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Marketplace Tech for Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Jun 10, 2015

Episodes 2971 - 2980 of 4478

  • Airing on Tuesday, June 9, 2015: First up, from the floor of Apple’s WWDC, we’ll talk with Adrien Sullivan, IT Specialist at the National Science Foundation; Chamara Paul, a software engineer for the shopping site Keep; and Claire Harrison, a mobile web developer for ATB Financial. And Jon-Paul Dyson, Director of the International Center for the History of Electronic Games at The Strong National Museum of Play, joins us to talk about the cultural influence of the video game DOOM.  

  • Airing on Monday, June 8, 2015: First up, we’ll talk with Marketplace’s Senior Tech Correspondent Molly Wood about why some new smartphone features look a lot like old smartphone features. We’ll also talk to Robert Knake, Senior Fellow for Cyber Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and former Director for Cybersecurity Policy at the National Security Council, about how cybersecurity and diplomacy mix when foreign hackers attack the U.S. Government.

  • Airing on Friday, June 5, 2015: First up, we’ll talk to Marketplace Digital Producer Tony Wagner about why Apple’s late entry into streaming music might be an advantage for the tech giant. And how well have you kept up with the week in tech news? It’s time for Silicon Tally! This week, host Ben Johnson takes on Marketplace reporter Stan Alcorn.

  • Airing on Thursday, June 4, 2015: First up, we’ll speak with Chester Wisniewski, Senior Security Advisor at Sophos, about why a simple line of characters sent in a text message can crash your phone. We’ll also talk about how the women’s national teams are coming to the newest version of the FIFA franchise, ‘FIFA-16.’ We explain why this is a big development, and what it says about the importance of the women’s game in global soccer. We’ll also talk to technologist Jeff Myers about dog-walking drones in the movie Back to the Future: Part 2.

  • Airing on Wednesday, June 3, 2015: First up, we’ll talk with Neema Singh Guliani, Legislative Council at the American Civil Liberties union, about the USA Freedom Act. We’ll also speak with Michelle Odlum, Research Scientist at the School of Nursing at Columbia University Medical Center, about mining data from early tweets during the Ebola outbreak. And freelance journalist Adrian Chen joins us to talk about The Agency, a pro-Russia Internet trolling organization based in St. Petersburg.

  • Airing on Tuesday, June 2, 2015: First up, we’ll talk to Zulfikar Ramzan, CTO at RSA Security, about the IRS hack. Plus, Facebook is now letting its members use encryption to scramble emails that the social network might send to a user; anything from changing a password, to notifications of textbook messages. The move is yet another salvo in the battle between tech companies that want more security, and law enforcement agencies, which fear losing tools to catch criminals. We’ll also speak with Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, about the expiration of some provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, and what happens next in Congress.  

  • Airing on Monday, June 1, 2015: First up, we’ll talk with Robin Feldman, Professor of Law at UC Hastings, about why it’s hard to know whether or not you can copyright a bit of software. Plus, the spectrum auction does not happen until 2016, but there’s already a lot of interest in what’s for sale. The reason? The spectrum that’s for sale is primo. And T-Mobile wants a big piece of it. We’ll also talk to Gretchen Harnick, Assistant Professor of Fashion Marketing at the New School, about Instagram’s influence in the fashion industry.

  • Airing on Friday, May 29, 2015: First up, we talk to Sarah Jeong, a tech journalist who has been following the trial of convicted Silk Road drug trafficker Ross Ulbricht. Plus, Molly Wood, Marketplace’s Senior Tech Correspondent, talks about Google’s latest move to make its Android operating system your personal assistant. And how well have you kept up with the week in tech news? It’s time for Silicon Tally! This week, host Ben Johnson takes on Glenn Fleishman, tech journalist, co-host of the Macworld podcast and two time Jeopardy! Champion.

  • Airing on Thursday, May 28, 2015: First up, we’ll talk with Gartner analyst Tuang Nguyen about why Android has grown into an important platform for developers, ahead of Google I/O. Plus, Google is fighting a decision in Mexico that would have it remove links that cast a tech mogul there in a bad light after he complained. There are fights like this going on all over the world, from Hong Kong to Argentina; we look at the global spread of the internet privacy debate. We’ll also talk to Serkan Piantino, who works on Facebook’s artificial intelligence project as the company’s Director of Engineering, about why Facebook wants to build an Artificial Intelligence system that knows how you want to share.  

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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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