The Ways We’re Fighting Back Against Doomscrolling
This week, Angela Watercutter joins us to talk about why it’s hard to unglue your eyes from bad news on social media. Plus, we share our tips for putting down the phone. …
How We’re Fighting Back Against Doomscrolling
This week, Angela Watercutter joins us to talk about why it’s hard to unglue your eyes from bad news on social media. Plus, we share our tips for putting down the phone. …
The Gear That’s Getting Us Through Quarantine
As the necessary shelter in place restrictions continue, we’re joined by WIRED’s Alan Henry and Adrienne So to talk about the technologies helping us pass the time. …
Apple’s Virtual WWDC Wasn’t Better Than the Real Thing
This week, we discuss Apple’s big news, and we admit our hope that tech conferences return to the real world sooner rather than later. …
eBay and the Deliveries You Never Wanted
This week, we discuss the harassment campaign allegedly carried out by six former eBay employees against the owners of a news website critical of the ecommerce industry. …
Your Most Vexing New Coronavirus Questions, Answered
In some ways things are getting harder, not easier, as shelter-in-place orders lift worldwide. On this week’s episode, we tackle tough new corona-questions. …
Big Tech’s Role in Policing the Protests
This week, we discuss how tools developed in Silicon Valley are being used to erode the privacy and safety of citizens protesting police brutality. …
Trump’s Fight With Twitter Finally Grew Teeth. Now What?
This week, Gilad Edelman joins us to discuss the White House’s move against tech platforms, and how talk of the November election led us to this moment. …
How Big Tech Is Setting the Work-From-Home Standard
This week, we measure the impact of Silicon Valley’s shift to remote work. Also, we crash the Clubhouse. …
The Dark Secrets of Hacking Hero Marcus Hutchins
This week, Andy Greenberg talks about his profile of hacker Marcus Hutchins, and we get an update on contact tracing programs helping to slow the pandemic. …