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Enrique Dans for dummies — 252 episodes

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Europe’s tech dilemma: bow to US pressure or defend Its own Interests⁠?

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Programming’s future: humans set goals, machines write the code

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Corporate crime: when fines fail, maybe there’s a case to be made for jail time

4

Beyond the finish line: generative AI’s unknown potential⁠

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The great AI acceleration: rewriting the rules of innovation

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When your replacement isn’t human: how AI is reshaping work

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India’s deadly climate paradox⁠

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Tesla: Anatomy of a suicide

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The dragon strikes back: how Trump’s trade war fueled China’s tech ambitions

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Attention is all you need—until you need people⁠

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AI is not theft: the UK just got it right

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The Amazon paradox: innovation without imagination

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Banning minors from social networks is a waste of time

14

The idiot-in-chief’s guide to burning down an empire

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Realpolitik and renewables: what’s behind Poland’s bold energy transition⁠?

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Designing intelligence: are Jony Ive and Sam Altman about to shape the future of AI⁠?

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Poised to strike: China’s innovators step out of the shadows⁠«

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What Trump’s latest beef with Huawei reveals about the failed logic of tariffs

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All aboard Trump’s climate train to nowhere⁠

20

Technology and innovation are outpacing us, again⁠

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Spanish football vs. the internet: a match we can’t afford to lose⁠

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All aboard Trump’s climate train to nowhere⁠

23

Beyond coal: how China is quietly leading the clean energy race⁠

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China’s silicon-free transistor: a turning point or geopolitical game-playing⁠?

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Spain’s blackout: blaming renewables only reveals ignorance and conflicts of interest

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Cerabyte and the Yottabyte Era: storing the future in ceramic

27

From melody to machine: who owns the future of creativity⁠?

28

When tariffs block the machines we need

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Prompt, or be prompted: the AI survival skill no one can ignore

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Digital identity in Switzerland: a democracy’s test of trust⁠

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The things we can now do after we die

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Who is AI for, us or Big Tech⁠?

33

When pseudo-science kills: the human cost of vaccine denial

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From brain fog to Bee Pioneer: why think when you can wear it⁠?

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Autonomy as infrastructure: the new reality of driverless mobility

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Beyond the hype, AI is reshaping work, not destroying it⁠

37

How Amazon backed down when Trump called its bluff⁠

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Discussing Apple’s supply chain in the Financial Times

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Is Europe ready to commit to deep innovation⁠?

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Under the TAKE IT DOWN Act, this article could be removed⁠

41

Spain and Portugal’s electricity outage: the real meaning of powerlessness⁠

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Brands are taking over AI: soon we’ll be dancing to their tune

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Trump’s climate denial isn’t just stupid — it’s a huge opportunity for China

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Perplexity’s Comet browser: I’ll be watching you…⁠

45

Google’s search empire is crumbling, and that’s not a bad thing⁠

46

Why the smart way to age is with a smartphone⁠

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Flash forward: how China’s tech strategy Is reshaping AI⁠

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Training, not restraining: the only viable response to shadow AI

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Television is dead: LG hammers the final nail in the coffin of privacy

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Trump’s magnetic misstep: sparking China’s rare earth clampdown

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Surprise, surprise, Google’s digital monopoly was the plan all along

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OpenAI takes the fight to Musk and Zuckerberg

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We’ll Always Have Paris – II⁠

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How TSMC is redefining the future of chip design

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If it looks, behaves, buys and copies like a monopoly, it’s because Meta is a monopoly

56

German Experiment: Lessons on Universal Basic Income

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One ID: a seamless air travel experience, or more surveillance⁠?

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Why there’s no such thing as a “patriotic” iPhone⁠

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And now, coal… does Trump understand that he is playing into China’s hands?

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Europe ponders a regulatory response to Trump’s tariffs that could hit Big Tech

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How is China closing the AI gap with the United States⁠?

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What Gen Z’s Tumblr revival may tell us about the future of social networks⁠

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Oh dear Silicon Valley didn’t think through its support for Trump⁠

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AI is already taking our jobs, and it’s barely started, so what are we going to do⁠?

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AGI: let’s not be afraid of our future, and instead analyze the risks and deal with them⁠

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Tesla: how to sink a perfectly good company overnight

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What do Generation X and Z have in common⁠?

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Welcome to the catwalk of the future

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Can Gemini 2.5 Pro save Google from obsolescence⁠?

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Reddit’s share price has taken a tumble: who’d have thought it⁠?

71

Can AI save X from Elon Musk⁠?

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Is AI becoming a global race between the tortoise and the hare⁠?

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Judges finally seem to understand that if there’s no copy, there’s no copyright

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The three reasons for China’s success: education, education and education

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Choosing Signal: a political act in the era of constant surveillance

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23andMe: an entirely avoidable disaster?

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Hazardous territory: why Europe must establish digital independence

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What happens when ChatGPT’s second opinion overrules your doctor’s⁠?

