when the ref’s a robot
In the high-stakes world of sports, referees have always been under intense scrutiny… but what if tech could take some of the pressure off? Or will we lose something by replacing the referee with a ro...
3 Dec 202531min
new from kaleidoscope: shell game (season 2)
This week, we’re sharing an episode from another podcast we’re excited about. In Season 2 of Shell Game, journalist Evan Ratliff tells a story of entrepreneurship in the AI age; or, how he tried to bu...
26 Nov 202533min
who is profiting from scam texts – and can we stop them?
If it feels like you’re getting more scammy texts in the past few years, you’re not imagining it. Scam texts have exploded since 2020, and the operation behind them has become a massively lucrative in...
19 Nov 202536min
‘my peptide guy’ is the new tech bro flex
Forget building the next app – Silicon Valley’s tech bros are now trying to rebuild themselves. Peptides are the new frontier into biohacking, promising better sleep, sharper focus, and maybe even ete...
12 Nov 202528min
‘my internet bed is broken’ is just the start
A few weeks ago on Monday, October 20, a major outage in Amazon Web Services took down a bunch of the Internet. How did an error in one data center in Virginia affect everything from Snapchat and Redd...
5 Nov 202533min
workslop: how AI is making you hate your coworkers
Corporate America has bet on AI to make work faster and cheaper. Companies like Meta and Microsoft are laying off employees, hoping it will save them money. But a new study has found that there’s a gr...
29 Okt 202529min
maybe ICEBlock was 'activism theater,' but is banning it protecting us?
ICEBlock was an app created to help people report ICE sightings. Then, Apple pulled it from the App Store. But in between those events, there was a semi-public fight over whether the app was actually ...
22 Okt 202534min
your onlyfans girlfriend might be a guy (or a robot)
If you’re chatting to a popular OnlyFans model: no, you’re not. That job was outsourced long ago. Teams of “chatters”, often in the Philippines, are paid to flirt, role-play, and get fans to spend as ...
15 Okt 202528min
