Why Ex-Google Ads Boss Sridhar Ramaswamy is Building An Ads-Free Search Engine
Sridhar Ramaswamy is CEO of Neeva, an ads-free search engine he helped found after running Google's ads and commerce business. Ramaswamy spent seventeen years inside Google, and eventually grew disill...
6 Touko 202155min
Facebook Oversight Board Member Julie Owono Takes Us Inside The Trump Decision
Julie Owono is a member of the Facebook Oversight Board, which today announced it's leaving Donald Trump's indefinite suspension in place. Owono joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the decision, t...
5 Touko 202141min
Doge, Bitcoin, NFTs, and Capital Gains: Ranjan Roy and Can Duruk of Margins Demystify Our Economy
Today's economy is a wild ride, and it's time to demystify it with Ranjan Roy and Can Duruk from Margins. Consider the following: Doge, a joke cryptocurrency, seems to be minting new millionaires dail...
28 Huhti 20211h 9min
Facebook vs. Clubhouse vs. Spotify vs. Apple: Casey Newton Returns
Platformer's Casey Newton returns to Big Technology Podcast to discuss the intensifying battle among Facebook, Clubhouse, Spotify, Apple, and Twitter in the new, social audio space. Fresh off a conver...
21 Huhti 202149min
How Amazon Automated My Job: A Conversation With Elaine Kwon
Elaine Kwon was a vendor manager in Amazon's retail organization when the company started to turn her tasks over to machine learning in a program called "Hands Off The Wheel." She joins Big Technology...
14 Huhti 202148min
The Uneasy Amazon Coalition, With Fulfillment Author Alec MacGillis
ProPublica senior reporter Alec MacGillis highlights the growing economic divide in the U.S. — through the lens of Amazon — in his new book, Fulfillment. MacGillis joins Big Technology Podcast to disc...
7 Huhti 202154min
Carole Cadwalladr and Yael Eisenstat on The Criticism of Tech Criticism
Carole Cadwalladr and Yael Eisenstat are two of the most prominent Facebook critics worldwide. Cadwalladr is the journalist who broke open the Cambridge Analytica story for the Guardian and The Observ...
31 Maalis 20211h 9min
BuzzFeed News executive editor Mat Honan on the "Zoom Class," NFTs, and San Francisco
BuzzFeed News executive editor Mat Honan has long covered the way society interacts with technology. He joins Big Technology Podcast this week to discuss the “Zoom Class,” the rise of NFTs, and how Sa...
24 Maalis 202151min
