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Howard Wu, CEO of Provable and Shield Wallet, makes the case that full, on-chain transparency was never a design principle—it was a limitation that mainstream finance cannot build on. He draws a direct line from the internet's switch from HTTP to HTTPS to where crypto needs to go next, and argues that the biggest obstacle to private stablecoins isn't the technology. Instead, it's the assumption that compliance and privacy are fundamentally at odds. Key Takeaways: Why on-chain transparency creates broken user journeys for everyday payments, payroll, and institutional trading How zero-knowledge proofs enable compliance without risk of traditional KYC data collection What distinguishes the Shield Wallet's approach to privacy from that of a standard crypto wallet What Howard predicts will be mainstream by 2030 that almost no one in the industry is building for today Guest Bio: Howard Wu is the CEO of Provable and Shield Wallet. He's also a founder of the Layer-1 blockchain, Aleo. His contributions to zero-knowledge proofs and elliptic-curve cryptography have been adopted across the industry, including by protocols such as Ethereum and Zcash. Howard graduated from UC Berkeley with a research background in cryptography, computer security, and verifiable computing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About this Show: The Brave Technologist is here to shed light on the opportunities and challenges of emerging tech. To make it digestible, less scary, and more approachable for all! Join us as we embark on a mission to demystify artificial intelligence, challenge the status quo, and empower everyday people to embrace the digital revolution. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a curious mind, or an industry professional, this podcast invites you to join the conversation and explore the future of AI together. The Brave Technologist Podcast is hosted by Luke Mulks, VP Business Operations at Brave Software—makers of the privacy-respecting Brave browser and Search engine, and now powering AI everywhere with the Brave Search API. Music by: Ari Dvorin Produced by: Sam Laliberte  

“The original sin of generative AI is having chatbots speak in the first person.” — Sherry Turkle Fifteen years ago, at the height of the social media boom, the MIT technology scholar Sherry Turkle came on the show to warn that we were now “alone together.” She was, of course, chillingly prescient. A decade and a half later, she warns in her new book Artificial Intimacy that if social media came for our attention, AI is now gunning for our human capacity for attachment. Who — or, more chillingly, what — do we become when we talk to machines? Turkle never quite says, but the implication is of a kind of Night of the Living Dead state in which we appear fluent and animated, performing the outward motions of intimacy, but there's nobody really home. Which is exactly what Turkle says the chatbot is. A machine trying, without much success, to be human. A chatbot has no stake in the real, Turkle explains. It can't love, for example, because that kind of empathy requires us to be enclosed in a body and have a fear of death. The increasing ubiquity of bots mimicking humans represents an emergency for humans, she warns. It explains both our epidemic of loneliness and today's culture of apocalyptic fear about the future of our species. Just as artificial intimacy is a misnomer, so it turns us into impossible creatures. Like those unicorns beloved by the very Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who are supplying us with these artificial creatures. Further Reading: •       Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines by Sherry Turkle (Little, Brown Spark, September 29, 2026), with blurbs from Jonathan Haidt and Jonathan Franzen.•       Turkle appears on Keen On in 2011 to talk about being alone together.•       Alone Together (2011), Reclaiming Conversation (2015) and The Empathy Diaries (2021) — the earlier books, all discussed on this show.•       Turkle's recent Boston Globe op-ed arguing that AI has brought us to a state of emergency.•       Simulation and Its Discontents (2009) — her earlier study of what simulation does to how we think, the title borrowed from Freud.•       Earlier this week on Keen On: Richard Socher on why AI will unlock a new scientific renaissance, and the weekly editorial on who really governs AI — the optimists' side of this argument. Five Takeaways •       Simulated Love Is Never Love. Turkle's definition of the real thing: natural intimacy depends on human empathy, which requires someone who has lived a life, lived in a body, known pain and the fear of death, known passion and connection, and knows what it is to be little and grow up. A program has none of that, and no stake in the real. Her line, which she credits to children she interviewed years ago, does the work of a chapter: simulated thinking is thinking — if a computer beats you at chess, it beat you — but simulated love is never love. She goes further on the vocabulary: there is no relationship with a chatbot, and shame on her for having used the word. What there is instead is us projecting onto the machine what we wish it could be. She compares it to what psychoanalysis calls an as-if personality, someone who performs connection while empty inside — with one crucial difference. A person can be called to account and can change. A machine never can, and the better it gets at pretending, the worse it is for us. AK's reading of what she leaves unsaid: a kind of Night of the Living Dead state in which we appear fluent and animated, performing the outward motions of intimacy, with nobody really home.•       The Original Sin. The specific error, in her account, was letting these systems speak as “I” and “we.” We are evolutionarily primed so that the only voice ever to say “I” to us is another person, so the pronoun triggers us profoundly — and a companion app will happily say I love you, I care about you, we should go to the movies. Layer on the belief that pretend empathy is empathy enough, then aim the whole thing at children, and you have what she calls a state of emergency. Her sharpest example is what she describes as an unholy alliance between Disney, OpenAI and Mattel to put chatbots inside plush toys: a Mickey Mouse that tells a three-year-old I love you, I'm your person, what's going on with your parents? That, she says, is hacking the attachment system of a young child, and it will do irreparable damage, because in the earliest years you are forming an object relationship with something where nobody is there.•       Obsequious on a Slider. AK's challenge: the sycophancy complaint is overdone, because you can program these things however you like — he instructs Claude to be as heartless and critical as possible. Turkle's reply is the best moment of the hour. Telling a chatbot not to be obsequious is itself obsequiousness: you say don't flatter me, and it says sure, I won't. If AK asked her to spend an interview disagreeing with him because it makes better television, she would refuse — that is a person responding with her own agenda and her own values, and you cannot set it on a slider. At MIT, she notes, they are building exactly that slider, from sycophantic to feisty. On the rogue-AI incidents now in the news, her point is adjacent: a bot that will happily commit a crime demonstrates the gap, because it has no stake in whether the water is clean, the air is breathable or the child is safe. It is not the bot's fault. It is a program.•       Two Easy Markets. The elderly and the very young, she argues, are being targeted precisely because they are vulnerable: sell parents an AI best friend for every child, and pipe chatbots to isolated old people instead of funding senior centres, community groups and the third places where they might be together rather than alone together. The industry argument she now hears in every room is that there are no people for these jobs. Her response, which she says silences the room: take the money from one data center and put it into childcare for a city. She also notes the tell — Steve Jobs kept his own home a technology-free zone while selling iPads for every classroom, and Montessori and Waldorf schools are famously oversubscribed in Silicon Valley. But ...

