119. Mic Drop: Could an analysis of sound help save the jaguar in Costa Rica?
Everyone is talking about the power of AI in conservation, but a professor at Arizona State University has found an even simpler, more elegant solution – and all you have to do is listen. Learn about...
5 Apr 202411min
118. AI and the Holy Grail of conservation: Real-time monitoring
Cornell University’s Elephant Listening Project has been trying to get real-time monitoring of the Central African Republic’s forest elephants for years. FruitPunch AI and a roster of other AI researc...
2 Apr 202427min
117. Mic Drop: The Big Chill: Nigeria, Binance battle likely to add to economic crisis
Matthew Page from the London-based think tank Chatham House pulls back to look at the potential economic fallout between Nigerian government and Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. ...
29 Mars 20248min
116. Detained execs, a bold escape, and tax evasion charges: Nigeria takes aim at Binance
This week, Nigeria charged Binance and two of its executives with tax evasion in the latest twist in a month-long dispute between the cryptocurrency giant and the Nigerian government. Nigeria detained...
26 Mars 202426min
115. Mic Drop: Hear ye, Hear ye, the Hacker’s Court is in session
We talk to Analyst1 senior researcher Jon DiMaggio about how hackers settle their disputes – think People’s Court without all the robes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
22 Mars 202410min
114. Exclusive: LockBit ransomware leader says, ‘I felt like I was being hunted’ but they ‘can’t stop me’
We speak with the leader of one of the most prolific ransomware-as-a-service gangs the world has ever known — LockBit. Just weeks after Operation Cronos, a global police action against the group, Lock...
19 Mars 202424min
113. Mic Drop: Exclusive: Embattled LockBit leader: ‘Now I want to create even more noise’
Our interview of the week: LockBitSupp says his ransomware platform isn’t dead yet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
15 Mars 20247min
112. Inside the i-Soon papers and China’s secret world of hackers-for-hire
Newly leaked files from a private Chinese hackers-for-hire company provide a fresh look into China’s “cyber industrial complex” – and it appears to be bigger and more mature than observers had previou...
12 Mars 202424min
