June 2024 – Page 35

June 21, 2024

State of the World from NPR - Are British Politics Broken?

After a tumultuous few years in British politics, with Brexit and multiple prime ministers, one lasting less than two months, U.K. voters will go to the polls on July 4th. Many in Britain say their country feels broken. Our correspondent in London takes a look at what the U.K.'s next prime minister will inherit.

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June 21, 2024

CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: Dogecoin’s Newest ASIC Miner

Want to mine a meme coin? ElphaPex’s newest unit mines Litecoin and Dogecoin through a process called merge mining!

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Ben Weng and Payne Cong of Foundation Logic, the team behind the new ElphaPex Dogecoin/Litcoin miner, join The Mining Pod to discuss their new ASIC mining startup, competing with industry giants, and the future of script mining. Learn about hardware startups, profitability comparisons, and the potential for diversifying mining revenue.

Chapters:

00:00 Start

03:20 Ben Weng background

04:29 Payne Cong background

06:32 Litecoin+Dogecoin ASIC

09:40 Why these coins?

14:50 Is Litecoin the main revenue?

18:39 Profitability

21:10 Other revenue sources

24:40 Calculators

25:50 Hardware form factor

28:15 Repairs

33:41 Chips & production

35:56 What foundry

36:50 Chip allocations from Samsung

38:40 Bitmain competition

42:46 Final thoughts

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June 21, 2024

Native America Calling - Friday, June 21, 2024 – Native skateboarding is a big deal

Skateboarding has gone from a rebellious alternative culture to an Olympic sport. It’s also becoming increasingly popular among Native athletes and recreational boarders and organizers are stepping up their support with places to skate. Skateboarding has roots in Native Hawaiian surf culture, and Navajo, Hopi, and Oglala Lakota nations are among those that see the benefits of dedicated skate parks. Advocates point to the increasing knowledge about the benefits of skateboarding, especially for young people of color. It’s National Go Skate Day and we’ll hear from skaters and skating advocates about what the sport does for people and communities.

June 21, 2024

CBS News Roundup - 06/21/2024 | World News Roundup

Relentless heat continues to grip much of the nation. Raging NM wildfires. An apparent scouting video 2 years before 9/11. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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June 21, 2024

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - In Chicago’s Running Scene, There’s A Place — And A Pace — For Everyone

Why are all your friends running a half-marathon? How come the park is swarmed with run clubs every weekend? Should you be waking up at the crack of dawn to get your miles in? Running surged in popularity as a solo sport during COVID, and has burst onto the public scene in the years since. For example, the Chicago Marathon neared 50,000 runners in 2023, a threshold it’s expected to break this year. Reset digs into Chicago’s rich running culture with three runners and organizers. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

June 21, 2024

CoinDesk Podcast Network - Markets Daily: CoinDesk Markets Week in Review

CoinDesk Indices presents notable data insights from the week, followed by additional analysis from an industry expert.

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The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) functions as a benchmark for the performance of the digital asset market, delivering institutional quality information to digital asset investors. Subsets of the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) are investible CoinDesk Crypto Sectors and the CoinDesk 20 Index, designed to measure the performance of the top digital assets. Today’s takeaways are provided by Tracy Stephens, senior index manager at CoinDesk Indices with additional analysis from Miguel Kudry, CEO at L1.co. For more on CoinDesk Indices, visit: coindeskmarkets.com.

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June 21, 2024

Up First from NPR - TikTok Fights Looming Ban, School Cellphone Bans, Are Carbon Offsets Working?

Tiktok submitted its first court filings, offering a glimpse into how the popular social media company plans to argue against a looming ban on the app in the US. The Los Angeles school board, the country's second largest school district, voted to ban cellphones and social media during school hours. And, travelers purchasing carbon offset promises on their tickets may not be getting their money's worth.

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It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Christopher Thomas and Taylor Haney.
Our technical director is Zac Coleman, with engineering support from Carleigh Strange.
Our Executive Producer is Erika Aguilar.

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June 21, 2024

Big Technology Podcast - NVIDIA Takes The Crown, Return of Ilya, Vision Pro Stalls

Reed Albergotti is the tech editor at Semafor. He joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the week's news. We cover: 1) NVIDIA temporarily becoming the most valuable publicly traded company 2) Is NVIDIA a bubble? 3) What might disrupt NVIDIA? 4) Ilya Sustkever founds Safe Superintelligence Inc. 5) Who's funding Ilya? 6) Will SSI amount to anything? 6) OpenAI might become a public benefit company 7) The state of DeepMind's merger with Google Brain 8) Mustafa Suleyman's entry to Microsoft and how it impacts the relationship with OpenAI 9) Apple Vision Pro hits a speed bump 10) Vision Pro & Apple Intelligence similarities and differences

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June 21, 2024

The Intelligence from The Economist - Argentina turning? Milei’s surprising political success

Since his election last year, President Javier Milei has enjoyed some economic and political wins in Argentina. But his toughest fight is yet to come. On Britain’s general election trail, our correspondent found voters less keen on the prospect of a Labour victory than on punishing the Conservative party at the polls (10:00). And remembering Birubala Rabha, who campaigned against witch-hunting in India (18.35).

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