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Airwallex is the most insane story in startups: The best angel investment ever: The angel that turned $1M into $1BN. One of the world's best VCs pulled a term sheet and lost $1BN.  The company turned down a $1.2BN offer from Stripe.  The company scaled to $1BN in transaction volume in 9 months.  The company has never not grown 100% in a year.  Jack Zhang is the Co-Founder and CEO of Airwallex, one of the world's fastest-growing global payments and financial infrastructure companies. Since founding the company in 2015, Jack has scaled Airwallex to over $130B in annual payment volume, $720M in ARR, and a global team of 1,800+ employees. Under his leadership, Airwallex has raised over $1.2BN from investors including Square Peg, Lone Pine, and Tencent.  In Today's Episode We Discuss: 00:00 – The Best Angel Investment Ever: From $1M to $1BN 06:55 – From Lemon Factory and Petrol Station to Billionaire: The Early Days 15:20 – $5M side hustle while working full-time: how Jack did it 24:45 – Failing Three Times Before Product-Market-Fit 31:00 – The Term Sheet That Got Pulled and Lost Matrix $1BN 34:40 – Why We Rejected Stripe's $1.2BN Acquisition Offer 49:05 – 0-$1B transaction volume in 9 months: How Shein Saved Airwallex 1:03:40 – We F****** Up Scaling internationally... & Burnt $200M/year 1:08:00 – When COVID hit, they lost 50% of revenue overnight 1:11:45 – Why Jack raised at 6x revenue and is now buying back stock himself 1:15:00 – The truth about secondaries and how much is “enough” 1:18:00 – The hiring mistakes that almost broke the culture 1:20:15 – Why Jack is Taking Out a Line of Debt for $70M  

Alibaba. Tencent. JD. Pinduoduo. Run down the list of China's most valuable companies and you'll find, for the most part, that they're all e-commerce companies—or at least facilitate e-commerce. The sector created giants: Alibaba grew from just 5.5 billion renminbi of revenue in 2010 to 280 billion last year. But how did Chinese e-commerce firms shut out their foreign competition? How did they build trust in the system? Lizhi Liu answers these questions in her latest book, From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China (Princeton University Press: 2024), where she also studies whether the “Taobao villages” really worked, and how we should think about the “crackdown” on China's tech sector in 2020 and 2021. Lizhi Liu is assistant professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, where she is also a faculty affiliate of the Department of Government. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of From Click to Boom. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

Alibaba. Tencent. JD. Pinduoduo. Run down the list of China's most valuable companies and you'll find, for the most part, that they're all e-commerce companies—or at least facilitate e-commerce. The sector created giants: Alibaba grew from just 5.5 billion renminbi of revenue in 2010 to 280 billion last year. But how did Chinese e-commerce firms shut out their foreign competition? How did they build trust in the system? Lizhi Liu answers these questions in her latest book, From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China (Princeton University Press: 2024), where she also studies whether the “Taobao villages” really worked, and how we should think about the “crackdown” on China's tech sector in 2020 and 2021. Lizhi Liu is assistant professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, where she is also a faculty affiliate of the Department of Government. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of From Click to Boom. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Alibaba. Tencent. JD. Pinduoduo. Run down the list of China's most valuable companies and you'll find, for the most part, that they're all e-commerce companies—or at least facilitate e-commerce. The sector created giants: Alibaba grew from just 5.5 billion renminbi of revenue in 2010 to 280 billion last year. But how did Chinese e-commerce firms shut out their foreign competition? How did they build trust in the system? Lizhi Liu answers these questions in her latest book, From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China (Princeton University Press: 2024), where she also studies whether the “Taobao villages” really worked, and how we should think about the “crackdown” on China's tech sector in 2020 and 2021. Lizhi Liu is assistant professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, where she is also a faculty affiliate of the Department of Government. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of From Click to Boom. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

Follow the Prof G Markets feed: Apple Podcasts Spotify  Scott and Ed discuss why United Health's stock hit a five year low, Warner Bros. Discovery's latest move to rebrand Max, and Airbnb's foray into offering bookable services for travelers. They then break down earnings from Alibaba and Tencent, highlighting how the results signal the growing momentum of AI in China — and why they're feeling bullish on the country's tech sector. Finally, they dissect the GOP's proposed tax bill, explaining how it overwhelmingly favors the wealthiest Americans and threatens to accelerate wealth concentration across the country. Subscribe to the Prof G Markets newsletter  Order "The Algebra of Wealth," out now Subscribe to No Mercy / No Malice Follow the podcast across socials @profgpod: Instagram Threads X Reddit Follow Scott on InstagramFollow Ed on Instagram and X Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ile Tencent płaci za Ubisoft, FairGame$ opóźnione i Bungie okrada artystów. Zapraszam do materiału!ANKIETA GADŻETOWA: https://forms.gle/xWeRqchaUgBCM8519Patronite Okiem Deva:https://patronite.pl/okiemdevaDiscord Okiem Deva:https://discord.gg/4anD7dJJn8Linki: https://linktr.ee/okiemdevaKompilacja ofert pracy:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1agVeF3cW5aK4skDnHnB0IVwmma7n1rD8Sm9btTCTFdw/edit?usp=sharingPytania do następnego live'ahttps://forms.gle/4rEHhLdoiPUDWdtE7Pog(R)adajmyhttps://www.facebook.com/pogradajmy/eventshttp://discord.gg/XHFjSTE00:00:00 Intro00:00:31 Ile Tencent płaci za Ubisoft?00:07:31 FairGame$ opóźnione!00:13:32 Czy Bungie okradło artystę?00:21:31 Kreatywny Kojima00:24:50 Fortnite wkrótce na AppStore00:28:36 Cios dla PS500:32:02 Outro----------------Wspierający:Spotify: AdamP, Kozak12, JJanekWichowskiIntern Dev: Piotr ŁypJunior Dev: Kasia Nie, Krzysztof Mierzejewski, HARDCOROWYKOŚCIU GAMEPLAY!, Konrad Szejnfeld (ko_sz), Aloxxx, GerWanTPL, Saaellor, Marcin Pietrzyk (Mithrandir), Mateusz Salach, kondi16, Kruszynka Izka, Khart, nothing, Tomek “Tomku” Mar, Anna Weglarz, ExitWound, Kojo Bojo, ZajacccXD, Ania Węglarzy, FiSherMan414, MichalDev, Aliwera, Lucyfer, KopkooRegular Dev: Leniwa Ola, Marcin “kowboj_czacza” Ignasiak, Adam Kabalak, Backgroundcharacter_A, Kaspa Anonim, Mateusz Stolarz Stolarczyk, czekająca na cud, kona 1, PabloRal, R W, scooby666, Mat Heus (Sizuae), Bonga, vxd555, Remigiusz Maciaszek, Jakub Staniszewski, Ari Gold, bibruRG_78, Łukasz Korzanowski, Artur Loska, Andrzej JanickiSenior Dev: Michał G, Magdalena Porath, Mateusz Śródka, Rafał Jaszczuk, Krzysztof Szczech, Kornel Kisielewicz, Marek Leśniak, Jan Skiba, Arek Dudkowski, Aleksander Świątek, Gatki, Michał Kondzior, Michał Moskal, DamianRoman, Ard, Jakub WmH, Robert Jurasz, Mateusz Myga, HARDCOROWYKOŚCIU GAMEPLAY!, Wered, Michał Król, Magdalena Płoszaj-Kotynia, Krzysiek Prus, Łukasz Klejnberg, Bartosz Majcherczak, Agata Pławna, Patryk Bzdyra, Veman, Arkadiusz Czeryna, Jakub Kornatowski (@GramyNaMacu), Agnieszka Rumińska, Michał Stankiewicz, Cezary Łysoń, Mariusz Kowalski, Tek, Maxjestic, Buła Losu, Łukasz Kister, Regito93, KovalGames, Piotr Beyer, Pielgrzym, Tomasz Golik, Arti “Niezłomny”, jmozgawa, Mateusz Kozielecki, JayKob, Piteroix, Warsi, enonemasta, Miras, Daniel Zabłocki, Pawelek1329, Morfiniusz, Mateusz Lokś, Szymon Góraj, Wojciech Wojciechowski, keksimus maximus, Arashito, Bonga, BloszamelowyJacuś, JOORDAN, BrzusPrincipal Dev: Wojciech Uziębło, Dawid Kuc, Zuzanna Lepianka, Mariolka Mazur, Leszek Lisowski, Tomasz Kowalczykhttps://workplays.it/----------------Źródła:https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/tencent-is-spending-1-8-billion-for-25-percent-of-ubisoft-s-spinoff-subsidiaryhttps://kotaku.com/fairgame-ps5-heist-shooter-haven-jade-raymond-delay-1851780961https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/jade-raymond-has-left-haven-studios-the-playstation-owned-studio-she-founded/https://kotaku.com/marathon-bungie-art-alpha-gameplay-posters-antireal-1851780911https://80.lv/articles/marathon-accused-of-plagiarizing-an-artist-s-work-from-eight-years-agohttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/hideo-kojima-says-hes-left-staff-a-usb-stick-of-game-ideas-for-after-he-dies/https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epic-games-ceo-resubmits-fortnite-to-apple-app-review-after-suggested-obstructionhttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/apple-has-blocked-fortnite-from-coming-to-the-ios-app-store-epic-games-says/https://gameranx.com/updates/id/538207/article/analyst-grand-theft-auto-6-delay-is-a-real-blow-to-playstation-5/

