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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/kxiMFNX The museum displays, for the first time, the entire contents of Tutankhamun's tomb, along with some 100,000 artefacts covering seven millennia of the country's history. We hear from the renowned Egyptologist Dr Zahi Hawass, a former Egyptian minister… more ›
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As One Battle After Another releases to a stratospheric response, Brian Formo speaks with director Paul Thomas Anderson and star Leonardo DiCaprio about the improvisational moments, lengthy gestation period and eureka discoveries that brought it to life. https://letterboxd.com/journal/paul-thomas-anderson-leonardo-dicaprio-interview/ more ›
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We rank the most essential and influential albums of this quintessentially American art form. https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-rap-albums-all-time/ more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/vigs6fu Last week, an FBI investigation into gambling led to the arrest of several prominent basketball stars, raising questions about the state of legalized sports betting, which has enriched professional sports and sports media. The problems with sports gambling… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/1eK6EUT Welcome to this classic episode. Classics are my favorite episodes from the past 10 years, published once a month. These are N of 1 conversations with N of 1 people. Kevin Kelly co-founded Wired magazine and has published… more ›
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https://venturebeat.com/ai/from-human-clicks-to-machine-intent-preparing-the-web-for-agentic-ai more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/bGTcRs3 Michael Porter is the Chief Technology Officer of OceanWell. Michael's problem is this: How can you desalinate water at the bottom of the ocean – and deliver it to land at a cost that’s competitive with other sources… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/hyidZvI What can we learn from the rise of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani? This week, Vox Media’s newest addition Astead Herndon joins Preet Bharara to discuss political coverage in a shifting media landscape, what today’s kitchen table issues… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/OwThAjb Historian Damian Valdez on international order's 19th-century origins. Read by Leighton Pugh. Image: Mexican general Agustín de Iturbide rides through a ceremonial arch to welcoming officials in Mexico City on September 27, 1821, after decisively winning independence for… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/EuPJHv0 This week on Sinica, I chat with Daniel Kurtz-Phelan, editor of Foreign Affairs, about how the journal has both shaped and reflected American discourse on China during a period of dramatic shifts in the relationship. We discuss his… more ›