Wednesday's podcasts stories
China's big tech crackdown
The Chinese government is going after its own Big Tech companies, with new rules around cybersecurity and listing shares on foreign exchanges. It’s also banned many of them from app stores, including ride-hail giant DiDi, which last week went public in New York.
Axios Re:Cap talks with Rui Ma of China Tech Buzz about what’s changed in just the past few days, what it means for companies like DiDi and parallels to last year's fight between Trump and TikTok.
How smartphone alerts could solve energy crises
Last week, as much of the country experienced a heat wave, New York City’s Central Park had its hottest day since 2013. And New Yorkers got an alert on their cellphones from the city they'd never seen before: help us conserve energy while the grid is strained. It worked.
- And, what’s left behind as the U.S. exits Afghanistan.
- Plus, why the U.S. COVID vaccination rate is stuck.
Guests: Axios' Zach Basu, Tina Reed, and Bryan Walsh.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Amy Pedulla, Naomi Shavin, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected].
You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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The billionaire space race between Bezos and Branson
Richard Branson is scheduled to blast off this Sunday on a suborbital space flight with his company Virgin Galactic, just days before Jeff Bezos plans to ride aboard a Blue Origin spaceship. But a lot more is riding on these rockets than ambitious billionaires.
Axios Re:Cap speaks with Axios Space editor Miriam Kramer about what Branson and Bezos are actually doing, how it’s different from what SpaceX is doing, and the risks these missions could pose to the future of space travel.
Controversy ahead of the Olympics
With the Olympics less than three weeks away, we saw three big headlines over this last weekend — all having to do with restrictions that have primarily affected women of color and intersex people. And it’s left many fans wondering whom these Olympic rules are actually serving.
- And, infighting in the vice president’s office.
- Plus, Noah Feldman — and you — on what freedom means in America now.
Guests: Axios' Ina Fried and Margaret Talev, and Harvard University constitutional law professor Noah Feldman.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Amy Pedulla, Naomi Shavin, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected].
You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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