Technology - Slate Magazine Slate RSS - Technology section https://slate.com/technology Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:05:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 2024 Feed delivered by Clay Elon Musk,Population Artificial Intelligence,Donald Trump Olympics,Science Apps,Smartphones College,Higher Ed,Reddit Contraception Health,Research,Cancer Artificial Intelligence,Donald Trump,Joe Biden Climate Change,Weather Contraception,Health,Research,Science,Women Cars,Apps Facebook,Instagram,Social Media,TikTok Artificial Intelligence,Memes,Reddit,r/Farhad Artificial Intelligence,Law,FTC Crime,FBI Republicans,Sex,LGBTQ+ Kids,Parenting,Summer,Death Apple,Artificial Intelligence,iPhone Mental Health,Research Twitter,Elon Musk Workplace,One Thing Music cly5ydgyw003ww1maw8ioakgr <![CDATA[Elon Says Have More Babies]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/07/elon-wants-more-babies?via=rss Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/07/elon-wants-more-babies Lizzie O’Leary Elon Musk Population cly5xpt6m004imam60r78qjq2 <![CDATA[These Weird Pics of Donald Trump Have a Much Darker Backstory]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/ai-generated-images-on-midjourney-show-donald-trump-as-president.html?via=rss Wed, 03 Jul 2024 16:16:09 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/ai-generated-images-on-midjourney-show-donald-trump-as-president.html Scott Nover Artificial Intelligence Donald Trump An AI-generated image of what looks like Trump singing in the Oval Office. cly5yjhe3005g2kmgdhla5q4g <![CDATA[What Is a Safe Amount of E. Coli for a River?]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/paris-olympics-seine-water-quality-e-coli-swimming.html?via=rss Wed, 03 Jul 2024 15:52:09 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/paris-olympics-seine-water-quality-e-coli-swimming.html Hannah Docter-Loeb Olympics Science The Seine River with a boat on it cly3e9trb001mwjmatktby2og <![CDATA[LinkedIn Has Answers to Questions You’ve Never Had]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/linkedin-chatbot-questions-microsoft-artificial-intelligence.html?via=rss Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:30:00 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/linkedin-chatbot-questions-microsoft-artificial-intelligence.html Scott Nover The "in" from the LinkedIn logo is illustrated with a question mark atop the lower case i's dot. Three questions on the right of the logo ask: What does a teacher do? What does a barber do? What are recent developments in Swiftonomics? clxxeoflk0015q3kr615sibu2 <![CDATA[Apps Were Supposed to Make Life Easier. What Happened?]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/smartphone-apps-are-a-headache-travel-banking-hotels-apartments-laundry.html?via=rss Mon, 01 Jul 2024 09:45:00 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/smartphone-apps-are-a-headache-travel-banking-hotels-apartments-laundry.html Mark Hill Apps Smartphones Generic app icons depicting food, travel, music, mail, weather, and laundry apps appear to be falling off the screen of a smartphone held in someone's hand. clxtfkg6w0016n0m34j8b5bh2 <![CDATA[Want to See Your Chances of Going to an Ivy League School? Here’s a Painful Way to Find Out.]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/reddit-ivy-league-college-admissions-toxic.html?via=rss Sun, 30 Jun 2024 09:45:00 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/reddit-ivy-league-college-admissions-toxic.html Aina Marzia College Higher Ed Reddit Illustration of a question mark with little Reddit icons around it. clxz5c0q2005lmgmayybkl1rf <![CDATA[Why Are IUDs Still a Mystery?]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/the-iud-symbol-technology-contraceptive?via=rss Sun, 30 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/the-iud-symbol-technology-contraceptive Lizzie O’Leary Contraception clxz2aurf004cmgmammi4tdo9 <![CDATA[Uh, There Have Been Some Weird Headlines About Listerine Lately]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/listerine-cancer-mouthwash-study-worrying-good-news.html?via=rss Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/listerine-cancer-mouthwash-study-worrying-good-news.html Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz Health Research Cancer A man pouring mouthwash into a cup. clxz2auos004u4hm0s9ot8i1x <![CDATA[One Big Topic Didn’t Come Up at the Debate. Thank God.]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/presidential-debate-artificial-intelligence-topic-trump-biden.html?via=rss Fri, 28 Jun 2024 19:56:54 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/presidential-debate-artificial-intelligence-topic-trump-biden.html Tony Ho Tran Artificial Intelligence Donald Trump Joe Biden A robot watching the Trump/Biden debate in a crowded bar. clxxqlupw002lxsm64g4764yi <![CDATA[Why Extreme Weather Keeps Surprising You]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/blame-weather-on-climate-change-accurately?via=rss Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/blame-weather-on-climate-change-accurately Lizzie O’Leary Climate Change Weather clxxc4hm3004vpim6qs07fdmc <![CDATA[It’s Another COVID Summer. This Is All You Need to Know About It.]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/covid-summer-2024-flirt-testing-vaccines-paxlovid.html?via=rss Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:09:56 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/covid-summer-2024-flirt-testing-vaccines-paxlovid.html Hannah Docter-Loeb A box of tissues. clxtbx2bd001t0qmal0pb3gv1 <![CDATA[Millions of Women Have Them. They’ve Radically Improved. Why Do Many of Us Understand So Shockingly Little About How They Work?]