{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Tech Pulse","title":"Tech Pulse 4/20/26","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/eefa2a68\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1404,"description":"This week on Tech Pulse, we narrate four articles spanning AI-assisted personal finance, space communication technology, battery repurposing, and AI's acceptance in journalism.Most people using AI for financial advice are doing it wrong — not because the technology can't help, but because vague prompts get vague answers. An MIT professor walks through what a strong prompt actually looks like and how to pressure-test what comes back.NASA tested a laser communication system on Artemis II that moves data roughly 100,000 times faster than Apollo-era radio. The achievement is real — but the piece asks the harder questions about whether promising space tech ever escapes the lab.Rivian is turning retired EV batteries into the largest automotive on-site energy storage system in the U.S. The project reflects a boom driven by AI data centers and electricity prices that won't stop climbing.Journalists are warming to AI — until a plagiarism incident complicates the optimism and forces a more honest conversation about guardrails.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3mkcubSNT2wAgaol_J3B1Qcu-KJq2wq9H_vJHf1ZAs0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84NmYx/YzM3ODA1NmY5Yjk5/OGE4NDNhOTNlNDhl/MGQ5ZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}