logo
episode-header-image
Aug 2023
21m 17s

Peak social media: The future

Financial Times
About this episode
tail spinning
Up next
Today
A crunchy week for chipmakers
Amazon’s new AI spending blitz sent shares tumbling, chipmakers got swept up in a wider tech equities sell-off, Sir Keir Starmer has apologised to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador to the US, and American snack companies are low ... Show More
12m 55s
Yesterday
Jeffrey Epstein’s web of influence
Google said it plans to spend at least $55bn more on capital expenditure this year than Wall Street had forecast, US tech stocks were hit by a fresh wave of selling on Wednesday, and the FT’s Chris Cook talks about the challenges of unpacking millions of documents on Jefferey Eps ... Show More
12m 15s
Feb 4
The Muskverse enters a new era
US tech stocks fell on Tuesday over AI concerns, Elon Musk is charting a new path for his “Muskverse” of companies, and the US military shot down an Iranian drone as Middle East tensions escalate. Plus, domestic energy companies in Argentina have benefitted from the country’s vol ... Show More
11m 50s
Recommended Episodes
Aug 2023
Peak social media: The future
<p>In the final episode of this Tech Tonic season, FT correspondents weigh in on the trends that will determine the future of social media. From Meta’s Threads to artificial intelligence, we ask how platforms will look and feel in years to come. The FT’s deputy Lex editor, host E ... Show More
21m 17s
Jun 2023
Peak social media: Trouble at Twitter
<p>Elon Musk took over Twitter with the promise of promoting free speech and making the loss-making platform profitable again. But his critics say he’s destroying Twitter’s culture and driving it to bankruptcy. How much danger is the company really in? In the first episode in a n ... Show More
29m 28s
Jul 2023
Peak social media: The debate over young users’ mental health
<p>There’s a growing feeling that social media is bad for us: bad for society and bad for our wellbeing. That trend has culminated in a new wave of legislation in the United States aiming to address social media’s impact on young people’s mental health. But in this episode, Elain ... Show More
26m 13s
Jul 2023
Peak social media: The ads machine
<p>Mark Zuckerberg used advertising to turn Facebook into the first global social media giant, boasting 3bn users around the world. But today there are questions about the business model that has powered it for the past 15 years, and what Zuckerberg’s new focus on building the Me ... Show More
27m 5s
Jun 2023
Coming soon: Peak social media
<p>Social media platforms have defined our experience of the internet for nearly two decades. But as host Elaine Moore, deputy editor of the FT’s Lex column, outlines in this new six-part season of Tech Tonic, there are signs of trouble. User growth at some of the biggest platfor ... Show More
57s
Jul 2023
Will Threads Kill Twitter?
<p> Last week, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, released Threads, a social media platform to compete with Twitter. In just 16 hours, Threads was downloaded more than 30 million times.</p><p>Mike Isaac, who covers tech companies and Silicon Valley for The Times, ... Show More
33m 14s
Oct 2021
Stars de télé-réalité et trading en ligne : enquête sur un business qui inquiète
<p>En septembre 2021, le hashtag #rendlargentlaurent prend de l’ampleur sur Twitter. Des abonnés de l’influenceur Laurent Correia, connu pour avoir participé à des programmes de télé-réalité, <a href="https://www.leparisien.fr/economie/des-revenus-de-malade-sans-effort-quand-des- ... Show More
18m 55s
Dec 2022
The end of social media
Sean Illing talks with technology writer and philosopher Ian Bogost about the state of social media — especially in the wake of Elon Musk's recent acquisition of Twitter. They discuss the recent but surprising history of the platforms that have come to dominate the lives of so ma ... Show More
50m 47s
Aug 2022
A sceptic’s guide to crypto: NFT mania
<p>In the third episode of the latest season of Tech Tonic, FT columnist and host Jemima Kelly unpacks the craze around non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Blockchain technology gave us NFTs, and NFTs have created a new way for artists to sell digital work. But NFTs have also become a br ... Show More
32m 9s
Jul 2023
The Twitter vs. Meta drama continues
Meta’s new Threads became the most quickly downloaded app on Wednesday, its opening day. Twitter’s not thrilled about it. We’ll get into why folks may or may not gravitate toward the app and whether any of the “new Twitters” can become a true social media hub. And, could a scanda ... Show More
29m 8s