Podcasts

Generative artificial intelligence tools, like ChatGPT, are opening up new avenues for cybercriminals, even ones without traditional hacking skills. Plus, Lindsey Choo on why more people are using celebrities to deliver bad news.

Casey Newton, founder of Platformer, talks about how he, along with Zoë Schiffer and Lindsey Choo, flagged overt Nazi blogs on Substack.

A scientific agency funded by the European Union finds that July was the planet’s hottest month on record. Lindsey Choo talks about how delivering bad news add up to good business for those celebrities.

Months after the 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot, a TV news report blamed some of the violence from that night on a local punk band called Missing Foundation. Led by artist Peter Missing, the band was known for trashing venues, spreading anti-gentrification slogans, and – according to the TV report – even had Satanic beliefs. In this episode, Lindsey Choo and Patrick Hagan set out to learn who Peter Missing was and what role he played in the riot, if any.

Twitter is facing new challengers that threaten to take over the platform’s position as the global town square. Lindsey Choo talks about Snap's big creator push.

Tech News Briefing discusses newly revealed details from Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk, Lindsey Choo and Meghan Bobrowsky's report on the Twitter superfans that are rejecting the changes he has made as CEO, and digs into the platform’s role as a main stage for political dialogue in the 2024 election.