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How YouTube’s Tumultuous Past Will Shape Its Future
This week on Gadget Lab, we examine YouTube’s history and its role in shaping internet culture. Mark Bergen, author of a new book about the platform, joins us.
Sony Pumps Up PS5 Prices
Plus: Apple makes some MacBooks more repairable, Meta soft-announces its new VR headset, and Twitter is really into podcasts now.
How to Make the Most of the New US Climate Tax Credits
This week, we tell you how to claim tax discounts by upgrading your home, switching to an EV, and decarbonizing your life.
10 of Hera Syndulla’s Greatest Moments
Hera Syndulla stands beside Princess Leia Organa as one of the pillars of strength, both martial and moral, in the Rebellion. She’s a woman of many talents — a master of flight, strategy, and bringing other people together in teams bonded by true care and affection so that they can do their best. But she’s […]
How a Hacked Tractor Added Fuel to the Right-to-Repair Movement
This week, we discuss the latest John Deere tractor hack and its broader implications for repair rights advocates.
Welcome to the Weird Phone Future
This week, we look at Samsung’s latest folding phones and discuss what their release means for the mobile industry—and for Android.
Pre-Framed NFTs Aim to Make Crypto Art More Approachable
This week on Gadget Lab, we wade into the marketplace for NFT videos that are sold preinstalled in digital photo frames.
It’s TikTok’s World. Instagram Just Lives in It
This week, we examine Instagram’s move to prioritize Reels—a feature copied from TikTok—and whether that will help or hinder the platform’s growth.
At Facebook, It’s Always Been All About Growth
This week, we interview the hosts of Land of the Giants. The podcast’s new season traces Facebook’s explosion from a tiny startup to the colossus known as Meta.