Marketplace Tech with Molly Wood Podcast
1) If social media giants collaborate, can they wrestle down COVID-19 misinformation?
Host Molly Wood speaks with Shira Ovide, a tech reporter at the New York Times, about how tech companies, like Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, are in collaboration to fight misinformation around the ...Show More
2) When will we start having our meetings in the metaverse?
Tech companies make a lot of promises about the metaverse, specifically about how we’ll watch movies, hold work meetings, buy virtual real estate and more in these immersive online spaces. Meta ...Show More
3) Turning to drones and other instruments to hunt hurricanes
Forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, predict yet another season of “above-normal” hurricane activity. To track and predict these storms, scientists rely on data ...Show More
4) Sheryl Sandberg’s legacy and what her departure from Meta means
This week, Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg announced she will leave the company after 14 years in leadership. Sandberg joined Facebook, Meta’s parent, in the early years of the comp...Show More
5) Activision Blizzard employees vote to form a union
Workers at game developer Activision Blizzard have voted to unionize. That’s the company behind games like Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush, and which has faced lawsuits and feder...Show More
6) Scientists have made another step toward creating a quantum network
Scientists are working toward building the next evolution of computers: quantum computers. And recently, a team of researchers in the Netherlands made another step toward that future after they succes...Show More
7) A shortage of helium is causing delays in scientific research
There’s at least one natural resource out there that’s completely finite on Earth: helium. And once we use it up, it’s gone for good. The lighter-than-air gas is in especially short supply right now, ...Show More
8) When algorithms make the choices for us (rerun)
When looking for new music, it’s easy to let a streaming service’s algorithm recommend songs similar to music you already like. Those types of algorithms are the focus of new book from NBC...Show More
9) Improving the database behind gun sale background checks could help prevent mass shootings
Amid the grief in response to the mass shootings in Texas, New York and California, there’s an ongoing search for solutions, especially ones that can push through the political deadlock over gun...Show More
10) Should social media companies have First Amendment protections?
The question of who is allowed to use platforms like Twitter or Facebook — and who decides what users can say on those platforms — is increasingly becoming a legal issue. A Texas court decision handed...Show More