The list of ways campaigners say we need to change our behaviour in response to climate change seems to grow every week. Now, streaming video is in the frame. We test the claim that watching 30 minutes of Netflix has the same carbon footprint as driving four miles. We hear scepticism about a report that sepsis is responsible for one in five deaths worldwide. Author Bill Bryson stops by with a question about guns ? and gets quizzed about a number in his new book. And, how much sleep do we really need? Find out if we need more or less.
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What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – WN TBD: Which Tech Companies Are Doing the Most Harm?
Last week, Slate published The Evil List, an expansive attempt to document the most concerning tech companies around the world, according to the experts. Some you’ve heard of, some you probably haven’t, and some you almost certainly use every day. Which of these deserve our attention? And why?
Guests:
Mutale Nkonde, public interest technologist and fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Felix Salmon, chief financial correspondent at Axios and host of Slate Money
Lindsey Barrett, staff attorney and teaching fellow at the Institute for Public Representation Communications & Technology Clinic.
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Lizzie O’Leary
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Guests:
Mutale Nkonde, public interest technologist and fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Felix Salmon, chief financial correspondent at Axios and host of Slate Money
Lindsey Barrett, staff attorney and teaching fellow at the Institute for Public Representation Communications & Technology Clinic.
Host
Lizzie O’Leary
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The Best One Yet - “Tinder supports safe sexting” — Google’s camouflaged ads. The Athletic hits $500M. Tinder’s new security launch.
Tinder is adding new security features for your first date — it’s consistent with a trend that’s defining tech in 2020. Google made a minor tweak to google.com with major implications. And our “Half-icorn of the Day” is The Athletic, the digital sports news company that just snagged a $500M valuation.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - WN TBD: Which Tech Companies Are Doing the Most Harm?
Last week, Slate published The Evil List, an expansive attempt to document the most concerning tech companies around the world, according to the experts. Some you’ve heard of, some you probably haven’t, and some you almost certainly use every day. Which of these deserve our attention? And why?
Guests:
Mutale Nkonde, public interest technologist and fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Felix Salmon, chief financial correspondent at Axios and host of Slate Money
Lindsey Barrett, staff attorney and teaching fellow at the Institute for Public Representation Communications & Technology Clinic.
Host
Lizzie O’Leary
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What A Day - Trump Vs. Social Security
- President Trump mentioned taking a look at cuts to Social Security. We discuss the implications and how the issue of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are showing up in the presidential race.
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A deadly virus believed to have originated in China was found in the US this week. NPR global health correspondent Jason Beaubien explains what we know and don't know about the disease — and the likelihood it will continue to spread.
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The NewsWorthy - ‘Birth Tourism’, Lunar New Year & Tinder Safety – Friday, January 24th, 2020
The news to know for Friday, January 24th, 2020!
What to expect today and over the weekend in the impeachment trial (and what President Trump will be doing instead), and we're talking about new rules impacting pregnant women coming to the U.S...
Plus: why some Chinese New Year celebrations are cancelled, Tinder's new safety features, and why a veteran was just honored decades after his service.
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Opening Arguments Cont’d: NYT, NBC News, The Hill
Trump to Attend ‘March For Life’: The Hill, CBS News, CNN
New Rules Target ‘Birth Tourism’: AP, The Guardian, Fox News
Remembering Jim Lehrer: PBS, NYT
Lunar New Year Celebrations Cancelled: NBC News, BBC, CNN
Google’s Search Results: Business Insider, The Verge
Tinder’s New Safety Features: The Verge, Cnet
Motorola Razr Arrives: The Verge, Engadget,
Space Cookie Results: AP
Veteran Honored 75 Years Later: USA Today, CNN
The Daily Signal - What the Trump Administration Is Doing to Boost Historically Black Colleges
Leonard Haynes, an official at the Education Department, has years of experience in the education field. "President [Donald] Trump has done an outstanding job in assembling a team of dedicated and committed individuals who are willing to ask the hard questions, turn over the rocks, and to raise the issue of how do we make [historically black colleges and universities] more competitive so that they can address the priorities of the nation," he says.
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- President Trump is slated to make history as the first president to attend the March for Life.
- The Trump administration moves to curb "birth tourism."
- Veteran journalist Jim Lehrer has died.
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