Business, Spoken

Latest Episodes:

Amazon's Quest to Be Fashionable Continues Jun 11, 2019

Show notes

Amazon isn’t exactly the most stylish place to shop for clothes. Most of its top-selling women’s fashion items are simple pieces: easy dresses, spandex workout gear, socks, and underwear—a lot of it from brands you’ve probably never heard of. But that doesn’t mean Amazon isn’t a powerhouse for apparel sales. As traditional department stores have declined, Amazon has become one of the most popular clothing retailers in the US, especially among millennials.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More Trouble for Huawei: No More Facebook on New Phones Jun 10, 2019

Show notes

Just when it seemed that things couldn't get much worse for Huawei, it may soon not be able to sell phones with the world’s most popular social networks. Facebook will reportedly no longer allow the Chinese telecom giant to preinstall Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram apps on its phones. According to Reuters, if you already have a Huawei phone you should be able to continue receiving updates to Facebook-owned apps. The change will only affect new phones.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bezos Says Amazon Will Bet Even Bigger Despite Antitrust Probes Jun 10, 2019

Show notes

On Monday the House Judiciary committee announced a bipartisan antitrust probe that has Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon in its crosshairs. The news followed reports that the Federal Trade Commission is examining Amazon’s power over online retailing. Tom Simonite covers artificial intelligence for WIRED. Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos appeared untroubled by that attention at a company conference in Las Vegas Thursday.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

YouTube Has Kid Troubles Because Kids Are a Core Audience Jun 07, 2019

Show notes

YouTube has a child exploitation problem. In February, the platform disabled comments on millions of videos including children 13 and younger after WIRED UK revealed that pedophiles had used the feature to identify videos featuring snippets of nude or sparsely clothed children.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack Jun 07, 2019

Show notes

In May 2019, WIRED joined the One Free Press Coalition, a united group of pre-eminent editors and publishers using their global reach and social platforms to spotlight journalists under attack worldwide. Today, the coalition is issuing the fourth monthly “10 Most Urgent” list of journalists whose press freedoms are being suppressed or whose cases are seeking justice. Jamal Khashoggi, the murdered columnist for The Washington Post, remains atop the list following no independent U.N.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dinner and a Movie? Amazon Alexa Makes It Easier to Do Both Jun 06, 2019

Show notes

Amazon’s Alexa is ready to broaden its one-track mind. The virtual assistant can deliver weather forecasts and traffic updates, and tap more than 90,000 additional functions, or “skills,” contributed by outside developers. The catch is that you can generally do only one of those bounteous things at a time. Tom Simonite covers artificial intelligence for WIRED.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Case Could Change How the SEC Regulates Cryptocurrencies Jun 06, 2019

Show notes

Last week, the Canadian social media company Kik---and an array of prominent backers in the crypto world---launched a $5 million campaign to fund an impending legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CEO Ted Livingston said the fight, which centers on Kik’s $100 million initial coin offering in 2017, was worth funding because it could have wide implications for blockchain startups, many of which used ICOs to fund their fledgling ventures.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York's Privacy Bill Is Even Bolder Than California's Jun 05, 2019

Show notes

As tech giants and lobbying groups race to defang California’s landmark consumer privacy law before it takes effect next year, lawmakers on the other side of the country are considering a bill that's even more drastic. The New York Privacy Act, introduced last month by state senator Kevin Thomas, would give residents there more control over their data than in any other state. It would also require businesses to put their customers’ privacy before their own profits.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

US Companies Help Censor the Internet in China, Too Jun 04, 2019

Show notes

It is unclear how many people died when Chinese troops cleared pro-democracy protests from Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 30 years ago this week. Local authorities said it was 241. A cursory search of the web or social media will show that human rights organizations estimate a death toll many times higher—unless you’re in China. Tom Simonite covers artificial intelligence for WIRED.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New Antitrust Scrutiny Should Worry Silicon Valley Jun 04, 2019

Show notes

Many Americans think Big Tech and Silicon Valley have too much power and need to be reigned in. Six weeks ago, it was hard to believe Washington had the political will to do much about that. Facebook had just said it would take a charge of up to $5 billion for an expected Federal Trade Commission fine related to its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The reaction: Facebook’s stock stock jumped 6 percent to its highest price in nine months.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected