Month: May 2020

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The Best One Yet - “Bitcoin’s ‘Halvening’ just halvened” — Tesla vs. California. Amazon’s movie theater interest. Bitcoin’s Halvening.

After a year of just chilling, Bitcoin is back and demanding your attention with a once-every-four-years event: “The Halvening.” Elon threatened to move his car company outta Silicon Valley, so we’re looking at Tesla vs. The State of California. And a tabloid with PFWTM (people familiar with the matter) reported that Amazon may be interested in acquiring AMC movie theaters… so we break down this fantasy acquisition.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Moveable feast: a global food system adapts

The vast network moving food from farm to fork has shifted gears mightily in response to covid-19. But some will still go hungry; governments must resist the urge to crimp exports. Inflation statistics are often tallied in store aisles and at restaurant tables; how to gather those data now? And why being a warm-up act is cold comfort for many bands. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer
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What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – Italy Emerges From Lockdown. Slowly.

We spoke to Greta Privitera back in mid-March, a few weeks after she and her family isolated themselves at home in northern Italy. Now, with Italy taking baby steps toward normalcy, Greta says she’s enjoying her walks outside, she still worries about another surge in COVID-19 cases. And by the look of things, she's not alone.

Guest: Greta Privitera, a journalist living in Milan. Read her latest dispatch for Slate.  

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Tech Won't Save Us - Tech Billionaires Think They’re Better Than You w/ Rob Larson

Paris Marx is joined by Rob Larson to discuss how tech billionaires use philanthropy to massage their images, how they're creating a world that leaves nearly everyone else worse off, and how we need to respond with an online socialism to bring tech platforms under worker control.

Rob Larson is the author of “Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley” and an economics professor at Tacoma Community College. He also recently wrote about how billionaire-funded philanthropy is a public-relations scam for Jacobin and how the tech platforms are on their best behavior during COVID-19 for Current Affairs. Follow Rob on Twitter as @IronicProfessor.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Italy Emerges From Lockdown. Slowly.

We spoke to Greta Privitera back in mid-March, a few weeks after she and her family isolated themselves at home in northern Italy. Now, with Italy taking baby steps toward normalcy, Greta says she’s enjoying her walks outside, she still worries about another surge in COVID-19 cases. And by the look of things, she's not alone.

Guest: Greta Privitera, a journalist living in Milan. Read her latest dispatch for Slate.  

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The NewsWorthy - Fauci Testimony, Trump Touts Testing & Virtual Pet Adoptions- Tuesday, May 12th, 2020

The news to know for Tuesday, May 12th, 2020!

What to expect today from top health officials testifying on Capitol Hill, including a possible warning from Dr. Fauci.

Also, what the White House unveiled about testing and why some experts are pushing back.

Plus, expect a new type of check at the airport, which emoji has become more popular with this pandemic, and how adopting dogs has gone virtual.

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Head to www.TheNewsWorthy.com under the section titled 'Episodes' to read more about any of the stories mentioned or see sources below...

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Sources:

Health Experts to Testify: NY Times, STAT News, Axios, CBS News

Reopening Status: WSJ, NY Times, Twitter

COVID-19 Rates in Heartland: NBC News

Trump on Testing: NY Times, Politico

White House Mask Rules: ABC News, WaPo

SCOTUS Takes on Trump Tax Returns: CNN, WSJ

Nebraska Primary Today: AP, Omaha World-Herald, WOWT

Tesla Defies Orders, Reopens: WaPo, The Verge, Reuters

Airline Passenger Fever Checks: WaPo, Frontier, Reuters, Bloomberg

Twitter to Label Disputed Tweets: AP, Engadget, Twitter

Emojis Most-Often Used Now: CNN, Emojipedia

Meet, Adopt Dogs Via Zoom: Mashable, Digital Trends, Pedigree

Talk to Me Tuesday - Reusing Masks: CDC, Today

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Short Wave - Making Music Out Of The Coronavirus

When Markus Buehler heard about the coronavirus, he wanted to know what it sounded like. Today on the show, Maddie speaks with Short Wave reporter Emily Kwong about how Markus Buehler, a composer and engineering professor at MIT, developed a method for making music out of proteins, and how music can potentially help us hear what we have trouble seeing at the nanoscale level.

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