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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/FUQXdb5 As the year draws to a close, this episode looks ahead to some of the stories and events that could likely shape 2026. We ask which warning signs are already flashing, and what might still catch the world… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/5OJQZ1u We begin 2026 with a look ahead. New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker joins host Ravi Agrawal to share his take on what’s to come in the new year. Learn more about your ad choices.… more ›
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Shane Legg, Chief AGI Scientist and co-founder of Google DeepMind, has been talking about artificial general intelligence, or AGI, for more than a decade. So what’s changed? According to Shane, now is the time to take it seriously. In this… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/qCOFxnW Why is the world moving away from liberalism and towards conservatism? One of Britain’s most provocative thinkers, John Gray is a political philosopher known for dismantling liberalism and exposing the illusions of human progress. Former Professor of European… more ›
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Zhengdong Wang’s personal website https://zhengdongwang.com/2025/12/30/2025-letter.html more ›
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China’s central bank will allow commercial banks to pay interests on digital yuan holdings in a new framework taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026. https://www.theblock.co/post/383824/china-interest-digital-yuan more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/uXWh59l EI's Paul Lay is joined by Helen Thompson to discuss US–China rivalry, the growing importance of the Western Hemisphere in geopolitics, and the inherent instability of a multipolar world. Image: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to Chinese President… more ›
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Relaxing 1-hour Persian jazz mix inspired by Tehran’s legendary Café Chattanooga, a musical journey back to the golden age of café culture in 1960s Iran. Chattanooga Café-Restaurant opened in 1966 on Pahlavi Street (today ValiʿAsr) in Tehran. Founded by Armenian-Iranian… more ›
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Musique, Oud, Irak, Baghdad, Orient, Arabe, Instruments نصير شمة – العود — more ›