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Is your phone listening to you?
May 17, 2019

Is your phone listening to you?

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A boy makes faces while testing out the Animoji feature on an iPhone X at the Apple Store Union Square on November 3, 2017, in San Francisco, California. ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP/Getty Images
It's a spooky feeling: You're discussing a TV show or a pair of shoes or whatever with a friend, then you open Instagram and see an ad for the exact thing you were just talking about. But it's not like your phone is listening ... right?

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Food delivery apps bring business, but are they good for business?

by Erika Beras
May 17, 2019
Restaurants may need to prepare those meals differently and hire extra staff.
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Grumpy Cat built an empire on memes. That's getting harder to do

by Sabri Ben-Achour
May 17, 2019
The cat was a pioneer of the viral internet.
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Making sense of stats that don't make sense

by Justin Ho
May 17, 2019
Don't question your sanity when economic indicators point in opposite directions.
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These bygone supermarkets live on in our memories

by Renata Sago
May 17, 2019
Many people remember local supermarkets past. Here's our ode to three venerable chains that are now gone.
Some of the items in Jim Pessek’s Red Owl collection that he hopes to display in the museum in a former Red Owl store in Stewart, MN.
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Is your phone listening to your conversations?

by Jack Stewart
May 17, 2019
Companies don't need to eavesdrop to target ads — we give them plenty of information.
Social media can be a tool for human connection, but some experts say some follower-type platforms can instead exacerbate loneliness.
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Music from the episode

Strange Boy (Bonus Track) The Shacks
Rising Son Takuya Kuroda
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The Worse It Gets Penguin Prison

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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