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Carole Cadwalladr returned to TED. Didn’t hold back.

“TED has just released [her talk] as the first talk from the conference. I got to name what is happening for what it is: a coup. I call the Silicon Valley companies who attend this conference and even sponsor it, collaborators who are complicit in a regime of fear and cruelty. And I accuse Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, who is talking here on Friday not just of data theft but data rape.”

#TED #CurrentAffairs broligarchy.substack.com/p/spe

How to Survive the Broligarchy · Speaking truth to tech gods: I return to TEDBy Carole Cadwalladr

Apple’s China exposure makes it most vulnerable in US-China trade war | TechSpot…

While most major American tech companies have much to lose in a global trade war, Apple – the world's largest by market cap – is the most vulnerable due to its heavy reliance on China. Most of Apple's products, including its best-selling iPhone models, are manufactured in the communist nation... #bigtech #iphone #tariffs #technology #stockmarket #currentaffairs

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for much deliberation · Apple’s China exposure makes it most vulnerable in US-China trade war | TechSpot…While most major American tech companies have much to lose in a global trade war, Apple – the world’s largest by market cap – is the most vulnerable due to its heavy reliance on China. Most o…

Listening to Page 94: The Private Eye Podcast (137: How Trump Ate The British Media): audioboom.com/posts/8701937

Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss how the US president has thrown Britain's media off-kilter, and  the new 'Abundance' theory which will eventually give us all solar-powered hover cars (maybe). Plus, a valedictory interview with Tim Minogue looking back over 26 years of Rotten Boroughs. 

alojapan.com/1241704/how-japan How Japan built a 3D-printed train station in six hours | Explained News #3DPrintedTrainStation #CurrentAffairs #Hatsushima #IndianExpressNews #Japan #Japan3DPrintedTrainStation #JapanNews #news #WestJapanRailwayCompany The West Japan Railway Company — a major railway operator in Japan — late last month unveiled a 3D-printed train station, which it claimed was a world first. Located in the city of Arida, the new station’s components were 3D-p…