"Een opvallende set met cijfers", zegt Stan Westerterp van Bond Capital Partners naar aanleiding van de resultaten van ABN Amro. "De voorzieningen voor oninbare leningen vielen mee en de rentes zijn ook alweer een tijd wat hoger, dus de marges daar zijn veel beter dan een aantal jaren geleden. Ook de kapitaalratio's zijn sterk en ze keren een aardig dividend uit." De hypotheekmarkt is voor ABN Amro heel belangrijk en daar kijkt Joost van Leenders van Van Lanschot Kempen kritisch naar. "Er is daar wel meer volume, maar daar zit wel druk op de marges, de concurrentie is daar toegenomen." Joost vraagt af de rentemarges in de nabije toekomst nog verder kunnen verbeteren "Tijdelijk positief", dat is Stans oordeel over het beurssentiment. Zeker als je kijkt naar hoe april begon: in mineur, na Trumps aankondiging van de handelstarieven. Of het herstel helemaal realistisch is, maar vooralsnog is het goed. Joost tekent daarbij aan dat we alweer richting all time highs gaan. Verder in de podcast aandacht voor de laatste economische ontwikkelingen en de cijfers van onder andere Walmart, Cisco, Bayer en Tencent. Uiteraard behandelen we de luisteraarsvragen en geven de experts hun tips. Joost tipt een Amerikaans bedrijf in de medische sector, Stan tipt een Nederlands industrieel concern. Geniet van de podcast! VanEck ETF’s (advertorial) Deze week is ook weer het tweewekelijks gesprek te beluisteren met Martijn Rozemuller, ceo van VanEckETF’s, de partner van BeursTalk. Met Martijn ga ik in op de toegenomen volatiliteit in de markt en hoe je daar als ETF-belegger mee omgaat. Hoewel VanEck geen specifieke low volatility ETF's heeft, zijn er wel degelijk ETF's bij VanEck te vinden die bescherming bieden. Martijn wijst daarbij in eerste instantie naar de Multi Asset ETF's, die variëren in risico. Je vindt ze hier, hier en hier. Daarnaast heeft VanEck vier MOAT-ETF's, dat zijn ETF's die beleggen in gedegen, grote bedrijven met een zeer goede staat van dienst die bovendien aantrekkelijk gewaardeerd zijn. Bekijk hier de informatie over de VanEck Morningstar US ESG Wide Moat UCITS ETF, de VanEck Morningstar US Wide Moat UCITS ETF, de VanEck Morningstar US SMID Moat UCITS ETF en de VanEck Morningstar Global Wide Moat UCITS ETF. VanEck heeft mede vanwege de succesvolle MOAT-ETF's de Gouden Stier gewonnen voor Beste ETF-aanbieder! Martijn vertelt je er alles over, blijf dus luisteren tot na de disclaimer. Geniet van de podcast! De gepresenteerde informatie door VanEck Asset Management B.V. en de aan haar verbonden en gelieerde bedrijven (samen "VanEck") is enkel bedoeld voor informatie en advertentie doeleinden aan Nederlandse beleggers die Nederlands belastingplichtig zijn en vormt geen juridisch, fiscaal of beleggingsadvies. VanEck Asset Management B.V. is een UCITS-beheerder. Loop geen onnodig risico. Lees de Essentiële Beleggersinformatie of het Essentiële-informatiedocument. Meer informatie? https://www.vaneck.com/nl/nl/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is Boeing’s 96 billion-dollar deal enough to clear its turbulent skies? Hosted by Michelle Martin with Ryan Huang, today's Market View unpacks Asia-Pacific markets trending lower despite a Nasdaq rally. Tencent reports its fastest growth in 4 years, fueled by AI and gaming. Boeing soars on a mega Qatar Airways order, but challenges linger. Frasers Property aims to privatize Frasers Hospitality Trust, while BYD overtakes Tesla in Singapore's car market. We also spotlight AMD, eToro, Sembcorp, and ComfortDelGro.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this BizNews Briefing, President Cyril Ramaphosa pushes back against claims of white Afrikaner persecution, following their controversial resettlement in the US under a Trump-era refugee programme. Gayton McKenzie demands that his department prioritise South Africans for jobs, rejecting foreign hires. Economist Dawie Roodt shares his expectations for next week's national budget, while Afrimat CEO Andries van Heerden discusses a challenging year of financial results. The SABC appeals for R7.3 billion to fulfil its public broadcasting mandate, drawing criticism for diverting commercial revenue. On the global front, Tencent bets big on AI integration despite short-term profit pressures.

Après un plongeon printanier, les marchés actions américains reprennent des couleurs dans le sillage d'un Donald Trump nouvelle version : toujours rugueux, mais plus réactif. Une remontée à relativiser, car des ombres planent encore sur l'économie américaine. Les gardiens de la galaxie obligataire veillent et ils sont un peu inquiets… Mais les investisseurs en actions se fichent pour le moment de ces rabat-joie austères.Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Sasfin's David Shapiro runs us through the day's market developments, US markets edging up, Naspers/Prosus performance after Tencent results, Trump's Saudi trip, and SA's potential. SAfm Market Update - Podcasts and live stream

Asian markets swing as China-US trade euphoria fades; Chinese stocks rally as Tencent, Alibaba report earnings; Frasers Property offers to privatise their trust. Synopsis: Market Focus Daily is a closing bell roundup by The Business Times that looks at the day’s market movements and news from Singapore and the region. Written and hosted by: Emily Liu (emilyliu@sph.com.sg) Produced and edited by: Chai Pei Chieh & Claressa Monteiro Produced by: BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media --- Follow Market Focus Daily and rate us on: Channel: bt.sg/btmktfocus Amazon: bt.sg/mfam Apple Podcasts: bt.sg/mfap Spotify: bt.sg/mfsp YouTube Music: bt.sg/mfyt Website: bt.sg/mktfocus Feedback to: btpodcasts@sph.com.sg Do note: This podcast is meant to provide general information only. SPH Media accepts no liability for loss arising from any reliance on the podcast or use of third party’s products and services. Please consult professional advisors for independent advice. Discover more BT podcast series: BT Money Hacks at: bt.sg/btmoneyhacks BT Correspondents at: bt.sg/btcobt BT Podcasts at: bt.sg/podcasts BT Branded Podcasts at: bt.sg/brpod BT Lens On: bt.sg/btlensonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S&P Futures are displaying strong gains this morning as markets react to the latest news on the U.S. and China trade talks. The U.S. & China will be lowering tariffs by 115% for the next 90 days and agreed to continue trade talks. Healthcare stocks are weakening as President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on drug pricing today. Defense stocks are on watch as Russia and Ukraine appear ready for peace talks. House Republicans have released a new plan to cut Medicaid spending, opting for a compromise approach after internal debate between party centrists and hardliners. the House GOP plan represents a significant but less extreme reduction in Medicaid spending, shaped by intraparty negotiations and concerns over the potential impact on vulnerable populations. Earnings season remains in focus, with major reports due out this week from Cisco, Tencent, Alibaba, SoftBank, Walmart, and Target. 

