How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
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Naomi Klein opened the teach-in by challenging the conventional, narrow understanding of fascism, particularly the idea that it is a uniquely European phenomenon that began in the 1920s or ’30s and was defeated in 1945. Instead, she argued, fascism is… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/qG0X2mr Humans are built for pattern recognition. It is the engine behind perception, emotion, and the fragile sense of self that feels so solid from the inside. For Anil Seth, this pattern-making power explains why consciousness is not a… more ›
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In a restored and re-edited version of the 1960s jazz programme, Neneh Cherry introduces a session by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie accompanied by Rudy Collins, Christopher White, Kenny Barren and James Moody. — more ›
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The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence has brought renewed urgency to questions of climate justice. The massive resource extraction required to build and power data centre infrastructure is having profound impacts on local communities and ecosystems. At the same time,… more ›
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US diplomacy under President Donald Trump has a bigger chance of success because it focuses on transactional deals that “translate into improvements of people’s lives” instead of “theories about democracy, freedom and human rights”, argues Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Kagame,… more ›
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If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/magazine/chatbot-writing-style.html?unlocked_article_code=1.508.ClUh.Sb1fCpBAo94F&smid=url-share&ref=platformer.news more ›
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Sisqo & AltVerse – Thong Song (TikTok Trending 1950’s Motown Choir Cover) #sisqo #thongsong #altverseaimusic #aimusic #1950s #motownchoir #cover #tiktokaudios #tikokremix COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: All copyright owners please contact us by email (lukosemusicgroup@gmail.com) for ANY changes OR removals. We will happily… more ›
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From Saudi Arabia to Qatar, rulers have used modern air conditioning to control landscapes and lives, forgoing traditional methods of keeping cool. https://www.noemamag.com/the-gulf-world-that-air-conditioning-wrought more ›
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Looking for part one? Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9XRREj1DSo On this episode of the Prospect Podcast, our hosts Ellen Halliday and Alona Ferber are joined by journalist, tech activist and sci-fi writer Cory Doctorow, who coined the term “ensh*ttification” to describe the… more ›