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Podcast: The Physical Politics of the Internet with Britt Paris
Britt Paris's new book 'Radical Infrastructure: Imagining the Internet from the Ground Up' tells the story of the physical internet, and how it can benefit people, not corporations.
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How the World Became a Casino
The logic behind Polymarket, Kalshi and sports betting apps can be traced back to the inner workings of the slot machine.
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Podcast: How This Trippy Image Started A Massive Conspiracy Theory
A magic eye that isn't, an AI learning tool that sucks, and more in this week's podcast.
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Podcast: How Algorithms Make Us Feel Bad and Weird
Lost in the wedding algorithm sauce, "clean rooms" for AI, and founders obsessed with "tokenmaxxing" in this week's 404 Media Podcast.
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Why Journalists Are Going Indie (with Maddy Myers)
Maddy and Sam get into the launch of Mothership and the importance of owning one's own work.
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Ridicule as Praxis (with Emily Bender and Alex Hanna)
Why ridicule works to keep big tech’s claims in check, and what makes us hopeful for the future.
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Mapping Google's Unmappable City
How filmmaker Chris Parr put North Oaks, Minnesota on the map.
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New Podcast Alert: The Globe-Spanning, Multi-Newsroom Hunt for Mr. Deepfakes
In a new series by CBC Podcasts, hosted by 404 Media's Sam Cole, join journalists, investigators, and targets of non-consensual intimate images on the hunt for the worlds’ most prolific deepfake mastermind.
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Podcast: Privacy Under Pressure (With Harlo Holmes)
Harlo and Sam discuss the important privacy and security work she does every day alongside and for journalists, and why it’s only becoming more crucial.
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The Screen Time Panic Sets Parents Up to Fail
Patrick Klepek on the reality of parenting in the age of Roblox and YouTube.
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How Benn Jordan Discovered Flock's Cameras Were Left Streaming to the Internet
Jason interviews YouTuber Benn Jordan about his security research on Flock.