Amidst headlines proclaiming economic doom from Trump's tariffs, a surprising reality emerges: Chinese exports to the United States represent a mere 2.3% of China's GDP. This revealing statistic underscores China's remarkable transformation from an export-driven economy to one powered by domestic consumption and services.Henry Greene, Investment Strategist at KraneShares, breaks down this economic evolution with remarkable clarity. China's exports to America have plummeted from over 25% of total exports in 2006-2010 to just 14% today, while their manufactured goods exports represent only about 11% of GDP. For investors concerned about Chinese internet companies, the news grows even more intriguing – less than 2% of revenues from KWeb portfolio companies (including Alibaba, PDD, Tencent, and Meituan) originate from American consumers. Only PDD Holdings, with its popular Temu app, faces meaningful exposure at roughly 15% of revenue.The conversation explores several misconceptions plaguing market narratives. Concerns about Chinese company delistings from U.S. exchanges largely rehash existing policies from the 2020 Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, rather than representing new threats. Similarly, trade tensions around Taiwan reflect long-standing political posturing rather than imminent geopolitical shifts. Meanwhile, Chinese internet valuations remain compelling at roughly 17% earnings multiples compared to 30% for U.S. tech counterparts.Looking forward, multiple growth catalysts remain intact regardless of trade negotiations. Artificial intelligence development continues at pace with companies like Alibaba introducing increasingly efficient models. Consumer confidence has room to recover from pandemic-era lows. Perhaps most promising, cloud computing penetration among Chinese businesses sits at just 50% – substantially below Western rates and echoing the internet adoption curve that powered earlier growth cycles.Discover how savvy investors are navigating this complex landscape using strategies like balanced onshore/offshore exposure, covered calls, buffer products, and Asian fixed income to capitalize on China's economic resilience while managing volatility. Subscribe to KraneShares.com or ChinaLastNight.com for ongoing market insights that challenge mainstream narratives with data-driven analysis. Sign up to The Lead-Lag Report on Substack and get 30% off the annual subscription today by visiting http://theleadlag.report/leadlaglive. Foodies unite…with HowUdish!It's social media with a secret sauce: FOOD! The world's first network for food enthusiasts. HowUdish connects foodies across the world!Share kitchen tips and recipe hacks. Discover hidden gem food joints and street food. Find foodies like you, connect, chat and organize meet-ups!HowUdish makes it simple to connect through food anywhere in the world.So, how do YOU dish? Download HowUdish on the Apple App Store today:

Het is alweer bijna zo ver. In Zwitserland wordt er stevig onderhandeld tussen China en de VS, maar jij zit lekker in je luie stoel. Eén tegenvaller: de beursweek staat alweer om de hoek. Een week met aandeelhoudersvergaderingen bij ASM International en Just Eat Takeaway, en met kwartaalcijfers van ABN Amro, NN Group en Alfen. Maar Bob Homan van ING Investment Office kijkt naar liever naar China. Niet naar die onderhandelingen met Amerika, maar naar een heel aantal bedrijven dat daar met de cijfers komt. Want die kunnen nog wel eens van invloed zijn op de stemming in Zwitserland. In Beurs in Zicht stomen we je klaar voor de beursweek die je tegemoet gaat. Want soms zie je door de beursbomen het beursbos niet meer. Dat is verleden tijd! Iedere week vertelt een vriend van de show waar jouw focus moet liggen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our 208th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 05/02/2025 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris. Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/. Join our Discord here! https://discord.gg/nTyezGSKwP In this episode: OpenAI showcases new integration capabilities in their API, enhancing the performance of LLMs and image generators with updated functionalities and improved user interfaces. Analysis of OpenAI's preparedness framework reveals updates focusing on biological and chemical risks, cybersecurity, and AI self-improvement, while tone down the emphasis on persuasion capabilities. Anthropic's research highlights potential security vulnerabilities in AI models, demonstrating various malicious use cases such as influence operations and hacking tool creation. A detailed examination of AI competition between the US and China reveals China's impending capability to match the US in AI advancement this year, emphasizing the impact of export controls and the importance of geopolitical strategy. Timestamps + Links: Tools & Apps (00:02:57) Anthropic lets users connect more apps to Claude (00:08:20) OpenAI undoes its glaze-heavy ChatGPT update (00:15:16) Baidu ERNIE X1 and 4.5 Turbo boast high performance at low cost (00:19:44) Adobe adds more image generators to its growing AI family (00:24:35) OpenAI makes its upgraded image generator available to developers (00:27:01) xAI's Grok chatbot can now ‘see' the world around it Applications & Business: (00:28:41) Thinking Machines Lab CEO Has Unusual Control in Andreessen-Led Deal (00:33:36) Chip war heats up: Huawei 910C emerges as China's answer to US export bans (00:34:21) Huawei to Test New AI Chip (00:40:17) ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent stockpile billions worth of Nvidia chips (00:43:59) Speculation mounts that Musk will raise tens of billions for AI supercomputer with 1 million GPUs: Report Projects & Open Source: (00:47:14) Alibaba unveils Qwen 3, a family of ‘hybrid' AI reasoning models (00:54:14) Intellect-2 (01:02:07) BitNet b1.58 2B4T Technical Report (01:05:33) Meta AI Introduces Perception Encoder: A Large-Scale Vision Encoder that Excels Across Several Vision Tasks for Images and Video Research & Advancements: (01:06:42) The Leaderboard Illusion (01:12:08) Does Reinforcement Learning Really Incentivize Reasoning Capacity in LLMs Beyond the Base Model? (01:18:38) Reinforcement Learning for Reasoning in Large Language Models with One Training Example (01:24:40) Sleep-time Compute: Beyond Inference Scaling at Test-time Policy & Safety: (01:28:23) Every AI Datacenter Is Vulnerable to Chinese Espionage, Report Says (01:32:27) OpenAI preparedness framework update (01:38:31) Detecting and Countering Malicious Uses of Claude: March 2025 (01:46:33) Chinese AI Will Match America's

Ubisoft announced a new gaming subsidiary with the Chinese tech giant Tencent. This investment will boost Ubisoft's creativity and focus on expanding the ecosystems of some of their already popular game titles. After years of subpar releases could this be the boost Ubisoft needs to get back into our good graces? Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuperWeaponPod/https://twitter.com/_1ldc_/https://instagram.com/_1ldc_/https://twitter.com/DariusTh3Artist/https://instagram.com/dariusth3artist/https://tiktok.com/@superweaponmedia/https://www.twitch.tv/dariustheartist (Live Podcast Sat 11am EST) COME JOIN US Check out the community discord: https://discord.gg/knJDbT6Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/superweaponpod/support

