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  • The Globalist: How are wars changing the future of global shipping?

    Listen: https://ift.tt/92w3cQq How are wars affecting global shipping routes and trade? We examine the risks to commercial vessels and their crews. And: we continue our series on the global fuel crisis. Plus: a new age of train travel and Frieze… more ›

  • Muse Wonder: Zuckerberg and Wang’s $100B AI

    As Meta scales its AI infrastructure past five gigawatts, Mark Zuckerberg (founder and CEO, Meta) and Alexandr Wang (Chief AI Officer, Meta Superintelligence Labs) join John for a pint to discuss the launch of Muse Wonder and the future of… more ›

  • Everything is about to “go dark”

    I’m coming down from spending a few days at Usenix Security, right here in Baltimore. This means that my days have been taken up with two kinds of conversation: first, explaining to colleague… https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/08/14/everything-is-about-to-go-dark/ more ›

  • Qualcomm’s CEO on the coming AI phone supercycle

    Cristiano Amon on the China vs. US AI sentiment, how AI is changing smartphones and wearables, Qualcomm’s data center strategy, and what 6G will unlock. https://open.substack.com/pub/sourcesnews/p/qualcomm-ceo-ai-phone?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

  • Opinion | What Happens When You Can No Longer Fight a Wildfire?

    This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible events are not the seasonal burns of decades past. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/opinion/wildfires-firefighters-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IFE.HD4p.Ayttd6WtGAcZ&smid=bs-share more ›

  • AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter

    Small AI models may be only months away from being able to self-replicate across cheap IoT devices like Android TV boxes, with no datacenter needed. https://www.anthropic.com/research/self-replicating-ai more ›

  • Dpt. | Hands-on Hallucinations research

    ​Dpt., an international experiential design and production studio, is sharing insights into Hands-on Hallucinations, an ongoing R&D exploration led by Hugues Bruyère, the company’s chief innovation officer. The project has led to an artwork at SFMOMA and an interactive experience… more ›

  • Allianz global wealth report

    https://www.allianz.com/content/dam/onemarketing/azcom/Allianz_com/economic-research/publications/allianz-global-wealth-report/2026/allianz-global-wealth-report-2026.pdf?utm_source=news.theideafarm.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=france-flashes-red&_bhlid=3e15d53041a3d927ebadc8577302e3aced2e2ca3 more ›

  • The Swords of Ògún: West Africa’s God of Iron and “Vulcan of Black People”

    Iron and iron weapons have long been associated with power and divinity across many ancient societies. https://open.substack.com/pub/isaacsamuel/p/the-swords-of-ogun-west-africas-god?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

  • The Audio Long Read: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty

    Listen: https://ift.tt/HaqS3ZL Are we really living through ‘end times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so. In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended interview. From Trump 2.0… more ›