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Ayesha Rascoe

Amazon smart speakers disable a privacy setting that allowed local storage of voice recordings

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Jennifer Tuohy of The Verge about changes to Amazon's smart speakers. Users...

Why critics say Meta’s chatbot is ‘digital blackface’

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Karen Attiah of the Washington Post about her experience with Meta's new...

How microchips became a political matter

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Chris Miller of Tufts University why semiconductors have become a political issue. He...

Social media is flooded with disinformation about the presidential candidates

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Liz Landers, a national correspondent at Scripps News, about false information that...

If AI provides false information, who takes the blame?

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks UCLA Institute for Technology Law and Policy Executive Director Michael Karanicolas who could...

25 years ago, Napster changed how we listen to music forever

Napster, a free, online music-sharing platform was created 25 years ago. It didn't last long, but...

Meta unveils new virtual reality headsets — and a plan for their use in classrooms

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta about the company's new...

Privacy concerns rise about Florida law requiring proof of age to join social media

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with NetChoice's Carl Szabo, a critic of Florida's new social media restrictions for...