How Amazon Automated My Job: A Conversation With Elaine Kwon

How Amazon Automated My Job: A Conversation With Elaine Kwon

Elaine Kwon was a vendor manager in Amazon's retail organization when the company started to turn her tasks over to machine learning in a program called "Hands Off The Wheel." She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how and why Amazon rolled the program out, how she and her fellow vendor managers reacted, and what it portends for the rest of us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Netflix's 'Social Dilemma' Star Tristan Harris on the Film and Its Criticisms

Netflix's 'Social Dilemma' Star Tristan Harris on the Film and Its Criticisms

You won’t find a more controversial film in Silicon Valley than The Social Dilemma. The film, now available on Netflix, features confessions from early consumer internet employees who rue the destruct...

7 Okt 202057min

Reporter Roundtable: Discussing Media Narratives and Tech Industry Attacks On The Press

Reporter Roundtable: Discussing Media Narratives and Tech Industry Attacks On The Press

When the Big Technology Podcast debuted last month, The Verge’s Casey Newton joined to talk about why people can’t stand the tech press. Our wide-ranging discussion explored how tech reporters should ...

30 Sep 202027min

Why Venture Capitalists Are Mad, With Bloomberg Beta Venture Capitalist Roy Bahat

Why Venture Capitalists Are Mad, With Bloomberg Beta Venture Capitalist Roy Bahat

Venture capitalists, founders, and others in the tech industry are feeling pretty raw these days. Once admired as upstarts fighting the status quo, they now feel under siege, under attack for the nega...

23 Sep 202054min

An Inside Look At China’s Internment of Muslims, with BuzzFeed News’ Megha Rajagopalan

An Inside Look At China’s Internment of Muslims, with BuzzFeed News’ Megha Rajagopalan

China’s mass internment of Muslims in its Xinjiang region is one of the world's most under-covered stories The country has detained one million people there, putting them through a “re-education” prog...

16 Sep 202053min

Apple At A Crossroads: An Interview With GV Partner M.G. Siegler

Apple At A Crossroads: An Interview With GV Partner M.G. Siegler

For years, Apple had a clear identity: It was the world’s best devices maker. Today, the company is trying to balance that identity with a new emphasis on software and services. To discuss this shift ...

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Box CEO Aaron Levie on Trump, the Tech Giants, and the Stock Market

Box CEO Aaron Levie on Trump, the Tech Giants, and the Stock Market

As the pandemic flattens much of the U.S. economy, many technology firms are doing just fine. Business is moving online, and they’re well positioned to benefit. For tech CEOs like Box’s Aaron Levie, t...

2 Sep 202051min

“It Just Felt Wrong.” Ex-Amazon VP Tim Bray On Why He Left

“It Just Felt Wrong.” Ex-Amazon VP Tim Bray On Why He Left

In May, Amazon VP and distinguished engineer Tim Bray said he was leaving the company. Amazon had just fired employees who spoke out against its working conditions, and Bray couldn’t tolerate it. He h...

26 Aug 202034min

Is the Tech Press Bad? With The Verge's Casey Newton

Is the Tech Press Bad? With The Verge's Casey Newton

The Verge's Casey Newton writes The Interface, a daily newsletter about social media and democracy. He joins the podcast to talk about the tech press, Facebook, and the newsletter life. Learn more abo...

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