We’ve reached the midyear mark for 2024, so for our weekly review show, “Tech Bytes,” we are breaking format and taking stock of the past six months in tech with Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios.

Marketplace’s Lily Jamali asked her what she thought was the most underreported story of the last six months. And what was the biggest flub? We’ll get to those, but we’ll start Curi’s pick for the most impactful story of the first half of the year.

More on everything we talked about

“Big Tech CEOs survive congressional grilling” from Axios

“Surgeon General: Why I’m Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms” from The New York Times

“California AG: Without federal law, kids’ online safety starts with the states” from “Marketplace Tech”

“Scarlett Johansson’s OpenAI clash is just the start of legal wrangles over artificial intelligence” from The Guardian

“The US must balance climate justice challenges in the era of artificial intelligence” from the Brookings Institution

“Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI” from The Wall Street Journal