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Today's podcast tries to make sense out of the incoherent Trump administration posture toward China, AI chips, tariffs, farmers, and the economy. Also, Christine Rosen recommends Chip War by Chris Miller and Philip A. Wallach's Why Congress? Give a listen.
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The Thai military said there were clashes in five border provinces, and three of its soldiers had been killed since hostilities resumed. Cambodia says Thai attacks have killed seven civilians. We explain why this has happened.
Also on the programme: in Australia, the law banning children under 16 years from social media has come into effect - one of the most dramatic moves so far by a government against the tech companies that own the platforms. And the revolutionary new cancer treatment, which uses DNA editing, to save the lives of patients with previously incurable blood cancers.
(Picture: Thai soldiers on patrol at the border with Cambodia. Credit: Reuters)
The US is prioritising asylum applications from white farmers in South Africa where it says there’s a 'genocide' against them, despite the claims being widely discredited. A BBC Africa Eye team spoke to some white Afrikaner farmers and black farmers to gain insight about the situation.
Also, a conversation on vaginal wellness. We find out some of the most common products and practices that experts say could be harmful.
Presenter : Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Bella Twine, Keikantse Shumba and Priya Sippy Technical Producer: Davis Mwasaru Senior Producer: Charles Gitonga Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla
Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary joins the Mining Pod to discuss his bull thesis on AI, bitcoin, and Bitzero.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Kevin O'Leary, investor and Shark Tank star, joins us to talk about the intersection of Bitcoin mining and AI infrastructure. Kevin breaks down why he invested in Bitzero and why the North American grid is all but tapped out. He also covers geopolitical AI chip strategies, the Genius Act and stablecoins, and why institutional capital will ignore altcoins while boosting BTC and ETH.
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**Notes:**
* Sub $0.06/kWh power is key
* 50% of NA data centers will fail
* Global data center demand is 250GW
* 1GW compute needs 1.4GW buildout
* 1.4GW buildout costs up to $7B
* Bit Zero has 1.5 EH/s in Norway
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:51 What is Bitzero?
06:18 What sets Bitzero apart?
08:45 What are investors missing?
11:19 Expansion strategy & load mix
16:17 18 actual customers
20:15 AI bull market timeline
25:33 Classifying assets & portfolio allocations
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Plus: Anthropic and Accenture strike a three-year partnership to sell AI services to businesses. And the EU has opened an antitrust investigation into Alphabet’s Google. Danny Lewis hosts.
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The rise of Aster and CZ's endorsement of the project with Aster CEO Leonard.
Binance Alum and Aster CEO Leonard joins CoinDesk Live from Binance Blockchain Week to discuss the project's sudden rise, which gained massive attention after a public endorsement from CZ. Plus, Leonard reveals the valuable advice he received from the Binance founder and breaks down why he believes perpetual DEXs could soon surpass centralized exchanges.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie and Sam Ewen.
Crow leadership are working toward revamping their tribal citizenship requirements. If their proposal goes through, any currently enrolled tribal citizens would be designated as having 100% Crow blood. The St. Croix Ojibwe Tribe in Wisconsin Tribe is seeing their first tribal enrollment gains in years after they got rid of their blood quantum requirement. They are among the tribes looking down the road and mapping a future away from the Indian blood requirement.
GUESTS
Levi Black Eagle (Apsáalooke), secretary of the Crow Tribe
Conrad St. John (St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin), chairman of St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Jill Doerfler (White Earth Anishinaabe), professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota-Duluth
Cheyenne Robinson (Omaha), treasurer for the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Jonaye Doney (Aaniih), student at the University of Montana
Break 1 Music: Intertribal (song) Blackfoot Confederacy (artist) Confederacy Style (album)
Break 2 Music: She Raised Us (song) Joanne Shenandoah (artist) LifeGivers (album)
Walmart is moving from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq market. It's the biggest company ever to make the switch. Thing is, Nasdaq has a cool-kids, growth-through-tech kinda vibe and is home to Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Nvidia stocks. This morning, we'll help you understand what’s behind Walmart’s decision. Plus, consumers expect inflation to remain steady, and President Donald Trump looks to block state laws regulating AI.
Dangerous cold grips parts of the nation. President Trump pitches his tariff relief plan for farmers. It's the first anniversary of accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione's arrest. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has those stories and more on the World News Roundup podcast.
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