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How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
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The real question in my mind is whether Democrats will take advantage of the new age of populism https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/04/democrats-elected-us-awakening?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/SAOF2kl Today’s episode in our series about the challenges facing universities looks at what might be the most direct threat of all: can they still fulfil their function if AI can write better essays than the students? David talks… more ›
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In this livestream taking place the day after the US midterms, Naomi Klein (author and Guardian columnist), Astra Taylor and Yanis Varoufakis discuss what the vote tells us about the far right’s grip on power, and how to break it.… more ›
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At the 64th New York Film Festival, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim discuss You Can See Everything with NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim following the New York premiere on September 30, 2026. With the film now in theaters from A24,… more ›
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Watch GIGS on Samsung TV Plus: https://ift.tt/qGl0uXi Available to order now at https://ift.tt/yiXO8fv B.B. King is the greatest living exponent of the blues and considered by many to be the most influential guitarist of the latter part of the 20th… more ›
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Order your copy of the book: https://ift.tt/YVT6yX8 “End Times Fascism” is the ideology of the actors who strive to make the world unlivable and then seek to protect themselves from the fall-out. Whether by retreating to luxurious private islands, rocketing… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/kClo7z3 It may just be being human. Stephen Dubner interviews A.I. performer Tilly Norwood to find out if we are as replaceable as we fear. (Part two of a two-part series.) SOURCES: Sean Astin, actor, president of SAG-AFTRA. Kevin… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/BoYjce5 Conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East have exposed the vulnerability of fossil fuel supply chains and prices. Coupled with Chinese supply of cheap renewables hardware, that makes the transition to green energy unstoppable, despite political resistance in… more ›