What future for Ukraine? Your questions answered. Global News Podcast teams up with Ukrainecast for a special Q&A, in a week that has seen US military aid halted. Can Trump and Zelensky get back to talks on a peace deal?
Jackie Leonard will be joined by Ukrainecast's Vitaly Shevchenko, the BBC's Ukraine Correspondent James Waterhouse and Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet.
President Trump has shaken up America's global alliances with policy reversals and realignments being felt around the world. How are writers, analysts, and leaders making sense of it all?
This bonus episode of Up First was edited Lisa Thomson, Arezou Rezvani, Reena Advani and Olivia Hampton. It was produced by Claire Murashima, Nia Dumas, Chris Thomas, Paige Waterhouse, Adam Bearne, Milton Guevara and Ana Perez.
Charlie and Matt fill in for Colin and Will on this week's Mining Pod. They discuss CoreWeave’s public listing plans and its 12-year, $10.2B contract with Core Scientific, making it the AI darling of American markets. They debunk rumors about Microsoft canceling CoreWeave contracts, cover US customs releasing seized Bitcoin miners after months of delays, and analyze Cathedra's $21M sale of a 60MW North Dakota mining site. The episode wraps with insights on market volatility driven by Trump's tariff policies and how Scott Bessent's Bitcoin knowledge influences economic decisions.
Notes:
• Difficulty adjustment expected at +1.16%
• Hash price bottomed at $45/PH/s/day in February
• CoreWeave’s 2024 revenue: $1.92B (77% from 2 clients)
• Cathedra sold 60MW site for $350K per megawatt
• Mining equipment being released by US customs
• Market volatility from Trump's tariff policies
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
01:55 Difficulty update
05:12 Coreweave IPO?
09:39 Coreweave MSFT FUD
14:54 Customs mining rig seizures
24:09 Cry Corner: Tariff Tug of War
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We take an offbeat tack today, jumping off from a landmark achievement in the world of AI to ask just how close we are to the "singularity," and what that means for the future of humanity. Give a listen.
Between the Trump administration wanting to change how GDP is calculated and DOGE accessing sensitive government information, statistical agencies are under the microscope. Can we still trust official numbers like the monthly jobs report? A former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner shares her worries about the future integrity of government data.
Calls for a ceasefire in Sudan during the month of Ramadan have been ignored. As the war approaches the three -year mark, those observing Ramadan in the country say, this year is the toughest yet.
Also, the BBC's International correspondent Orla Guerin returns to DR Congo and tells us what's changed from the time she first reported from the country, more than 20 years ago
And African authors on how they're making their books more available on the continent!
Presenter: Audrey Brown
Technical Producer: Philip Bull
Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya and Bella Hassan
Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp
Editirs: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard
Economic whiplash over on-again, off-again tariffs. New approach for federal firings. SpaceX rocket breaks apart. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
With artificial intelligence, or AI, becoming more accessible, artists’ intellectual property is increasingly under threat. Creative work is being mined by AI without the consent of the artists.A team at the University of Chicago are creating software to combat AI’s ability to use artists’ work. The ethics of AI continue to come into question while more people are tantalized by its ability to mine images and information. So, what’s the deal? Reset sits down with journalist Kelley Engelbrecht who has been reporting on the issue of intellectual property and AI, as well as the head of the team creating this protective software, Ben Y. Zhao, to learn about AI theft.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.