Business, Spoken

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Get in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology, and how they are shaping business, entertainment, communications, science, politics, and society.

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Meta’s Open Source Llama 3 Is Already Nipping at OpenAI’s Heels

Apr 26 2024 6 mins

Meta’s decision to give away powerful AI software for free could threaten the business models of OpenAI and Google. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senate Vote Leaves TikTok's Creator Economy Staring Into the Abyss

Apr 25 2024 7 mins

The US Senate voted to pass a bill that could see TikTok banned within a year, pitching creators and businesses dependent on the platform into an uncertain future. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Semiconductor Giant ASML Has a New Boss, and a Big Problem

Apr 24 2024 7 mins

European chip machine-maker ASML is at the center of US-China trade tensions. Its new chief executive now faces a daunting political juggling act. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK

Apr 23 2024 6 mins

The world's most-visited deepfake website and another large competing site are stopping people in the UK from accessing them, days after the UK government announced a crackdown. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meta Is Already Training a More Powerful Successor to Llama 3

Apr 22 2024 7 mins

The open source Llama 3 AI model released by Meta is just the start, according to the company’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun. He said a new, much larger version is in the works. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tesla’s Layoffs Won’t Solve Its Growing Pains

Apr 19 2024 7 mins

The car company popularized EVs. Now, facing intense competition from China, it has to figure out what to do next. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luxury Airbnb High-Rises Are Reshaping Miami’s Skyline

Apr 18 2024 10 mins

Airbnb is encouraging developers to build condo towers purposefully designed to be listed for short-term rentals. Units are selling fast in Miami and coming soon to other US cities. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Airchat Is Silicon Valley’s Latest Obsession

Apr 17 2024 9 mins

It’s time for another audio-first social network with a long wait list and vague moderation policies. What could go wrong? Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crypto FOMO Is Back. So Are the Scams

Apr 16 2024 9 mins

After cryptocurrency prices spiked, scammers have flooded the market with fake tokens that promise investors great riches, but leave them penniless. It's working. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Found Liable for Multi-Billion-Dollar Fraud

Apr 15 2024 11 mins

When Do Kwon’s crypto empire fell to pieces, tens of billions of dollars were wiped out. A civil jury in the US has found he lied to investors. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices