Month: June 2024

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Big Technology Podcast - Apple’s AI WWDC Approaches, Nvidia $3 Trillion, OpenAI Safety Concerns

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Apple's WWDC AI preview 2) Apple's willingness to change its operating system with AI 3) Were Humane and Rabbit on the right track with bad execution? 4) Will the market react well to WWDC? 5) Apple is going to put cameras in AirPods? + Alex's experience with the Ray-Ban Metas 6) NVIDIA's $3 trillion market cap 7) NVIDIA surpasses Apple for a minute in valuation 8) Are we at the NVIDIA top? 9) Roaring Kitty is back in the Gamestop trade 10) OpenAI's current an ex-employee write an open letter about safety disclosure 11) Sam Altman narrative change - is it fair? 12) Leopold Aschenbrenner's public rollout 13) Alex's chances of turning into a paperclip next week

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Ghost jobs

Today's jobs report shows a slight rise in unemployment to 4%. And some frustrated job seekers are growing tired of applying for job after job with no replies, sometimes asking whether the listings are even real. And this isn't just vexing for applicants. It's also haunting economists when trying to figure out how much slack there is in the labor market, and whether interest rates should be raised or lowered. Today on the show: the rise of ghost jobs. Where they're happening and why.

Related episodes:
Not too hot, not too cold: a 'Goldilocks' jobs report
The Beigie Awards: From Ghosting to Coasting

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: June 7, 2024

So much news, so little time. From a proposed teen curfew downtown to DNC security updates to sex-crazed “zombie” cicadas, Reset dives into the top local stories in the Weekly News Recap. Our panel this week is: The Chicago Sun-Times Mitchell Armentrout, WTTW’s Brandis Friedman, and Block Club Chicago’s Melody Mercado. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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The Gist - Why We Can’t Have Nice Vexillogical Things

Ted Kaye, Secretary of the North American Vexillogical Association is back to talk flags, sedition, Sam Alito, and reclamation. Plus, the war in Sudan is, by some measures, the worst in the world. And Mike either suggests a proper epitaph for American society or offers some fun ways to spice up the dreary old summer time guacamole recipe. The answer is lime juice, people!


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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: U.S. Added 272K Jobs in May; Semler Scientific Buys $17M More Bitcoin

Host Helene Braun breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from the U.S. jobs report to Semler Scientific's bitcoin purchase.

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"CoinDesk Daily" host Helene Braun breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as bitcoin (BTC), stocks and bond markers have all turned lower in response to the strong employment data in May. Plus, Saudi Arabia’s central bank has joined Project mBridge as a full participant and medical device maker Semler Scientific has broadened its corporate strategy to include buying bitcoin.

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The Daily Signal - Hunter Biden’s Daughter Testifies, President Accused of Plagiarizing Reagan Speech, Action Movie Review | June 7

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • Hunter Biden’s daughter Naomi testifies in her father’s federal gun trial. 
  • About 272,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in May.
  • President Joe Biden delivers another speech in Normandy bearing a striking resemblance to President Ronald Reagan’s 1984 Normandy speech.
  • The Biden administration indicates a doctor after he blew the whistles on sex change procedures against monitors. 
  • Jim Carafano reviews the 2023 film “Godzilla Minus One.” 


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Consider This from NPR - ‘Double disapprovers’ could decide the election. Here’s what they say

With the presidential election approaching, some voters are wondering how we again ended up with Donald Trump and Joe Biden as the presumptive nominees.

Recent focus groups with swing voters put into words why some people are turning away from the main candidates, and polling gives us an insight into what this could mean in November.

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Consider This from NPR - ‘Double disapprovers’ could decide the election. Here’s what they say

With the presidential election approaching, some voters are wondering how we again ended up with Donald Trump and Joe Biden as the presumptive nominees.

Recent focus groups with swing voters put into words why some people are turning away from the main candidates, and polling gives us an insight into what this could mean in November.

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The Journal. - ‘It Came out of Nowhere’: The Rise of Dr Pepper

There is a new contender in the cola wars, and it isn’t a cola. It’s Dr Pepper. WSJ’s Jennifer Maloney unpacks how after decades as a distant competitor, Dr Pepper has climbed the soda ranks with help from hefty marketing, novel flavors and TikTok videos.


Further Reading:

- Dr Pepper Ties Pepsi as America’s No. 2 Soda


Further Listening:

- The Agony and Ecstasy of Tab 


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