Natasha Mascarenhas, reporter at The Information, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino on “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

Jonathan O’Callaghan, who reports on astronomy and space exploration, covered the recent push to develop in-space manufacturing. He says the unique physics of microgravity could lead to major scientific breakthroughs.

Plus, watch the dollar, folks.

Alex Hanna and Emily Bender, coauthors of "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want," say current AI systems aren't democratizing creativity and labor, but rather cheapening it, while also preventing consumers from owning the data collected on them.

Laura Chambers, CEO of the Mozilla Corporation, which makes the Firefox browser, says the Department of Justice’s proposed remedies in the Google search antitrust trial would only hurt independent browser companies.

Amy Webb, founder and CEO of the Future Today Strategy Group, explains why more people have retreated into their own private, digital spaces instead of having open conversations on social media.

More programmers and engineers are adopting a practice known as “vibe coding,” a technique where the coder tells an AI assistant what to build based on what they feel will work. Clarence Huang, vice president of technology at Intuit and an early adopter of vibe coding, explains why he thinks the practice is the next evolution of software development.

Theo Wayt, reporter at The Information, recently wrote about the working conditions for delivery and warehouse workers at the logistics company UniUni. He found that the company's way of saving money often meant poor working conditions.

It used to take the Earth 3 billion years, 2,000-degree temperatures, a little carbon and a lot of pressure to grow a diamond. Now, a new machine can do it in five days.

Kaufman recently sent out a memo warning that “AI is coming for your jobs,” including his role as CEO of the freelance hiring platform.