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Information Changes Everything

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Tune in for UMSI's monthly digest of the many ways information and technology are changing our world. To learn more, visit us at www.si.umich.edu/. If you have questions, comments, or ideas, please reach out to us at umsipodcast@umich.edu.

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28 episodes

episode Not your Mamdani’s dating site, plus the latest information science updates artwork

Not your Mamdani’s dating site, plus the latest information science updates

Learn more about the stories you heard today: * Hinge users complain it ‘isn’t the same’ app Zohran Mamdani met his wife on [https://mashable.com/article/hinge-complaints-zohran-mamdani-rama-duwaji] * Yann LeCun, a Pioneering A.I. Scientist, Leaves Meta [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/technology/yann-lecun-ai-scientist-meta.html?unlocked_article_code=1.408.wxn2.4IrM49z0ZfxD&smid=url-share] * Will AI mean better adverts or ‘creepy slop’? [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg4y4z169go?] * This New Hotel Reservation Scam Is Fooling People Who Use Sites Like Booking.com [https://lifehacker.com/money/hotel-reservation-scam] * Could ‘the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman’ be an AI avatar? [https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5558119/tily-norwood-ai-hollywood] * AI Commissioner | Comedy Sketch | Particle6 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sVO_j4czYs] * Americans’ Social Media Use: 2025 [https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025] * The Mission to Preserve Traditional Table Olive Recipes [https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/world/the-mission-to-preserve-traditional-table-olive-recipes/142430] * Adopt an Olive Tree [https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/07/adopt-an-olive-tree/] * Voices Celebrating 1 Trillion Web Pages: Jean Armour Polly, Net-Mom [https://blog.archive.org/2025/11/17/voices-celebrating-1-trillion-web-pages-jean-armour-polly-net-mom/] * Jean Armour Polly [https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductee/jean-armour-polly/] * Doodle for Google 2025–26 contest opens for submissions [https://blog.google/inside-google/doodles/doodle-for-google-2025-26/] * Meet 3 UMSI entrepreneurs gearing up to pursue full-time ventures [https://si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/meet-3-umsi-entrepreneurs-gearing-pursue-full-time-ventures] Sign up for UMSI’s Research Roundup newsletter [https://www.si.umich.edu/research/research-roundup] Learn more about the University of Michigan School of Information [http://si.umich.edu/] Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X [https://x.com/umsi], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/umschoolofinformation], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/uomsi/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/schoolofinformation], and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-michigan---school-of-information/] This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest [http://umsi.info/digest].

5 Dec 2025 - 7 min
episode Six signs of phone addiction, plus the latest information science updates artwork

Six signs of phone addiction, plus the latest information science updates

Learn more about the stories you heard today: * Nomophobia: the irrational fear of being without a mobile phone [https://www.iberdrola.com/social-commitment/nomophobia] * The New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears. This Is Profound. [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/technology/personaltech/new-airpods-language-translation-feature.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rk8.HyMk.enxBazHiu2Nx&smid=url-share] * No car? No problem. Internet Roadtrip offers unique online travel experience [https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2025/09/17/internet-roadtrip-neal-fun-virtual-travel-discord/85785356007/] * Human-AI coaching models boost weight loss [https://news.umich.edu/human-ai-coaching-models-boost-weight-loss/] * Your Samsung smart fridge may have ads on it now, because of course it does [https://mashable.com/article/samsung-smart-fridge-advertisements] * Roblox meets 'Bake Off' with new competitive baking game [https://mashable.com/article/roblox-bake-off] * Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use them [https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-just-added-ai-agents-to-word-excel-and-powerpoint-how-to-use-them/] * Can anyone become an influencer? Three people with zero followers find out [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7pe3l3d6no?] * New California law aims to hold driverless car companies accountable for traffic violations [https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/new-california-law-aims-driverless-car-companies-traffic-violations/] * Researchers detail 6 ways chatbots seek to prolong ‘emotionally sensitive events’ [https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/09/i-exist-solely-for-you-remember/] * UMSI launches mentorship program matching students with successful alumni [https://si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/umsi-launches-mentorship-program-matching-students-successful-alumni] Learn more about the University of Michigan School of Information [http://si.umich.edu/] Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X [https://x.com/umsi], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/umschoolofinformation], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/uomsi/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/schoolofinformation], and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-michigan---school-of-information/] This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest [http://umsi.info/digest].

