Roblox: The Gaming Platform With a Predator Problem
With tens of millions of users under the age of 13, Roblox has become the biggest online gaming playground for kids. The company says its combination of AI chat filters and human moderators makes the ...
22 Jul 202418min
K-Pop’s Plan for Global Dominance? Remove the K
Is K-pop even K-pop without the K? A Bloomberg analysis of song lyrics shows that for the first time, almost half of K-pop songs released this year have English lyrics. On today’s podcast, host Sarah...
19 Jul 202414min
Silicon Valley’s Shift to the Right
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s pick of Senator JD Vance as his running mate has many in Silicon Valley rejoicing — they see the former venture capitalist as one of their own. With Elon...
18 Jul 202417min
Why This Nobel Winner Faces Life In Prison In Bangladesh
Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus pioneered micro loans as a tool to fight poverty. Now prosecutors in Bangladesh have linked him and his colleagues to a dizzying number of crimes, in...
17 Jul 202415min
Pulling Off a Rare Olympic Feat in Paris: Turning a Profit
Ever since the first Olympics were held over a century ago, the Games have been known for dazzling sporting feats…and dazzlingly expensive opening ceremonies. Recently, the ballooning cost of hosting ...
12 Jul 202414min
Scrappy Drone Startups Are Transforming Ukraine’s Frontlines
A growing number of Ukrainian entrepreneurs, engineers and tech workers are joining the war effort against Russia, making and delivering a key tool: drones. They’re low-cost, high-impact and can do ev...
10 Jul 202415min
The Chinese Coffee Chain Beating Starbucks
China’s Luckin Coffee is the nation’s top coffee retailer, overtaking even Starbucks. That would be notable itself, but less than 4 years ago the company filed for bankruptcy, making its comeback even...
9 Jul 202415min
The Lesson From French and British Elections: Incumbents Beware
French voters shocked the world on Sunday by rejecting Marine Le Pen’s efforts to see her far-right National Rally party take control of France’s legislature. And across the channel in Britain, a new ...
8 Jul 202417min
