510. What Problems Does Crypto Solve, Anyway?

510. What Problems Does Crypto Solve, Anyway?

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Are Human Drivers Finally Obsolete?

How a secret project at Google led to driverless cars on American roads. Freakonomics Radio shares a story from our friends at Search Engine. (Part one of a two-part series.) SOURCES: Alex Davies, author of Driven: The Race To Create the Autonomous Car. Chris Urmson, co-founder a ...  Afficher plus

667. Here’s Why You Are Constantly Fighting Off Scammers

A ruthless (and ruthlessly efficient) industry is using digital tools to supercharge one of the world’s oldest behaviors. We look at how the industry works, and ask the scam-fighters what they’re doing about it. SOURCES: Kati Daffan, former assistant director at the Federal Trade ...  Afficher plus

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Billions are being poured into startups working on blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin. Supporters say it could become as disruptive as the internet. But how can we tell if they're right? 

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The Stack Overflow Podcast

The Twitter thread that brought Cryptoland to the team’s attention.

Ceora wonders whether participants in a hypothetical, decentralized version of YouTube (a YouTube-like <a href="htt ...

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Encore: Blockchain and Utilities: And The Impact, Please?
Game-Changing Utilities of the Future, Presented by SAP

The buzz: “Consumers do not necessarily want to know how blockchain, specifically, benefits them. They just want to know that their power will stay on regardless of who it comes from and … the correct amount of electricity used was billed” (Seyi Fabode). Blockchain is a potential ...  Afficher plus

#165: The Future Of Blockchain & Crypto With Sebastian Huth
Made in Dubai with Spencer Lodge

My guest on the show this week is Sebastian Huth - a blockchain entrepreneur and Crypto Coach. Sebastian is co-founder and partner of the B.I.G. Blockchain Initiative Group based in Abu Dhabi, which helps set up Blockchain and Digital Ledger Technologies infrastructures in cities ...  Afficher plus