges of building a truly anonymous laptop. They also touch upon a variety of other tech news items including the success of the musical "Che...
The hosts discuss the often misleading statistics surrounding Black Friday sales, attributing overall revenue increases primarily to inflation rather than actual sales volume growth.
The episode discusses Australia's new age verification laws for social media, the challenges in implementing them, and the broader implications for online privacy and child protection.
The episode features Victoria Song and Christina Warren discussing the Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses with a heads-up display, focusing on their capabilities and real-world use.
The hosts discuss Elon Musk's controversial $1 trillion salary package, SpaceX's move into the cellular industry, and the challenges of space debris.
The panel discusses the US failure to adopt permanent daylight saving time, the increasing use and implications of AI in coding and cybersecurity, and the potential economic impact of AI investment.
The AWS outage highlighted the deep reliance on cloud infrastructure, affecting numerous services and revealing the complexity of cascading failures.
The hosts discuss the vulnerability of satellite data to eavesdropping, the increasing regulation of social media and AI, and the growing impact of AI on various aspects of society, from job markets to military decision-making.
The episode discusses the Supreme Court's new term, focusing on an ISP liability case involving Sony Music and copyright infringement.
The hosts discuss the emergence of AI-generated video with OpenAI's Sora, exploring its potential and risks, including copyright issues and the erosion of trust in media.