7 Nov 2025 - 7 min
episode AI Darwin Award needs nominees, plus the latest information science updates artwork

AI Darwin Award needs nominees, plus the latest information science updates

Learn more about the stories you heard today: * Media Forensics Hub launches updated “Spot the Troll” quiz [https://news.clemson.edu/media-forensics-hub-launches-updated-spot-the-troll-quiz] * Slop added to Cambridge Dictionary, as AI redefines language [https://www.cambridge.org/news-and-insights/cambridge-dictionary-tracks-new-ai-words] * WindowSwap [https://www.window-swap.com/] * Radio Garden [https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articles/radio-garden-174027447.html] * Judge rules Google can keep Chrome, but must share some search engine data with rivals [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-chrome-search-engine-data/] * Japanese Cities Use Social Media to Teach Tourists Manners [https://unseen-japan.com/japan-tourism-manners-social-media/] * Know Before You Go – Visit Kanazawa [https://visitkanazawa.jp/en/know-before-you-go/detail_278.html] * Replika [https://replika.com/] * I went on a date with my AI dream guy. Then I cried over shrimp [https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5426671/dating-ai-chatbot-replika] * Dating an AI: How Much Is It Really Happening? [https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/ai-dating-quiz-08d29f57?st=YRGHgK&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] * Multi-language audio – YouTube Blog [https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/multi-language-audio/] * These weather apps actually care about your privacy [https://lifehacker.com/these-weather-apps-actually-care-about-your-privacy-1850342974] * AI Darwin Awards [https://aidarwinawards.org/index.html] * Tired of cookie consent pop-ups? You soon may see less of them [https://mashable.com/article/cookie-consent-pop-ups-eu-looking-to-change-law] * UMSI convenes scholars and industry leaders to shape human-centered AI [https://si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/umsi-convenes-scholars-and-industry-leaders-shape-human-centered-ai] Learn more about the University of Michigan School of Information [http://si.umich.edu/] Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X [https://x.com/umsi], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/umschoolofinformation], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/uomsi/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/schoolofinformation], and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-michigan---school-of-information/] This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest [http://umsi.info/digest].

3 Oct 2025 - 8 min
episode World’s first robot Olympics, plus the latest information science updates artwork

World’s first robot Olympics, plus the latest information science updates

Learn more about the stories you heard today: * World’s first robot Olympics held in China (Quartz) [https://qz.com/humanoid-robot-olympics-2025-china-tesla-amazon] * AOL to discontinue dial-up internet service (CNN) [https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/tech/aol-dial-up-internet-discontinue] * Versailles statues can now talk to visitors with AI (New York Times) [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/arts/design/versailles-ai-app.html] * Instagram’s new map feature raises privacy concerns (CBS News) [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/instagram-map-disable/] * Boston Public Library digitizes archives with OpenAI (NPR) [https://www.npr.org/2025/08/13/nx-s1-5471614-e1/boston-public-library-aims-to-increase-access-to-a-vast-historic-archive-using-ai] * ‘Tradwife,’ ‘delulu,’ and ‘skibidi’ among new Cambridge Dictionary words (Sky News) [https://news.sky.com/story/tradwife-delulu-and-skibidi-among-new-words-added-to-cambridge-dictionary-13412150] * 10 surprising things your smartphone camera can do (MakeUseOf) [https://www.makeuseof.com/things-smartphone-camera-can-do-other-than-photography/] * Texas A&M researchers map U.S. power outage hot spots (Texas A&M) [https://stories.tamu.edu/news/2025/08/14/texas-am-researchers-map-americas-power-outage-hot-spots-using-ai/] * Interactive power outage map (Netlify app) [https://psvi.netlify.app/] * Focus Friend app overtakes ChatGPT on App Store (Lifehacker) [https://lifehacker.com/tech/youtuber-hank-green-focus-app-just-overtook-chatgpt-on-app-store] * Pomodoro Technique (Wikipedia) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique] * How to minimize distractions in Chrome (HowToGeek) [https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-minimize-distractions-in-google-chrome-without-an-extension/] * School of Information launches two new AI courses open to all U-M undergraduates [https://www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/school-information-launches-two-new-ai-courses-open-all-u-m-undergraduates#:~:text=Two%20courses%20launching%20at%20the,minor%20in%20human%2Dcentered%20AI.] Learn more about UMSI’s fully online master’s degree in applied data science: umsi.info/mads [http://umsi.info/mads]  Learn more about the University of Michigan School of Information [http://si.umich.edu/] Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X [https://x.com/umsi], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/umschoolofinformation], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/uomsi/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/schoolofinformation], and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-michigan---school-of-information/] This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest [http://umsi.info/digest].

