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Apr 2021
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Kara Swisher on the Impact of Algorithms...

WHARTON BUSINESS DAILY
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Kara Swisher, Host of "Sway" and "Pivot" podcasts, Contributing Opinion Writer for NYT, and Co-Founder of Recode, joins Dan Loney to talk about last week's Wharton Analytics Conference during which she spoke about algorithms, how the pandemic has accelerated certain tech trends, and how to regulate tech platforms moving forward.

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