After the rise of K-pop and K-drama, Korean haute cuisine is also going global. We hear that it's the result of an evolution of the food, creative chefs and a touch of crafty support from the government.
Microsoft taking the spot as the largest company in the world is a good reminder that sometimes it takes a while for big names to turn it around. We explain why and talk about how IBM and Comcast could have good times ahead.
(00:21) Bill Mann and Andy Cross discuss:
- Microsoft crossing $3T and surpassing Apple as the largest publicly traded company.
- Alibaba’s co-founders buying up $200M shares, and the state of investing in China.
- Tesla’s tough, but predictable quarter, big subscriber growth from Netflix, and why IBM is a sneaky AI play.
(19:11) Motley Fool Money’s Deidre Woollard caught up with Jeff Edison, co-founder and CEO of Phillips Edison & Company, to understand the importance of necessity-based goods in retail, what consumers want right now – both in terms of concepts and convenience.
(29:49) Bill and Andy talk how Comcast looks more interesting as Peacock grows and two stocks on their radar: Spotify and MercadoLibre.
Presenter Marnie Chesterton and the team pit their wits against a multitude of mind-bending puzzles from an old TV gameshow - all in the name of answering a question from Antonia in Cyprus: how do we work out how clever someone is? Is IQ the best measure of cleverness? Why do we put such weight on academic performance? And where does emotional intelligence fit into it all?
In the search for answers Marnie and the team are locked in rooms to battle mental, physical, mystery and skill-based challenges, all against the clock.
Unpicking their efforts in the studio are a global team of cleverness researchers: Dr Stuart Ritchie from Kings College London, Prof Sophie von Stumm from York University and Dr Alex Burgoyne from Georgia Institute of Technology in the US.
They are challenged to face the toughest questions in their field: Why do men and women tend to perform differently in these tests? Is our smartness in our genes? And what about the Flynn Effect – where IQs appear to have risen, decade after decade, around the world.
Producer/presenter: Marnie Chesterton
Editor: Richard Collings
Production co-ordinator: Jonathan Harris
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Why nude Taylor Swift deepfakes could be a problem for generative AI 2) Whether the technology slows due to this Taylor Swift episode 3) Google's latest video generator, Lumiere 4) Are Generative AI margins lower than software margins? 5) Why tech layoffs are happening at a time when tech stocks are hitting all-time highs 6) Are media layoffs a result of generative AI? 7) Are tech investors overexuberant? 8) Why canceling Amazon Prime is easier than you might imagine.
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Tax cuts and a gutted regulatory state are a big draw for Wall Street. But under a Trump 2.0, it would be the aspiring monopolists—not the publicly-traded "corporatists"—who would be the winners. Democracy isn't the only thing on the line. Ed Luce joins Charlie Sykes for the weekend pod.
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Todd Bensman, a senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to break down the border crisis battle between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration, analyze the Senate's amnesty bill, and share an update on Europe's border instability woes.
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This week a major potential risk to Ethereum was highlighted by a bug that surfaced in Nethermind, a minority execution client. While the bug was fixed quickly, it raised the question of what would happen to the blockchain if Geth, which is used by more than two-thirds of validators and so is considered a “supermajority client,” had a bug. The situation could potentially result in a catastrophic fork of Ethereum.
Ethereum developer Lefteris Karapetsas joined Unchained to discuss the different scenarios of what could happen, the potential impact of a supermajority client issue on staking services such as Lido, why he feels the incentive system is poorly designed, and what other solutions are out there to address the lack of client diversity.
Show highlights |
What a consensus issue is in Ethereum and what happened with Nethermind last weekend
Why it would be a big problem if a supermajority client had a bug
The potential impact on staking services such as Lido
Why Lefteris feels like he is reliving the historic Ethereum DAO hack all over again
Whether the largest entities running nodes will start pursuing client diversity
How the data on the prevalence of specific Ethereum execution clients is not verifiable or programmatic, making it less transparent and difficult to analyze
Why Lefteris believes that the incentive system is not designed to achieve client diversity
Whether there are developments in the works to try to solve the lack of client diversity
Unchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC. Distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Michele Musso and Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz.
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In the “Kaleidoscope with Allison Keyes” segment this week, a discussion about the case of Brittany Watts, the Black Ohio woman charged with a felony after having a miscarriage at home. She was ultimately not indicted, but her case raises huge questions about the risks for women in similar circumstances. Allison has an extended interview with her lawyer, Traci Timko, about the particulars of what happened, and what it means for health care, law enforcement, and what could happen to other women suffering a common medical issue in this post Roe v. Wade nation.
