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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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President Trump recently announced a $20 billion deal to rescue Argentina and President Javier Milei, angering U.S. farmers and putting American taxpayers at risk. On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the Trump Administration was also assembling an additional… more ›
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OpenAI’s CEO brazenly regurgitated major studios’ characters to allow video app Sora 2 to spit out clips tailor-made for users. Insiders at the major agencies are alarmed — and some wonder whether the studios are doing enough. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sam-altman-openai-sora-agencies-talent-1236401618/ more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/G1UDcK0 How can we reverse the enshittification of digital platforms? With Cory Doctorow Why does every online platform seem to start out great – then slowly turn to garbage? Why do our digital public squares now feel more like… more ›
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Ryan Coogler and Sev Ohanian of Proximity Media discuss pushing boundaries in Hollywood storytelling and the vision for their media company with Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw at Bloomberg Screentime in Los Angeles. Subscribe to Bloomberg Live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7UFcUbAd8oyCBWCogVpJ6g?sub_confirmation=1 — more ›
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#Suno #SunoV5 #AIMusic Suno v5 is here. Our most advanced music model yet composes like a musician, adapts like a collaborator, and creates like never before. In this video, we sit down with Suno’s CTO, Georg Kucsko, to break down… more ›
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Europe is planning to at least triple its data center capacity as part of a push to become a world-class AI hub. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/water-ai-mega-projects-raise-alarm-in-some-of-europes-driest-regions.html more ›
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The crash of the NFT market led OpenSea to fire more than half of its staff. But the startup has reinvented itself into a place for buying and selling all tokens, including memecoins, and trading volume is surging once again.… more ›
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In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/youtube-impact-tv-sports-late-night-comedy-shows-1236400353/ more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/nK5i42Q In CGSP’s first-ever China–Africa Energy Forum, Managing Editor Cobus van Staden hosts three leading experts to explore how Chinese finance, technology, and policy are transforming Africa’s power landscape: Frangton Chiyemura Lecturer in International Development, Open University Wei Shen Research… more ›