Category Archives: WIRED Podcasts

This week, we learn how Amazon is teaching Alexa more skills to help it better compete in a landscape lousy with chatbots. Continue reading Alexa Just Got an AI Makeover→

This week, we wrap up all the news from Apple’s launch event: the iPhone’s USB-C port, iCloud+ inflation, and of course, the Double Tap control on Apple Watch. Continue reading Apple Changes Everything (Again)→

This week, we discuss how adding animated chats to Roblox will advance the company’s plan to enrich its virtual world. Continue reading Roblox Builds Out Its Metaverse Vision With Video Chat→

This week, we discuss a recent legal case in Illinois that illustrates how police overreach into school discipline has affected students and their families. Continue reading The Case of the Not-Stolen AirPods→

This week, we talk about what’s causing the heat waves, storms, fires, and other extreme atmospheric events we’ve been living through this summer, and how humanity can prepare for a very hot future. Continue reading Extreme Heat Is Here to Stay→

This week, we talk about pending changes to how driverless taxis can operate on city streets, and how a loosening of the rules would impact road safety, rideshare drivers, and your commute. Continue reading Here Come the Robotaxis→

This week, we discuss the local-first computing movement and its push to reduce our reliance on the corporate-owned, cloud-based software tools we use every day. Continue reading A New Wave of Peer-to-Peer Apps Heralds a Farm-to-Table Internet→

This week, we talk about how the changes in Hollywood fueling the writers’ and actors’ strikes will reach beyond TV and movies to also affect podcasts, video games, and TikTok. Continue reading Hollywood’s Strikes Will Disrupt Podcasts, Games, and TikTok Too→

This week, Steven Levy joins us to talk about Musk’s new generative artificial intelligence startup. We also discuss whether that absurd cage match is actually going to happen. Continue reading Elon Musk’s Grand xAI Plans→

This week, we talk about the instant popularity of Threads, poor little Bluesky, and why Twitter likely isn’t going anywhere. Continue reading Stop Trying to Make New Twitter Happen→