In this episode of The Negotiation, host Todd Embley is joined by Mark Kruger, a Senior Fellow at the Yicai Research Institute, Centre for International Governance Innovation, and the University of Alberta's China Institute. Formerly with the Bank of Canada for three decades, Mark now resides in Shanghai and writes regularly for Yicai Global, where he offers clear, data-driven analysis on China's economy. In today's episode, Todd and Mark dig into China's macroeconomic outlook in the wake of proposed new tariffs from Donald Trump and why Mark believes the country's 5% growth target remains achievable despite external pressure.The conversation explores Mark's recent columns, including “Is China's 5 Percent GDP Growth Credible?” He shares insights into the resilience of the Chinese economy, fiscal and monetary policy expectations, consumer confidence trends, and the ongoing property sector adjustment. Mark also weighs in on how Canada should navigate its own economic relationship with China during a time of rising global protectionism.Stay tuned for a sharp, timely conversation with one of the most thoughtful observers of China's economic evolution.Discussion Points:Why Trump's tariffs may not derail China's 5% GDP growth targetSigns of strength in China's Q1 economic dataThe resilience of Chinese consumer confidenceHow China's export profile is becoming more diversifiedPotential fiscal and monetary responses from Beijing to rising trade tensionsThe role of infrastructure investment and new manufacturing sectors in bolstering growthThe status and long-term management of China's property sectorCanada's strategic positioning in the context of US-China trade tensionsKey risks and tailwinds shaping China's medium-term economic outlookWhat foreign businesses should keep in mind when interpreting China's economic trajectory

Today Dmitri talks with Cherie Hu, music industry analyst and founder of Water and Music. We start by discussing the Ouroboros project which maps the complicated and intertwined stakes in the music industry held by various entities, including private equity firms, media conglomerates, and tech companies like Tencent. We also talk about shifting power dynamics between the majors and the independents, the impact of AI – particularly generative AI, and trends in rights management and live music.    Shoutouts Water and Music Ouroboros Map Water and Music Soundcloud Reverb Sold By Etsy to Fender Parent and Firm Led By SoundCloud Alum A24 Makes Its Move Into the Music Scene 'You Are Somehow a Villain If You Use It' JPMorgan CEO Says Something Everyone Can Agree On: "Kill Meetings" and Corporate Jargon   The Music Tectonics podcast goes beneath the surface of the music industry to explore how technology is changing the way business gets done. Visit musictectonics.com to find shownotes and a transcript for this episode, and find us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Let us know what you think!    Get Dmitri's Rock Paper Scanner newsletter.  

Tik Tok, the popular video-sharing site with more than 1.5 billion monthly active users worldwide, revolutionized the US app market, showing how social media could offer entertainment, short videos and shopping all in one place, say experts.专家表示，拥有全球超过15亿月活跃用户的热门短视频分享平台TikTok，彻底改变了美国应用市场格局，展示了社交媒体如何将娱乐、短视频与购物功能集于一身。"It certainly has brought something new to the US." Z, John Zhang, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania told China Daily.“它无疑给美国带来了新变化。”宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院市场营销学教授张忠告诉《中国日报》。But despite the app's widespread success, it still faces uncertainty over a potential congressional ban signed by former US president Joe Biden in 2024, which states that ByteDance, its Chinese-based parent company, must divest the app and sell it to a US company or face a ban over national security concerns.尽管这款应用取得了广泛成功，但它仍面临一项不确定性：美国前总统乔·拜登在2024年签署的潜在国会禁令。该禁令规定，其中国母公司字节跳动必须剥离该应用并将其出售给一家美国公司，否则将因国家安全问题而面临禁用。In April, the Trump administration granted the app its second 75-day extension this year so that it could find a US buyer. The reprieve will expire in mid-June.今年4月，特朗普政府批准TikTok第二次75天延期，以便寻找美国买家。此次宽限期将于6月中旬到期。TikTok, available in 150 countries, was downloaded more than 875 million times in 2024. Its US revenue reached $10 billion in 2023, and American adults spend more than 53 minutes on it on average per day, two studies found.TikTok目前在150个国家或地区上线，2024年下载量超过8.75亿次。两项研究发现，其2023年美国营收达100亿美元，美国成年人平均每天使用时长超过53分钟。A spokesperson for ByteDance said in an April statement that it had "been in discussion with the US government regarding a potential solution for TikTok US. An agreement has not been executed. There are key matters to be resolved. Any agreement will be subject to approval under Chinese law."字节跳动一位发言人在4月份发表声明称，公司“一直在与美国政府讨论TikTok美国业务的潜在解决方案。目前尚未达成协议。仍有一些关键问题需要解决。任何协议均需根据中国法律获得批准。”TikTok CEO Shou Chew said in an April 22 video: "Rest assured we will do everything in our power to ensure our platform thrives as your online home…for years to come. There's tremendous value in this app, and if we close that, it will be a pity."TikTok首席执行官周受资在4月22日的一段视频中表示：“请放心，我们将竭尽全力确保我们的平台在未来数年内蓬勃发展，成为您的线上家园。这款应用拥有巨大的价值，如果被关闭将令人惋惜。”Launched in the US in 2018, TikTok quickly amassed more than 170 million American users, according to the Pew Research Center.据皮尤研究中心的数据，自2018年在美推出以来，TikTok迅速吸引了超过1.7亿美国用户Regardless of its future, it has changed social media and even spurred international competition.无论其未来如何，TikTok已经改变了社交媒体格局，并激发了国际竞争。Instagram, the picture-sharing site, owned by Facebook parent Meta, started its video platform Reels in 2020 in 50 countries, including the US, to compete with TikTok.Facebook母公司Meta旗下的图片分享网站Instagram于2020年在包括美国在内的50个国家或地区推出了其视频平台Reels，以与TikTok竞争。In April, Instagram launched its standalone "Edits Video" creation app. The platform will allow creators to shoot and edit video similar to TikTok or CapCut.今年4月，Instagram推出了独立的“Edits Video”创作应用。该平台将允许创作者拍摄和编辑类似于TikTok或CapCut的视频。"We think it's our job to create the most compelling creative tools for those of you who make videos," Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, said in a Reels video statement in January.“我们认为，为视频创作者打造最有吸引力的创作工具，是我们的职责，”Instagram负责人亚当·莫塞里在1月份的Reels视频声明中表示。Another US offering that rivals the Chinese app is YouTube's Shorts, a platform to create and share short-form videos. Other Chinese-owned apps, such as RedNote and Lemon8, the latter owned by ByteDance—also are vying for attention over TikTok.另一个与这款中国应用竞争的美国产品是YouTube的Shorts，这是一个制作和分享短视频的平台。其他中国本土应用也在争夺用户注意力，例如RedNote和 字节跳动拥有的Lemon8。However, one of the most unique aspects of TikTok is that it works alongside businesses both locally and internationally to sell goods to customers on the app. That is something that was fairly unusual to US digital audiences beforehand.然而，TikTok最独特之处在于，它能在本地及国际范围内与商家合作，通过该应用向客户销售商品。这对于此前在美国数字平台上的受众来说相当罕见。It's estimated that there are more than 7 million US businesses on TikTok, which helped it support over $24 billion in gross domestic product and 224,000 American jobs, according to a report by Oxford Economics.据牛津经济研究院的报告估计，TikTok上有超过700万家美国企业，这帮助TikTok支撑了超过240亿美元的国内生产总值和22.4万个美国就业岗位。Felicia Jackson, owner of CPR Wrap, a business that helps people as they perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, said that she made more than $300,000 in just two days thanks to the app.菲利西亚·杰克逊是CPR Wrap的老板，该公司致力于帮助人们进行心肺复苏，她说，得益于TikTok，她在短短两天内赚取了超过30万美元。The method of entertaining people and encouraging them to shop seamlessly in an app has been successful for Douyin, the domestic Chinese version of ByteDance's TikTok and JD, a Chinese e-commerce company owned by Tencent, with revenues of more than $152 billion in 2023.这种在娱乐中无缝推动购物的模式，在字节跳动旗下的国内版抖音，以及腾讯控股的电商公司京东上已被证明非常成功，京东2023年收入超过1520亿美元。Professor George S. Yip, emeritus professor, Imperial College London, and distinguished visiting professor at Northeastern University in Boston, said that TikTok has gained international popularity by following apps like Douyin.伦敦帝国理工学院名誉教授、波士顿东北大学杰出客座教授叶锦华表示，TikTok通过效仿抖音等应用程序获得了国际知名度。"The Chinese are very good at all-in-one apps, and [TikTok is] simply following that practice in the US," Yip told China Daily.叶锦华告诉《中国日报》：“中国人非常擅长开发一体化应用程序，而TikTok只是把这一实践带到了美国。”Smaller content creators and influencers who review or market merchandise from the TikTok shop also are making money and receiving commissions on goods sold.在TikTok商店评论或营销商品的小型内容创作者和影响者也在赚钱，并从销售的商品中获得佣金。"A lot of people would get hurt [if TikTok closes]," Zhang said. "There's no question, because there's a lot of influencers on TikTok, and they're doing really well, and they make a lot of money out of it."“如果TikTok关闭，很多人会受到影响，” 张忠教授说，“毫无疑问，因为TikTok上有很多网红，他们做得非常好，也从中赚了很多钱。”As TikTok continues to seek a US buyer to appease Washington, online retail giant Amazon was said to have thrown its hat in the ring, submitting a bid to the White House to buy it.随着TikTok继续寻找美国买家以安抚美国方面，有消息称电商巨头亚马逊已经加入了竞争，向白宫提交了收购申请。In an effort to update its safety features, Adam Presser, head of Operations and Trust and Safety at TikTok, described its latest innovation "Footnotes."为进一步提升安全性，TikTok运营和信任与安全部门主管亚当·普雷瑟介绍了其最新的创新功能“脚注”。"It will add to our suite of measures that help people understand the reliability of content and access authoritative sources, including our content labels, search banners, our fact-checking program, and more," Presser said in a statement.普雷瑟在一份声明中表示：“它将增强我们的一系列措施，帮助人们了解内容的可靠性并访问权威来源，这些措施包括我们的内容标签、搜索横幅、事实核查程序等等。”revolutionize/ˌrevəˈluːʃənaɪz/v.彻底改革，彻底改变cardiopulmonary resuscitation心肺复苏术seamlessly/ˈsiːmləsli/adv.无缝地，顺畅地fact-checking事实核查，信息查证

