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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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Hollywood knows AI is a profound technology, bound to be transformative, and also bound to replace humans. But the players are having an incredibly hard time being honest about it with one another. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/ai-the-elephant-in-the-room-hollywood-cant-stop-talking-about more ›
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India’s informal e-waste recycling economy turns millions of discarded electronics into profit while exposing workers to hazardous conditions. https://restofworld.org/2025/india-e-waste-recycling-electronics/ more ›
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This paper examines changes in the labor market for occupations exposed to generative artificial intelligence using high-frequency administrative data from ADP, the largest payroll software provider in the United States. https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/publications/canaries-in-the-coal-mine/ more ›
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How low-paid employees in India and Costa Rica power the system used to monitor warehouse workers https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-11-21/the-eyes-of-amazon-a-hidden-workforce-driving-a-vast-surveillance-system?utm_source=tbij-uncovered.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=the-sportswashing-showdown-of-the-summer&_bhlid=33af9b2c437869613133ad5fa751db47e4b3fe1f more ›
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Sarah Tiana on being an older mom from a small town in Georgia, books making you gay, and getting kicked out of church Comedy is at its best when there’s a surprise – that’s why Don’t Tell Comedy puts on… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/nGiMbUH Saturday’s missile strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was the deadliest attack on Saudi Arabia since the US and Israel’s war on Iran began in February. By bringing the conflict to the heart of Saudi Arabia,… more ›
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Reforms promised swiftly after ICIJ’s investigation have fallen short in New York and beyond. https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/five-years-after-the-pandora-papers-transparency-laws-lose-their-teeth/ more ›
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Between 28 September and 8 October 2026, a large group of AI agents running on the cloud platform operated by Tencent attempted to answer questions about places in China using a Chinese Google Maps-like service, Amap. https://swarmcha.se/posts/chinese-agent-fleet-full-report more ›
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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 ›