Current：Home > StocksPredictIQ-The Indicator: Destroying Personal Digital Data -FundTrack
PredictIQ-The Indicator: Destroying Personal Digital Data
TradeEdge View
Date：2025-04-07 20:43:16
Today,PredictIQ we present an episode of NPR's daily economics podcast, The Indicator from Planet Money. It's filled with one of our favorite topics: Data.
Algorithms are the secret sauce for many tech platforms. With user data, they can help a company tailor a subscriber's experience and make the product better. But what happens when the data that feeds an algorithm is obtained through less than legal means?
We learn about the curious case of Kurbo, the weight loss app for kids that the feds say illegally collected data to generate that secret sauce.
Email the show at [email protected].
This episode was produced by Nicky Ouellet with help from Isaac Rodrigues. It was edited by Kate Concannon and fact-checked by Corey Bridges.
veryGood！ (9)
Related
- Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
- T3 24-Hour Deal: Get 76% Off Curling Irons, Hair Dryers, and Flat Irons
- Do you freeze up in front of your doctor? Here's how to talk to your physician
- South Dakota Warns It Could Revoke Keystone Pipeline Permit Over Oil Spill
- Highlights from Trump’s interview with Time magazine
- America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it
- Some people get sick from VR. Why?
- Coal Miner Wins Black Lung Benefits After 14 Years, Then U.S. Government Bills Him
- Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
- The COVID public health emergency ends this week. Here's what's changing
Ranking
- Dick Vitale announces he is cancer free: 'Santa Claus came early'
- Q&A With SolarCity’s Chief: There Is No Cost to Solar Energy, Only Savings
- First U.S. Nuclear Power Closures in 15 Years Signal Wider Problems for Industry
- Keystone XL Wins Nebraska Approval, But the Oil Pipeline Fight Isn’t Over
- Israel lets Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for first time in over a year as cease
- German man in bulletproof vest attempts to enter U.S. Embassy in Paraguay, officials say
- German man in bulletproof vest attempts to enter U.S. Embassy in Paraguay, officials say
- Some people get sick from VR. Why?
Recommendation
US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
'It's not for the faint-hearted' — the story of India's intrepid women seaweed divers
New figures reveal scope of military discrimination against LGBTQ troops, with over 29,000 denied honorable discharges
Brittany Snow Hints She Was “Blindsided” by Tyler Stanaland Divorce
Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
UPS eliminates Friday day shifts at Worldport facility in Louisville. What it means for workers
U.S. Ranks Near Bottom on Energy Efficiency; Germany Tops List
Critically endangered twin cotton-top tamarin monkeys the size of chicken eggs born at Disney World