Depuis 2022, Washington serre la vis sur l'exportation de puces électroniques vers la Chine. Les restrictions se renforcent encore, notamment pour limiter l'accès aux technologies nécessaires à l'intelligence artificielle. Jusqu'ici, les géants chinois pouvaient encore se fournir en puces H20 bridées de NVIDIA. Mais cet accès devrait être drastiquement réduit, dans un contexte de guerre commerciale de plus en plus tendu.Anticipant ce durcissement, Alibaba, Tencent et ByteDance auraient passé pour 12 milliards de dollars de commandes auprès de NVIDIA depuis l'an dernier. L'objectif : constituer des stocks stratégiques avant d'éventuelles nouvelles sanctions. En parallèle, certaines entreprises chinoises tentent de contourner les restrictions en créant des filiales à l'étranger pour sécuriser leur approvisionnement. Une pratique dans le viseur des autorités américaines : TSMC, le géant taïwanais, a confirmé coopérer avec Washington pour tracer l'origine de certaines commandes suspectes.Pendant ce temps, Huawei avance ses pions. Le groupe s'apprête à livrer massivement une nouvelle puce d'IA, combinant deux processeurs 910B en un seul module. Cette innovation, grâce à des techniques d'intégration avancées, offrirait des performances proches du H100 de NVIDIA. Un exploit, même si technologiquement, Huawei reste encore derrière son rival américain. Cette course à l'armement technologique illustre les effets parfois paradoxaux des sanctions américaines. Certains experts alertent d'ailleurs la Maison-Blanche : en tentant de freiner la Chine, les États-Unis pourraient bien stimuler, malgré eux, une industrie locale de l'IA plus indépendante et plus agressive. La rivalité sino-américaine pour la maîtrise de l'intelligence artificielle ne fait que commencer. Et derrière les puces, ce sont des enjeux économiques, militaires et géopolitiques majeurs qui se dessinent. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

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German challenger bank N26 was an investor darling, backed by Peter Thiel, Tencent, and Li Ka-Shing. The company, founded in 2014, was one of the original banking disruptors but ran into a major hurdle when German regulator BaFin put a cap on how many new customers it could take due to concerns around money laundering controls. The cap expired last year - N26 has seen a jump in new customers and is forecasting a 40% revenue rise for this year. Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker and Tom Mackenzie spoke to Founder and CEO Valentin Stalf about the bank's bounce on revenue and customer growth, plans to come to public markets, and thoughts on regulation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En este episodio, repasamos los temas más importantes del día: • Wall Street toma respiro tras el rally: Los futuros caen con $SPX -0.2%, $US100 -0.3%, $INDU -0.4% mientras las tensiones EE.UU.–China continúan. Beijing evalúa exenciones, pero niega negociaciones activas. Hoy se publica la confianza del consumidor de abril (esperado 50.8). • Alphabet brilla en resultados: $GOOGL +5.6% premarket tras superar expectativas. Ingresos +12% y utilidad neta +46%, con margen operativo de 34%. Destaca la expansión de su negocio cloud y Gemini 2.5 en IA. Aumenta dividendo un 5% a $0.21 por acción. • Pony.ai y Tencent unen fuerzas en robotaxis: $PONY sube 12% premarket tras alianza con $TCEHY para integrar sus robotaxis en WeChat y Tencent Maps. La empresa acelera su expansión comercial y compite con $GOOGL (Waymo), $AMZN (Zoox), $BIDU, $WRD y $TSLA. • Butterfly Effect quintuplica su valoración: Startup china creadora de Manus AI recauda $75M, alcanzando casi $500M de valoración. Lidera la ronda Benchmark, con participación de $TCEHY y ZhenFund. Planea expansión a EE.UU., Japón y Medio Oriente. Un episodio que conecta el avance de la IA, la movilidad autónoma y la política comercial global. ¡No te lo pierdas!

 The crew unpacks a week of spicy news and strategic contradictions, starting with Supercell's latest investments and how VC incentives often clash with long-term game building. We weigh in on GamesBeat's move to independence, the ongoing esports funding debate, and whether Netflix's Rebel Moon game is a flex or a fumble. Valorant Mobile's China launch signals Riot's next big move, while Tencent continues to dominate with titles like Gunfight King. The team dives into Disney's Solitaire push, Habby's intriguing new soft launch, and the return of Royal Kingdom's celebrity-fueled ad campaign—capped off by a heated debate: do TV ads still move the needle for mobile games, or are we watching legacy marketing die in real time?01:56 Industry News Highlights02:47 Supercell Investments Analysis05:35 VC Contradictions and Incentives17:43 GamesBeat Independence20:17 Esports Investment22:31 Oblivion24:15 Netflix's Rebel Moon Game31:00 Valorant Mobile Launch in China32:36 Gunfight King and Tencent's Gaming Dominance33:19 Disney Solitaire40:00 Habby's New Game in Soft Launch46:33 Royal Kingdom's Celebrity Ad Campaign48:44 Debating the Effectiveness of TV Ads for Mobile Games01:06:53 Concluding Thoughts on Marketing Strategies