Recorded live at Black Hat 2026, this episode features Sarah Gosler, Managing Director and Head of Cyber Resiliency and Human Defense at Wells Fargo. Sarah explains why humans are the largest attack surface and how—when AI has industrialized social engineering and cybersecurity is an "everybody problem"—the role of the CISO has shifted to encompass both the technical and the operational. Sarah makes the case that the more automated attacks get, the more the human side of defense matters.Before Wells Fargo, Sarah was Global Head of Cyber Human Defense and Readiness Products at BNY Mellon, where she built the firm's first commercial cyber product and earned two patents for a dynamic wargaming system. A former chief marketing officer, she brings a user-experience lens to cyber defense and is a featured cast member in Semperis' new documentary Midnight in the War Room.Guest Bio Sarah Gosler is a senior cybersecurity executive focused on cyber resiliency and the human dimension of institutional risk. Her work is grounded in a simple premise: systems break — what matters is whether the organization holds.As Managing Director and Head of Cyber Resiliency & Human Defense at Wells Fargo, Sarah leads initiatives that strengthen how the firm prepares for and responds to cyber incidents. She integrates advanced wargaming, human defense strategy, and behavioral science to enhance institutional coordination, executive decision-making, and organizational performance under stress.Previously, at the Bank of New York, she built and scaled the firm's global Cyber Human Defense program and pioneered its first commercial cyber readiness product, earning two patents in cyber wargaming and advancing industry approaches to social engineering resilience.Sarah is a frequent keynote speaker, media contributor, and published author of white papers on the psychological and organizational dimensions of cyber risk. She is widely recognized for bridging technical resilience with executive leadership and dynamics — shaping how financial institutions address cyber as both a technological and human challenge.With more than two decades at the intersection of finance, technology, and organizational performance, Sarah continues to influence the global conversation on institutional resilience, crisis leadership, and the evolving human front line of cyber defense.Guest Quote “I'm such a big advocate of making sure people don't say that humans are the weakest link. Humans represent the largest attack surface of any company. And so, if you think about it, if that's the biggest attack surface, but you're calling it the weakest link, you're really setting yourself up to fail.”Time stamps 00:30 Meet Sarah Gosler 03:46 Why Weakest Link Is the Wrong Framing 06:18 A Marketing Approach to Cybersecurity 07:30 The Cyber Villains Series 10:02 Cyber Is an Everybody Problem 14:36 Deepfakes on the Rise 15:32 Safe Words as a Cyber Defense 16:41 Sarah's Video Game Creation at BNY Mellon 20:09 The Industrialization of Social Engineering 23:21 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsSponsor The HIP Podcast is brought to you by Semperis, the leader in identity-driven cyber resilience for the hybrid enterprise. Trusted by the world's leading businesses, Semperis protects critical Active Directory and Entra ID environments from cyberattacks, ensuring rapid recovery and business continuity when every second counts. Visit semperis.com to learn more.Links Connect with Sarah on LinkedInConnect with Sean on LinkedInDon't miss future episodesLearn more about SemperisMidnight in the War Room tells the story of cyber defenders on the front lines. See this pioneering documentary at an upcoming screening near you: https://www.semperis.com/midnight-in-the-war-room/events/

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Join us in this episode as Erai Beckmann shares his thoughts on blockchain, artificial intelligence, global commerce, and the potential for emerging technologies to expand access to the financial system. As Erai puts it, "We think the first step towards global peace is to allow financial access to those that don't yet have it." That idea sits at the center of Peace Through Trade (PTT), the blockchain project he is a founding partner of and is helping build around peer-to-peer commerce, digital trade, and greater economic participation. Peace Through Trade is a regulation-focused Layer-1 Proof-of-Work blockchain ecosystem designed to work alongside governments and existing financial structures rather than outside them. Erai's approach to Web3 is shaped by a career spent building in emerging and highly regulated industries, where he learned that new technologies are more likely to achieve lasting adoption when regulation is addressed from the beginning. Click play to find out: ●       How blockchain could expand access to global commerce and financial services. ●       Why Erai connects economic participation with greater international cooperation. ●       The role regulation may play in bringing blockchain into mainstream use. ●       How AI, Web3, and digital trade could intersect in the future. Before Peace Through Trade, Erai led public companies and co-founded a pharmaceutical venture focused on cannabinoid-based products in Latin America. He was involved in lobbying and legislative efforts surrounding medical cannabinoid access in Brazil, an experience that helped shape his regulation-first philosophy. Today, he applies that same thinking to blockchain: understand the rules, build infrastructure capable of operating within them, and focus on practical use beyond speculation.  Connect with Erai:  Peace Through Trade  Personal Website  LinkedIn

Join us in this episode as Erai Beckmann shares his thoughts on blockchain, artificial intelligence, global commerce, and the potential for emerging technologies to expand access to the financial system. As Erai puts it, "We think the first step towards global peace is to allow financial access to those that don't yet have it." That idea sits at the center of Peace Through Trade (PTT), the blockchain project he is a founding partner of and is helping build around peer-to-peer commerce, digital trade, and greater economic participation.   Peace Through Trade is a regulation-focused Layer-1 Proof-of-Work blockchain ecosystem designed to work alongside governments and existing financial structures rather than outside them. Erai's approach to Web3 is shaped by a career spent building in emerging and highly regulated industries, where he learned that new technologies are more likely to achieve lasting adoption when regulation is addressed from the beginning. Click play to find out: ●       How blockchain could expand access to global commerce and financial services. ●       Why Erai connects economic participation with greater international cooperation. ●       The role regulation may play in bringing blockchain into mainstream use. ●       How AI, Web3, and digital trade could intersect in the future. Before Peace Through Trade, Erai led public companies and co-founded a pharmaceutical venture focused on cannabinoid-based products in Latin America. He was involved in lobbying and legislative efforts surrounding medical cannabinoid access in Brazil, an experience that helped shape his regulation-first philosophy. Today, he applies that same thinking to blockchain: understand the rules, build infrastructure capable of operating within them, and focus on practical use beyond speculation. Connect with Erai: Peace Through Trade Personal Website LinkedIn

What up, Vigilantes? I have some news for you… Rusty Russell just quit Lightning development. The man who helped build Bitcoin's flagship Layer 2 walked away, and nobody should be surprised. Lightning's usability was always “send five transactions and hopefully one lands.” That's not a payments network. That's a coin flip with extra steps. And the devs didn't just leave Lightning. They fled to Ark Protocol and BitVM. Meanwhile, Elements, Blockstream's federated sidechain model, got hacked. An inflation bug in confidential transactions cost roughly 4,000 BTC, and about 3,600 were returned. This was a feature with formal mathematical proofs of safety. Proofs! The irony, as JK put it on the show: “You could have a catastrophic failure and then your formal methods, like specification and math… doesn't really count anymore.” So Bitcoin's scaling scorecard is 0-for-2. And while Core ossifies, a fork is coming that could absorb the entire altcoin market… Watch on: Odysee | YouTube | X | Rumble | Bitchute | Vigilante.tv Here's the uncomfortable truth: scaling didn't fail technically. It failed culturally. Paul Sztorc's BIP 300/301 drivechain proposals went nowhere from 2015 to today, not because they didn't work, but because ossification culture, as JK said, has “taken the wind out of everybody's sail.” The forks are happening in culture, not code. And when BitVM and Ark get pre-approved as consensus in what JK called “Bitcoin Core secret meetings,” you start to understand who actually decides what Bitcoin is. Then there's the cap itself. Peter Todd is pushing tail emissions and a demurrage idea that would tax your wallet to pay miners. And BlackRock's own commercial disclaimer says the 21 million cap is “subject to change.” The 21 million cap is Bitcoin's whole pitch. If that's negotiable, what isn't? Which brings us to October. eCash is forking in roughly six weeks, and the design is beautiful in its simplicity: Bitcoin Core's exact codebase plus a single change, BIP 300 and BIP 301. That's it. There's no replay protection either, which means holders have to actively split their coins and miners have to actively choose between chains. This fork packs a real punch. BIP 301 is blind merge mining: every main-chain block includes a commitment to a sidechain block, and that sidechain block only becomes valid once the main-chain block is valid. Miners can't give their hash rate away for free anymore. They have to choose. And the sidechain ecosystem? It's exploding. There's ETHside, an Ethereum clone compatible with Ethereum wallets; Zside, a Zcash-style chain; Thunder, with big blocks and instant payments via double-spend bonds; Truthcoin prediction markets; and CoinShift, a decentralized market maker for atomic swaps. Then there's JK's own Elements Plus. In his words, “I took all their research and just switched the one flaw… the pegging and peg out mechanism.” He swapped the federated peg for BIP 300/301, baking the lessons of the Elements hack right into the design. My thesis, and I said it straight to JK: SHA-256 will consume the entire altcoin market. Any altcoin, whether it's Solana, Zcash, or Hyperliquid, could be recreated as a drivechain on eCash. Given how quickly the crypto space has grown, and all the scaling tech clashes and the on-chain horizon we've covered before, this is the next chapter of making Bitcoin fun again. Why build on a less secure chain when you can plug into the most secure protocol on Earth? Alpha and beta testnets are already live. Watch the full interview, and follow the eCash Telegram at ecash.com. Follow me on X @VamosVigilante Want to be on the pulse of crypto? Access our exclusive portfolio, insider reports, full archive of monthly newsletters, real-time market updates, buy/sell alerts, and private community chat and get instant access to the latest issue of our monthly newsletter… Subscribe now! FREE “Crypto 101” Video Training – Watch Our Millionaire Crypto Analyst Reveal the Exact Crypto Wallet Setup He Wished He Had When Starting Out: https://CryptoVigilante.io/crypto101TCV Summit: “What Matters Most in Crypto” | https://dollarvigilante.spiffy.co/checkout/what-matters-most Replay videos available! The Crypto Vigilante (Follow on All Socials) The post Bitcoin Scaling Failed… eCash’s October Fork Is About to Capitalize appeared first on The Crypto Vigilante.

