Information Changes Everything

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Tune in for UMSI's monthly digest of the many ways information and technology are changing our world. To learn more, visit us at www.si.umich.edu/. If you have questions, comments, or ideas, please reach out to us at umsipodcast@umich.edu.

  1. 05/12/2025

    Not your Mamdani’s dating site, plus the latest information science updates

    Learn more about the stories you heard today: Hinge users complain it ‘isn’t the same’ app Zohran Mamdani met his wife onYann LeCun, a Pioneering A.I. Scientist, Leaves MetaWill AI mean better adverts or ‘creepy slop’?This New Hotel Reservation Scam Is Fooling People Who Use Sites Like Booking.comCould ‘the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman’ be an AI avatar?AI Commissioner | Comedy Sketch | Particle6Americans’ Social Media Use: 2025The Mission to Preserve Traditional Table Olive RecipesAdopt an Olive TreeVoices Celebrating 1 Trillion Web Pages: Jean Armour Polly, Net-MomJean Armour PollyDoodle for Google 2025–26 contest opens for submissionsMeet 3 UMSI entrepreneurs gearing up to pursue full-time venturesSign up for UMSI’s Research Roundup newsletter Learn more about the University of Michigan School of Information Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest.

    8min

  2. 07/11/2025

    Six signs of phone addiction, plus the latest information science updates

    Learn more about the stories you heard today: Nomophobia: the irrational fear of being without a mobile phoneThe New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears. This Is Profound.No car? No problem. Internet Roadtrip offers unique online travel experienceHuman-AI coaching models boost weight lossYour Samsung smart fridge may have ads on it now, because of course it doesRoblox meets 'Bake Off' with new competitive baking gameMicrosoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use themCan anyone become an influencer? Three people with zero followers find outNew California law aims to hold driverless car companies accountable for traffic violationsResearchers detail 6 ways chatbots seek to prolong ‘emotionally sensitive events’UMSI launches mentorship program matching students with successful alumniLearn more about the University of Michigan School of Information Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest.

    8min

  3. 03/10/2025

    AI Darwin Award needs nominees, plus the latest information science updates

    Learn more about the stories you heard today: Media Forensics Hub launches updated “Spot the Troll” quizSlop added to Cambridge Dictionary, as AI redefines languageWindowSwapRadio GardenJudge rules Google can keep Chrome, but must share some search engine data with rivalsJapanese Cities Use Social Media to Teach Tourists MannersKnow Before You Go – Visit KanazawaReplikaI went on a date with my AI dream guy. Then I cried over shrimpDating an AI: How Much Is It Really Happening?Multi-language audio – YouTube BlogThese weather apps actually care about your privacyAI Darwin AwardsTired of cookie consent pop-ups? You soon may see less of themUMSI convenes scholars and industry leaders to shape human-centered AILearn more about the University of Michigan School of Information Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest.

    9min

  4. 05/09/2025

    World’s first robot Olympics, plus the latest information science updates

    Learn more about the stories you heard today: World’s first robot Olympics held in China (Quartz)AOL to discontinue dial-up internet service (CNN)Versailles statues can now talk to visitors with AI (New York Times)Instagram’s new map feature raises privacy concerns (CBS News)Boston Public Library digitizes archives with OpenAI (NPR)‘Tradwife,’ ‘delulu,’ and ‘skibidi’ among new Cambridge Dictionary words (Sky News)10 surprising things your smartphone camera can do (MakeUseOf)Texas A&M researchers map U.S. power outage hot spots (Texas A&M)Interactive power outage map (Netlify app)Focus Friend app overtakes ChatGPT on App Store (Lifehacker)Pomodoro Technique (Wikipedia)How to minimize distractions in Chrome (HowToGeek)School of Information launches two new AI courses open to all U-M undergraduates Learn more about UMSI’s fully online master’s degree in applied data science: umsi.info/mads  Learn more about the University of Michigan School of Information Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest.

