Decoder with Nilay Patel

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The robots are coming for your office, with NYT’s Kevin Roose Mar 23, 2021

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Nilay Patel sits down with New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose to discuss the impact of automation on our future — specifically, robotic process automation, or RPA. Kevin's new book, Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation, is out and features a lengthy discussion of RPA, who's using it, who it will affect, and how to think about it as you design your career.

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Australia vs Facebook — and how regulation is splintering the internet, with Atlassian CEO Scott Farquhar Mar 16, 2021

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Nilay Patel talks with Atlassian CEO Scott Farquhar about Australia's Media Bargaining Code, which requires social platforms and search engines to pay news publishers for linking to their work. They also discuss how to run a global company in an increasingly fractured world and why understanding public policy is now key to running a tech company.

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How Twitter is building its future, with Kayvon Beykpour Mar 09, 2021

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Nilay talks with Twitter’s Head of Consumer Product, Keyvon Beykpour about what it took to reset the team towards growth, how he decides what to prioritize, and what the timelines for success look like on different projects. They also talk about moderation, of course.

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Underunderstood: Why is This Sheriff Arresting Fire TV Sellers? Mar 04, 2021

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An 88-year-old is being charged with a felony after selling ‘jailbroke firesticks’ at a Florida flea market. Why?

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Meet Austin Russell, the 25-year-old billionaire building the future of self-driving cars Mar 02, 2021

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Austin Russell, Luminar’s founder and CEO on why he thinks LIDAR is the future of self-driving technology, where he thinks the autonomous vehicle industry is headed, and proving Elon Musk wrong.

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Evil Geniuses' CEO Nicole LaPointe Jameson on how to run an esports company Feb 23, 2021

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Nilay Patel talks with CEO of Evil Geniuses about how an esports team makes money, where the industry is headed, and where she sees growth.

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CNBC’s Jon Fortt on GameStop, Robinhood, and wallstreetbets Feb 16, 2021

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CNBC anchor Jon Fortt unpacks how the GameStop stock story was covered by the media and if technology has the ability to democratize the markets through apps like Robinhood. Fortt also discusses his course ‘The Black Experience in America,’ which looks at race in the US https://www.forttmedia.com/

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Black Software author on technology’s role in racial justice Feb 09, 2021

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In this episode of Decoder, Nilay sits down with Charlton McIlwain, a professor of media, culture, and communications at NYU and the author of Black Software, to talk about Black Lives Matter, Twitter, Online Communities, and Policing.

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Venture Capitalism isn’t just for Venture Capitalists, with Arlan Hamilton Feb 01, 2021

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Nilay Patel talks with venture capitalist Arlan Hamilton. Arlan founded VC fund Backstage Capital in 2015 and focuses on investing in “underestimated founders,” many of whom are people of color, women and LGBTQ. They discuss the importance of representation in tech and business, how the VC world works, and why Arlan is hopeful about the future at Backstage.

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The SolarWinds hack: cyber attacks and national security with Reuters reporter Joseph Menn Jan 26, 2021

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The Verge's Nilay Patel is joined by Joseph Menn, a cybersecurity reporter at Reuters and author of the new book Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World. Nilay and Joseph talk about a very big problem in US cybersecurity today: the SolarWinds hack.

In December, it was reported that a group of hackers, likely from the Russian government, had gotten into SolarWinds, a dominant player in network management software, and then used that access to breach everything from Microsoft to the US government.

The story is part of a back-and-forth game of hacking the United States and its rivals that have been escalating for years. Pay attention to how quickly this conversation with Joseph becomes about really big issues like how deeply our military and security agencies should be integrated with private company security. There aren’t a lot of easy answers here, but it’s clear that change is coming with the Biden administration.

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