149. Mic Drop: China seeks a Great Leap Forward in cyber
Chinese hackers are stepping up their game, according to Nigel Inkster, the former director of operations for Britain’s MI6. In an encore episode of Mic Drop, he says Chinese hackers are taking on a n...
19 Heinä 202410min
148. They’re just hackers, living off the land
In an encore episode, we report on a specific kind of cyber attack targeting big industrial systems that is coming back into fashion: it’s called a ‘living off the land’ attack. What makes it particul...
16 Heinä 202419min
147. Mic Drop: The problem with the Nigerian economy has nothing to do with crypto
Before Nigerian authorities detained two mid-level Binance executives back in February, they were telling anyone who would listen that the cryptocurrency platform was manipulating the value of its cur...
12 Heinä 202410min
146. SPECIAL FEATURE: 'Modi's India' from Understood
In the latest season of Understood from CBC, Mumbai-based journalist Salimah Shivji examines how Modi went from being barred from the US, to becoming one of the most powerful men in the world. About U...
9 Heinä 202434min
145. Mic Drop: Could an analysis of sound help save the Jaguar in Costa Rica?
From an encore episode of Mic Drop. Everyone is talking about the power of Al in conservation, but a professor at Arizona State University has found an even simpler, more elegant solution — and all yo...
5 Heinä 202411min
144. Generative AI: Is it creative or just copying the rest of us?
In an encore episode, we look at the tension between AI and the work of humans from which it learns. Media companies like the New York Times and a roster of authors and artists have sued some of the m...
2 Heinä 202423min
143. Mic Drop: Bellingcat’s Eliot Higgins wants to change the relationship you have with information.
Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins has been working with young people not just to show them how to sort fact from fiction, but to give them a reason to believe that truth can still empower the weak and ...
28 Kesä 20249min
142. Meet Antibot4Navalny: the mysterious researchers exposing Russia’s war on truth.
Antibot4Navalny is a small but mighty group of anonymous researchers calling out Russian disinformation — and punching way above their weight. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
25 Kesä 202426min