5 Sep 2025 - 7 min
episode “Click to Cancel” canceled, plus the latest information science updates artwork

“Click to Cancel” canceled, plus the latest information science updates

Learn more about the stories you heard today: * “Click to Cancel” rule to make canceling subscriptions easier blocked by court [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/click-to-cancel-rule-to-make-canceling-subscriptions-easier-blocked-by-court] * Noom wants to be 'the Duolingo of health' [https://qz.com/noom-health-geoff-cook-ceo-glp-1-ozempic-1851783364?] * Robo-Bunnies Are the Newest Weapon in the Fight Against Invasive Burmese Pythons in Florida [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/robo-bunnies-are-the-newest-weapon-in-the-fight-against-invasive-burmese-pythons-in-florida-180987018/] * The 7 Best Puzzle Games You Can Play in Your Browser [https://www.howtogeek.com/best-puzzle-games-you-can-play-in-your-browser/] * ‘The postcard craze’ of historic Michigan: More than 60K postcards digitized at U-M Clements Library [https://news.umich.edu/the-postcard-craze-of-historic-michigan-more-than-60k-postcards-digitized-at-u-m-clements-library/] * Say hello to the new emoji coming in Unicode 17.0 [https://blog.unicode.org/2025/07/say-hello-to-new-emoji-coming-in.html] * New emojis are coming to iOS 26 soon [https://mashable.com/article/new-emojis-are-coming-to-ios-26-soon?] * This ancient Hungarian abbey is fighting an infestation of book-eating beetles [https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5467062/hungary-library-books-beetles?] * Hugging Face introduces open-source desktop robot for $299 [https://www.techspot.com/news/108629-hugging-face-introduces-open-source-desktop-robot-299.html] * Imginn Lets You Browse Instagram Pages Without an Account [https://lifehacker.com/tech/imginn-browse-instagram-pages-without-an-account] * Imginn [https://imginn.com/] * We Made This Film With AI. It's Wild and Slightly Terrifying [https://www.wsj.com/video/series/joanna-stern-personal-technology/we-made-this-film-with-ai-its-wild-and-slightly-terrifying/D17B233B-1E06-400D-9095-B5247306DD38?] * AI thinks like us? UMSI researchers unveil new model to predict human behavior [https://si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/ai-thinks-us-umsi-researchers-unveil-new-model-predict-human-behavior] Learn more about the University of Michigan School of Information [http://si.umich.edu/] Have feedback or ideas? Drop us a note at umsipodcast@umich.edu Follow us on X [https://x.com/umsi], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/umschoolofinformation], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/uomsi/], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/schoolofinformation], and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-michigan---school-of-information/] This podcast has a companion newsletter, and you can get the monthly email version for free! Subscribe at umsi.info/digest [http://umsi.info/digest].

1 Aug 2025 - 7 min
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