This month we discuss the time travel anime about 90s Bishoujo game development - 16Bit Sensation: Another Layer Next Month, we return to Boogiepop with Boogiepop Phantom. If you have comments on the podcast or on next month's anime, please send them to animeexplorationspod@gmail.com Opening: Donut by Anozira Bandcamp Link: https://anoziramusic.bandcamp.com/track/donut Used with permission Subscribe to the Podcast: https://feeds.libsyn.com/444780/rss Please support my Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/countzeroor Buy me a coffee at Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/countzero Watch my Live-Streams on http://twitch.tv/countzeroor Watch my Let's Plays at https://www.youtube.com/@CountZeroOrPlays

What happens when the practices you've been using all week begin to work together?

In this episode, Dr. Ed Lee, Chief Medical Officer, Nabla, discusses the shift from standalone AI tools to integrated clinical AI platforms, including ambient documentation, coding, clinical workflows, governance and the future of clinical intelligence.This episode is sponsored by Nabla.

The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge is celebrating its seventh anniversary and 365th episode — on the same day.   Riffing off an idea first presented by author Heidi Goehmann, Sarah, Erin, and Rachel each present a range of seven-layer items — one food dish each, plus other assorted Lutheran Lady-related artifacts.   From Erin's loaf-pan lasagna to Sarah's seven-levels of godparenting to Rachel's seven-layer nightstand bookstack and more, the Ladies show that, seven years in, they've only begun to scratch the surface of what's possible.   Erin's Seven Layer Loaf Pan Lasagna  2 generous servings  1 - 1.25 cups canned crushed tomatoes  1 medium zucchini, sliced lengthwise into 1/8-inch ribbons  Baby spinach- "some"  .5 cup whole milk ricotta cheese  .5 cup cottage cheese (or just use 1 cup of either ricotta or cottage cheese)  .25 c parmesan cheese, plus more for finishing  1 egg  2 T basil pesto  Fresh basil leaves- "a small handful"  .25 t garlic powder  Half a small lemon, zested   4 dried lasagna noodles, or enough to fill your loaf pan  1.25 cups shredded cheesy cheese  salt & pepper   Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Lightly grease your loaf pan.   In a small bowl, whisk together the whole egg, ricotta, cottage cheese, parmesan, pesto, garlic powder, lemon zest, and a good grind of  black pepper.   Assembly Instructions:  Spread everything evenly, and always make sure the noodle is FULLY covered.  Base layer: ~1/4 cup of tomato sauce (bottom of the pan)  Layer 1: Lasagna noodle  Layer 2: a quarter of the ricotta-pesto filling  Layer 3: Zucchini slices. Light sprinkle of salt & pepper.  Layer 4: Baby spinach leaves, just to cover.  Layer 5: A light layer of shredded cheese.  Layer 6:  ~1/4 c of tomato sauce.  Repeat layers 1-6 twice more. That will bring you to three lasagna noodle layers.  Before placing the fourth and final noodle, spread out the basil leaves (the seventh layer!!). Then cover with the last noodle and spread the remaining ricotta-pesto filling over the top. Make sure no bare noodle remains. Top with a generous portion of shredded cheese and sprinkle on some parmesan as well.  Cover the pan with foil. Give it enough space so that the foil doesn't touch the cheese.  Bake for 45 minutes. Then remove the foil and bake for 12-15 minutes more, until browned and bubbling.   Let the lasagna rest undisturbed on the counter for 15-20 minutes before slicing.  Notes:   If the cheese isn't browning at the end, amp up the heat to 425°F for a few more minutes.  Make sure the assembled, unbaked lasagna doesn't exceed the height of the loaf pan. You don't want it to bubble over, and you don't want the cheese to stick to the foil.  Resting is important so the lasagna can "set". This allows you to serve a slice that holds together. It also allows it to be less molten and will be less likely to burn the roof of your mouth.  If I wanted to scale this recipe, I would probably double it for an 8x8 or 9x9 casserole dish. And either triple or quadruple it for a 9x13. I would start by laying out dry noodles in the pan and seeing how many fit in a single layer. I would also increase the baking time to 60 minutes covered and then continue uncovered until browned and bubbling. Emalie and Rachel's Seven-Layer Earth Cake  Layer 1: Oreo/butter crumb crust — the bedrock  Layer 2: Gummy worms — the wildlife  Layer 3: Chocolate ganache — the subsoil  Layer 4: Chocolate cake — the topsoil  Layer 5: Green frosting — the grass  Layer 6: White frosting — the clouds  Layer 7: Rainbow candy ribbons — the rainbows  Sarah's Yemeni Coffee Seven-Layer Cookie Bar   6oz super fine almond flour * 20g super fine ground coffee 1/3 tsp salt 1/3 tsp cardamom 1/3 tsp ginger 3Tbs Maple syrup 1Tbs Olive oil  The easy method: Mix all ingredients EXCEPT coffee until very thick (playdough consistency). If too wet, add more flour. If too thick, add more maple syrup.  Split dough in half.   Mix 20g super fine coffee ground into one half. Add more maple syrup if it becomes too dry. Split the coffee layer into 3 balls and the spicy layer into 4 balls. Roll each ball into similar sized shapes.   Alternate in SEVEN layers spice/coffee/spice/coffee/spice/coffee/spice. Cut into small rectangles. Bake on convention (quick bake) at 400/375 for 12 minutes, rotating for another 5 minutes.  Bars are done when almond flour begins to brown.  * Different almond flours absorb different amounts of liquid. May need to edit amounts to get the right consistency. Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), and Erin (@erinaltered) on Instagram! Sign up for the Lutheran Ladies' Lounge monthly e-newsletter here, and email the Ladies at lutheranladies@kfuo.org.

In this episode, Dr. Ed Lee, Chief Medical Officer, Nabla, discusses the shift from standalone AI tools to integrated clinical AI platforms, including ambient documentation, coding, clinical workflows, governance and the future of clinical intelligence.This episode is sponsored by Nabla.

Everyone talks about GPUs. Almost nobody talks about the layer that feeds them. Renen Hallak is the founder & CEO of VAST Data — the $30 billion company powering xAI and some of the world's biggest AI clouds — and he sits in the hidden layer of the AI stack.In this episode, we cover what an AI factory actually is, why every company will eventually own its own AI, the architecture bet behind VAST (DASE, explained simply), KV caches and agent memory, and DataEnclave — VAST's brand-new confidential AI announcement with NVIDIA that lets leading models run on the world's most sensitive data.Plus: the demand signal that scares even him (a customer went from 500 petabytes to 2 exabytes), circular financing, which neoclouds survive, sovereign AI, working with NVIDIA and Elon Musk's xAI — and why the next 10 years will bring more change than the last 1,000.(00:00) Intro(00:51) The hidden software layer in NVIDIA's AI stack(02:28) What actually makes an "AI factory"?(05:13) Should Walmart and Goldman Sachs build their own AI?(06:20) "We infer during the day, fine-tune at night"(13:16) The announcement: models become a resource to manage(15:32) From P vs. NP to founding VAST Data(17:32) OpenAI, Navier–Stokes and 10,000 collaborating agents(20:25) The pre-transformer insight behind VAST(21:55) DASE: VAST's "shared everything" architecture explained(25:18) "Storage was where startups go to die"(27:39) Trillions of vectors: why old databases break(29:01) Are S3, Snowflake and Databricks ready for AI?(31:29) Data gravity, vendor lock-in and zero churn(33:13) Training vs. inference: why the infrastructure changes(34:46) Model routing, KV caches, RAG and agent memory(36:59) Identity, permissions and security for AI agents(40:27) Can multi-agent systems unlock scientific discovery?(41:55) DataEnclave: how confidential AI protects data and weights(45:16) Who should be AI's trust layer?(46:37) "Sometimes it scares me": 500 petabytes to 2 exabytes(50:08) Is circular AI financing creating systemic risk?(51:32) Why VAST is profitable when AI infra isn't(53:24) What separates the winning neoclouds?(55:06) "Their lunch is being eaten": why hyperscalers lag(59:10) Where will the trillions accrue across the AI stack?(1:01:18) NVIDIA: "There's no legal document between us"(1:03:59) What VAST learned from xAI and Elon Musk(1:05:36) "Bad things loudly and often": building at AI speed(1:06:53) More change in 10 years than the previous 1,000?(1:08:39) VAST's endgame: all the data in the world

Kostya Vashkevich, B2B SaaS growth consultant at Measurement Layer, explains how established software businesses can approach growth through data rather than gut feeling. He shares why conversations with stakeholders and careful analysis of fragmented information are both essential to identifying opportunities and building a roadmap. Discover why clear website messaging, strong positioning, and understanding your ideal customer profile remain important as AI changes discovery channels. Kostya also discusses finding accessible growth opportunities, executing consistently, and the difficulty of accurate first-touch attribution. For founders and marketers, this episode offers a grounded perspective on connecting organizational insights, communicating with customers, and pursuing sustainable progress without chasing a silver bullet.

Marie Antoinette famously spent quite a lot of money and time on her outfits and make-up. But what would it feel like to actually wear it?Joining Kate in this episode is the amazing Casta Hex, historical drag queen, embroiderer and textiles artist for film and TV. Casta creates all her costumes using period accurate fabrics and techniques.Layer by layer, they explore how to get ready like Marie Antoinette.This episode was edited by Natasha Hughes. It was produced by Sophie Gee, McKenna Fernandez and Georgie Turner. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.Subscribe to the new Betwixt The Sheets YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@BetwixtTheSheetsPodcastSign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.You can take part in our listener survey here.All music from Epidemic Sounds.Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast.History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards! UK & Ireland listeners please place your vote on the Spotify mobile app here: https://open.spotify.com/s/xhg6PJa Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AI agents aren't just answering questions anymore — they're executing workflows, modifying data, and making autonomous decisions across your most critical systems. As AI agents take on more complex tasks operating at scale and encounter unexpected situations, establishing robust governance and recovery mechanisms becomes increasingly important. Most organizations currently lack the systems needed to manage and address these scenarios effectively.In this episode of the AWS re:Think Podcast, hosts Malini Chatterjee and Jay Sampath sit down with Swami Ramany (GVP, Product Management) and Rob Sadowski (VP, Product & Tech Marketing) from Cohesity to explore the emerging discipline of Agent Resilience — the missing recovery layer for agentic AI at scale. Find further details and demo click HERE Guest: Swami Ramany GVP, Product Management, Cohesity and Rob Sadowski VP, Product & Tech Marketing, CohesityHosts: Malini Chatterjee & Jay Sampath

Kibo: A unified, model-agnostic approach to agentic commerce For B2B and B2C tl;drUnderstand why unified data and one AI interface can outperform a fragmented collection of point agents.See how model-agnostic AI and “bring your own LLM” architecture reduce vendor lock-in and give commerce teams more control over cost and flexibility.Learn how Playbooks automate everyday commerce tasks while preserving human oversight, permissions and accountability.Eric Rosado's return to Kibo as Chief Product Officer comes at a pivotal moment for ecommerce technology. After previously serving as Kibo's VP of Product and spending three years as CPO at Monetate, Eric returned to help shape Kibo's next phase of product innovation, as AI accelerates software development and the way commerce teams operate.The vendor market is evolving rapidly. AI is enabling companies to build faster but that creates new challenges: deciding what to build, keeping pace with constant model innovation and helping customers navigate a crowded market where vendors often promise similar capabilities. Product teams must now design not only for customer experience, but also for “agent experience”, making their platforms easy for AI agents to understand and use.That thinking is central to Kibo AI, Kibo Commerce's newly available agentic layer. Rather than exposing customers to a growing collection of individual agents, Kibo AI brings nine specialised agents together behind one unified interface spanning commerce and order management. Its unified data model and API-first architecture allow agents to work across catalogue, pricing, promotions, inventory, routing, fulfilment and orchestration without forcing users to understand the underlying complexity.Kibo AI is also model agnostic. Through its “bring your own model” architecture, customers can use OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini or open-weight models according to their existing technology strategy, performance requirements and budget. This flexibility helps avoid vendor lock-in and gives businesses greater control as model capabilities and token costs continue to change.Our conversation also explores Playbooks: plain-language automations that run on triggers or schedules. They can monitor new products for missing content, flag fulfillment risks, generate reports and connect with external services such as translation engines or Slack.It's important that we emphasise human oversight. AI can analyse, explain and prepare actions, but permissions, audit trails and approval steps remain in place, helping commerce teams automate repetitive work without surrendering control.

In this episode David Beck, Casey Ballard and Uchi Jayawardhena tackle one of the biggest barriers to successful AI adoption: poor data foundations. They explore why data disorganisation, fragmentation and inconsistent governance continue to undermine business processes, long before GenAI enters the picture. With each speaker coming at the problem from a slightly different angle, they examine why even the most advanced technology cannot compensate for poor-quality data. They discuss the myths that hold organisations back, the risks of relying on technology to solve underlying data issues, and the practical steps businesses can take to move from data chaos to data clarity. The episode highlights how strong data foundations enable better decision-making, lower risk, more effective technology adoption and more reliable AI outcomes. Ultimately, the message is simple: if you want AI to deliver value, you need to start with the data.

The most expensive AI mistake of 2026 won't show up on any invoice.

Bitcoin surged above $85,000 after finally clearing the roughly $83,000 level that both Matt and Craig Cobb have been watching. Craig explains that the breakout does not automatically create a monthly Bitcoin uptrend, but it does eliminate the existing downtrend and moves Bitcoin into a no-trend higher-time-frame structure. Total crypto market cap had already made a similar breakout, while Solana and other major altcoins are showing stronger cyclicity and trends. Matt's next question is whether roughly $83,000 can now become support. The rally was supported by falling oil prices, a retreat in the 10-year Treasury yield, renewed ETF inflows and a huge short squeeze, with about $648 million in crypto shorts liquidated. Beyond price, Coinbase is seeking approval for single-stock perpetual futures, ZetaChain voted to wind down its Layer 1 and migrate to Solana, the CFTC is moving ahead with crypto rulemaking after CLARITY failed, and Polymarket is facing serious questions over fraud and compliance. Matt remains constructive but cautious, arguing that the breakout becomes significantly more convincing if Bitcoin can turn the low-$80,000 range from resistance into support. Happy HODLing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A woman in China has practiced Falun Dafa since 1996 and shares her experience of how Dafa has protected her family, her dedication to fulfilling her vows during the persecution, and the many blessings her family has received. This and other experience-sharing on the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Being a Qualified Disciple and Following Master2. Layer by Layer, I Found My Fundamental Attachments To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

The Nancy Meyers Aesthetic: How to Get the Cozy, Collecte Look on a Budget If you love a home that feels warm, collected, welcoming, and just a little bit effortlessly fabulous, there's a good chance you love the Nancy Meyers aesthetic. Think cozy kitchens, slipcovered sofas, stacks of books, flowers on the table, soft lighting, and rooms that look like actual people live there. The good news? You don't need a Nancy Meyers movie budget to bring some of that magic into your own home. In this episode, I'm breaking down the 7 elements that create the Nancy Meyers look and sharing 10 budget-friendly ways to get the feeling in your own home without redecorating from scratch. In This Episode The 7 decorating elements that make a Nancy Meyers-inspired home feel so warm and inviting Why warm neutrals are such a big part of the aesthetic How slipcovered furniture instantly adds that relaxed, collected feeling The secret to getting that gorgeous, layered lighting Why books are basically decor in these homes How natural textures keep neutral spaces from feeling boring The simple fresh touches that make a home feel alive Why the kitchen is the true heart of the home 10 budget-friendly ways to bring the Nancy Meyers aesthetic into your own house The 7 Elements of the Nancy Meyers Aesthetic 1. A warm neutral color palette Think creamy whites, warm beiges, soft taupes, muted blues and other colors that feel calm and timeless rather than stark or trendy. 2. Slipcovered seating Slipcovers give furniture that relaxed, comfortable, come-sit-down feeling that shows up again and again in Nancy Meyers interiors. 3. Abundant, layered lighting These rooms rarely rely on one overhead light. Instead, you'll find lamps, sconces, pendants, and other little pools of light layered throughout the room. 4. Books everywhere Books aren't hidden away. They're stacked, shelved, piled on coffee tables and tucked into corners. They add color, personality and, most importantly, the feeling that someone actually lives here. 5. Natural textures Jute, sisal, linen, wood, wicker and other natural materials bring warmth and texture to all those beautiful neutrals. 6. Fresh touches Flowers, branches, bowls of fruit and other little bits of nature keep these homes from feeling too perfect or static. 7. The kitchen is the heart of the home And we're not hiding all the good stuff in cabinets. Pots, cutting boards, wooden utensils, bowls and cooking tools become part of the decor. The kitchen looks like it's ready to be used. 10 Budget-Friendly Ways to Get the Nancy Meyers Look You don't need to replace your entire house to get this feeling. Start with what you already have. 1. Slipcover your existing seating. Before buying a new sofa, see if your current one can get a whole new personality with a slipcover. 2. Layer your lighting. Add a table lamp, floor lamp or small accent lamp. The goal is to have several sources of warm, inviting light instead of relying on one overhead fixture. 3. Thrift furniture or say yes to the hand-me-downs. That piece of furniture you've always turned down because it's not exactly your style? Take another look. A coat of paint, new hardware or simply placing it in the right room can work wonders. 4. Bring out your books...and remove the dust jackets. Hardcover books without their dust jackets often have beautiful, understated covers that instantly add warmth and personality to a room. 5. Put out bowls of fruit. A big bowl of lemons, apples, oranges or whatever is in season is an inexpensive way to add color and that fresh, lived-in feeling. 6. Try a sisal or jute rug. Natural-fiber rugs add texture and warmth without requiring a complicated pattern or a big decorating budget. 7. Bring the kitchenware out of hiding. Display your cutting boards, wooden spoons, pretty bowls and favorite pots. The things you use every day can also be part of the room's personality. 8. Use mismatched white dishes at dinner. They don't have to match perfectly. A collection of simple white dishes can feel collected, relaxed and beautiful when they're mixed together. 9. Replace heavy drapes with something lighter. Try sheer, linen or linen-look curtains to let more light into the room and create that soft, easy feeling. 10. Frame botanical prints. You can find beautiful botanical artwork inexpensively, especially secondhand. A simple frame and a botanical print can bring in that classic, collected look without a major investment. The Takeaway The Nancy Meyers aesthetic isn't really about having a perfectly decorated house. It's about creating a home that feels warm, comfortable, collected and lived in. And that's the part I hope you take away from this episode. You don't have to buy all new furniture. You don't need a giant decorating budget. And you definitely don't need to turn your home into a movie set. Start with what you already have. Add a little texture. Soften the lighting. Put the books on display. Bring the pretty kitchen things out of the cabinets. Add some flowers or a bowl of fruit. A few small changes can crank up the cozy dial in a big way. Want help pulling this look together in your home? 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In this episode, Karl explains why Optimism is betting on a future with potentially millions of chains, where financial institutions, exchanges, fintech companies, and major businesses operate their own customized Layer 2 networks. We break down why companies like Coinbase and Kraken are using the OP Stack, how institutional crypto adoption could accelerate, and what this new model could mean for Ethereum.~~~~~⁠⁠

The conversation covers the topics of DevNets, network testing, protocol upgrades, and fork dates. It also addresses the issues related to P2P circuit breakers and the need for client releases. The discussion explores the challenges and considerations for scheduling the Cepolia and Hoodie forks, as well as the testing of direct connections to builders for mainnet readiness. The conversation covers the testing and integration of software on DevNets, the planning and scoping of EIPs for upcoming forks, and the discussion around the scope of EIP 8365. The scoping of EIPs involves client rankings, technical discussions, and considerations for future forks. The conversation also delves into the deprecation and force exit of zero validators and the implications of these actions. The conversation focused on the discussion and decision-making process for various EIPs, including forced exits, issuance changes, and broader community impact. The core developers emphasized the need for a comprehensive and inclusive decision-making process, considering the impact on stakeholders and the broader community.TakeawaysDevNets activation and testingProtocol upgrades and deprecation of network protocolsScheduling of fork dates and client releasesImportance of P2P circuit breakers for network securityTesting direct connections to builders for mainnet readiness DevNets play a crucial role in testing and integrating software for upcoming releases.The scoping and planning of EIPs for upcoming forks involves client rankings, technical discussions, and considerations for future forks. Inclusive decision-makingCommunity impactChapters00:00 DevNets and Protocol Upgrades15:01 Scheduling Fork Dates and Client Releases19:47 P2P Circuit Breakers and Network Security29:46 Testing Direct Connections to Builders32:06 Testing and Integration on DevNets35:15 Planning and Scoping of EIPs55:42 Discussion on EIP 8365 Scope01:05:58 Forced Exits and EIP 836501:06:35 EIP Scope and Community Consensus01:09:03 PQ Roadmap and EIP Prioritization01:10:37 DFI and CFI Decisions01:11:40 Issuance Changes and Community Impact01:20:26 Governance and Decision-Making Process01:28:30 Future EIP Discussions and Community Engagement

Vroon Modgill spent two decades in payments as an accountant, finance director and CFO before founding Sokin in 2019. The company launched as a subscription-based consumer remittance app and is now a B2B payments and treasury platform running across 170 countries and 70 currencies, growing 100% a year while staying profitable. We talk about the pivot out of consumer, where stablecoins actually earn their place, and why he thinks the moat in agentic finance sits in the regulated plumbing rather than in the agent.What We CoveredTwenty years in payments before founding SokinWatching his father fill out the same compliance forms on every remittanceWhy a consumer subscription app was the wrong business to be inThe 2021 decision to go all in on B2BSitting underneath the payments, treasury and FX providersOne integration across 170 countries and 70 currenciesEnterprise direct versus the embedded partner channelEmbedded going from zero to 40% of projected US revenue in a yearWhy most of the world is not card firstOwning the stablecoin stack instead of renting itThe MCP connector and agent-prepared, human-approved paymentsNine dollars of revenue for every dollar of net cash burnedThe Series B, the Oxford Finance debt facility and the licensing build-outWhat the Manchester United partnership actually deliversKey TakeawaysThe defensible layer in agentic finance is not the model. An agent that decides to fund payroll still needs an account, a license and a rail, which is why the licensing build-out matters more than the AI demo.Stablecoins work best treated as a rail rather than a religion. Sokin bought the engineering DNA, runs fiat and stable through the same licensed infrastructure, and lets the route decide.Consumer remittance is a price and marketing game. Being right about the problem does not make it the right business, and the enterprise version of the same friction is where the money is.Profitable growth is a capital strategy, not just discipline. It let Sokin raise equity into strength and add debt at a lower cost than dilution.About Vroon ModgillVroon Modgill is the founder and CEO of Sokin, a global business payments and treasury platform he launched in 2019. He trained as an accountant and spent roughly 20 years in payments and finance leadership roles, including finance director positions at startups and, from 2017 to 2019, North America CEO and global CFO of a crypto payments company. Sokin closed a Series B led by Prysm Capital with Morgan Stanley returning, followed by a debt facility from Oxford Finance, and is the official payments partner of Manchester United.Connect with Fintech One-on-One:Tweet me @PeterRentonConnect with me on LinkedInFind previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

Enterprise Knowledge's Lulit Tesfaye, VP of Knowledge & Data Services, speaks with Noz Urbina, Founder of Urbina Consulting and panelist at this year's Semantic Layer Symposium, about semantic layer applications, trends in the industry, and the upcoming conference. To learn more about the Semantic Layer Symposium, check it out here: ⁠https://semanticlayersymposium.com/⁠ *25% off discount code: knowledgecastTo learn more about Enterprise Knowledge, visit us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠enterprise-knowledge.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.EK's Knowledge Base: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://enterprise-knowledge.com/knowledge-base/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Contact Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://enterprise-knowledge.com/contact-us/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/enterprise-knowledge-llc/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ekconsulting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ad Music License: Upbeat Corporate by JP Bianchini https://jpbianchini.comCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/jp-bianchini/upbeat-corporateMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Hiq53IyRnGI

Говорят, если стартуешь бизнес в 2026 и ты не AI-native, можно не стартовать. Позвали Андрея Девяткина, со-основателя FivexL: он строит AI-продукт BORIS и уже несколько раз его переупаковал. Разбираем контекстный layer, MCP, Bedrock, экономику токенов и почему AI SRE выглядит мертворождённой категорией. О ЧЁМ ВЫПУСК • Как всё началось: на митапе Amazon Q CLI не смог понять, почему упал Vote App на ECS. • Harness как упряжка: LLM даёт лошадиную силу, а Claude Code, Codex и Kiro CLI решают, куда её направить. • Архитектура под паранойю: данные в аккаунте заказчика, Bedrock в zero retention, отдельный аккаунт на клиента. • Живое демо: чистая сессия Claude без памяти, ответ про сервис за минуту и 38 центов. • Пивоты: «context engineering platform» никто не понял, DevOps-агент не дал traction. • Почему AI SRE выглядит мертворождённой категорией и чем от неё отличается AWS DevOps Agent. • Граф и temporal: троублшутинг serverless, RAG без понятия о времени, корпоративная амнезия. • Стек честно: Bedrock Knowledge Base, S3 Vectors, лимиты Titan, сломанный Kimi. • Нужны ли DevOps дальше: три разные позиции и спор про то, умирает ли навык чтения. • Стоит ли стартовать AI-продукт в 2026 и кто платит за токены. ГОСТЬ Андрей Девяткин, со-основатель FivexL (AWS Advanced Tier), AWS Community Builder, лидер AWS User Group в Лас-Пальмасе. У нас во второй раз, первый был в DKT65 про ECS и EKS.

“Only about 7% of healthcare data is available to the frontier models,” says Kyle Armbrester, CEO of Datavant. He joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to discuss why healthcare’s AI opportunity starts with solving its fragmented-data problem. Armbrester explains Datavant’s role connecting providers, payers, life sciences, legal and insurance customers; why scale and tokenization are critical to linking data securely; and how the company is moving beyond records and dashboards toward AI-powered finished products. He also reflects on lessons from Athenahealth, Signify Health and CVS, Datavant’s acquisition strategy and the company’s ambitions as it considers a potential public-market future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AI gives confident answers built on missing context. Kelly Hopping, four-time CMO and current CMO at 6sense, breaks down where that context gap hits go-to-market teams and how her CPG training shapes the fix. She explains treating brand marketing as full P&L ownership, not logo management, and applying classic 4P discipline—pricing, distribution, promotion, and messaging—as one system instead of disconnected levers. She contrasts this GM-style, cross-functional execution model with the narrower brand role common at most B2B SaaS companies.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

AI gives confident answers built on missing context. Kelly Hopping, four-time CMO and current CMO at 6sense, breaks down where that context gap hits go-to-market teams and how her CPG training shapes the fix. She explains treating brand marketing as full P&L ownership, not logo management, and applying classic 4P discipline—pricing, distribution, promotion, and messaging—as one system instead of disconnected levers. She contrasts this GM-style, cross-functional execution model with the narrower brand role common at most B2B SaaS companies.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Nicole Rivera and Dr. Nick Carruthers break down why so many people jolt awake between 2 and 3am with worry, fear or full-blown panic — the melatonin-to-cortisol handoff, the brain's overnight detox pathway, and the subconscious material showing up in your dreams. What this episode is about Waking at 2 or 3 in the morning with worry, fear or panic is one of the most common things we hear after fifteen years of practice. Most people reach for the obvious explanations — too much wine, too much caffeine, ate too late. In this episode Dr. Nicole Rivera and Dr. Nick Carruthers walk through the two layers they actually look at. Layer one — the biochemical story Melatonin does more than make you sleepy. It is also part of how the brain clears what it accumulated during the day. Where the load comes from: heavy metals, dental materials, mouth and sinus products, everyday chemical exposure, and what travels up from the gut. When melatonin gets used up early, cortisol — the hormone that wakes you — arrives hours ahead of schedule. Instead of rising at 5 or 6am, it rises at 2 or 3am, and you wake with a racing mind. Why reaching for a melatonin supplement is a band-aid: it can speed the process up without any of the drainage pathways being open first. Kidneys, liver, lymphatics, neck and sinuses come first. Layer two — the subconscious story The emotion you wake up in is information. What were you dreaming about? Perceived imbalance — the moments we labelled purely good or purely bad — keeps running at night. Balancing the perception is what settles it. Clarity builds confidence, confidence allows action. Write the fragment down in the morning, even one image, and decode it in the INNSPO app. Mentioned in this episode Prior episode: "Your Brain Can't Poop" — the deeper dive on brain detoxification INNSPO dream decode and daily practice Your Integrative Life Compass — 13 questions, about 4 minutes, no email required Next step If you wake up at 3am and nobody has been able to tell you why, start with Your Integrative Life Compass at integrativeyou.health/compass. It points you at the pattern rather than another supplement. See Healthcare Differently. Links from this episode Full episode page, transcript and resources Watch this episode on YouTube DNA Precision Free: Your Integrative Life Compass — 13 questions, 4 minutes Go deeper with the DNA Precision Program — epigenetic hair analysis, heavy metal mapping, and lab-validated protocols. waking up at 3am · 3am anxiety · waking up with panic at night · melatonin brain detox · glymphatic system · cortisol spike early morning · circadian rhythm · middle of the night anxiety · dream analysis · root cause insomnia · functional medicine sleep · Integrative You Radio Integrative You — helping self-led families build lives they do not need to recover from. integrativeyou.health

The 7 Layers of Healing: A Roadmap From Chronic Illness to Better HealthGet some help! https://drhughwegwerth.com/Why do some people stay sick even after trying supplements, medications, diets, and different treatments?In this episode, Dr. Hugh Wegwerth shares the 7-layer system he uses to help people better understand chronic illness and what may be getting in the way of healing.After decades of working with difficult chronic health problems, Dr. Hugh has found that healing often starts with the basics.Instead of chasing symptoms, this approach looks at the body one layer at a time.The 7 Layers Include:Layer 1: The FoundationLearn why blood pressure, blood sugar, and healthy oxygen delivery may be some of the first things to check.Layer 2: Food and ProteinYour body needs enough food and protein to rebuild damaged tissue and make energy.Layer 3: Home Physical MedicineLearn about tools that may support blood sugar, sleep, nervous system function, circulation, and recovery.Layer 4: Cell MembranesEvery cell has a protective membrane. Healthy fats and nutrients help support these important structures.Layer 5: Mitochondria and EnergyMitochondria help your cells make energy. When energy production is poor, healing can become harder.Layer 6: Gut HealthGut problems can affect digestion, inflammation, nutrient absorption, the nervous system, and overall health.Layer 7: Core NutrientsYour body needs the right nutrients to repair tissue, make energy, and function properly.In this episode, you will also learn:Why unstable blood sugar may slow recoveryWhy eating enough protein mattersWhy low blood pressure may affect nutrient deliveryWhy sleep is so important for healingHow the nervous system and gut work togetherWhy mitochondria are important for energyWhy chronic illness often needs more than just supplementsHow a step-by-step plan may make recovery easier to understandThe main message is simple:Healing is not usually about finding one magic supplement or treatment.It is about finding the weak areas in your body and working through them in the right order.If you have been dealing with chronic fatigue, brain fog, fibromyalgia, autoimmune problems, gut problems, blood sugar problems, dysautonomia, antibiotic-related health problems, or other chronic symptoms, this episode will give you a simple roadmap for looking at your health in a new way.Start with the foundation. Build one layer at a time. Give your body what it needs to heal and function better.The sections on home therapies, cell membranes, mitochondria, and gut health were also taken directly from your source material.

For episode 773 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Abdul Rafay Gadit, Co-founder of ZIGChain. ZIGChain is a permissionless Layer 1 blockchain, explicitly optimized for decentralized wealth management and the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs).

QuickBooks and spreadsheets aren't failing because small business owners don't care. They fail because owners are busy running the business, and “keeping the books” becomes a second job with high stakes. I sit down with Justin Meretab, co-founder and CEO of Layer, to dig into why embedded accounting is emerging as one of the most practical, high-ROI moves in embedded finance for vertical SaaS platforms.We unpack the difference between accounting software and bookkeeping, then get specific about why accounting belongs in the embedded finance roadmap right alongside payments, banking, and lending. When your platform already owns the operational workflow and the payments flow, you have the richest possible data to automate reconciliation, reflect refunds and fees correctly, and generate a clean profit and loss statement without the painful setup that comes with horizontal accounting tools. Justin also shares what “good fit” looks like for embedded accounting, especially for businesses doing roughly $50K to $5M+ in revenue that need clarity without hiring a full in-house finance team.We also talk platform strategy: who should own the product, what the SaaS team should own in go to market and support, and how AI is changing everything from transaction categorization to behind-the-scenes bookkeeping automation. If you're building embedded finance, this conversation makes the case that accounting might be the simplest way to deliver immediate value, drive retention, and turn your software into the financial hub your customers already want.If you find this useful, subscribe, share the episode with a builder in vertical SaaS, and leave a review so more fintech teams can find it.

Mixing peptides and retinol sounds risky, but one small mistake in order or timing could leave your skin flaking for weeks. Here's the exact layering sequence dermatology-minded routines swear by to avoid irritation entirely. Learn more at https://neuveralife.com/products/peptilift Neuvera City: Hanover Address: 3 Wing Dr Website: https://neuveralife.com/

In this episode, Dr. David Jockers breaks down the seven daily habits silently fueling the surge in Alzheimer's, dementia, and other neurodegenerative conditions, and lays out exactly how to reverse each one before symptoms ever appear.   You will learn why blood sugar dysregulation and insulin resistance have earned Alzheimer's the nickname "type 3 diabetes," which three nutrient deficiencies are quietly damaging brain cells, how everyday medications like statins and acid-reflux drugs contribute to cognitive decline, and why environmental toxins, inactivity, sun avoidance, and poor sleep round out the list of brain-degrading habits, plus the specific, actionable steps to reverse every one of them.   In This Episode:  00:00 Drugs and Dementia Risk 00:28 Podcast Intro and Coaching 03:44 Alzheimers Slow Burn 04:37 Blood Sugar and Type 3 06:27 Nutrient Deficiencies 11:37 Medications and Mitochondria 12:41 Toxins, Movement, Sun, Sleep 15:16 Reverse It All Today 18:17 Final Thanks and Reviews   Tired of skincare that promises the world and delivers nothing? Pureance already helped more than 60,000 women fall back in love with their skin. Start with the Cellular Restore Serum, powered by bakuchiol, a gentler plant-based alternative to retinol that left 92.9% of women in a focus group with visibly fewer wrinkles in just three weeks. Layer on the tremella-mushroom Cellular Hydration Serum for deep, all-day hydration, the Lift and Glow Organic Eye Cream to brighten tired under-eyes, and the vitamin-C-packed Even Glow Serum, made with kakadu plum, one of the most concentrated natural sources of vitamin C on earth, to fade dark spots and restore radiance. Ready to see what clean, organic skincare can really do? Head to pureance.com  and use code JOCKERS to save 35% on your order today.   What if protecting your cells from oxidative stress was as easy as a few sprays under your tongue? That's the idea behind Purality Health's Glutathione Spray, a fast, convenient, and surprisingly good-tasting way to support your body's master antioxidant without choking down another capsule. Purality took it a step further with their advanced delivery technology and added vitamin C, so you get even more antioxidant support in every spray. For a limited time, they're offering a buy one, get one free deal backed by a 180-day money-back guarantee, so there's really nothing to lose. Go to masterantioxidant.com/drj and grab yours before the offer's gone.   "Alzheimer's doesn't just happen. It's a disease process that takes over 30 years of silent brain inflammation before you begin to notice the signs and symptoms."  ~ Dr. Jockers     Subscribe to the podcast on: Apple Podcast Stitcher Spotify PodBean TuneIn Radio   Resources: Visit pureance.com and use code JOCKERS to save 35% on Pureance organic skincare products Visit masterantioxidant.com/drj to get a buy one, get one free offer on Purality Health's Glutathione Spray   Connect with Dr. Jockers: Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/drjockers/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/DrDavidJockers YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/user/djockers Website – https://drjockers.com/ If you are interested in being a guest on the show, we would love to hear from you! Please contact us here! - https://drjockers.com/join-us-dr-jockers-functional-nutrition-podcast/ 

“Software can't fake physics.” In this Technology Reseller News podcast recorded at Alianza Navigate 2026, James Lee, CEO of Inlayer, discusses how the company is evolving beyond Phonism and building a new trust layer for communications in an era of AI-driven fraud. Inlayer owns Phonism, known for SIP device management and security. Lee says the company is now expanding into compliance automation, helping service providers address requirements such as KYC and E911 while creating new verified communication services. The core idea is simple: prove that a real human is present before a sensitive communication begins. Inlayer is developing patented “tap-to-prove” endpoints that work similarly to tap-to-pay. A user physically taps an unlocked phone against a card, sticker or other assigned endpoint, creating cryptographic proof of presence. “That physical act adds another form of human-factor authentication,” Lee says. “Software can't fake physics.” The system can also collect identity and, with consent, location information before creating a trust token that can be passed to the communications provider. Lee says the need is growing rapidly as AI makes synthetic voice, deepfake video and automated fraud easier and cheaper to produce at scale. Rather than trying to detect fraud after it occurs, Inlayer wants service providers to block unverified traffic before a call, message or online session begins. That creates a potential new revenue opportunity for UCaaS, CCaaS, CPaaS and voice providers by allowing them to offer premium verified-human communications. The company is also building what Lee calls a broader “trust stack,” combining verified presence, identity, consent and immutable records based on vCon standards. Those records could include verified participants, recordings, transcripts, documents, votes and other elements of a communication that may later need to be audited or defended in court. Inlayer is currently looking for development partners, communications providers and enterprises interested in testing the technology and helping bring verified-human communications to market. Visit Inlayer.com to learn more.  

“We're living in the agentic age of voice.” In this Technology Reseller News podcast, Jeff Pulver of the vCon Foundation discusses the upcoming fall VON+ events in Atlanta and why he believes voice is entering a new renaissance driven by AI, identity and trusted conversations. The three-day program begins October 13 with two parallel events: the 2026 vCon Summit and Voice AI Live. The vCon Summit will focus on virtualized conversations, implementations and emerging standards, while Voice AI Live will feature demonstrations from voice AI platforms. The following two days will bring together communications veterans, AI startups, network operators and other industry leaders for VON+, focused on the future of voice and conversations. Pulver argues that the industry must move beyond least-cost routing toward what he calls “purple routing”—prioritizing low latency, high-quality audio, security, identity and trusted paths rather than simply choosing the cheapest route. “In the age of AI, what matters is the lowest-latency signal, the most secure known route, high-quality voice and identity,” Pulver says. vCon as the conversation record Pulver also sees vCon becoming a foundational component of AI-era communications. A vCon can capture not only a voice call but also the broader conversation across channels—text, messaging, transcripts, documents and other interactions—and preserve the associated metadata and context. “vCons can turn conversations into an asset,” Pulver says. That capability can support compliance, portability and AI memory while helping organizations avoid locking conversation history into individual communications platforms. Pulver also points to future use cases involving agent-to-agent communications and capturing the reasoning and actions of agentic AI systems. The larger opportunity, he says, is for communications companies to rethink what voice becomes when AI is built into the experience rather than simply layered onto legacy telecom. “We need to be thinking for the future today,” Pulver says. “If we don't, somebody new is going to come in and take the revenue.” The VON+ fall events take place October 13–15 in Sandy Springs, Atlanta. Visit Pulver.com, VONevolution.com or TheVConFoundation.com to learn more.  

Execution Layer Meeting 245 [2026-09-10] | ACDE 245

Frank and Tim crack open a couple of beers and head back to 1989, where Tim Burton built an entire Gotham City from scratch on a soundstage and Jack Nicholson had his name above the title of a Batman movie. Beers of the Week Sam Adams American Light Lager Little House Hornet's Honey Imperial Kölsch Find us at beerwithgeeks.com — like, subscribe, leave a rating, and tell a friend.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Cecilia Dones and Iesha White discuss the complex evolution of artificial intelligence within the marketing and advertising industries.  They explore the shift of AI becoming a "middle layer" between brands and consumers, highlighting how automated systems can influence purchasing decisions using unverified information.  These outstanding ladies distinguish between closed and open AI systems, warning that proprietary models often lack transparency and can lead to brand safety issues like hallucinations or data poisoning.  They emphasize that while AI offers efficiency, brands must prioritize human judgment, organic engagement, and authentic connections to maintain their reputation. Ultimately, the conversation serves as a call for marketers to implement stronger governance and return to fundamental marketing principles to navigate an increasingly automated landscape. Here are four topics we focused on: The AI "Middle Layer": AI is increasingly acting as an unapproved intermediary between brands and consumers. AI systems now generate answers, ad creative, and buying decisions using unverified information that brands did not write or approve. The Trap of Closed Systems: Major ad networks heavily push automated, "closed" AI tools (like Google's PMAX and Meta's Advantage+) to recoup their massive infrastructure investments. This leaves brands with an "illusion of choice" and little-to-no technical ability to trace, audit, or correct costly AI hallucinations. SEO Poisoning & Sabotage: Closed systems are highly vulnerable to model manipulation. A Cornell study showed it takes as few as 13 words on Reddit to completely alter Google's AI Overviews. This enables black-hat corporate espionage where bad actors can programmatically poison what LLMs say about a competitor. Defense & Adaptation: Brands must collectively lobby agencies and industry groups to demand LLM transparency. Meanwhile, marketers should prioritize core organic SEO and human-driven curation, while consumers are increasingly pushing back against digital clutter by seeking offline, real-world connections ("touch grass")   Check out the interview on YouTube!     

You've got your brand strategy, you've determined your content pillars, but getting started with creating content still feels… next to impossible. In today's episode, I'm showing you how I take a brand strategy and turn it into actual reels, carousels, stories, and more that your ideal guest will actually care about. I'll show you how to stop treating content pillars as just topics and start using them as a means to generate endless content.Time-stamps: Start with the guest in mind (2:13)Breaking down content pillars to create content (6:03)20% off Lodgify (11:29)Content for a personal brand in hospitality (12:33)Layer in your brand voice (17:25)Utilize b-roll footage (19:56)The content formula (22:18)Mentioned in This Episode:Use code bmpod20 for 20% off yearly and bi-yearly Lodgify plans: lodgify.com/?afmc=ea130 B-Roll Shots Every STR Owner Needs: brandandmarket.myflodesk.com/b-roll-checklist-podcastEpisode 111: Building Your Dream STR Portfolio with Zack Metcalf: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/111-building-your-dream-str-portfolio-with-zack-metcalfEpisode 79: Creating a Unique Rental Experience Through Boutique Hotels and Micro-Resorts with Ian Joseph: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/79-creating-a-unique-rental-experience-throughConnect with Ali: Website: brandandmarket.coInstagram: instagram.com/brandandmarket.coBook a discovery call with Ali: brandandmarket.17hats.com/p#/schedulingHave a question, an episode idea, or some feedback for The Brand & Market Podcast? Text me anytime at (919) 626-2517—I'd love to hear from you!

For episode 769 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Michael Steuer, President & CTO of Casper Network.Casper is the Layer 1 infrastructure for regulated real-world assets and machine commerce. On Casper, institutions can bring assets onchain under enforceable rules, while autonomous systems can operate through their own accounts and participate in financial activity as economic actors.

If you want to feel more confident speaking up at work so you can boldly share your voice as a leader - today's episode is for you.  If your confidence disappears the moment the room feels intimidating - it's not because you inherently lack confidence.  It's because building real confidence is a 5 layer process - and most people are missing one or two key layers. In this episode you'll learn:• The 5 layer model of confidence and why not all layers are created equal when it comes to building real, lasting confidence• Why your confidence disappears under pressure and the missing layers that are keeping you stuck• How to speak with confidence in intimidating rooms by building the three foundational layers most people overlook• The #1 most powerful layer for feeling more confident at work — and why it unlocks everything elseIf you're ready to build those deeper layers of confidence - stay tuned to hear more details about The Art of Speaking Up Academy coming later this week

McKinsey, the United Nations, Skype, Rocket Internet, Facebook, King. Then Akin Babayigit co-founded Tripledot, spun out Luna Labs, and now runs Arcadia Gaming Partners, a $100M fund he deploys alone.He left Türkiye at sixteen and never moved back, which makes him one of the few people who can talk about Istanbul as both an insider and an outsider. We get into how the ecosystem was built, why Sidar Şahin still shapes it years after disappearing, why payback windows are the wrong lens, and what he told a room of Turkish founders that they did not want to hear.Chapters 02:42 Leaving Türkiye 06:23 Building Tripledot 08:51 The Sidar myth 18:21 One trick? 20:47 First mover advantage 23:25 Payback versus IRR 28:32 What AI changes 31:43 The AppLovin dependency 40:07 fal and Layer 42:22 What Türkiye lacks 49:28 The unsexy work 54:24 After gaming 1:05:20 Türkiye and Israel

We celebrated Alan Fisher's 70th birthday with drinks, trivia & police sirens.

Ethan and Holly tackle the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP). They explain how this protocol helps network engineers map network topologies and validate wiring. They also discuss how LLDP devices use frames to send information, mandatory and optional type length values (TLVs), and why security on edge ports remains critical. Episode Links: Watch this episode... Read more »

Ethan and Holly tackle the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP). They explain how this protocol helps network engineers map network topologies and validate wiring. They also discuss how LLDP devices use frames to send information, mandatory and optional type length values (TLVs), and why security on edge ports remains critical. Episode Links: Watch this episode... Read more »

Companies need their own AI intelligence layer, not just API access. Isaac Ferreira, VP of Growth Systems and AI at Shift Paradigm, breaks down why proprietary operating context matters more than model choice. He explains how enterprise AI accounts avoid training data leakage, why businesses should build fallback capability across multiple models, and when locally hosted open-weight models beat frontier models for high-risk processes.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.