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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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At the COP30 climate summit, nations will again try to agree on targets to limit catastrophic global temperature rise. But many barriers remain before steep greenhouse gas cuts are realized. https://www.dw.com/en/cop30-climate-summit-begins-in-belem-brazil-as-world-leaders-try-to-limit-global-temperature-rise/a-74573589?maca=en-newsletter_en_bulletin-2097-xml-newsletter&at_medium=Newsletter&at_campaign=EN more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/CZbGEa4 Today, I’m talking with a very special guest: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Tim is a legend in the history of the internet. He created HTML and HTTP. It doesn’t really get more… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/1WviTK7 How did a Polish sailor become one of the greatest writers in the English language? Why were Conrad’s parents exiled to the harsh conditions of northern Russia? Should we continue to read The Heart of Darkness in spite… more ›
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“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/the-internet-archive-survived-major-copyright-losses-whats-next/ more ›
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Dominari Holdings and Yorkville Advisors are benefiting from close connections with Eric and Donald Trump Jr https://www.ft.com/content/39a4a5c9-aa33-40b4-addb-076ee0242430?accessToken=zwAGQxMqUYx4kc85pKXJqjNAtNOt2wdu4CQkMA.MEQCIHGeDYXFIYG6a2vKcjzA9-Dwpalk08t1px8rVF9T72zVAiBRKQpjoSxld3xc087nXVv-jC0I6WdShiCKsOMwbKvD7g&sharetype=gift&token=29e57fe5-f715-4991-b68b-462abdf67fc9 more ›
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Artificial intelligence and protocols are evil twins. We invited one guest from each field to talk about alignment, coordination, and the limits of these technologies. What bridges can we build between them to make both better? If one evil twin… more ›
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With major sales and a cosmopolitan crowd, Art Basel Paris proved the city’s enduring allure as a global art capital https://www.artbasel.com/stories/art-basel-paris-2025-success-world-market more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/ZpV5PR3 Today’s episode is the first of two on the extraordinary treason trial of Marshal Pétain in the summer of 1945 that ended up putting wartime France in the dock. David talks to historian of modern France Julian Jackson… more ›
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Spending nearly a decade on the move gave me a deeper understanding of the importance of conversation, people’s boundless generosity – and my limitations https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/21/i-visited-every-country-in-the-world-without-flying-here-are-eight-things-i-learned?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›