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What the death of Adobe Flash a decade ago tells freelancers today about the need to develop new skills

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Big Tech and Trump want to seize control of democracy

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The dawn of domestic robotics: a new era of consumer technology⁠

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How BYD’s high-speed EV chargers could leave Tesla in the slow lane

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It can be done: European cities are saying goodbye to the car

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Now we all have X-ray vision: the iPhone just changed our privacy expectations and legal rights

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Oh dear Meta, don’t you understand how the digital world works⁠?

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The great US brain-drain: how Trump’s contempt for research is driving scientists abroad

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Tesla’s perfect storm: Musk, politics and the rise of Chinese EVs

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A world without Caesars: why do we put up with dictators⁠?

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When AI flips its wig: the problem with generative algorithm citations⁠

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The two faces of AI: innovation’s promise and the danger of a bubble

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The $20,000 question: is OpenAI’s pricing for ‘PhD-Level’ AI agents over the top?

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Why work flexibility is critical for a family-friendly future

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Kinderpolitics: how Trump’s childish leadership is enabling a tech oligarchy

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Google’s outdated business model could soon consign it to history

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The end of Skype should be a wakeup call for Europe to up its game⁠

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Just who are the early adopters of artificial generative intelligence⁠?

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How Donald Trump and his tech bros are trying to create a digital dictatorship⁠

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What happens when everybody has access to knowledge⁠?

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Why we need to free AI from the chains of copyright once and for all⁠

100

The rise of the robotaxi: from the sublime to the ridiculous

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 Consulting companies: enjoy the AI ride while it lasts

102

Why do governments keep telling us they have the right to access our private information⁠?

103

Tim Cook has just given a masterclass in how to manage Donald Trump

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Why regenerative agriculture is the future of farming

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AI isn’t taking our jobs, it’s rewriting them⁠

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A ban on AGI isn’t going to happen, so let’s get real and have a proper debate

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We had to teach ourselves how to use the internet and smartphones; will we get it right with AI⁠?

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It’s not the tools, it’s how you use them⁠

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The AI paradox: efficiency vs experience in software development

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AI is pushing the boundaries of what defines art⁠

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Is the Apple Alibaba deal the start of something big, or simply a short-term solution⁠?

112

Generative AI: the shortcut to success or the road to cognitive ruin⁠?

113

AI in meetings: the silent assistant that’s always listening (and writing down your jokes)

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Algorithmic age-verification: a magic bullet or surveillance creep?

115

Poor old Elon: what a waste

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Has OpenAI really thought through its plans to produce its own chips⁠?

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When it comes to using an LLM, knowing how its thought processes work is a big advantage

118

Why has Spain largely failed to adopt digital audio broadcasting⁠?

119

Has Apple shed some new light on the humble desk lamp?

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We cannot stand by and do nothing as social media platforms are used for political dirty tricks

121

Medium Academics Hour: why I write the way I write

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It’s not easy seeing the AI bigger picture, but we’re getting there

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With every move he makes, it’s clearer than ever: Trump is going to crash the global economy

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Why Chinese e-commerce companies could be the first victims of Trump’s tariff hikes⁠

125

Somebody needs to tell Dario Amodei that competition and collaboration make the world a better place

126

Amazon’s all-seeing eye: surveillance capitalism must be brought to heel⁠

127

How safe is Deepseek? As safe as you make it⁠

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Fighting the good fight: I will continue doing my bit to keep the internet human

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How Deepseek provides a perfect example of the Jevons Paradox⁠

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China’s chance to become a global AI player will depend on its data privacy laws

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Musk, Trump, and the Weaponization of Social Media

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Second-screen viewing: Netflix succumbs to the dictatorship of the smartphone

133

China’s Deepseek shows how to do more with less, as well as the superiority of open-source A

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A New Gilded Age: Tech Titans and Unchecked Power

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AI's Rise as a Consumer Category

136

TikTok, Trump, and Pathetic Populism

137

Trump's Climate Denial and the Paris Agreement

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Europol and Anonymity: When Politicians Frighten You

139

BYD Overtakes Tesla: The Rise of Chinese Electric Vehicles

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Will Americans really miss TikTok⁠?

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How long will the US ban on TikTok last once Donald Trump takes office⁠?

142

The Los Angeles firestorms: we can’t afford to live like this⁠

143

What is a newspaper for?

144

Could Free Our Feeds free us from the control of rapacious, politicized social networks?

145

Washington sets collision course with China over control of global chip market

146

Could TikTok be about to go down the tubes in the United States this week⁠?

147

Using ChatGPT to fire guns: what could possibly go wrong⁠?

148

Zuckerberg has bent the knee to Trump: be afraid, be very afraid⁠

149

Quantum Computing: Hype vs. Reality

150

We’ve tried banning technology in education before, let’s not make the same mistake with AI⁠

151

Project Digits: Democratizing AI

152

Technological growing pains

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What Tesla’s drop in sales tells us about the growing popularity of EVs

154

Looking to create your own Wikipedia-style article? Try STORM

155

Here’s another merger that augers badly for two legacy companies

156

Social Media, Teenagers, and the UK's Policy Dilemma

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Adults or Schoolchildren? The Future of Work

158

An open letter to the Spanish tourist board

159

Why the sun is about to set on the oil industry⁠

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Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse…

161

The future of the air taxi: still very much up in the air⁠

162

What does Microsoft’s AI Copilot strategy tell us about the future of AI⁠?