Our guest Amir Satvat wants to get you a job in games. A business development executive at Tencent, he won the Game Changer award for the incredible community he built which has helped over 3k gamedevs find their next role with mentorship, mock interviews and more. We discuss "the troubles" and hopes for the future - this week!You can find Amir's website and community here: https://amirsatvat.com/[00:00:00] The 17-Year Grind: Amir shares how it took nearly two decades—and hundreds of rejections—before landing his first job in games at age 38.[00:14:00] The Job Engine Behind 3,300 Careers: Amir's community has helped thousands land jobs in games. From mock interviews to portfolio reviews—this is how it all works.[00:22:00] 2,300 Games and One Epic Spreadsheet: Amir has played over 2,300 games, tracking his thoughts on each one in a personal mega-spreadsheet since childhood.[00:26:00] Inside Four Rooms of Game Collectibles: Amir owns every Amiibo, rare WOW minis, and a glowing Wind Waker statue—all spread across four dedicated rooms.[00:27:00] Why the Game Industry is Shrinking (for Now): Layoffs, oversupply, and rising dev costs—Amir breaks down the real reasons behind the industry's contraction.[00:34:00] The Great Talent Shift to Asia: Data shows jobs migrating away from California and toward Asia and Europe—Amir explains why it's happening and what it means.[00:42:00] Hope, Help, and Hugging at GDC: Amir reflects on the emotional impact of his work—stories of saved homes, career comebacks, and life-changing support.[01:08:00] Has Gaming Growth Peaked? The crew unpacks whether the golden age of game industry expansion is slowing—and what's next for developers and players alike.Thank you for listening to our podcast all about videogames and the amazing people who bring them to life!Hosted by Alexander Seropian and Aaron MarroquinFind us at www.thefourthcurtain.com Join our Patreon for early, ad-free episodes plus bonus content at https://patreon.com/FourthCurtain Come join the conversation at https://discord.gg/KWeGE4xHfeVideos available at https://www.youtube.com/@thefourthcurtainFollow us on twitter: @fourthcurtainEdited and mastered at https://noise-floor.com Audio Editor: Bryen HensleyVideo Editor: Sarkis GrigorianProducer: Shanglan (May) LiArt: Paul RusselCommunity Manager: Doug ZartmanFeaturing Liberation by 505

In Part 2 of our conversation with Rui Ma on The Negotiation podcast, we explore the evolving consumer tech and innovation landscape in China beyond AI. Rui shares her analysis on the rise of local life services, humanoid robotics, and China's dominance in electric vehicles—highlighting the factors propelling growth and the remaining roadblocks.We also zoom out to explore the broader dynamics between the U.S. and China's tech ecosystems. Rui discusses rising tensions, how media and policy shape U.S. perceptions of Chinese tech, and whether meaningful collaboration is still possible.Finally, Rui reflects on the future of China tech and whether she still believes—as she's said before—that “the next China is China.” Listen for sharp insights, fresh perspectives, and a grounded look at where things might be headed.Discussion Points:The transformation of China's consumer tech and local life services landscapeChina's rise in the EV market and what's fueling itThe state of humanoid robotics in China vs. the U.S.U.S. public and governmental attitudes toward Chinese techHow geopolitical tensions are creating siloed ecosystemsThe role of Western media in shaping perceptions of Chinese innovationStrategies for fostering cooperation and countering biasRui's long-term outlook for China's tech sector

En este episodio, repasamos los temas más críticos del día: • Wall Street cae tras golpe a Nvidia: Los futuros retroceden tras conocerse que $NVDA necesita licencia especial para exportar chips H20 a China. $US100 -1.2%, $SPX -0.6%, $INDU +0.1%. Nvidia anticipa un cargo de hasta $5.5B. Hoy se publican ventas minoristas y producción industrial. Habla Powell. • Aranceles a China suben a 245%: La Casa Blanca confirma que algunas exportaciones chinas enfrentarán tarifas de hasta 245%. Incluyen productos médicos como jeringas. China no fue incluida en la pausa de aranceles de 90 días y designó nuevo negociador comercial. • EE.UU. restringe chips H20: $NVDA ya no podrá enviar su chip estrella sin aprobación federal. Alibaba, Tencent y ByteDance habían ordenado $16B en estos chips. Trump celebró que Nvidia invertirá $500B en supercomputación en EE.UU. • Trump lanza investigación sobre minerales críticos: Se analizará si las importaciones de litio, cobalto, níquel y tierras raras representan un riesgo para la seguridad nacional. China, que produce el 70% de las tierras raras, ya restringe exportaciones. El informe estará listo en 180 días. Un episodio clave para entender cómo la tecnología, la geopolítica y la seguridad nacional están convergiendo en esta nueva etapa de tensiones entre las dos mayores potencias del mundo.

Tonight we're talking about the Switch 2 pricing, AA Microsoft titles underperforming on Playstation, Ubisoft forming a subsidiary with the help of Tencent, Yoshida's advice for Sony and more! ***** Watch the show LIVE Tuesday nights at 7PM Eastern - @benishandsomeyt ***** Reviews and subscriptions help us out so much. If you enjoyed the show, make sure to subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes. ***** Follow us on Twitter! Twitter.com/BenSmith2588 Twitter.com/csfdave Twitter.com/_gloriousginger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Support: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ || ⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠ || ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠ || ⁠⁠⁠⁠Store⁠⁠⁠⁠ || ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠This week on the Boss Rush Podcast, Corey, LeRon, pat, and Stephanie discuss the return of Game Informer, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Ubisoft's involvement with Tencent, and more. Thank you for watching or listening to The Boss Rush Podcast. Leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and like and subscribe on YouTube. Your support, whether through Patreon, subscribing on YouTube, or simply tuning in, means so much to us. Thanks for your continued support of our independent endeavor.

Our 206th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 04/07/2025 Try out the Astrocade demo here! https://www.astrocade.com/ Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris. Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/. Join our Discord here! https://discord.gg/nTyezGSKwP In this episode: Meta releases LlAMA-4, a series of advanced large language models, sparking debate on performance and release timing, with models featuring up to 2 trillion parameters for different configurations and applications. Amazon's AGI Lab debuts NOVA Act, an AI agent for web browser control, boasting competitive benchmarking against OpenAI's and Anthropic's best agents. OpenAI's image generation capabilities and ongoing financing developments, notably a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, highlight significant advancements and strategic shifts in the tech giant's operations. Timestamps + Links: (00:00:00) Intro / Banter Tools & Apps (00:01:46) Meta releases Llama 4, a new crop of flagship AI models (00:13:55) Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser (00:17:06) Alibaba Preparing for Flagship AI Model Release as Soon as April (00:17:59) Runway releases an impressive new video-generating AI model (00:19:10) Adobe launches Premiere Pro's generative AI video extender (00:20:54) OpenAI prepares reasoning slider and memory update for ChatGPT users Applications & Business (00:21:28) Nvidia H20 Chips: $16 Billion Orders from ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent (00:24:45) Elon Musk sells X for $33 billion to his own AI startup company xAI (00:28:00) SoftBank dethroned Microsoft as OpenAI's largest investor, pushing the ChatGPT maker's market cap to $300 billion — but reportedly buried itself in debt (00:30:48) DeepMind is holding back release of AI research to give Google an edge (00:34:06) SMIC Is Rumored To Complete 5nm Chip Development By 2025; Costs Could Be Up To 50 Percent Higher Than TSMC's Version Due To The Use Of Older-Generation Equipment (00:36:04) Google-backed Isomorphic Labs raises $600m to advance AI drug discovery Research & Advancements (00:38:03) PaperBench: Evaluating AI's Ability to Replicate AI Research (00:43:50) Crossing the Reward Bridge: Expanding RL with Verifiable Rewards Across Diverse Domains (00:48:39) Inference-Time Scaling for Complex Tasks: Where We Stand and What Lies Ahead (00:54:34) Overtrained Language Models Are Harder to Fine-Tune Policy & Safety (00:58:28) Taking a responsible path to AGI (01:02:32) This A.I. Forecast Predicts Storms Ahead (01:06:24) The Secrets and Misdirection Behind Sam Altman's Firing From OpenAI OpenAI's new image generation capabilities represent significant advancements in AI tools, showcasing impressive benchmarks and multimodal functionalities. OpenAI is finalizing a historic $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, and Sam Altman shifts focus to technical direction while COO Brad Lightcap takes on more operational responsibilities., Anthropic unveils groundbreaking interpretability research, introducing cross-layer tracers and showcasing deep insights into model reasoning through applications on Claude 3.5. New challenging benchmarks such as ARC AGI 2 and complex Sudoku variations aim to push the boundaries of reasoning and problem-solving capabilities in AI models.

