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Episode 1614:54

Can a 1996 Laser Beat Copper in AI Racks?

PicoJool raised $27.5 million to bet that parallel VCSEL lasers can make optical links as inexpensive as copper. Researchers propose private Bitcoin transfers without a fork, HIFI raises $37 million to build tokenized-money infrastructure, and switching off one gene helped human pancreas cells make

  • Thirty Years to Overnight
  • Bitcoin Gets a Privacy Overlay
  • Money Is Becoming Software
  • One Gene, Eleven Holdouts
Episode 512:44

Apple Wants a Photo That Can Prove Itself

Apple builds a privacy-first way to prove a photo is real. OpenAI is reportedly in talks for funding near a 1.2 trillion dollar valuation. SK Hynix calms a labor fight, and Gujarat police say they found 500,000 fake Gmail accounts tied to bomb hoaxes.

  • A Photo That Can Prove Itself
  • The Trillion Dollar Rumor
  • The Chipmaker That Talked Its Workers Down
  • Half a Million Fake Accounts
  • The Model That Doesn't Talk Back
Episode 211:34

Xi's AI Pitch and LG's Spy TV Problem

Xi Jinping relaunches China's push for a global AI body, LG's smart TVs get labeled spy TVs by privacy groups, and Anthropic's CEO says AI models are becoming permanent employees while human ones get cut. Plus strained power grids and five fast stories.

  • The AI Club Nobody Elected
  • Your TV Is Taking Notes
  • Tenure for the Machine, Layoffs for the Human
  • The Grid Didn't Sign Up For This
  • The Fix Nobody Asked For