{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a29bd4132e30dceaf22a1db/6abf07eed2d2814e2c5b315e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"B1 English News | How AI Could Change Southeast Asia's Elections","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a29bd4132e30dceaf22a1db/6e6a6e83-fdd8-4fc2-a637-a36a7034dda9.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Learn English through today’s real news. Natural-pace English at B1, with a full transcript.</p>\n\n<p>In this episode: Google tests a refrigerator-sized satellite with AI chips for possible data centers in space. Also: An AI-linked operation in Malaysia used fake accounts and documents to target voters.</p>\n\n<p>Today’s English focus: it = it, used as an object pronoun. Vocabulary: influence (to affect what someone thinks or does), target (to direct something at a particular person or group), scale (to increase something so it reaches more people).</p>\n\n<p>Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: <a href=\"https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-10-02\">https://linguawire.com/episodes/english-b1-2026-10-02</a></p>","author_name":"LinguaWire"}