    7min

  5. 01/08/2025

    “Click to Cancel” canceled, plus the latest information science updates

    Learn more about the stories you heard today: “Click to Cancel” rule to make canceling subscriptions easier blocked by courtNoom wants to be 'the Duolingo of health'Robo-Bunnies Are the Newest Weapon in the Fight Against Invasive Burmese Pythons in FloridaThe 7 Best Puzzle Games You Can Play in Your Browser‘The postcard craze’ of historic Michigan: More than 60K postcards digitized at U-M Clements LibrarySay hello to the new emoji coming in Unicode 17.0New emojis are coming to iOS 26 soonThis ancient Hungarian abbey is fighting an infestation of book-eating beetlesHugging Face introduces open-source desktop robot for $299Imginn Lets You Browse Instagram Pages Without an AccountImginnWe Made This Film With AI. It's Wild and Slightly TerrifyingAI thinks like us? UMSI researchers unveil new model to predict human behaviorLearn more about the University of Michigan School of Information Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest.

    7min

  6. 03/07/2025

    Windows 10 on life support, plus the latest information science updates

    Learn more about the stories you heard today: Ars Technica: Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updatesMicrosoft PC Health Check appQZ: Every iPhone model timelineThe Verge: WhatsApp ads rolloutEngadget: US House bans WhatsAppYouTube: Neccolo video on Grow a GardenNYT: Grow a Garden recordNiemanLab: Social media overtakes TVBBC paywall announcementVatican News: Pope Leo on AIMashable: Labubu crazeNorwegian SciTech News: Predicting tech adoptionLiveScience: Weird technologies that never took offUMSI: New minor in human-centered AI Subscribe to the UMSI Research Roundup Learn more about the University of Michigan School of Information Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn Learn more about the Master of Applied Data Science online program This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest.

    8min

  7. 06/06/2025

    AI’s “imminent threat to humanity”, plus the latest information science updates

    Learn more about the stories you heard today: Paul Tudor Jones: AI poses an imminent threat to humanity in our lifetime (YouTube)Using AI to Write Fake Summer Reading Lists (NPR)How to Save Your Smartphone’s Battery Life (Pocket)Pocket’s Read-It-Later App Will Shut Down in July (Android Central)Remove These Preinstalled iPhone Apps (Lifehacker)How to Turn Your Old iPhone Into an Alarm Clock (Engadget)Yuka (Official Site)The Food-Scanning App Yuka Is Worrying Big Brands (WSJ)Agatha Christie’s Classic BBC Mysteries Get an AI Update (NYT)Agatha Christie Teaches Writing (BBC Maestro)YouTube’s Pause Ads Are Causing Ad Fatigue (Marketing-Interactive)YouTube TV Ad Spend Surges While Mobile Growth Slows (Tubefilter)Duolingo Deletes TikTok After AI Backlash, Returns With Strange Message (Fast Company)Merriam-Webster Hops on the Wordle Train With New Daily Puzzle Game (Digital Trends)Revealed (Britannica Games)Most of Us Will Leave Behind a Large Digital Legacy When We Die – Here’s How to Plan What Happens to It (The Conversation)Internet Archive (Main Site)An Inside Look at How the Internet Archive Saves the Web (BBC Reel)UMSI Student Hamza Naveed Among 50 Selected Nationwide for Google Summit (UMSI) Subscribe to the UMSI Research Roundup Learn more about the University of Michigan School of Information Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn Learn more about the Master of Applied Data Science online program This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest.

    8min

  8. 02/05/2025

    Facebook offers friends-only feed, plus the latest information science updates

    Learn more about the stories you heard today: Service update: Original & large size download limitations on free accountsMeta Tries to Revive Friendships With a Facebook RevampBringing the Magic of Friends Back to FacebookThe machines are rising—but developers still hold the keysThe Most Common Names in Every CountryGoogle’s AI Overviews may be hurting click-through ratesYou’ve Read Misinformation About the Switch 2 — Here Are the FactsYour TikTok personality data could help scienceUMich study shows how generative AI could use personality to combat vaccine mythsNile Berry on Penn StationMoynihan Train HallSee how a Michigan town moved 9,100 books—one by oneUMSI team’s XR classroom tool takes top prize in campus-wide James A. Kelly Learning Lever competition Learn more about the University of Michigan School of Information Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn Learn more about the Master of Applied Data Science online program This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest.

    7min
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Tune in for UMSI's monthly digest of the many ways information and technology are changing our world. To learn more, visit us at www.si.umich.edu/. If you have questions, comments, or ideas, please reach out to us at umsipodcast@umich.edu.

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    University of Michigan School of Information
  • Anos de atividade
    2024 - 2025
  • Episódios
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    Information Changes Everything