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Tech News: NASA Plays Galactic Billiards With Asteroid Nov 23, 2021

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NASA launches a spacecraft that will collide with an asteroid, but on purpose. Also, Facebook executives allegedly prevented researchers from improving algorithms to limit the spread of hate speech. And Texas invites bitcoin miners to settle down, but can the state's power grid handle the load?

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A Brief History of Cheating in Video Games Nov 22, 2021

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From the famous Konami code to the Doom modders, we look at some of the early examples of cheat codes and cheat devices in video games.

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Rerun: The GE of Today Nov 19, 2021

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Tragedies and financial crises turned what used to be General Electric's strengths into liabilities. In this episode, we learn how the once dominant company began to struggle and why some think its heading for insolvency.

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How a human-centered approach is building trustworthy AI. Nov 18, 2021

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Creating trust and transparency in AI isn’t just a business requirement, it’s a social responsibility. In this episode of Smart Talks, Malcolm talks to Christina Montgomery, IBM's Chief Privacy Officer and AI Ethics Board Co-Chair, and Dr. Seth Dobrin, Global Chief AI Officer, about IBM’s approach to AI and how it’s helping businesses transform the way they work with AI systems that are fair and address bias so AI can benefit everyone, not just a few.

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Rerun: GE and the House that Jack Built Nov 17, 2021

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After World War II, General Electric would grow rapidly to the point of bloat. Then a man named Jack Welch took over as CEO and made some big changes. What was Welch's legacy?

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Rerun: GE Through World War II Nov 16, 2021

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In its first few decades, General Electric would grow into an enormous company with incredible influence in the United States. In this episode, we see how that played out leading up to and through World War II.

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Rerun: The Founding of G&E Nov 15, 2021

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General Electric has been around for more than 100 years. It's recently been in a bit of a slump. How did this company get started?

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TechStuff Classic: Taking a Ride in an Ambulance Nov 12, 2021

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What is ambulance technology all about? Ben Bowlin joins the show to explore this listener-suggested topic.

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Tech News: Flying Taxis and Metaverses in South Korea Nov 11, 2021

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South Korea is barging into the future with a municipal metaverse for Seoul and an air traffic control system for flying taxis. Plus an update on Elon Musk selling Tesla stock, why it's still hard to buy a PlayStation 5 and how a brain computer interface project interprets imaginary handwriting.

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Futures That Never Were Nov 11, 2021

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Science fiction writers have predicted numerous things that came true. But then there are those who have predicted stuff that didn't quite work out the way they imagined. This episode is dedicated to them.

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