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/9dIXOuM This week, the show takes you behind the scenes at L'Oréal’s research center in New Jersey. Malcolm Gladwell delves into the complexities of cosmetic formulation and the AI partnership with IBM. Learn how AI is poised to revolutionize… more ›
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Andrew Wylie, the world’s most renowned – and for a long time its most reviled – literary agent, is 76 years old. Over the past four decades, he has reshaped the business of publishing in profound and, some say, insalubrious… more ›
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Stream “Chains & Whips” feat. Kendrick Lamar: https://ift.tt/GuAeUqO New Album ‘Let God Sort Em Out’ Out Now Vinyl / CD / Cassette / Merch: https://ift.tt/NjmzE3I Follow Clipse Instagram: https://ift.tt/mo7yfct TikTok: https://ift.tt/UWoX6f0 Twitter: https://x.com/clipse Lyrics: Uncle said, “*, you must be… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/bW3SUmq Scientists in Hawaii are using drones to drop millions of genetically modified mosquitoes across the archipelago, with the hope that it will help protect animals on the brink of extinction. Read Benji Jones' article on why mosquitoes are… more ›
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The US wants rights to DR Congo’s minerals, but one vital mine is still in rebel hands. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvj986l615o more ›
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Film and text by Lutz Stautner: When I first heard Ludwig Berger’s recordings of a melting glacier, I could hardly believe they were real. They reflected what I’d long associated with glaciers: complexity, excitement, life. By approaching the glacier through… more ›
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Of all the riddles wrapped in the digital wallets sending funds to President Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial crypto business, a little-known entity last month became the biggest. https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trumps-100-million-crypto-mystery-man-2025-07-11/ more ›