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Decrypted Bloomberg
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The global technology industry is a powerful engine of innovation that drives the economy. It's also a collection of insular communities full of hidden projects, quiet rivalries, and uncomfortable truths. Join Bloomberg Technology's Brad Stone each week as he and the team's reporters uncover what actually happens behind closed doors.
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The Last Decrypted
This week on Decrypted, hosts Aki and Brad get together one last time for an announcement: This will be the very last episode of Decrypted. They also look back at some of their favorite episodes from the show, with updates on where those stories are today. (But don't unsubscribe from this feed because we'll be announcing a new show next spring!)
For a list of episodes Aki and Brad will be discussing:
Young Blood and the Pursuit of Eternal Youth
He Sparked the Fake News Boom. Then Facebook Broke His Business
A Hacker's Redemption, Part 1 and Part 2
Inside a Multinational Cyber Weapons Deal That Went Bust
Meet the Whistleblower Behind a Silicon Valley Meltdown
Human vs Machine: Fitness Gadgets -
Can AI Compose Good Music?
Computers can now drive cars, identify faces and transcribe speech, but many experts said that it would take much longer for AI to tackle creative endeavors. This week on Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology's Natalia Drozdiak meets three composers using artificial intelligence to make music, and she and host Aki Ito dissect their robo-generated songs.
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The YouTube Whisperer Guiding Creators Through Perilous Times
Under pressure from users, advertisers and government regulators, YouTube has implemented sweeping changes to its service over the last three years to minimize the spread of harmful and misleading content. But those changes have made it harder for many of its creators to make a living off of the platform. This week on Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology's Mark Bergen visits YouTube whisperer Tim Schmoyer, who advises other YouTube creators on how to adapt to the changing platform.
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The Amazon Seller Caught in the Middle of a Trade War
The U.S.-China trade war has dragged on for more than a year now, harming the livelihoods of people around the world who depend on the two superpowers getting along. This week on Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology's Shelly Banjo profiles one such person: Michael Michelini, an American who moved to China a decade ago to build out his e-commerce business. At the time, Michelini believed that the internet was making the world a more open and interconnected place. Recent tensions between the world's two largest economies have put that faith in doubt.
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Warehouses Watching Every Move Workers Make
Warehouse workers suffer from an unusually high rate of injury. Now, at some facilities, workers can wear a sensor on their chest, which buzzes when they’re at risk of getting hurt. But this tracking device also gathers detailed information about the employee’s movements – and sends this data to their employer. This week on Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology’s Joshua Brustein looks at a new technology, whose proponents say will make workplaces safer, but also inspires concern about workplace surveillance.
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Elon Musk’s Quest to Control Computers With Our Thoughts
Over the summer, Elon Musk unveiled the details of his secretive startup Neuralink. Its goal, he said, is to place electrodes in our brains so we can control a computer with our thoughts. Its experiments have so far been limited to rodents and monkeys, but Neuralink builds on strides already made in medicine, where doctors have successfully placed implants into human brains to treat a variety of illnesses. This week on Decrypted, Bloomberg Technology’s Sarah McBride visits the primate lab that’s been carrying out Neuralink’s research, and meets the doctors and the patients at the forefront of this emerging field.
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Was a good show... it’s dead now Happy 2020!
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Serendipitous Topics Thoroughly Covered
Other than "Revisionist History" (Malcolm Gladwell), this is the only podcast I've found that repeatedly presents topics I didn't know I needed to know about. Diverse, timely, and always well done. Yes, some of the moderators have distracting speech characteristics, but the subject matter always prompts me to get past them. They hardly pull this fine podcast down to the 3-star level.
If I find passages that are less than crystal clear, I simply "rewind" and replay them at half-speed. What's the problem?