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  • The 404 Media Podcast: Luxury Surveillance (With Chris Gilliard)

    Listen: https://ift.tt/YgDlVWT Jason talks to Chris Gilliard, the author of the upcoming book Luxury Surveillance. Gilliard has studied the rise of companies like Ring and Flock, as well as the dynamics that lead people to surveil themselves and each other.… more ›

  • The Thinking Game | Documentary trailer

    The Thinking Game takes you on a journey into the heart of DeepMind, capturing a team striving to unravel the mysteries of intelligence and life itself. Filmed over five years by the award winning team behind AlphaGo, the documentary examines… more ›

  • Magic Johnson on Playing against Dr. J

    On one of the episodes of All The Smoke Podcast, Magic Johnson shares what it was like playing against the great Dr. J — from the move where he rocked the ball and dunked on Coop to the unbelievable reverse… more ›

  • Bruce Lee & Muhammad Ali “Fear and Purpose” #viral #brucelee #muhammadali #shortvideo #trending

    What if Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali shared one honest moment about fear and purpose? This cinematic 4K recreation brings their real words to life — blending authenticity, philosophy, and golden-era storytelling inspired by the 1970s television aesthetic. A modern… more ›

  • Past Present Future: The Rise and Fall of Homo Sapiens

    Listen: https://ift.tt/u38AbNP Today’s episode explores some very big picture history: David talks to palaeontologist and science writer Henry Gee about the story of the human species from origin to peak to inevitable decline. When and how did Homo sapiens see off the competition from… more ›

  • The AI productivity problem

    The AI industry is sending mixed signals, with markets turning red while teams report real productivity gains. In this session I explore why we are living in a split reality, where individuals move faster with these tools but the wider… more ›

  • Foreign Policy Live: Can Solar Energy Save the Planet?

    Listen: https://ift.tt/YeRTvJ9 Climate summits such as the ongoing COP30 conference can often seem like a place where countries agree to disagree and little gets done. But Bill McKibben says there’s one key reason for hope: the sun. New advances in… more ›

  • Big Boss Interview: #11 Google CEO, Sundar Pichai: AI Will Cause Societal Disruptions

    Listen: https://ift.tt/tpgRNCO Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google and Alphabet, acknowledges that no company is immune from the risks of an AI investment bubble, including Google itself, and warns that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence will lead to significant… more ›

  • ‘What Comes After Progressivism?’ with John Gray

    ‘What Comes After Progressivism?’ as part of the Future of the Left Project with John Gray Political Philosopher Author of The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism (2023) and afterwards in conversation with Jonathan Rutherford Head of the Future of the… more ›

  • What’s Your Problem?: The App Where Strangers Lend Each Other Money

    Listen: https://ift.tt/hfD09T8 Nina Mohanty is the founder and CEO of Bloom Money. Nina’s problem is this: How do you build an app to help immigrants manage their money? On today’s show, Nina talks about bringing a saving and lending practice… more ›