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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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Listen: https://ift.tt/7AS5Map There are lots of stories to tell about the Covid pandemic. Most of them, on some level, are about politics, about decisions that affected people’s lives in different — and very unequal — ways. Covid hasn’t disappeared, but… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/j0Y6Cma How did the British taste for tea start a war over the right to sell drugs to China? When did tea become fashionable in Britain? How did the Dutch bring tea to India? William and Anita explore how… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/E6vALui Viral microtrends, the fleeting aesthetics popularised on platforms like TikTok, have defined recent fashion moments for young consumers. From the playful "Cottagecore" to the fleeting "Mob Wife", these trends have rapidly cycled through social media feeds and retail… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/x1k0m4z From the legendary Hermès Birkin to recent sensations like Alaïa’s Teckel, luxury handbags have long held a distinctive power within the fashion world. Blending brand heritage, practicality, and emotional resonance, handbags often become a signature item for brands… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/BAKmdfl This week on Sinica, I chat with SCMP Senior Europe Correspondent Finbarr Bermingham, who joins from Brussels where he's been covering the EU-China relationship in fantastic depth and with great insight. 3:17 – EU-China relations in early 2025: the effect… more ›
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Former President Barack Obama rapped a few lines of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” at a Detroit rally for the Harris-Walz campaign on Tuesday. Eminem was at the rally and endorsed Harris for president. #news #obama #election2024 CBS News 24/7 is the… more ›
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On April 27, 2023, the 21st Berggruen Seminar was convened at Tsinghua University, titled “Hemispherical Stacks: On Multipolar Geopolitics and Planetary-Scale Computation,” featuring Benjamin Bratton, a distinguished scholar in the philosophy of technology and the Director of the Antikythera program… more ›