The next exclusive from the "Class Of 2018" has arrived! It's South Of Midnight, hailing from Montreal's very own Compulsion Games, and it's another mixed bag. For all the visuals, stop motion, and music do to set the game apart, the Dukes struggled to fall in love with story following its abrupt conclusion. There's a lot to dig about it, but we wonder how the Xbox fandom will react to this after effectively waiting since 2018 for a story that doesn't necessarily wrap it up or make the best use of its gameplay mechanics. Alas, it's another "good, not great" that the Dukes think you should check out at sometime, but can't really justify the 40 bones you'd spend on it outside of Game Pass. In other news, Nintendo has upended the industry with their newly announced game prices which reach as high as $90 on the physical front. How this will have a ripple effect on the industry is easy to guess, but naturally, we dig a little deeper into the conversation than that. Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:23:56 - Xbox handheld teased by ASUS 0:28:15 - How Xbox games are selling on PlayStation and Steam 0:35:09 - Why are Activision games not on Game Pass? 0:38:40 - RuneScape Dragonwids announced 0:48:29 - First look at Star Wars turn based tactics game 0:52:48 - MindsEye is releasing June 10th 0:55:32 - Trails Beyond The Horizon confirmed for Fall 2025 0:59:34 - Atomfall has surpassed 1.5 million players 1:02:04 - Powerwash Simulator tops 17 million players 1:02:41 - Death Stranding reaches 20 million players 1:03:51 - Monster Hunter Wilds sells 10 million units in 1 month 1:05:08 - Expedition 33 has gone gold 1:06:45 - Assassins Creed Invictus is launching this year 1:09:51 - Ubisoft and Tencent's new partnership 1:18:22 - What We're Playing 1:54:31 - Nintendo Switch 2 Direct reactions 2:34:56 - Game Pass Pick Of The Week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are Switch 2 games too expensive and what does this mean for the rest of the industry? ►Please Subscribe www.youtube.com/myxboxandme ►Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/McFixer ► BRAND NEW MXAM DISCORD - https://discord.gg/aQDSbAy8QH  ► Twitter: @MCFixer @Kreshnikplays @MattPVideo @PaulDespawn  ► Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/McFixer  ► Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/Kreshnik ► Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/PaulDespawn Timcodes 00:00:00 Intro  00:17:14 What's in your box? 00:29:43 South of Midnight Reviews are out  00:37:17 Xbox-Branded Handled Teased by ASUS 00:41:07 Bethesda Softwarks QA union authorizes strike as negotions with Microsoft Continue  00:42:47 Unbisoft and Tencent are forming a new company that will take control of its most successful franchises: Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six  00:50:19 Games coming and leaving Gamepass 00:52:30 Guess that Game  01:01:49 Fixers Sack

Discutimos ansiedade, burnout e fazer chá em Wanderstop e revistamos a conturbada relação do Tengu com Bleach através de Bleach: Renascimento das Almas. Nas notícias, os anúncios e confusões do último Nintendo Direct do Switch, o retorno da Game Informer, a nova subsidiária da Ubisoft, outro adiamento para Vampire: Bloodlines 2 e mais! 00:10:17: Nintendo Direct 27/03 00:20:04: Novo jogo de Kazuma Kaneko, Project Mask 00:41:27: Nintendo Today 00:46:14: Data do filme de Zelda 00:55:11: Botão "C" confirmado no Nintendo Switch 2 00:57:18: Virtual Game Cards da Nintendo 01:27:57: Cristiano Ronaldo no Fatal Fury 01:34:05: Subsidiária da Ubisoft com investimento da Tencent 01:44:37: Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 foi adiado novamente 01:51:35: O retorno da Game Informer 02:00:59: Wanderstop 02:48:58: Perguntas dos ouvintes 03:05:31: Finalmentes: Bleach Rebirth Of Souls 03:28:14: Finalmentes: ANEURISM IV Contribua | Twitter | YouTube | Twitch | Contato

In this episode we cover: Secondary Spongebob Secret Lair prices tanking, rude "fans" online, Deadpool Secret Lair coming to LGS's, Mario Kart price hike, and Tencent buying into Ubisoft.   Please remember to rate the show and leave a comment! DeQuan - @powrdragn Brian - @brianpsionic Color of Magic Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ColorofMagic Website: https://www.colorofmtg.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColorofMTG Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/colorofmtg    

GDC's over, but the takes are still hot. Eric Kress recaps the chaos and questions Dark Legion's staying power, while Phil gives the Game Craft boys a well-deserved nod. Then it's Switch 2 speculation time: is Nintendo finally back in the power game? Meanwhile, Roblox cozies up to Google for rewarded ads—what does that mean for the ecosystem? Meanwhile, AppLovin fights off short seller heat while asserting market dominance. Plus, Tencent's playing the long game with Ubisoft, again—no surprise, but lots to unpack.02:12 GDC Highlights and Dark Legion Update03:18 Game Craft Podcast05:27 CEO Interviews and App Charge Partnership07:31 GDC Attendance and Dark Legion Performance15:58 Switch 2 Announcement23:26 Roblox Rewarded Ads and Google Partnership31:54 AppLovin's Short Seller Allegations36:17 Hedge Fund Hotels and Market Dynamics36:36 AppLovin Market Dominance38:49 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Acquisition43:57 Supercell's New Game: First Impressions53:22 Ubisoft's $1.25 Billion Tencent Deal01:05:36 Tencent's Long Game and Market Strategy 

Few things are more ironic than releasing a China focused episode on Liberation Day. Nevertheless, here we go!In this episode of The Business Brew, host Bill Brewster interviews Jingshu Zhang, a persistent listener who recommended looking into China's investment opportunities. Zhang shares his journey from studying in the United States to becoming a successful investor with a unique focus on Chinese assets. They discuss Zhang's experience navigating the Chinese market, the impact of geopolitical tensions, the advantages of holding Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and specific investment opportunities like Pinduoduo and Tencent. Zhu offers insights into managing risk, the macroeconomic environment, and the regulatory landscape in China. Disclaimer: All content is for entertainment purposes only and not financial advice.  00:00 Introduction and Guest Background 01:15 Investment Opportunities in China 04:04 Challenges and Sentiments Towards Chinese Investments 08:15 Competitive Landscape and Market Dynamics 15:50 Case Study: TK Group and Industrial Sector Insights 22:55 Pinduoduo's Growth and Strategy 34:37 Exploring Global Investment Opportunities 35:19 US Market Insights and Mid Cap Focus 36:08 Tech Giants and Valuation Comparisons 36:13 Tencent: The Super App of China 43:32 State-Owned Enterprises and Investment Safety 53:20 Environmental Regulations and Investment Opportunities 56:59 Delisting Fears and Investment Strategies 01:04:09 Short Selling Challenges and Lessons Learned 01:07:49 Final Thoughts and Contact Information 

