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  • Is Instacart using AI to overcharge you?

    Is Instacart using AI to overcharge you?
    Dec 9 2025
    Check your grocery receipt. A new investigation exposes how Instacart is using smart algorithms to quietly jack up prices. Sometimes by dollars per item. Plus, ChatGPT vs. Gemini, Google's smart glasses and Silicon Valley's new code word for layoffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 min
  • How to prompt AI like a pro

    How to prompt AI like a pro
    Dec 5 2025
    AI host Mara is back with a recipe for success! In this episode, she breaks down the "AI Sandwich," a simple 4-step method to stop ChatGPT from vomiting boring answers and start giving you exactly what you need. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 min
  • The secret settings club

    The secret settings club
    Dec 3 2025
    Ready to hack your own life? Your gadgets have hidden backdoors that can unfreeze screens and speed up your workflow. In other news, things are getting messy: Anthropic’s AI jailbreak, Bill Gates vs. the Robots (tax-wise, at least), and the legal drama coming for TikTok and Bank of America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    35 min
  • Is 3I/ATLAS from space aliens? w/ Avi Loeb

    Is 3I/ATLAS from space aliens? w/ Avi Loeb
    Dec 2 2025
    The interstellar comet will make its closest approach to Earth on December 19th. In this throwback episode of The Current, I talk to Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb, who thinks it’s more than a pile of dust and ice. He says it's moving too fast and has a strange trajectory, among other things. Could it be extraterrestrial? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    26 min
  • Your Thanksgiving tech upgrade

    Your Thanksgiving tech upgrade
    Nov 27 2025
    Forget the stress and the deep fryer mishaps. In this special holiday episode, Mara, Rylie, and George (the whole AI gang) arm you with the intelligence for a truly flawless Thanksgiving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 min
  • Your driver license for sale

    Your driver license for sale
    Nov 24 2025
    Your state is auctioning off your identity for millions to data brokers, while you get nothing. It's time for some cocoa. Here's your ultimate streaming binge guide for the holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 min
  • How thieves steal money just by walking past you

    How thieves steal money just by walking past you
    Nov 20 2025
    Your digital wallet is under attack. AI host Mara explains Ghost Tapping. She also covers how AI is faking car crashes for insurance fraud. Plus get the details on a marketplace paying crypto for public humiliation and the major expansion of Waymo robotaxis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 min
  • The world’s first AI cyberattack

    The world’s first AI cyberattack
    Nov 18 2025
    You use it to write emails, now it's orchestrating crimes. Anthropic says its AI targeted 30 global organizations (including banks) in a cyberattack campaign. Scary stuff! Plus, a Russian bot fail, Louvre password drama, and deals you don't want to miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 min