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Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, May 4, 2016

May 4, 2016

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  • One of the items on display at the Manus x Machina exhibit inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about Craig Wright’s claim that he created Bitcoin. Plus, we interview the head of the Met Costume Institute, Andrew Bolton, about the new Manus x Machina exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. 

  • The Samsung Family Hub refrigerator.
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about the financial state of Alibaba; the new futuristic Family Hub fridge from Samsung; and Chevrolet’s Teen Driver system, aimed at encouraging safe driving habits. 

  • Matthew Prince at TechCrunch Disrupt Europe/London in 2014. 
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about Amazon’s revenue growth; interview Matthew Prince, the CEO of CloudFlare, about the company’s dust-up with the TOR project; and play this week’s Silicon Tally with Bridget Carey, senior editor at CNET.

  • A screenshot of a recreation built by a "Second Life" user.
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about the evolution of Facebook; chat with Philip Rosedale, founder of the virtual reality platforms “Second Life” and “High Fidelity”; and examine Germany’s new flashing red LEDs to protect distracted pedestrians. 

  • Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, April 27, 2016
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about Apple’s quarterly sales drop;  a powerful coalition that’s lobbying for autonomous vehicles; and a drone program that delivers health care supplies.

  • Senator Bernie Sanders on Comedy Central's "The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore."
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about online campaign fundraising with BuzzFeed’s Evan McMorris-Santoro; America’s industrial technology landscape; and Twitter earnings. 

  • Singer Prince performs onstage during the 2007 NCLR ALMA Awards held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California
    Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NCLR

    On today’s show, we’ll talk about the success of Apple’s apps; chat with the CEO of SecureWorks, the first tech IPO of the year; and look at Prince’s protected legacy in the digital space.

  • Advanced Micro Devices headquarters.
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about a strong earnings report from Advanced Micro Devices; chat with Julie Ann Crommett, Google’s entertainment industry educator-in-chief; and play this week’s Silicon Tally with Aaron Henkin, the producer of the Baltimore documentary series “Out of the Blocks.” 

  • The Xbox 360.
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    On today’s show, we’ll talk about Alphabet vs. the European Union; Intel’s 12,000-worker layoff; and the death of the Xbox 360. 

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Every weekday morning, Marketplace Tech demystifies the digital economy. The radio show and podcast explain how tech influences our lives in unexpected ways and provides context for listeners who care about the impact of tech, business and the digital world.

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