The Power of 'Big Tech'
In the past few months, the tech industry has come under increased scrutiny. Twitter, Google and Facebook, three of the companies that make up "Big Tech," are being questioned for the role they played...
View ArticleWill the Government Get Tough on Big Tech?
Apple, Amazon, Alphabet (which owns Google), and Facebook—known in the tech world as the Big Four—are among the largest and most profitable companies in the world, and they’ve been accustomed to the...
View ArticlePolitics with Amy Walter: Are Democrats Breaking Up with Big Tech?
What began as a love affair is now a relationship on the rocks. This week on Politics with Amy Walter, a look at the relationship between Democrats and big tech giants like Amazon, Facebook, and...
View ArticleWe Live On Zoom Now – And That Might Be a Problem
Since many of us have retreated to our homes in the past month, we’ve been connected to each other mostly through our screens. Work meetings, dinners, catch-ups with old friends, classes, religious...
View ArticleThe High-Tech, Post-COVID Life
Naomi Klein, senior correspondent for The Intercept, the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers University, co-founder of The Leap, a climate justice...
View ArticleThe Future of Industry City; How Do Prosecutors Decide When to Convict Cops?;...
Coming up on today's show:Industry City has proposed a controversial rezoning of the complex to allow more offices, manufacturing and retail shops -- and City Council held a public hearing on it this...
View ArticleJust Weeks Before the Election, Trump Administration Targets Big Tech
Just two weeks before the presidential election, the Trump administration has its eyes on Silicon Valley. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a landmark lawsuit against Google, accusing...
View ArticleHow the Pandemic Changed Our Relationship with Big Tech
The pandemic and stay at home orders that accompanied 2020 meant more of us spent significant amounts of time in our homes than ever before. To bridge the gaps, many turned to the large tech companies....
View ArticleWhat Happens to President Trump's Grip on the GOP Following Two Impeachments?
President Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives just one week after encouraging his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol and disrupt Congress as they tallied Joe Biden’s Electoral...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics: Big Tech, Free Speech And Impeachment
Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's "Political Gabfest" podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and author of Charged:...
View ArticleBig Tech; Mask-Wearing Best Practices; Design and Prisons; Black History in...
On today's show:Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, co-host of Slate's Political Gabfest podcast, Truman Capote fellow for creative writing and law at Yale Law School and...
View ArticleWhat If Trump’s Incitement Trial Was In A Court Of Law?
What would it look like if Trump's impeachment trial took place in a courtroom instead of the political circus that is the US Senate?On Today's Show:Emily Bazelon, staff writer for The New York Times...
View ArticleGreenland Plants, Privacy and Big Data, Rainbows. March 19, 2021, Part 2
Under A Mile Of Ice, A Climate ClueScientists studying sediment taken from a core sample of the Greenland ice sheet just 800 miles from the North Pole have found remnants of ancient plants,...
View ArticleIs Big Tech in Big Trouble?
Four of the largest tech companies—Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple—are potentially facing six separate bills which aim to crack down on their oversized influence on the industry. These bills are in...
View ArticleThe Joe Rogan Controversy and Spotify’s Stranglehold on the Music Industry
Earlier this week, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and other artists removed their work from Spotify, protesting the company’s relationship with Joe Rogan, a podcaster who has broadcast misinformation about...
View ArticlePeriod Tracking Apps and Digital Privacy
Kashmir Hill, tech reporter at the New York Times, discusses the digital privacy implications of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade and heightened abortion restrictions across the country.
View ArticleWho Profits?
The Supreme Court heard two cases this week that could upend Silicon Valley. On this week’s On The Media, a look at the fragile law holding the modern internet together. Plus, how a century-long PR...
View ArticleThe Politics of Bailing Out Banks
The latest economic news includes proposed government spending in Biden's federal budget proposal, and a run on a Big Tech bank that some argue needs government intervention. On Today's Show:Molly...
View ArticleOf Tech Moguls and Gold Miners: A Capitalist History
In Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, one writer sees a model for amassing obscene wealth, pioneered in 19th century California, finally nearing its limits. Silicon Valley is notorious in the global...
View ArticleHow the AI Senate Hearing Missed the Mark
On Tuesday, members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee congregated for a hearing on AI, in which Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, took the stand. Over three hours, the senators discussed the emergence of...
View ArticleMoney, Money, Money
Over the past year, the federal reserve has raised interest rates repeatedly in its attempt to curb inflation. On this week’s On The Media, is greed to blame for our inflation woes?Plus, how a...
View ArticleIs The New York Times A Tech Company?
In the early 2010s, the newspaper business stared out at a bleak future. Readers were gravitating toward social media and, for the first time in history, getting more of their news from the internet...
View ArticleHow Big Tech Went to Sh*t
Why does every social media platform seem to get worse over time? This week’s On the Media explores an expansive theory on how we lost a better version of the internet, and the systems that insulate...
View ArticleWill the Government Put the Reins on Amazon?
In a relatively short period of time, Amazon has exerted an enormous amount of influence over a broad spectrum of American life. From the groceries we buy to the movies and television shows we watch,...
View ArticleWill the Government Put the Reins on Amazon?
In a relatively short period of time, Amazon has exerted an enormous amount of influence over a broad spectrum of American life. But have they also been taking advantage of the merchants and customers...
View ArticleFTC chair Lina Khan is Kicking A** and Taking Names
As we've discussed on the show at length, most recently with Cory Doctorow in our series The Enshittification of Everything, Amazon has slowly been inserting itself into seemingly every facet of our...
View ArticleRegulating Big Tech and AI; Betting on Carbon Capture; What Deregulation Did...
On today's show: Sara Morrison, a senior Vox reporter who covers data privacy, antitrust, and Big Tech, talks about the firing and hiring of Sam Altman and government efforts to regulate AI, plus the...
View ArticleOpen AI’s 'Weird Weekend' And The Future Of Us All
Why was an influential AI executive removed by his company's board, hired by Microsoft, and is now jockeying for his old job back?On Today's Show:Sara Morrison, a senior Vox reporter who covers data...
View ArticleHow The New York Times Became a Tech Powerhouse
In the early 2010s, the newspaper business stared out at a bleak future. Readers were gravitating toward social media and, for the first time in history, getting more of their news from the internet...
View ArticleKara Swisher on Covering Tech and Its Moguls
One of Silicon Valley's most intrepid journalists shares her analysis of how the tech business helps shape the digital products they producer which in turn, shape our lives. On Today's Show:Kara...
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