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  • Chad Hugo- Jumpupw!nya (Official Video) Ft. Tierra Whack, Leikeli47

    Listen to ‘Jumpupw!nya’ HERE: https://ift.tt/4kfKw3o Follow Chad Hugo Instagram:https://ift.tt/FX6sNBS X :https://ift.tt/BD2AdRb TikTok : https://ift.tt/zilWXT4 Facebook: https://ift.tt/O4gVcjA Website : https://ift.tt/0OcKJyr Music Video Production: Kid. Studio Director: Glenn Michael EP: Vince Tran Producer: Gennelle Cruz Cinematographer: Jerome Riel 1st AC: Gio Lucero… more ›

  • Inspectah Deck, Wu-Tang Clan – Day In The Life ft. Baegod

    Legendary Wu-Tang Clan lyricist Inspectah Deck returns with “Day In The Life,” the lead single from his forthcoming solo album, arriving August 7. As Wu-Tang Clan prepares to embark on its final tour and celebrates its upcoming induction into the… more ›

  • The China-Global South Podcast: China’s Pacific Missile Shock Explained

    Listen: https://ift.tt/mLxKOjZ Two weeks ago, a PLA Navy submarine in the South China Sea test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile that flew 7,300 kilometers before splashing down in the South Pacific. The launch drew sharp criticism from several Pacific Island… more ›

  • Christopher Nolan’s Closet Picks

    Subscribe to Criterion: https://bit.ly/4vlR0aj The filmmaker shares how THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE influenced THE DARK KNIGHT, talks about the importance of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, and praises the way David Lynch evokes dream logic on-screen. Christopher’s Picks: THE… more ›

  • Fireside Chat with Yann LeCun, Executive Chairman of AMI Labs | RAISE Summit 2026

    Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, Executive Chairman of AMI Labs, sits down with Bloomberg’s Tom Mackenzie for a conversation on the path beyond today’s large language models — and what advanced machine intelligence really requires. Recorded live on the Master… more ›

  • The Truth About Gangs In London

    I talk to top crime reporter David Matthews about the reality of crime, drugs and the “mandem” in the UK https://open.substack.com/pub/ioangrillo/p/the-truth-about-gangs-in-london?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

  • Freakonomics Radio: 682. Should A.I. Move to Space?

    Listen: https://ift.tt/g5pn18l At first it sounds ridiculous. But it might be inevitable. Guest host Steve Levitt talks to a team that hopes to push A.I. infrastructure off the planet. Part one of a two-part series.)   SOURCES: Blaise Agüera y… more ›

  • For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark | WIRED

    MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner. https://www.wired.com/story/for-taylor-swift-madison-square-gardens-controversial-cameras-briefly-went-dark/ more ›

  • In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen: Venki Ramakrishnan: The Science and Hype of Living Longer

    Listen: https://ift.tt/jz4wG2T How close are we, really, to living forever? Longevity has become one of the hottest topics in the world, drawing huge investment and endless opinions about how to live longer. To separate science from hype, Nicolai Tangen turns… more ›

  • Your brain wasn’t built to hold this much information | Richard Cytowic

    Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https://ift.tt/OjvCpJm Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The terrifying ways that social media is altering teenage brains | Clare Morell:… more ›