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DC went to YC to talk OS. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

At the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Trump told crypto enthusiasts exactly what they want to hear. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Platforms combining plants and recycled garbage could offer a cut-price solution for reviving polluted bodies of water. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A controversial new surveillance system in Paris foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

OpenResearch released the first results of the most comprehensive study on giving unrestricted cash grants to impoverished Americans. Researchers say it will flame both sides of the debate over welfare. Learn about your...

The software company has pushed back hard against claims that its algorithms helped make rent in the US too damn high. Property owners and managers aren't entirely convinced. Learn about your ad choices...

The Alphabet-owned driverless car service is getting aggressive against alleged vandals after a series of violent incidents in San Francisco. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against. Learn about your ad...

The music streaming service has added a comment function under podcasts. Who is it for, anyway? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

French politicians’ pledge to make swimming possible in the iconic river is a way to ward off criticism about the cost of the clean up operation. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In a roundabout bid to win public opinion (and a juicy tax abatement,) Riot Platforms is preparing for its prized bitcoin mine to be annexed by a miniscule village in rural Texas. Learn about your ad choices...

A new resolution echoes what 16 members of Congress have already said to the White House: It must do more to free one of the most storied crypto-focused federal agents in history. Learn about your ad choices...

Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee. Learn about your ad choices...

In the latest iOS overhaul prompted by European Union rules, the smartphone maker will give third-party developers access to its payment technology. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Fortnite creator Epic Games says Apple rejected its App Store rival for being too similar to its own—a move it deemed “arbitrary, obstructive,” and in violation of EU rules. Learn about your ad choices...

Scientists know enough about exoplanets to speculate about how simple plants might arise on them. But don't count on them being green. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

The new government could bring about a renaissance in UK tech and bolster the country’s precarious post-Brexit startup pipeline. That’s if politics don’t get in the way. Learn about your ad choices...

Former customers of bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox are preparing to be reunited with their lost bitcoin—and it's a $9bn windfall. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

A hot ocean provides the energy hurricanes need to grow—and can limit the cooling that happens in their wake, making it likelier that the storms that follow will be powerful ones. Learn about your ad choices...

Upside Foods is slashing staff, citing legislative, regulatory, and funding headwinds. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

In the latest big tech reprimand, European Commission officials say the tech giant must offer another option for EU users to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

With polls suggesting voters are about to swing toward the far right or hard left, the AI industry is starting to freak out. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Having humans rate a language model’s outputs produced clever chatbots. OpenAI says adding AI to the loop could help make them even smarter and more reliable. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Toxic air kills over half a million children every year, yet only once has air pollution been listed as a cause of death on a death certificate. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices