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In this episode, Star Link Communication introduces the Bio Lynx Attendance Device, a breakthrough in centralized remote enrollment technology. Designed for enterprises managing employees across multiple locations, Bio Lynx eliminates the need for HR or IT teams to physically visit sites for employee enrollment.The episode explains how the system works – from granting remote permissions at the head office to local staff registering fingerprints on-site, with data instantly pushed to the central server via GPRS. It also highlights the key advantages of Bio Lynx, such as massive data capacity, real-time data transfer, and flexibility for remote environments.Listeners will also discover the industries that benefit the most, including manufacturing, construction, education, healthcare, logistics, and retail.Star Link's Bio Lynx Attendance Device offers organizations a smarter way to manage attendance – enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and ensuring complete centralized control.

以下のようなトピックについて話をしました。 01. STが初代LTK王者に輝く LTK初代王者は「Sorcary Tiara」！3ヶ月の激闘を制覇 k4sen主催の『League of Legends』ストリーマー大会「League The k4sen Season: Spirit Blossom Beyond」が8月27日に閉幕し、レギュラーシーズン1位通過の「Sorcary Tiara（ST）」が初代王者に輝いた。 大会は4チーム48名のストリーマーが参加し、各チームはベテランのCORE（5名）と新世代のNEXT（5名）、コーチ（2名）で構成。レギュラーシーズンを経てプレイオフが行われた。 グランドファイナルでは、STが「Resolve Regalia（RR）」と激突。ウィナーズサイドのSTが1勝アドバンテージを持つ変則Bo5で実施された。Game1ではRR NEXTが47分の激戦を制してタイに戻すも、Game2でST COREが勝利し王手をかけた。 運命のGame3では、両チームがGame1とほぼ同じドラフトを選択する異例の展開に。ST NEXTが”3度目の正直”でリベンジを果たし、見事優勝を決めた。特にJGの天宮こころは「3ヶ月間で一番の試合だった」と涙ながらに語った。 試合後のセレモニーでは、ST代表の鈴木ノリアキが4チーム分の王冠の欠片を集めて王座に座り、「4 Crowns, One Throne」を体現。9月10日からはシーズン2「黄昏の試練」の開幕も発表され、新たな戦いの幕開けを告げた。 02. OpenAI、史上最強AI『GPT-5』を発表 OpenAIが史上最も優れたAIシステム「GPT-5」を発表しました。GPT-5は、コーディング、数学、文章作成、ヘルスケア、視覚認識など、あらゆる分野で最先端の性能を発揮する統合システムです。 統合システムの革新 GPT-5は高速応答用モデルと複雑問題用モデル（GPT-5 thinking）の2つのモデルと、最適なモデルを自動選択するルーター機能で構成されています。質問の複雑さや必要なツールに応じて、瞬時に適切なモデルに切り替わります。 主要な改善点 ハルシネーション（事実でない情報の生成）を大幅に削減し、指示遵守能力が向上しました。特にコーディングでは複雑なフロントエンド生成や大規模リポジトリのデバッグで飛躍的進化を遂げ、1つのプロンプトで美しいWebサイトやゲームを作成できます。文章作成では文学的深みとリズムを備えた魅力的な文章を生成し、ヘルスケア分野では医療専門家レベルの知識で健康に関する意思決定を支援します。 圧倒的な性能向上 数学競技AIME 2025で94.6%、ソフトウェア評価SWE-benchで74.9%、医療分野HealthBench Hardで46.2%を記録し、すべて新記録を樹立しました。GPT-5 Proは最高難度タスクに対応し、専門家の67.8%がGPT-5 thinkingより高く評価しています。 安全性と信頼性 新たに「セーフコンプリーション」手法を導入し、安全域内で最大限有用な回答を提供します。過度な迎合表現を抑制し、博士号レベルの知性を持つ親しい友人との会話のような自然な対話を実現しました。 GPT-5は本日からChatGPTの新しいデフォルトモデルとして、無料版から有料プランまで全ユーザーに提供開始されます。 03. NotebookLMが80言語対応のビデオ解説機能を開始 NotebookLMのビデオ解説機能が大幅にアップデート GoogleのNotebookLMが日本語を含む80言語でビデオ解説機能を提供開始しました。この機能は、ノートブックの内容を動画プレゼンテーション形式で分かりやすく解説するもので、学習効率の大幅な向上が期待されます。 主な改善点 音声解説機能も大幅に強化され、英語以外の言語でも英語版と同等の豊富な情報と詳細な解説を提供します。従来の短尺版から長尺版へと拡張され、複数のソースにまたがるアイデアを統合した一貫性のある解説が可能になりました。 活用シーン 期末試験準備で長時間の講義映像を効率的に復習したい学生、学術発表から重要な調査結果を抽出したい研究者、難易度の高いDIY動画からスキルを習得したい一般ユーザーなど、様々な場面で活用できます。 概要機能の価値 NotebookLMの概要機能により、参照ソースの内容を素早く把握でき、情報整理時間を短縮して学習や創造的活動により多くの時間を投資できるようになります。言語の選択によってインサイトが制限されることもなくなり、グローバルな学習環境が実現されています。 04. GoogleがAI Geminiの環境負荷データを初公開 Googleが業界初となるAI「Gemini」のエネルギー使用量データを公開し、AI業界の環境負荷に関する議論に新たな視点を提供している。 公開されたデータによると、Geminiのテキストプロンプト1回あたりの平均エネルギー消費量は0.24Wh、CO2排出量は0.03g、水使用量は0.26mlで、これはテレビを9秒未満視聴する際の環境負荷に相当する。Geminiの月間ユーザー数は約3億5000万人と推定されており、個々の負荷は小さくても積み重なれば膨大な量になる可能性がある。 従来のAI資源消費の計算方法は「アクティブなマシンの消費量のみ」や「推論コストのみ」に焦点を当てており、重要な要素が見落とされていた。Googleは独自の包括的調査手法を開発し、TPUやGPU以外の消費エネルギー、ホストCPUやRAM、アイドル状態のマシン、データセンターのオーバーヘッド、冷却システムなど、AI運用に関わる全てのコンポーネントを評価対象に含めた。 この包括的手法により算出された数値は、従来の「網羅的ではない」アプローチ（0.10Wh、0.02g、0.12ml）よりも高いものの、Googleは実際の消費量は一部の公的推定値よりもはるかに少ないと主張している。また、過去12カ月でGeminiアプリのエネルギー消費量と炭素排出量をそれぞれ33倍、44倍削減したとしているが、これらのデータは第三者による検証を受けていない点も付け加えられている。 05. スターシップ第10回試験で着水成功 SpaceXスターシップ第10回飛行試験、機体損傷も着水成功 SpaceXは2025年8月27日、新型ロケット「スターシップ」の第10回飛行試験を実施し、宇宙船のインド洋着水に成功しました。 今回の試験では、1段目のスーパーヘビーブースターと2段目のスターシップ宇宙船が予定通り上昇燃焼を完了。スターシップは発射9分後に軌道到達を果たしました。スーパーヘビーは帰還試験のため発射台には戻らず、エンジン運用の新しい試験を行いながら海上に着水しました。 スターシップ宇宙船は軌道上で重要な試験を複数実施。発射18-25分後にスターリンク次世代衛星を模した8基のペイロード放出試験を行い、38分後には宇宙空間でのエンジン再点火試験も成功させました。 大気圏再突入時には課題も発生しました。前方フラップは改良により良好な状態を保ちましたが、後方フラップが損傷し、エンジン周辺でも機体の損傷が確認されました。それでも宇宙船は降下を継続し、発射から約1時間6分後にエンジンを点火して姿勢制御と減速を行い、インド洋への着水を達成しました。 これは新世代改良版による初の着水成功であり、SpaceXの再使用型ロケット開発における重要な前進となりました。 06. au Starlink Direct、衛星データ通信開始 KDDIと沖縄セルラーは2025年8月28日、衛星直接通信サービス「au Starlink Direct」で衛星データ通信を開始すると発表した。これまでSMSやGoogleのAIサービス「Gemini」に限定されていたが、新たに19個のアプリがGoogle Pixel 10シリーズやGalaxy Z Fold7/Flip7など6機種で利用可能になる。 対応アプリには、Googleマップ、X、ウェザーニュース、スマートニュース、登山アプリのYAMAPやヤマレコ、釣り船予約アプリの釣割など、安心・安全・便利につながるアプリが優先的に選ばれた。衛星データ通信の実現には各アプリ事業者による開発が必要で、KDDIは技術仕様を提示し、今後アプリ開発者向けサポートサイトを開設する予定だ。 au Starlink Directは、KDDIと米SpaceXが連携した革新的なサービスで、高度約340kmの低軌道周回衛星を使用し、従来のStarlinkより低軌道のため電波が届きやすい。衛星には2.7m×2.3mの大型フェーズドアレーアンテナが搭載され、最大256個のビームで地上をカバーする。 技術的には、高速移動する衛星との通信でドップラーシフトの補正や、340km離れた衛星との遠距離通信を実現するタイミングアドバンスの調整が必要だ。現在約600個の衛星が運用されており、将来的には最大7500基まで打ち上げ予定で、途切れのない通信が可能になる。 このサービスにより実質100％のカバレッジが達成され、山間部や海上でも通信が可能となり、災害時のライフラインとしても重要な役割を果たすことが期待される。 本ラジオはあくまで個人の見解であり現実のいかなる団体を代表するものではありません ご理解頂ますようよろしくおねがいします

Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi i Władimir Putin razem na szczycie Szanghajskiej Organizacji Współpracy w porcie Tianjin na północy Chin. A zaraz potem spektakularna parada wojskowa w Pekinie z udziałem między innymi lidera Korei Północnej Kim Dzong Una, za to bez wysokich rangą przedstawicieli Zachodu. To program ofensywy dyplomatyczno-militarnej szykowanej przez Chiny w najbliższych dniach. Czy obawa przed skutkami agresywnej polityki handlowej Donalda Trumpa wystarczy, by pogodzić sprzeczne interesy państw Globalnego Południa? I czy zgodzą się one na to, by w roli mediatora wystąpiły Chiny? Jak przebiega proces budowania alternatywnego dla Pax Americana porządku światowego, w którym Pekin chce odgrywać kluczową rolę?Kolejne śmiercionośne ataki Rosji na Kijów i inne miasta ukraińskie. W stolicy Rosjanie zabili co najmniej 23 cywilów. Moskwa nie zgadza się na rozejm, Putin wyklucza rozmowy z Zełenskim. A w Polsce prezydent wetuje ustawę o przedłużeniu pomocy dla Ukraińców i opłat za system satelitarny Starlink. Jakie mogą być tego skutki?Nie będzie traktatu, który miał ograniczyć skalę i skutki zanieczyszczenia plastikiem. Niby wszyscy się zgadzają, że tworzywa sztuczne szkodzą człowiekowi i środowisku, ale nie ma zgody co do tego, jak walczyć z zanieczyszczeniem plastikiem. Dlaczego?Australia wydala ambasadora Iranu pod zarzutem wspierania przez ten kraj antysemickich zamachów w Sydney i Melbourne. A równocześnie zapowiada uznanie państwa palestyńskiego. Premier Albanese wchodzi w konflikt zarówno z Iranem, jak i Izraelem. Dlaczego?Czym jest kontrolowany przez Elona Muska system Starlink, do czego służy i dlaczego wykorzystywanie go rozbudza polityczne emocje. Czy są alternatywy dla Starlinka?Komuniści wymordowali więcej ludzi niż faszyści. Dlaczego zatem postawienie pomnika ofiarom zbrodni komunistycznych budzi we Francji sprzeciw?Rozkład jazdy: (03:21) Michał Lubina: Chiny budują nowy światowy ład(25:06) Zbigniew Parafianowicz: Kijów pod ostrzałem, dylematy Ukrainy(55:14) Grzegorz Dobiecki: Świat z boku - Stare i nowe mury(1:02:00) Podziękowania(1:08:26) Marcin Żyła: Co robić z plastikiem: przetwarzać czy nie produkować?(1:27:49) Łukasz Wójcik: Australia w sporze z Iranem i Izraelem(1:50:02) Tomasz Rożek: Dlaczego Starlink jest ważny(2:13:47) Do usłyszenia---------------------------------------------Raport o stanie świata to audycja, która istnieje dzięki naszym Patronom, dołącz się do zbiórki ➡️ ⁠https://patronite.pl/DariuszRosiak⁠Subskrybuj newsletter Raportu o stanie świata ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠➡️ ⁠https://dariuszrosiak.substack.com⁠Koszulki i kubki Raportu ➡️ ⁠https://patronite-sklep.pl/kolekcja/raport-o-stanie-swiata/⁠ [Autopromocja]

Is Bitcoin mining dead in 2025—or smarter than ever? From hydro in Paraguay to heating apartments in Canada, mining isn't just about earning sats anymore—it's reshaping energy markets. In this video, we break down if YOU should mine Bitcoin, how energy costs set the floor price, and the wild ways miners are turning waste heat into value.SPONSORS:

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The boys are back! Discussing all the things that happened during Starship IFT-10. Why didn't they catch the Super Heavy booster? What did explode near the engines? Why was Starship orange? What's next for SpaceX? Looking for all the answers with Scott Manley and Marcus House.

As school season starts, the debate over phones in classrooms continues, with 35 states imposing restrictions on student mobile devices. Joanne Lipman, a Yale University lecturer, and Emily Boddy, a council member of Smartphone Free Childhood U.S., shared their perspectives on whether kids can use phones responsibly in school. Kyivstar is Ukraine's largest digital and telecom provider; after going public on the Nasdaq in New York earlier in August, CEO Oleksandr Komarov discusses tech and business amid the Russia-Ukraine war, as well as Kyivstar's partnership with Starlink. Plus, a judge will hear Lisa Cook's lawsuit to block President Trump's attempt to fire her as Federal Reserve governor, and CNBC's Mackenzie Sigalos analyzes how Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are cutting middle management in the AI era. Oleksandr Komarov - 16:57Emily Boddy & Joanne Lipman - 24:36 In this episode:Joanne Lipman, @joannelipmanLeslie Picker, @LesliePickerWilfred Frost, @WilfredFrostAndrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkinCameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

Tae Oh, founder of Gluwa and Spacecoin, joins Sam to share his vision of bringing internet and banking access to the unconnected billions. Tae explains how Spacecoin combines blockchain, telecommunications, and satellites to build a decentralized global network that enables lifeline services like financial transactions and messaging, even in regions without internet.He discusses the challenges of launching satellites, the cost breakthroughs driven by SpaceX, and why decentralization matters in connectivity. Tae also talks about adoption strategies through telcos, the financial model behind Spacecoin, and the long-term goal of creating a trustless, open internet from space.Key Timestamps[00:00:00] Introduction: Sam introduces Tae Oh and Spacecoin's mission. [00:02:00] Early Crypto: Tae discovers Bitcoin in 2010 and founds Gluwa in 2012. [00:06:00] Spacecoin's Goal: Connecting the unbanked by launching low-cost satellites. [00:10:00] Challenges: Building vs. launching satellites, and supply chain hurdles. [00:14:00] Decentralization: Competing with Starlink through open, trustless networks. [00:17:00] Adoption: Governments, telcos, and the natural pull of internet demand. [00:19:00] Constellation: First 10 satellites could serve millions per region. [00:21:00] Financial Model: Local telcos as gateways, Spacecoin as payment rail. [00:25:00] Bold Predictions: AI agents will dominate crypto transactions by 2030. [00:29:00] Roadmap: Spacecoin minting, three new satellites, hiring 200 people.Connecthttps://spacecoin.org/https://x.com/_Spacecoinhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/spacecoin-official/https://x.com/taelimohhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tae-lim-oh/DisclaimerNothing mentioned in this podcast is investment advice and please do your own research. Finally, it would mean a lot if you can leave a review of this podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and share this podcast with a friend.Be a guest on the podcast or contact us - https://www.web3pod.xyz/

On todays show The Future Foursome covered various topics, including the use of AI and its impact on society. Participants discussed the concept of "prompt prostitutes," who heavily rely on AI for content generation. They also explored the potential of stable coins, noting their low transaction fees and instant transfer capabilities, but warned of risks like de-pegging. The conversation shifted to the future of technology, including the potential for AI to replace human roles in fields like law and sports officiating. They also touched on the development of solid-state batteries and holograms, which are projected to grow significantly in the next decade. The conversation covered various topics, including the use of Instagram filters for personal appearances, the military's advancements in quantum computing, and the recent successful launch of SpaceX's Starship 10. The Starship 10 mission achieved several milestones, including deploying Starlink satellites and landing in the Indian Ocean. The discussion also touched on the potential for Starship to transport passengers and the implications of time dilation according to Einstein's theory of relativity. Additionally, the group discussed the brightness of Jupiter and its visibility from Earth, and the potential for Mars colonization. Don't Miss It!

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Die Kommunikasie-reguleringsowerheid van Namibië, Cran, het onlangs 'n openbare verhoor gehou om aansoeke vir mobiele satellietspektrum te hersien. Die fokus is op lae-aarde-wentelbaan satellietdienste soos Starlink, OneWeb en meer. Dit bring vinniger konnektiwiteit in afgeleë gebiede, maar boere en bedryfsgroepe waarsku dat die koste te hoog is. OneWeb en Starlink onderhandel steeds met die regering oor plaaslike eienaarskapvereistes. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het gesels met Peet van Staden, 'n boer in die Suide wat hom beywer dat Starlink plaaslik beskikbaar gestel word.

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Preview: Starship. Colleague Eric Berger of Ars Technica comments on the SpaceX intention to monetize Starship for Starlink. More tonight. 1940

Watch Starship's tenth flight test from Starbase, Texas, on a suborbital flight. SpaceX successfully deployed eight Starlink satellites, marking the first time it has launched a payload from Starship.

Summary del Show: • Wall Street plano a la espera de resultados de $NVDA, el evento clave de la semana. • Nvidia $NVDA publicará tras el cierre con estimaciones de +50% en ingresos y beneficios interanuales. • Amazon $AMZN invertirá $570M en Vietnam con su servicio satelital Kuiper, rivalizando con Starlink. • Firefly $FLY sube tras recibir luz verde de la FAA para reanudar lanzamientos de su cohete Alpha.

Watch Starship's tenth flight test from Starbase, Texas, on a suborbital flight. SpaceX successfully deployed eight Starlink satellites, marking the first time it has launched a payload from Starship.

HR1 Tariffs Actually Working? StarLink for Rural Areas, Cameras are Racist 8-26-25 by John Rush

Ukrainas militāri politiskās situācijas novitātes ir Ukrainas bruņoto spēku pieaugusī gaisa triecienu kapacitāte un tās ietekme uz Krievijas degvielas piegādi iekšējā un ārējā tirgū, parādījušās ziņas par Pentagona aizliegumiem amerikāņu tāldarbības raķešu lietošanai, kā arī Polijas prezidents uzlicis veto Ukrainas atbalsta likumprojektam. Pēc mēneša gaidāmās vēlēšanas Moldovā, kur nākas pievērsties Krievijas un Eiropas Savienības iesaistei, attiecīgi, pro- un antieiropeisko spēku atbalstam. Ārvalstu aktualitātes pārrunājam studijā kopā ar Latvijas Transatlantiskās organizācijas (LATO) vadītāju Sigita Strubergu un Latvijas Ārpolitikas institūta pētnieks un LATO valdes locekli Sandi Šrāderu. Maijas Sandu „pēdējā kauja” Šodien Moldovā paredzēta trīs Eiropas politikas smagsvaru vizīte – Kišiņevā sagaida Francijas prezidentu Emanuelu Makronu, Polijas premjerministru Donaldu Tusku un Vācijas kancleru Olafu Šolcu. Tas ir nepārprotams atbalsta žests Moldovas proeiropeiskajiem spēkiem – pie varas esošajai partijai „Rīcība un Solidaritāte” un prezidentei Maijai Sandu. Nākamās Moldovas parlamenta vēlēšanas, kurām jānotiek 28. septembrī, mediji jau nodēvējuši par prezidentes „pēdējo kauju” viņas valsts ceļā uz Eiropas Savienību. Iepriekšējās vēlēšanās 2021. gadā „Rīcība un Solidaritāte” pārliecinoši uzvarēja, iegūstot 63 no 101 deputāta vietas. Parlamentā iekļuva vēl tikai divi politiskie spēki: toreizējais Komunistu un sociālistu bloks ar 32 mandātiem un oligarha Ilana Šora dibinātā un sava dibinātāja vārdā nodēvētā partija ar sešiem mandātiem. Nākamais gads nesa Krievijas plaša mēroga iebrukumu Moldovas kaimiņvalstī Ukrainā, ukraiņu bēgļu plūsmu uz un caur Moldovu, destabilizētu ekonomisko un enerģētisko situāciju. Zīmīgi, ka dienās, kad krievu tanku kolonnas virzījās uz Kijivu, „Rīcības un Solidaritātes” reitingi būtiski kritās, pēc tam gan atkal atgūstoties līdz ar pozitīvākām ziņām no frontes. Izšķirošs moments bija Moldovas prezidenta vēlēšanas pagājušā gada oktobrī, vienlaicīgi ar konstitucionālo referendumu, kas ļāva valstij virzīties uz Eiropas Savienību. Maija Sandu tika ievēlēta uz otru termiņu ar apmēram 55 % balsu, savukārt referendumā proeiropeiskajiem spēkiem pozitīvā atbilde iegūta par mata tiesu – ar 50 un trīsdesmit piecām simtdaļām procenta. Kopš pēdējām vēlēšanām aizvadītajos gados „Rīcība un Solidaritāte” lielākoties palikusi sabiedrības aptauju līderos, tomēr pēdējos mēnešos tās pozīcijas nav spožas. Valdošajai partijai min uz pēdām jūlijā saformētais „Patriotiskais bloks”, kurā sociālistiem un komunistiem pievienojušās divas mazākas partijas – „Moldovas sirds” un „Moldovas nākotnes partija”. Oficiāli bloka lozungs ir starptautiski neitrāla un nepievienojusies Moldova, kas praksē, protams, nozīmē pavērt durvis Kremļa ietekmei. Daudz atklātāk prokremlisks ir Ilana Šora jaunais veidojums – bloks „Uzvara”, kura dibināšanas kongress jūlija sākumā notika Maskavā. Taču pēc tam, kad bloka saraksta „lokomotīve”, autonomā Gagauzijas reģiona gubernatore Jevgenija Gucula tika notiesāta uz septiņiem gadiem cietumā par nelegālu Krievijas finansējuma saņemšanu, Moldovas Centrālā vēlēšanu komisija atsauca bloka un arī to veidojošo atsevišķo partiju reģistrāciju vēlēšanām. Līdz ar to palielinājušās izredzes vēl diviem politiskajiem spēkiem: blokam „Alternatīva”, kura redzamākās figūras ir Maijas Sandu galvenais konkurents pērngada prezidenta vēlēšanās Aleksandrs Stojanoglo un agrākais premjerministrs Jons Kiku, kā arī partijai „Mūsu partija”. „Alternatīva” sevi vismaz oficiāli pozicionē kā proeiropeisku spēku, savukārt „Mūsu partijai” ir populistu un mērenu eiroskeptiķu reputācija. Ja vēlēšanu rezultāti aptuveni atbildīs pašreizējiem aptauju rādītājiem, tad „Rīcībai un Solidaritātei” var nākties meklēt sev kādu koalīcijas partneri. Ukraina rāda, ko spēj Strauji kāpušas degvielas cenas, milzu rindas pie benzīntankiem un degvielas iegādes normas dažos Krievijas reģionos – tāds ir Ukrainas gaisa uzbrukumu redzamais rezultāts. Kā ziņo laikraksts "The New York Times", Ukrainai jau izdevies izsist no ierindas apmēram sesto daļu no Krievijas naftas pārstrādes jaudām. Tai skaitā uz laiku tikusi apturēta piegāde pa naftas vadu „Draudzība”, pa kuru krievu naftas produktus saņem Ungārija un Slovākija. Ungārijas ārlietu ministrs Peters Sijarto jau paziņojis, ka viņa valsts atslēgšana no degvielas piegādēm esot uzbrukums tās suverenitātei. Tiek ziņots, ka Krievija savukārt turpina triecienus pa Ukrainas enerģētika infrastruktūru, draudot ar apkures problēmām nākamajā ziemā. Tomēr tendence ir nepārprotami iezīmējusies – Ukraina šai gaisa karā vairs nav „peramais zēns”, tās prettriecieni kļūst agresoram arvien sāpīgāki un līdz ar to Krievijas sabiedrībai pamanāmāki. Un tos nevar nepamanīt arī starptautiskajā arēnā, kur joprojām biezē migla ap Donalda Trampa un viņa administrācijas izredzēm apsēdināt Kremļa diktatoru un viņa Kijivas pretni pie viena sarunu galda, un šajā kontekstā joprojām aktuāls priekšstats, ka „Zelenskim nav kāršu”. Vēl viens potenciāls „trumpis” Kijivas rokās ir ziņa par sekmīgu Ukrainas spārnotās raķetes „Flamingo” izmēģinājumu noslēgumu. Raķetes darbības rādiuss ir līdz trīs tūkstošiem kilometru, kaujas lādiņa masa – līdz vienai tonnai. Tie ir rādītāji, kas pārspēj jebkuru līdzīgu ieroču veidu, kādu Ukrainai līdz šim nodevuši Rietumus sabiedrotie, pie tam liedzot tos lietot triecieniem Krievijas pamatteritorijā. Tikām neiepriecinošas ziņas pirmdien pienākušas no Varšavas, kur Polijas prezidents Karols Navrockis ar savu veto apturējis likumprojektu, kuram bija jāturpina poļu finansiālais atbalsts Ukrainai, tai skaitā pieejai globālajam saziņas tīklam Starlink no 1. oktobra. Tas, savukārt, draud iedragāt ukraiņu spēku taktiskās iespējas frontē un apdraud citas Ukrainas valdībai svarīgas informācijas drošu apriti un glabāšanu. Prezidenta Navrocka rīcībai ir iekšpolitiski motīvi. Nesen ievēlētais poļu politikas konservatīvās līnijas pārstāvis, kura platformā nozīmīgi ir „Polija pirmajā vietā” motīvi, vēlas apcirpt sociālās garantijas, kādas saņem Polijā patvērumu radušie Ukrainas bēgļi. Viņš grib, lai bērnu un veselības pabalstus turpmāk saņemtu tikai strādājoši bēgļi. Tas dotu Polijas budžetam nepilnu divu miljonu eiro ietaupījumu, tiesa, budžets būtu jāpārplāno. Sagatavoja Eduards Liniņš.    

Марек Сієрант, польський політолог та журналіст, на Radio NV, про ветування допомоги українським громадянам у Польщі, які обставини вплинули на таке рішення польського президента, як буде далі розвиватися події щодо соціального захисту українців в Польщі, чому українці стануть крайніми в польсько-польській війні між президентом та прем'єром, чи стане Варшава на угорську стежку відносин з Україною, чи буде готове польське суспільство здати Україну, розуміючи російську загрозу та чи буде вирішено питання зі Starlink для українського війська Ведучий – Дмитро Тузов

SpaceX is increasing Starlink satellite launches from Florida and California to build out a 30,000-satellite internet network. Here's why you'll be seeing more Falcon 9 rockets lighting up the sky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Polens Präsident Nawrocki blockiert die Verlängerung von Sozialhilfen für ukrainische Geflüchtete und gefährdet damit auch die Starlink-Finanzierung. Regierung, Wirtschaft und Studien warnen vor negativen Folgen für Geflüchtete und Polens Wirtschaft.

Low Earth orbit connectivity doesn't occupy the same number of column inches as say Houthi terror in the Red Sea, or the climate regulatory tussles at the IMO, but it has arguably changed shipping just as much, if not more. Vessels that have long relied on dependable, but relatively slow internet connectivity now have access to the kind of upload and download speeds used to create this very podcast, thanks in no small part to Elon Musk's Starlink system, which uses its own constellation of satellites. There's no doubt this has opened endless doors for both shipowners and seafarers. Data collection and analysis is possible on a scale unimaginable at sea just a decade ago. Crew can now video-call family or stream live sports despite being hundreds of miles from land. But, in a microcosm of society as a whole, this advent of instant connectivity brings with it negatives too, potentially opening the door to would-be hackers who are starting to see shipping as a rich target. Joining Joshua on this week's podcast are: Daniel Ng, chief executive, CyberOwl Tore Morten Olsen, president of maritime, Marlink Ben Palmer, president, Inmarsat Maritime

i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for tuesday, august 26th. explore the latest shifts in the tech world: netflix's gaming foray: the streaming giant delves into gaming to engage a more interactive audience and challenge competitors like disney+ and amazon prime video. microsoft & spacex starlink partnership: collaboration to boost connectivity by integrating satellite internet with azure's cloud, focusing on underserved and remote areas. alphabet's ai health initiative: google's parent company plans new ai-driven diagnostic and personalized medicine tools, potentially revolutionizing global healthcare delivery. nvidia's revenue surge: record-breaking earnings from ai and data center segments, fueled by increasing demand for advanced gpus in machine-learning tasks. that's all for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow for more updates.

Minister Sikorski wyjaśnia durnego Mentzena. Ten się odszczekuje. W sprawę włączył się też mec. Giertych. O co chodzi? O weto Batyra, które blokuje polskie finansowanie Starlinków dla Ukrainy. Będzie też o 800 plus. I teraz pytanie: jak sądzicie, czy więcej płacimy Ukraińcom za 800 plus, czy oni więcej płacą w podatkach i innych składkach do polskiego budżetu? Jak poradzić sobie z prorosyjskim Batyrem? Porozmawiamy także o Kaczyńskim, który grozi Konfederacji. #IPPTVNaŻywo #polityka #Mentzen #Nawrocki ----------------------------------------------------

Explore why Starlink failed during a Colorado camping trip at Ridgeway State Park in this revealing video! Despite a global outage, the real issue was a hardware failure that left no Wi-Fi signal. Compare Starlink's reliability to ham radio, GMRS, and CB radio for off-grid communication. Perfect for campers, preppers, and tech enthusiasts curious about Starlink's limits and why radio remains essential. Watch now and discover why you need backup communication plans!Today's video is sponsored by Ham Radio Prep - save 20% off of all of their courses with code JASON20 here - https://hamradioprep.com  @jcristina  video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJpkscKs3Ls&t=143sHere's one free month of Starlink service! Starlink high-speed internet is great for streaming, video calls, and gaming in even the most remote locations on Earth. https://www.starlink.com/residential?referral=RC-2018381-42800-52&app_source=shareBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ham-radio-2-0--2042782/support.

News and Updates: Australia will ban social media accounts for anyone under 16 starting December 10, making it the first country to enact such a rule. The law, passed with 77% public support, puts enforcement on tech companies and aims to boost youth mental health, though teens and advocates argue it removes spaces for connection rather than fixing harmful features. The U.S. autonomous vehicle industry is stuck in limbo after Elon Musk's DOGE initiative gutted the Office of Automation Safety. Without regulators to set standards or grant exemptions, companies face delays and legal uncertainty. Lawmakers now urge DOT to rehire staff to untangle the mess. The FAA proposed a sweeping rule to allow drones to fly beyond visual line of sight at altitudes up to 400 feet. If approved, it would expand commercial uses such as deliveries, agriculture, and surveying. Amazon and Walmart already have FAA drone delivery approval, but safety and airspace restrictions remain. SpaceX is pressuring states to divert federal broadband grants from fiber to Starlink, calling fiber “wasteful.” In Louisiana, 91.5% of $500M in BEAD funds went to fiber, while Starlink only received $7.75M. SpaceX claims bias, but state officials cite fiber's scalability and satellite limitations. Internal documents show SpaceX has paid little to no federal income tax since its 2002 founding, despite billions in government contracts. Nearly $5.4B in accumulated tax losses let the company indefinitely shield future profits, thanks to a 2017 Trump tax change. Critics say the break was meant for struggling startups, not thriving contractors. England's National Drought Group urged citizens to delete old emails to conserve water as the country faces its worst drought since 1976. Data centers use vast water supplies for cooling—Google's Oregon site consumed 355M gallons in 2021. The call highlights growing tension between AI/data infrastructure and local water security.

The system is designed to drain you at every stage of life: Earn it? Payroll tax. Spend it? Sales tax. Invest it? Capital gains. Save it? Inflation. Every move you make with your money, there's a hand at the tollbooth waiting to take a cut. And the kicker? They built the road.In this episode of Beyond Bitcoin, Oshins breaks down how governments use taxes and inflation as a system of control and how Bitcoin flips the script forever!SPONSORS:

We're back from the break and diving headfirst into the chaos! In this episode, Matt drones on (literally) about surveying land with budget-friendly flyers, Nate finds his PIM jam again with Thunderbird, and Wendy wrangles Starlink + T-Mobile into a load-balanced beast. We also chat about AI-driven gaming, 3D-printing Framework laptop armor, and what to do with a growing stack of old Dell laptops. Spoiler: the banter glitches gloriously off-topic, as always. Find the rest of the show notes at: https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-113/ Contact Us - https://tuxdigital.com/contact Connect with the Hosts:

durée : 00:04:20 - La Chronique du Grand Continent - par : Gilles Gressani - Gilles Gressani alerte sur le pouvoir exorbitant des géants de la tech, fruit de nos renoncements numériques, notamment via les conditions générales d'utilisation de leurs services internet. Ainsi, dans les CGU de Starlink, Elon Musk prévoit déjà la colonisation de la planète Mars.

My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers,Global population growth is slowing, and it's not showing any signs of recovery. To the environmentalists of the 1970s, this may have seemed like a movement in the right direction. The drawbacks to population decline, however, are severe and numerous, and they're not all obvious.Today on Faster, Please! — The Podcast, I talk with economist and demographer Dean Spears about the depopulation trend that is transcending cultural barriers and ushering in a new global reality. We discuss the costs to the economy and human progress, and the inherent value of more people.Spears is an associate professor of economics at Princeton University where he studies demography and development. He is also the founding executive director of r.i.c.e., a nonprofit research organization seeking to uplift children in rural northern India. He is a co-author with Michael Geruso of After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People.In This Episode* Where we're headed (1:32)* Pumping the breaks (5:41)* A pro-parenting culture (12:40)* A place for AI (19:13)* Preaching to the pro-natalist choir (23:40)* Quantity and quality of life (28:48)Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation. Where we're headed (1:32). . . two thirds of people now live in a country where the birth rate is below the two children per two adults level that would stabilize the population.Pethokoukis: Who are you and your co-author trying to persuade and what are you trying to persuade them of? Are you trying to persuade them that global depopulation is a real thing, that it's a problem? Are you trying to persuade them to have more kids? Are you trying to persuade them to support a certain set of pro-child or pro-natalist policies?Spears: We are trying to persuade quite a lot of people of two important things: One is that global depopulation is the most likely future — and what global depopulation means is that every decade, every generation, the world's population will shrink. That's the path that we're on. We're on that path because birth rates are low and falling almost everywhere. It's one thing we're trying to persuade people of, that fact, and we're trying to persuade people to engage with a question of whether global depopulation is a future to welcome or whether we should want something else to happen. Should we let depopulation happen by default or could it be better to stabilize the global population at some appropriate level instead?We fundamentally think that this is a question that a much broader section of society, of policy discourse, of academia should be talking about. We shouldn't just be leaving this discussion to the population scientists, demographic experts, not only to the people who already are worried about, or talking about low birth rates, but this is important enough and unprecedented enough that everybody should be engaging in this question. Whatever your ongoing values or commitments, there's a place for you in this conversation.Is it your impression that the general public is aware of this phenomenon? Or are they still stuck in the '70s thinking that population is running amok and we'll have 30 billion people on this planet like was the scenario in the famous film, Soylent Green? I feel like the people I know are sort of aware that this is happening. I don't know what your experience is.I think it's changing fast. I think more and more people are aware that birth rates are falling. I don't think that people are broadly aware — because when you hear it in the news, you might hear that birth rates in the United States have fallen low or birth rates in South Korea have fallen low. I think what not everybody knows is that two thirds of people now live in a country where the birth rate is below the two children per two adults level that would stabilize the population.I think people don't know that the world's birth rate has fallen from an average around five in 1950 to about 2.3 today, and that it's still falling and that people just haven't engaged with the thought that there's no special reason to expect it to stop and hold it to. But the same processes that have been bringing birth rates down will continue to bring them down, and people don't know that there's no real automatic stabilizer to expect it to come back up. Of the 26 countries that have had the lifetime birth rate fall below 1.9, none of them have had it go back up to two.That's a lot of facts that are not as widely known as they should be, but then the implication of it, that if the world's birth rate goes below two and stays there, we're going to have depopulation generation after generation. I think for a lot of people, they're still in the mindset that depopulation is almost conceptually impossible, that either we're going to have population growth or something else like zero population growth like people might've talked about in the '70s. But the idea that a growth rate of zero is just a number and then that it's not going to stop there, it's going to go negative, I think that's something that a lot of people just haven't thought about.Pumping the breaks (5:41)We wrote this book because we hope that there will be an alternative to depopulation society will choose, but there's no reason to expect or believe that it's going happen automatically.You said there's no automatic stabilizers — at first take, that sounds like we're going to zero. Is there a point where the global population does hit a stability point?No, that's just the thing.So we're going to zero?Well, “there's no automatic stabilizer” isn't the same thing as “we're definitely going to zero.” It could be that society comes together and decides to support parenting, invest more in the next generation, invest more in parents and families, and do more to help people choose to be parents. We wrote this book because we hope that there will be an alternative to depopulation society will choose, but there's no reason to expect or believe that it's going happen automatically. In no country where the birth rate has gone to two has it just magically stopped and held there forever.I think a biologist might say that the desire to reproduce, that's an evolved drive, and even if right now we're choosing to have smaller families, that biological urge doesn't vanish. We've had population, fertility rates, rise and fall throughout history — don't you think that there is some sort of natural stabilizer?We've had fluctuations throughout history, but those fluctuations have been around a pretty long and pretty widely-shared downward trend. Americans might be mostly only now hearing about falling birth rates because the US was sort of anomalous amongst richer countries and having a relatively flat period from the 1970s to around 2010 or so, whereas birth rates were falling in other countries, they weren't falling in the US in the same way, but they were falling in the US before then, they're falling in the US since then, and when you plot it over the long history with other countries, it's clear that, for the world as a whole, as long as we've had records, not just for decades, but for centuries, we've seen birth rates be falling. It's not just a new thing, it's a very long-term trend.It's a very widely-shared trend because humans are unlike other animals in the important way that we make decisions. We have culture, we have rationality, we have irrationality, we have all of these. The reason the population grew is because we've learned how to keep ourselves and our children alive. We learned how to implement sanitation, implement antibiotics, implement vaccines, and so more of the children who were born survived even as the birth rate was falling all along. Other animals don't do that. Other animals don't invent sanitation systems and antibiotics and so I think that we can't just reason immediately from other animal populations to what's going to happen to humans.I think one can make a plausible case that, even if you think that this is a problem — and again, it's a global problem, or a global phenomenon, advanced countries, less-advanced countries — that it is a phenomenon of such sweep that if you're going to say we need to stabilize or slow down, that it would take a set of policies of equal sweep to counter it. Do those actually exist?No. Nobody has a turnkey solution. There's nothing shovel-ready here. In fact, it's too early to be talking about policy solutions or “here's my piece of legislation, here's what the government should do” because we're just not there yet, both in terms of the democratic process of people understanding the situation and there even being a consensus that stabilization, at some level, would be better than depopulation, nor are we there yet on having any sort of answer that we can honestly recommend as being tested and known to be something that will reliably stabilize the population.I think the place to start is by having conversations like this one where we get people to engage with the evidence, and engage with the question, and just sort of move beyond a reflexive welcoming of depopulation by default and start thinking about, well, what are the costs of people and what are the benefits of people? Would we be better off in a future that isn't depopulating over the long run?The only concrete step I can think of us taking right now is adapting the social safety net to a new demographic reality. Beyond that, it seems like there might have to be a cultural shift of some kind, like a large-scale religious revival. Or maybe we all become so rich that we have more time on our hands and decide to have more kids. But do you think at some point someone will have a concrete solution to bring global fertility back up to 2.1 or 2.2?Look at it like this: The UN projects that the peak will be about six decades from now in 2084. Of course, I don't have a crystal ball, I don't know that it's going to be 2084, but let's take that six-decades timeline seriously because we're not talking about something that's going to happen next year or even next decade.But six decades ago, people were aware that — or at least leading scientists and even some policymakers were aware that climate change was a challenge. The original computations by Arrhenius of the radiative forcing were long before that. You have the Johnson speech to Congress, you have Nixon and the EPA. People were talking about climate change as a challenge six decades ago, but if somebody had gotten on their equivalent of a podcast and said, “What we need to do is immediately get rid of the internal combustion engine,” they would've been rightly laughed out of the room because that would've been the wrong policy solution at that time. That would've been jumping to the wrong solution. Instead, what we needed to do was what we've done, which is the science, the research, the social change that we're now at a place where emissions per person in the US have been falling for 20 years and we have technologies — wind, and solar, and batteries — that didn't exist before because there have been decades of working on it.So similarly, over the next six decades, let's build the research, build the science, build the social movement, discover things we don't know, more social science, more awareness, and future people will know more than you and I do about what might be constructive responses to this challenge, but only if we start talking about it now. It's not a crisis to panic about and do the first thing that comes to mind. This is a call to be more thoughtful about the future.A pro-parenting culture (12:40)The world's becoming more similar in this important way that the difference across countries and difference across societies is getting smaller as birth rates converge downward.But to be clear, you would like people to have more kids.I would like for us to get on a path where more people who want to be parents have the sort of support, and environment, and communities they need to be able to choose that. I would like people to be thinking about all of this when they make their family decisions. I'd like the rest of us to be thinking about this when we pitch in and do more to help us. I don't think that anybody's necessarily making the wrong decision for themselves if they look around and think that parenting is not for them or having more children is not for them, but I think we might all be making a mistake if we're not doing more to support parents or to recognize the stake we have in the next generation.But all those sorts of individual decisions that seem right for an individual or for a couple, combined, might turn into a societal decision.Absolutely. I'm an economics professor. We call this “externalities,” where there are social benefits of something that are different from the private costs and benefits. If I decide that I want to drive and I contribute to traffic congestion, then that's an externality. At least in principle, we understand what to do about that: You share the cost, you share the benefits, you help the people internalize the social decision.It's tied up in the fact that we have a society where some people we think of as doing care work and some people we think of as doing important work. So we've loaded all of these costs of making the next generation on people during the years of their parenting and especially on women and mothers. It's understandable that, from a strictly economic point of view, somebody looks at that and thinks, “The private costs are greater than the private benefits. I'm not going to do that.” It's not my position to tell somebody that they're wrong about that. What you do in a situation like that is share and lighten that burden. If there's a social reason to solve traffic congestion, then you solve it with public policy over the long run. If the social benefits of there being a flourishing next generation are greater than people are finding in their own decision making, then we need to find the ways to invest in families, invest in parenting, lift and share those burdens so that people feel like they can choose to be parents.I would think there's a cultural component here. I am reminded of a book by Jonathan Last about this very issue in which he talks about Old Town Alexandria here in Virginia, how, if you go to Old Town, you can find lots of stores selling stuff for dogs, but if you want to buy a baby carriage, you can't find anything.Of course, that's an equilibrium outcome, but go on.If we see a young couple pushing a stroller down the street and inside they have a Chihuahua — as society, or you personally, would you see that and “Think that's wrong. That seems like a young couple living in a nice area, probably have plenty of dough, they can afford daycare, and yet they're still not going to have a kid and they're pushing a dog around a stroller?” Should we view that as something's gone wrong with our society?My own research is about India. My book's co-authored with Mike Geruso. He studies the United States more. I'm more of an expert on India.Paul Ehrlich, of course, begins his book, The Population Bomb, in India.Yes, I know. He starts with this feeling of being too crowded with too many people. I say in the book that I almost wonder if I know the exact spot where he has that experience. I think it's where one of my favorite shops are for buying scales and measuring tape for measuring the health of children in Uttar Pradesh. But I digress about Paul Ehrlich.India now, where Paul Ehrlich was worried about overpopulation, is now a society with an average birth rate below two kids per two adults. Even Uttar Pradesh, the big, disadvantaged, poor state where I do my work in research, the average young woman there says that they want an average of 1.9 children. This is a place where society and culture is pretty different from the United States. In the US, we're very accustomed to this story of work and family conflict, and career conflicts, especially for women, and that's probably very important in a lot of people's lives. But that's not what's going on in India where female labor force participation is pretty low. Or you hear questions about whether this is about the decline of religiosity, but India is a place where religion is still very important to a lot of people's lives. Marriage is almost universal. Marriage happens early. People start their childbearing careers in their early twenties, and you still see people having an average below two kids. They start childbearing young and they end childbearing young.Similarly, in Latin America, where religiosity, at least as reported in surveys, remains pretty high, but Latin America is at an average of 1.8, and it's not because people are delaying fertility until they're too old to get pregnant. You see a lot of people having permanent contraception surgery, tubal obligations.And so this cultural story where people aren't getting married, they're starting too late, they're putting careers first, it doesn't match the worldwide diversity. These diverse societies we're seeing are all converging towards low birth rates. The world's becoming more similar in this important way that the difference across countries and difference across societies is getting smaller as birth rates converge downward. So I don't think we can easily point towards any one cultural for this long-term and widely shared trend.A place for AI (19:13)If AI in the future is a compliment to what humans produce . . . if AI is making us more productive, then it's all the bigger loss to have fewer people.At least from an economic perspective, I think you can make the case: fewer people, less strain on resources, you're worried about workers, AI-powered robots are going to be doing a lot of work, and if you're worried about fewer scientists, the scientists we do have are going to have AI-powered research assistants.Which makes the scientists more important. Many technologies over history have been compliments to what humans do, not substitutes. If AI in the future is a compliment to what humans produce — scientific research or just the learning by doing that people do whenever they're engaging in an enterprise or trying to create something — if AI is making us more productive, then it's all the bigger loss to have fewer people.To me, the best of both worlds would be to have even more scientists plus AI. But isn't the fear of too few people causing a labor shortage sort of offset by AI and robotics? Maybe we'll have plenty of technology and capital to supply the workers we do have. If that's not the worry, maybe the worry is that the human experience is simply worse when there are fewer children around.You used the term “plenty of,” and I think that sort of assumes that there's a “good enough,” and I want to push back on that because I think what matters is to continue to make progress towards higher living standards, towards poverty alleviation, towards longer, better, healthier, safer, richer lives. What matters is whether we're making as much progress as we could towards an abundant, rich, safe, healthy future. I think we shouldn't let ourselves sloppily accept a concept of “good enough.” If we're not making the sort of progress that we could towards better lives, then that's a loss, and that matters for people all around the world.We're better off for living in a world with other people. Other people are win-win: Their lives are good for them and their lives are good for you. Part of that, as you say, is people on the supply side of the economy, people having the ideas and the realizations that then can get shared over and over again. The fact that ideas are this non-depletable resource that don't get used up but might never be discovered if there aren't people to discover them. That's one reason people are important on the supply side of the economy, but other people are also good for you on the demand side of the economy.This is very surprising because people think that other people are eating your slice of the pie, and if there are more other people, there's less for me. But you have to ask yourself, why does the pie exist in the first place? Why is it worth some baker's while to bake a pie that I could get a slice of? And that's because there were enough people wanting slices of pie to make it worth paying the fixed costs of having a bakery and baking a whole pie.In other words, you're made better off when other people want and need the same things that you want and need because that makes it more likely for it to exist. If you have some sort of specialized medical need and need specialized care, you're going to be more likely to find it in a city where there are more other people than in a less-populated rural place, and you're going to be more likely to find it in a course of history where there have been more other people who have had the same medical need that you do so that it's been worthwhile for some sort of cure to exist. The goodness of other people for you isn't just when they're creating things, it's also when they're just needing the same things that you do.And, of course, if you think that getting to live a good life is a good thing, that there's something valuable about being around to have good experiences, that a world of more people having good experiences has more goodness in it than a world of fewer people having good experiences in it. That's one thing that counts, and it's one important consideration for why a stabilized future might be better than a depopulating future. Now, I don't expect everyone to immediately agree with that, but I do think that the likelihood of depopulation should prompt us to ask that question.Preaching to the pro-natalist choir (23:40)If you are already persuaded listening to this, then go strike up a conversation with somebody.Now, listening to what you just said, which I thought was fantastic, you're a great explainer, that is wonderful stuff — but I couldn't help but think, as you explained that, that you end up spending a lot of time with people who, because they read the New York Times, they may understand that the '70s population fears aren't going to happen, that we're not going to have a population of 30 billion that we're going to hit, I don't know, 10 billion in the 2060s and then go down. And they think, “Well, that's great.”You have to spend a lot of time explaining to them about the potential downsides and why people are good, when like half the population in this country already gets it: “You say ‘depopulation,' you had us at the word, ‘depopulation.'” You have all these people who are on the right who already think that — a lot of people I know, they're there.Is your book an effective tool to build on that foundation who already think it's an issue, are open to policy ideas, does your book build on that or offer anything to those people?I think that, even if this is something that people have thought about before, a lot of how people have thought about it is in terms of pension plans, the government's budget, the age structure, the nearer-term balance of workers to retirees.There's plenty of people on the right who maybe they're aware of those things, but also think that it really is kind of a The Children of Men argument. They just think a world with more children is better. A world where the playgrounds are alive is better — and yes, that also may help us with social security, but there's a lot of people for whom you don't have to even make that economic argument. That seems to me that that would be a powerful team of evangelists — and I mean it in a nonreligious way — evangelists for your idea that population is declining and there are going to be some serious side effects.If you are already persuaded listening to this, then go strike up a conversation with somebody. That's what we want to have happen. I think minds are going to be changed in small batches on this one. So if you're somebody who already thinks this way, then I encourage you to go out there and start a conversation. I think not everybody, even people who think about population for a living — for example, one of the things that we engage with in the book is the philosophy of population ethics, or population in social welfare as economists might talk about it.There have been big debates there over should we care about average wellbeing? Should we care about total wellbeing? Part of what we're trying to say in the book is, one, we think that some of those debates have been misplaced or are asking what we don't think are the right questions, but also to draw people to what we can learn from thinking of where questions like this agree. Because this whole question of should we make the future better in total or make the better on average is sort of presuming this Ehrlich-style mindset that if the future is more populous, then it must be worse for each. But once you see that a future that's more populous is also more prosperous, it'd be better in total and better on average, then a lot of these debates might still have academic interest, but both ways of thinking about what would be a better future agree.So there are these pockets of people out there who have thought about this before, and part of what we're trying to do is bring them together in a unified conversation where we're talking about the climate modeling, we're talking about the economics, we're talking about the philosophy, we're talking about the importance of gender equity and reproductive freedom, and showing that you can think and care about all of these things and still think that a stabilized future might be better than depopulation.In the think tank world, the dream is to have an idea and then some presidential candidate adopts the idea and pushes it forward. There's a decent chance that the 2028 Republican nominee is already really worried about this issue, maybe someone like JD Vance. Wouldn't that be helpful for you?I've never spoken with JD Vance, but from my point of view, I would also be excited for India's population to stabilize and not depopulate. I don't see this as an “America First” issue because it isn't an America First issue. It's a worldwide, broadly-shared phenomenon. I think that no one country is going to be able to solve this all on its own because, if nothing else, people move, people immigrate, societies influence one another. I think it's really a broadly-shared issue.Quantity and quality of life (28:48)What I do feel confident about is that some stabilized size would be better than depopulation generation after generation, after generation, after generation, without any sort of leveling out, and I think that's the plan that we're on by default.Can you imagine an earth of 10 to 12 billion people at a sustained level being a great place to live, where everybody is doing far better than they are today, the poorest countries are doing better — can you imagine that scenario? Can you also imagine a scenario where we have a world of three to four billion, which is a way nicer place to live for everybody than it is today? Can both those scenarios happen?I don't see any reason to think that either of those couldn't be an equilibrium, depending on all the various policy choices and all the various . . .This is a very broad question.Exactly. I think it's way beyond the social science, economics, climate science we have right now to say “three billion is the optimal size, 10 billion is the optimal size, eight billion is the optimal size.” What I do feel confident about is that some stabilized size would be better than depopulation generation after generation, after generation, after generation, without any sort of leveling out, and I think that's the plan that we're on by default. That doesn't mean it's what's going to happen, I hope it's not what happens, and that's sort of the point of the conversation here to get more people to consider that.But let's say we were able to stabilize the population at 11 billion. That would be fine.It could be depending on what the people do.But I'm talking about a world of 11 billion, and I'm talking about a world where the average person in India is as wealthy as, let's say this is in the year 2080, 2090, and at minimum, the average person in India is as wealthy as the average American is today. So that's a big huge jump in wealth and, of course, environmentalism.And we make responsible environmental choices, whether that's wind, or solar, or nuclear, or whatever, I'm not going to be prescriptive on that, but I don't see any reason why not. My hope is that future people will know more about that question than I do. Ehrlich would've said that our present world of eight billion would be impossible, that we would've starved long before this, that England would've ceased to exist, I think is a prediction in his book somewhere.And there's more food per person on every continent. Even in the couple decades that I've been going to India, children are taller than they used to be, on average. You can measure it, and maybe I'm fooling myself, but I feel like I can see it. Even as the world's been growing more populous, people have been getting better off, poverty has been going down, the absolute number of people in extreme poverty has been going down, even as the world's been getting more populous. As I say, emissions per person have been going down in a lot of places.I don't see any in principle, reason, if people make the right decisions, that we couldn't have a sustainable, healthy, and good, large sustained population. I've got two kids and they didn't add to the hole in the ozone layer, which I would've heard about in school as a big problem in the '80s. They didn't add to acid rain. Why not? Because the hole in the ozone layer was confronted with the Montreal Protocol. The acid rain was confronted with the Clean Air Act. 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Armada is a startup focused on movable data center systems in AI computing in remote locations. It all started with a close collaboration with SpaceX, using the Starlink broadband network for connectivity. Co-founder & CEO Dan Wright joins Morgan Brennan to discuss edge computing, partnerships with energy producers and the AI arms race.

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In today's episode, Scott “Sourdough” Power discusses his decision not to attend Burning Man this year—an annual pilgrimage that has long been a cornerstone of his creative life. Known for its jaw-dropping installations and rebellious artistic spirit, the festival holds a special place in Scott's heart, particularly for the cherished memories made at Camp Corny, “the friendliest fucking camp in the universe.”As he explores the reasons behind his absence, Scott balances nostalgia with the realities of life. This year, his daughter's milestone 13th birthday coincides with the festival, forcing him to weigh family commitments against the allure of the Playa. He candidly shares the bittersweet feelings that come with stepping away from an experience woven into the fabric of his identity.Scott also reflects on the evolution of Burning Man amid the rise of social media and technology, particularly the introduction of internet service provider Starlink. He questions the impact of these changes on the festival's essence and whether they dilute the very magic that draws so many to the desert. Finally, Scot considers what it means to dance to your own beat, even when the rhythm of life pulls in different directions. For more information, please visit https://notrealart.com/why-im-not-going-to-burning-man

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Privacy preserving age verification is bullsh!t The Supreme Court lets Mississippi's social media age-verification law go into effect Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. AI data centers made Americans' electricity bills 30% higher AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs More thoughts from Sam on the Ford EV platform Popular car brand wants you to pay monthly to unlock more horsepower Apple Plots Expansion Into AI Robots, Home Security and Smart Displays Elli-q After researchers unmasked a prolific SMS scammer, a new operation has emerged in its wake Starlink tries to block Virginia's plan to bring fiber Internet to residents China Launches Three-Day Robot Olympics Featuring Football and Table Tennis The Key to Crack the CIA's Mysterious 'Kryptos' Sculpture Is Up for Sale PACER Hacked By Malicious Entities, Briefly Turning It Into A Useful Source For Federal Court Documents Court blocks FTC investigation into Media Matters' alleged scheme against X Google AI Overviews linked to 25% drop in publisher referral traffic, new data shows Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Sam Abuelsamid, and Lisa Schmeiser Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: miro.com storyblok.com/twittv-25 code TWIT25 ZipRecruiter.com/Twit expressvpn.com/twit zscaler.com/security

Privacy preserving age verification is bullsh!t The Supreme Court lets Mississippi's social media age-verification law go into effect Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. AI data centers made Americans' electricity bills 30% higher AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs More thoughts from Sam on the Ford EV platform Popular car brand wants you to pay monthly to unlock more horsepower Apple Plots Expansion Into AI Robots, Home Security and Smart Displays Elli-q After researchers unmasked a prolific SMS scammer, a new operation has emerged in its wake Starlink tries to block Virginia's plan to bring fiber Internet to residents China Launches Three-Day Robot Olympics Featuring Football and Table Tennis The Key to Crack the CIA's Mysterious 'Kryptos' Sculpture Is Up for Sale PACER Hacked By Malicious Entities, Briefly Turning It Into A Useful Source For Federal Court Documents Court blocks FTC investigation into Media Matters' alleged scheme against X Google AI Overviews linked to 25% drop in publisher referral traffic, new data shows Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Sam Abuelsamid, and Lisa Schmeiser Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: miro.com storyblok.com/twittv-25 code TWIT25 ZipRecruiter.com/Twit expressvpn.com/twit zscaler.com/security

In this episode of SpaceTime, we uncover the latest astronomical marvels and pressing concerns in space science.The Cosmic Horseshoe: A Supermassive DiscoveryAstronomers have potentially identified the most massive supermassive black hole ever discovered, dubbed the Cosmic Horseshoe, which is estimated to be around 36 billion times the mass of our Sun. Located approximately 5 billion light years away, this colossal black hole distorts space-time and creates a stunning Einstein ring effect by gravitationally lensing light from distant galaxies. The measurement of its mass combines gravitational lensing and stellar kinematics, providing a rare glimpse into the formation and evolution of galaxies and their central black holes.Possible New Planet in the Alpha Centauri SystemExciting news emerges from the Alpha Centauri star system, where astronomers may have discovered a new planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the closest star system to our own at just 4.25 light years away. Using data from NASA's Webb Space Telescope, researchers suggest this Saturn-sized gas giant could be located in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. While the planet's gaseous nature may not support life, its proximity offers a unique opportunity to study planetary systems beyond our own, challenging existing theories on planet formation in binary star systems.The Satellite Proliferation DilemmaAs the number of satellites in Earth orbit continues to rise, astronomers are sounding alarms over the interference these satellites cause to vital scientific research. A study has highlighted the impact of Starlink's megaconstellation on radio astronomy, with significant radio emissions masking faint signals from the universe. This growing concern emphasizes the need for regulatory measures to mitigate interference and protect the integrity of astronomical observations.www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com✍️ Episode ReferencesMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societyhttps://academic.oup.com/mnrasAstrophysical Journal Lettershttps://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2041-8205Astronomy and Astrophysics Journalhttps://www.aanda.org/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/spacetime-space-astronomy--2458531/support.