163

Bitcoin is emerging as a viable alternative currency

164

Europe's Regulatory Overreach

165

What does the proposed merger of Honda and Nissan tell us about the state of the Japanese motor industry?

166

Season’s greetings⁠ from Enrique Dans

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If we don’t take proof of personhood measures soon, the internet is going to be taken over by bots

168

Who’s going to win the global AI race⁠?

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How a handy new app could help reduce dangerous driving⁠

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Amazon Employees Reject Return-to-Office Mandate

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Sure, keeping up with cybersecurity can seem like a mad race, but it’s easier than you think⁠

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Robots: soon to be a fact of life

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Online advertising: just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse

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China is in now in the driving seat of the global motor industry⁠

175

Cryptocurrencies take another step toward official recognition⁠

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Netflix’s lackluster management team embraces enshittification

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GM's Self-Driving Gamble: A Missed Opportunity?

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In the decarbonization race the EV is the absolute winner

179

Exploring Sora: OpenAI’s game-changing text-to-video tool

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Grok and roll: will Musk’s AI chatbot rock your conversation?

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AI's Ascendance: Reshaping the Digital Ecosystem

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Romania: the death of democracy?

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Some thoughts on the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson

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The Dangers of Technological Illiteracy

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Elon Musk’s satellite network is about to revolutionize telecommunications⁠

186

The Post-Pandemic Middle Manager Cull

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Flow Batteries: The Future of Energy

188

Libra's Demise: Politics vs. Technology

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Generative AI in Banking: A Competitive Edge

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Sora's Rebellion: Artists Revolt Against AI Artwashing

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Tornado Cash: Legal Victory for Crypto Privacy

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AI is changing faster than most people realize

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AI's Impact on Software Development

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Bluesky: A Moment of Clarity

195

Smartphone Bans and Disinformation

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Amazon's Predatory Practices: A Supermarket Analogy

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Digital Inheritance: Planning for Your Online Legacy

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AI generated poetry, more human than humans?

199

What lies in store for Big Tech under Donald Trump?

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Does it make sense to criticize Coca-Cola for using AI in its Christmas ad⁠?

201

Now you know: don’t test Gemini’s patience

202

Biological computing: now that’s a combination I can get behind

203

Can Just Eat weather the food delivery storm?

204

Is it time for a bit of Bluesky thinking⁠?

205

What would happen if we all plugged our EVs in at the same time⁠?

206

Facebook: the rot has set in⁠

207

⁠OpenAI: you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few Cheggs⁠

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Why sodium is an increasingly viable alternative to lithium for certain battery uses

209

Have we reached the point where computers program themselves⁠?

210

And the winner of US election coverage? Perplexity⁠

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At last, it seems the law recognizes that AI synthesizes, not copies⁠

212

Donald Trump’s victory will be remembered as a dark day for the planet

213

Spain has just been given a deadly lesson in the consequences of climate change denial

214

Did Perplexity offer The New York Times AI strikebreakers to cover the US election?

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Intel and Nvidia: the king is dead; long live the king

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The limits of AI's creativity? Simple: us

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Why the best automotive user interface is the simplest one

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It's a search engine, Jim, but not as we know it

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Where do you draw the line when it comes to AI-created content?

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Is AI about to have its HTTPS moment?

221

Volkswagen: too little, too late

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The aerospace industry is desperate trying to copy Space X: good luck with that

223

Philip K. Dick: are you listening to my podcast?

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Why Tesla's latest results point to a sustainable future of profitability

225

What's the secret to eternal innovation?

226

Need a hand getting the most out of your computer? Help is at hand

227

Stablecoins, currencies of a different stripe

228

There's another kind of energy under the ground: clean, cheap and plentiful

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⁠Slowly but surely, the motor industry is moving toward a cleaner future

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Is Google finally getting its act together?

231

Silence is golden. Sign up for the Robinson List

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Why are some people so afraid of innovation?

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Cheating and dishonesty in education in the age of AI

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How renewable energy is making it possible to decarbonize heavy industry

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Elon, why did you have to get involved in politics?

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Renewables are changing the UK's energy map

237

Tesla has a Master Plan Part 4

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It's time to take action against the digital pushers

239

Who said Netflix would kill off the movies?

240

Roboref: it's not personal, it's profesional

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The age of oil is ending: are you ready?

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Musk and Zuckerberg are killing the hyperlink

243

Amazon and the evolution of physical stores

244

AI: how China is doing more with less

245

Who needs a brush to paint a masterpiece?

246

Open AI and the risk of brain drain

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AI and automation as a trend

248

Another EV myth bites the dust

249

It's worrying: there is still so many people who don't get AI

250

An electrifying podcast

251

LAION case could leave a lasting imprint

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Watch out for the evil twins