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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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Naomi Klein has been writing critiques of capitalism and globalisation for more than 20 years. But now, for one of the most influential and outspoken figures on the political left, things are getting desperate. In her latest book ‘End Times… more ›
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For Linda is out now on YouTube. Give it a watch. Put it on for the dogs. Thank you to all the people who came to see this set live. I’ll be all over the world touring my brand new… more ›
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In India, a group of uncles plans to subvert the A.I. that is replacing them, in a mockumentary that celebrates the weirdness of regular intelligence. — more ›
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A new world. A new order. A new Blade Runner. Blade Runner 2099, a new limited series, premieres November 25th on Prime Video. » SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/PrimeVideoSubscribe About Prime Video: Want to watch it now? We’ve got it. This week’s newest… more ›
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La bande dessinée a 100 ans consacre la bande dessinée comme un art à part entière. Le coeur du film est construit sur les rapports entre la bande dessinée et d’autres arts: la peinture – la littérature – la sculpture… more ›
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Chinese banking giants piled loans onto the debt-ridden country, then adopted a hardball stance when it came time to repay, documents show. https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-capital/how-beijings-africa-ambitions-financed-by-chinas-mega-banks-triggered-a-crisis-in-zambia/ more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/U6sy1ur Neal Stephenson came on the podcast. What else do I have to tell you? The man has a weird mind portal into how technology will develop and has influenced generations of nerds. As a result, I seem to… more ›
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The coding interview is dead, at least for my team at Anthropic. I’ve seen enough to know that it no longer provides signal. I have a spicily optimistic take: I think there’s a huge opportunity for junior engineers. https://felixrieseberg.com/hunger-beats-tenure-advice-for-junior-engineers/ more ›
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A new study reveals that AI models require up to 17 times more tokens for less dominant languages, inflating costs, increasing latency, and penalizing startups in places like Bengaluru. https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-tokenizer-tax-non-english-languages-cost-inequity/ more ›
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Do not fear the end. Dune: Part Three only in cinemas and IMAX December 18. Tickets on sale now around the world. Link/Link in bio. From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes Dune: Part Three, bringing Academy Award-nominated filmmaker… more ›