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/birth-control-hormonal-side-effects-iud-dalkon-shield.html?via=rss Wed, 26 Jun 2024 09:40:00 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/birth-control-hormonal-side-effects-iud-dalkon-shield.html Mia Armstrong-López Contraception Health Research Science Women clxowx47m003q9lkoiwe8kio2 <![CDATA[Is Your Phone Tracking Your Driving?]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/cars-and-apps-are-tracking-you?via=rss Sun, 23 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/cars-and-apps-are-tracking-you Cheyna Roth Cars Apps clxj3z9p700196am3y0us5yfn <![CDATA[The Best Social Media Site Still Looks Like It Was Made in the 1990s]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/craigslist-craig-newmark-best-social-media-site-facebook-tiktok-instagram.html?via=rss Sat, 22 Jun 2024 15:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/craigslist-craig-newmark-best-social-media-site-facebook-tiktok-instagram.html Amanda Chen Facebook Instagram Social Media TikTok Craigslist homepage with a heart over it clxnragi4002jqgm8uyu9fw5r <![CDATA[Everyone Should Be Worried About What Reddit Is Up To]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/reddit-ai-memes.html?via=rss Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:40:00 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/reddit-ai-memes.html Farhad Manjoo Artificial Intelligence Memes Reddit r/Farhad A robot hand hovering over a laptop, from which images of a Karen, a cat, a neckbeard, and a smug cartoon man with glasses are emerging from it. clxnq6hu90018p6m1xmx3bsu5 <![CDATA[Should You Scan Your Palm for Groceries?]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/amazons-whole-foods-stores-use-biometric-data-in-new-payment-method?via=rss Fri, 21 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/amazons-whole-foods-stores-use-biometric-data-in-new-payment-method Cheyna Roth clxnewax20019qgm817u9xdyj <![CDATA[You Might Want to Cancel Your Adobe Subscription After Seeing This]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/adobe-ftc-lawsuit-hard-cancel-subscriptions-ai.html?via=rss Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:14:49 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/adobe-ftc-lawsuit-hard-cancel-subscriptions-ai.html Nitish Pahwa Artificial Intelligence Law FTC Adobe thumbnails that spell out "What is going on" clxdgj529000lbzm8ptbtzivm <![CDATA[The FBI Made a Phone Network. It Was a Trap.]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/inside-the-fbis-encrypted-phone-network?via=rss Sun, 16 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/inside-the-fbis-encrypted-phone-network Lizzie O’Leary Crime FBI clxawmfuc003enlm1nnn3798m <![CDATA[I Put “No Republicans” in My Grindr Profile. Men Started to Lose Their Minds.]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/grindr-app-dating-lgbtq-republicans.html?via=rss Sat, 15 Jun 2024 15:30:00 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/grindr-app-dating-lgbtq-republicans.html Pat Brothwell Republicans Sex LGBTQ+ The Grindr logo superimposed with a Republican party symbol inside of a forbidden symbol and a human eye looking sideways. clxf5p3kf006bp5m2ek3esdmz <![CDATA[There’s a Disturbing Truth About Pediatric Drownings]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/child-drowning-pool-swimming-safety.html?via=rss Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/child-drowning-pool-swimming-safety.html Anna Gibbs Kids Parenting Summer Death Two kids jump into a pool as their parents look on from lounge chairs. clxdol1da001ubzm8cbasb74v <![CDATA[Apple Goes Intelligent]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/apples-bringing-chatgpt-to-your-phone?via=rss Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/apples-bringing-chatgpt-to-your-phone Lizzie O’Leary Apple Artificial Intelligence iPhone clxdcnbbu000mrsm1jmp5gv48 <![CDATA[The FDA Should Reject MDMA Therapy—but Not for the Reasons You Think]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/fda-panel-mdma-therapy-lykos-therapeutics-rejection.html?via=rss Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:41:46 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/fda-panel-mdma-therapy-lykos-therapeutics-rejection.html Katie MacBride Mental Health Research A hazy photo of a mouth open, with a smiley LSD tab on the person's tongue. clxc7na4j000moum3dv5tc445 <![CDATA[Likes Are Gone. X Is About to Get So Much Worse.]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/elon-musk-x-twitter-users-likes-private.html?via=rss Wed, 12 Jun 2024 20:52:07 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/elon-musk-x-twitter-users-likes-private.html Alex Kirshner Twitter Elon Musk A white man with dark hair sits contemplatively with his hands held in front of his face, fingers pointed up as if in prayer. clx3mwyta0041cikt2vzhab8y <![CDATA[How I Save My Work From Errors and My Eyes From Strain]]> https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/large-external-monitors-neck-back-pain-eye-strain.html?via=rss Sun, 09 Jun 2024 13:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/technology/2024/06/large-external-monitors-neck-back-pain-eye-strain.html Terri Williams Workplace One Thing Set on a purple, pink, yellow, and blue background, a smiling heart-eyes emoji moves back and forth on a blank screen of an external monitor. clx3kafm6008u8pm5in17seq6 <![CDATA[Fee’d Up: A Musician’s Take on Ticketmaster]]> https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/how-laura-jane-grace-can-afford-to-tour?via=rss Sun, 09 Jun 2024 09:00:00 GMT https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd/2024/06/how-laura-jane-grace-can-afford-to-tour Lizzie O’Leary Music