Do You Need a New iPhone? + Yuval Noah Harari’s A.I. Fears + Hard Fork Crimes Division

Apple unveiled its latest gadgets at its big September event on Monday. We discuss the most interesting new features — including AirPods that can function as hearing aids and Apple Watch software that can help detect sleep apnea — and offer our advice on when to buy a new iPhone. Then, the best-selling author Yuval Noah Harari joins us to discuss his new book and his biggest fears about A.I. And finally, we crack open some criminal cases in a new segment we’re calling the Hard Fork Crimes Division. We’ll explain how one man made $10 million by manipulating music streaming services and how online instructions for building a 3D-printed gun have ended up in the hands of criminals around the world.

 

Guest:

• Yuval Noah Harari, author of “Sapiens,” “Homo Deus” and “Nexus.”

 

Additional Reading:

• Apple Unveils New iPhones With Built-In Artificial Intelligence
• Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America’s Conservative Media
• He’s Known as ‘Ivan the Troll.’ His 3D-Printed Guns Have Gone Viral.
• The Bands and the Fans Were Fake. The $10 Million Was Real.

 

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