Privacy preserving age verification is bullsh!t The Supreme Court lets Mississippi's social media age-verification law go into effect Meta's flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. AI data centers made Americans' electricity bills 30% higher AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs More thoughts from Sam on the Ford EV platform Popular car brand wants you to pay monthly to unlock more horsepower Apple Plots Expansion Into AI Robots, Home Security and Smart Displays Elli-q After researchers unmasked a prolific SMS scammer, a new operation has emerged in its wake Starlink tries to block Virginia's plan to bring fiber Internet to residents China Launches Three-Day Robot Olympics Featuring Football and Table Tennis The Key to Crack the CIA's Mysterious 'Kryptos' Sculpture Is Up for Sale PACER Hacked By Malicious Entities, Briefly Turning It Into A Useful Source For Federal Court Documents Court blocks FTC investigation into Media Matters' alleged scheme against X Google AI Overviews linked to 25% drop in publisher referral traffic, new data shows Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Sam Abuelsamid, and Lisa Schmeiser Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: miro.com storyblok.com/twittv-25 code TWIT25 ZipRecruiter.com/Twit expressvpn.com/twit zscaler.com/security

Starlink is fighting fiber deployment to neighborhoods. Tiny SSDs might be in our future soon. Epic delivers more anti-cheat tools to ARM computers. India's smartphone market grows slightly. Samsung's Ultra outsells other companies' Ultras. New Dimensity shows up on Geekbench. Oppo might use a new camera sensor. And are we worried about a new Pixel 10 performance leak? Let's get our tech week started right! -- Show Notes and Links: https://somegadgetguy.com/b/4P2 Video Replay: https://youtube.com/live/cuA83SKqf-w Support Talking Tech with SomeGadgetGuy by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/talking-tech-with-somegadgetgu Find out more at https://talking-tech-with-somegadgetgu.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-c117ce for 40% off for 4 months, and support Talking Tech with SomeGadgetGuy.

Pre-order my new book Habits of High Performers here - www.thehabitbook.com What if the secret to high performance isn't balance—but choice?In this episode, I sit down with Jason Paris, CEO of One New Zealand, to unpack leadership, creativity, and building partnerships at a world-class level.Jason's led one of NZ's largest organisations through rapid change—while refusing to miss a single moment that matters with his family. From turning Vodafone into One NZ to forging game-changing deals with Starlink and Salesforce, his approach blends bold moves with deep human values.Here's what we cover:Why work-life balance is a myth—and what to focus on insteadThe role creativity plays in high-performing teamsThe pitch that landed a world-first partnership with Elon Musk's StarlinkHow to adopt AI with speed, experimentation, and purposeHandling public criticism while staying grounded and humanIf you're ready to rethink leadership, scale impact, and stay true to your values, this conversation is packed with lessons from the top—and the heart.You can follow Jason on LinkedIn here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-paris-3404565/?originalSubdomain=nzYou can grab your copy of See How They Fall by Rachel Paris here - https://www.paperplus.co.nz/shop/books/fiction/crime-thrillers/see-how-they-fallIf you're interested in having me deliver a keynote or workshop for your team contact Caroline at caroline@jjlaughlin.comWebsite: https://www.jjlaughlin.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6GETJbxpgulYcYc6QAKLHA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JamesLaughlinOfficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jameslaughlinofficial/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/life-on-purpose-with-james-laughlin/id1547874035 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3WBElxcvhCHtJWBac3nOlF?si=hotcGzHVRACeAx4GvybVOQ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslaughlincoaching/James Laughlin is a High Performance Leadership Coach, Former 7-Time World Champion, Host of the Lead On Purpose Podcast and an Executive Coach to high performers and leaders. James is based in Christchurch, New Zealand.Send me a personal text message - If you're interested in booking me for a keynote or workshop, contact Caroline at caroline@jjlaughlin.comSupport the show

On this week's show we take a look at the pros and cons of Low Earth Orbiting Satellites and ask if competition from them could lower your Internet bills. One of our listeners does a good analysis of what it would cost cordcutters to watch every NFL and most College football games. We also read your emails and take a look at the week's news. News: Hulu App to Be Phased Out as Disney Is ‘Fully Integrating' Service Into Disney+ Fubo drops 100,000 subscribers in Q2 HBO Max to enforce password-sharing crackdown in Sept.  Fubo readying sports-only plan for 2025 season Amazon Launches 24 Satellites Aboard SpaceX Rocket to Build Its Home Internet Service Other: dbx 510 Subharmonic Synthesizer for Creating Amazing Deep Bass in Your Home Theater LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Satellite Internet On a recent show we talked about High Speed internet eliminating the need for over the air broadcasting. However we understand that not everyone has access to high speed internet. We mentioned Low Earth Obiting (LEO) satellites as an option. With the news that Amazon has begun putting it's network together, we decided to look at the pros and cons of this type of Internet delivery. LEO satellite internet, like Starlink and the upcoming Amazon Project Kuiper, offers several advantages over traditional satellite based internet. Here's a comparison of the benefits: Benefits of LEO-Based Internet Lower Latency: LEO satellites orbit at 200-2,000 km, much closer than geostationary satellites (35,786 km). This reduces round-trip data travel time, resulting in latency of 20-50 ms compared to 600+ ms for geostationary systems. Benefit: Faster response times for gaming, video calls, and real-time applications, closer to terrestrial fiber (10-30 ms). Global Coverage: LEO constellations, with thousands of satellites, provide internet to remote and rural areas where terrestrial infrastructure (fiber, DSL) is unavailable or costly to deploy. Benefit: Connects underserved regions, ships, planes, and isolated locations. Higher Speeds: LEO systems can deliver download speeds of 100-400 Mbps (with potential for more as technology improves) and upload speeds of 10-40 Mbps, rivaling or exceeding many terrestrial broadband connections. Benefit: Supports streaming, large downloads, and multiple users simultaneously. Scalability: LEO constellations can add more satellites to increase capacity and coverage, adapting to demand more flexibly than laying new cables or building cell towers. Benefit: Easier to expand and improve network performance over time. Resilience: Distributed satellite networks are less vulnerable to single points of failure (e.g., damaged cables or local outages) compared to terrestrial infrastructure. Benefit: More reliable in disaster-prone areas or during natural events. Portability: LEO user terminals (e.g., Starlink dishes) are compact and can be set up anywhere with a clear sky view, enabling mobile or temporary use. Benefit: Ideal for travelers, RVs, or temporary sites like construction zones. Limitations of LEO Internet Compared to Traditional Internet: Cost: LEO internet often requires expensive user equipment (e.g., $300-$600 for a Starlink dish) and monthly subscriptions ($50-$150, depending on region/plan). Traditional internet typically has lower upfront costs (e.g., modem/router) and competitive pricing in urban areas. Weather Sensitivity: LEO signals can be affected by heavy rain, snow, or dense cloud cover, though less severely than geostationary systems. Traditional fiber or cable is generally immune to weather-related disruptions. Network Congestion:  In high-density areas, LEO systems may experience reduced speeds if too many users connect to the same satellite or ground station. Traditional broadband, especially fiber, often handles high user density better in urban settings. Line-of-Sight Requirement: LEO terminals need a clear view of the sky, which can be challenging in dense urban areas or locations with tall trees/buildings. Traditional internet (e.g., cable, fiber) doesn't require line-of-sight. Data Caps and Throttling: Some LEO providers impose data caps or throttle speeds during peak usage, whereas many traditional ISPs offer unlimited plans in urban areas. Benefit to traditional: More predictable performance for heavy users. Summary LEO-based internet excels in global reach, low latency, and flexibility, making it a game-changer for remote areas, mobility, and disaster resilience. However, traditional internet (fiber, cable, DSL) often provides lower costs, higher reliability, and better performance in urban areas with established infrastructure. The choice depends on location, use case, and budget, at least for now.