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This week we talk about Studio Ghibli, Andrej Karpathy, and OpenAI.We also discuss code abstraction, economic repercussions, and DOGE.Recommended Book: How To Know a Person by David BrooksTranscriptIn late-November of 2022, OpenAI released a demo version of a product they didn't think would have much potential, because it was kind of buggy and not very impressive compared to the other things they were working on at the time. This product was a chatbot interface for a generative AI model they had been refining, called ChatGPT.This was basically just a chatbot that users could interact with, as if they were texting another human being. And the results were good enough—both in the sense that the bot seemed kinda sorta human-like, but also in the sense that the bot could generate convincing-seeming text on all sorts of subjects—that people went absolutely gaga over it, and the company went full-bore on this category of products, dropping an enterprise version in August the following year, a search engine powered by the same general model in October of 2024, and by 2025, upgraded versions of their core models were widely available, alongside paid, enhanced tiers for those who wanted higher-level processing behind the scenes: that upgraded version basically tapping a model with more feedstock, a larger training library and more intensive and refined training, but also, in some cases, a model that thinks longer, than can reach out and use the internet to research stuff it doesn't already know, and increasingly, to produce other media, like images and videos.During that time, this industry has absolutely exploded, and while OpenAI is generally considered to be one of the top dogs in this space, still, they've got enthusiastic and well-funded competition from pretty much everyone in the big tech world, like Google and Amazon and Meta, while also facing upstart competitors like Anthropic and Perplexity, alongside burgeoning Chinese competitors, like Deepseek, and established Chinese tech giants like Tencent and Baidu.It's been somewhat boggling watching this space develop, as while there's a chance some of the valuations of AI-oriented companies are overblown, potentially leading to a correction or the popping of a valuation bubble at some point in the next few years, the underlying tech and the output of that tech really has been iterating rapidly, the state of the art in generative AI in particular producing just staggeringly complex and convincing images, videos, audio, and text, but the lower-tier stuff, which is available to anyone who wants it, for free, is also valuable and useable for all sorts of purposes.Just recently, at the tail-end of March 2025, OpenAI announced new multimodal capabilities for its GPT-4o language model, which basically means this model, which could previously only generate text, can now produce images, as well.And the model has been lauded as a sort of sea change in the industry, allowing users to produce remarkable photorealistic images just by prompting the AI—telling it what you want, basically—with usually accurate, high-quality text, which has been a problem for most image models up till this point. It also boasts the capacity to adjust existing images in all sorts of ways.Case-in-point, it's possible to use this feature to take a photo of your family on vacation and have it rendered in the style of a Studio Ghibli cartoon; Studio Ghibli being the Japanese animation studio behind legendary films like My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and Princess Mononoke, among others.This is partly the result of better capabilities by this model, compared to its precursors, but it's also the result of OpenAI loosening its policies to allow folks to prompt these models in this way; previously they disallowed this sort of power, due to copyright concerns. And the implications here are interesting, as this suggests the company is now comfortable showing that their models have been trained on these films, which has all sorts of potential copyright implications, depending on how pending court cases turn out, but also that they're no long being as precious with potential scandals related to how their models are used.It's possible to apply all sorts of distinctive styles to existing images, then, including South Park and the Simpsons, but Studio Ghibli's style has become a meme since this new capability was deployed, and users have applied it to images ranging from existing memes to their own self-portrait avatars, to things like the planes crashing into the Twin Towers on 9/11, JFK's assassination, and famous mass-shootings and other murders.It's also worth noting that the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, has called AI-generated artwork “an insult to life itself.” That so many people are using this kind of AI-generated filter on these images is a jarring sort of celebration, then, as the person behind that style probably wouldn't appreciate it; many people are using it because they love the style and the movies in which it was born so much, though. An odd moral quandary that's emerged as a result of these new AI-provided powers.What I'd like to talk about today is another burgeoning controversy within the AI space that's perhaps even larger in implications, and which is landing on an unprepared culture and economy just as rapidly as these new image capabilities and memes.—In February of 2025, the former AI head at Tesla, founding team member at OpenAI, and founder of an impending new, education-focused project called Eureka Labs named Andrej Karpathy coined the term ‘vibe coding' to refer to a trend he's noticed in himself and other developers, people who write code for a living, to develop new projects using code-assistant AI tools in a manner that essentially abstracts away the code, allowing the developer to rely more on vibes in order to get their project out the door, using plain English rather than code or even code-speak.So while a developer would typically need to invest a fair bit of time writing the underlying code for a new app or website or video game, someone who's vibe coding might instead focus on a higher, more meta-level of the project, worrying less about the coding parts, and instead just telling their AI assistant what they want to do. The AI then figures out the nuts and bolts, writes a bunch of code in seconds, and then the vibe coder can tweak the code, or have the AI tweak it for them, as they refine the concept, fix bugs, and get deeper into the nitty-gritty of things, all, again, in plain-spoken English.There are now videos, posted in the usual places, all over YouTube and TikTok and such, where folks—some of whom are coders, some of whom are purely vibe coders, who wouldn't be able to program their way out of a cardboard box—produce entire functioning video games in a matter of minutes.These games typically aren't very good, but they work. And reaching even that level of functionality would previously have taken days or weeks for an experienced, highly trained developer; now it takes mere minutes or moments, and can be achieved by the average, non-trained person, who has a fundamental understanding of how to prompt AI to get what they want from these systems.Ethan Mollick, who writes a fair bit on this subject and who keeps tabs on these sorts of developments in his newsletter, One Useful Thing, documented his attempts to make meaning from a pile of data he had sitting around, and which he hadn't made the time to dig through for meaning. Using plain English he was able to feed all that data to OpenAI's Deep Research model, interact with its findings, and further home in on meaningful directions suggested by the data.He also built a simple game in which he drove a firetruck around a 3D city, trying to put out fires before a competing helicopter could do the same. He spent a total of about $13 in AI token fees to make the game, and he was able to do so despite not having any relevant coding expertise.A guy named Pieter Levels, who's an experienced software engineer, was able to vibe-code a video game, which is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online flying game, in just a month. Nearly all the code was written by Cursor and Grok 3, the first of which is a code-writing AI system, the latter of which is a ChatGPT-like generalist AI agent, and he's been able to generate something like $100k per month in revenue from this game just 17 days, post-launch.Now an important caveat here is that, first, this game received a lot of publicity, because Levels is a well-known name in this space, and he made this game as part of a ‘Vibe Coding Game Jam,' which is an event focused on exactly this type of AI-augmented programming, in which all of the entrants had to be at least 80% AI generated. But he's also a very skilled programmer and game-maker, so this isn't the sort of outcome the average person could expect from these sorts of tools.That said, it's an interesting case study that suggests a few things about where this category of tools is taking us, even if it's not representative for all programming spaces and would-be programmers.One prediction that's been percolating in this space for years, even before ChatGPT was released, but especially after generative AI tools hit the mainstream, is that many jobs will become redundant, and as a result many people, especially those in positions that are easily and convincingly replicated using such tools, will be fired. Because why would you pay twenty people $100,000 a year to do basic coding work when you can have one person working part-time with AI tools vibe-coding their way to approximately the same outcome?It's a fair question, and it's one that pretty much every industry is asking itself right now. And we've seen some early waves of firings based on this premise, most of which haven't gone great for the firing entity, as they've then had to backtrack and starting hiring to fill those positions again—the software they expected to fill the gaps not quite there yet, and their offerings suffering as a consequence of that gambit.Some are still convinced this is the way things are going, though, including people like Elon Musk, who, as part of his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE efforts in the US government, is basically stripping things down to the bare-minimum, in part to weaken agencies he doesn't like, but also, ostensibly at least, to reduce bloat and redundancy, the premise being that a lot of this work can be done by fewer people, and in some cases can be automated entirely using AI-based systems.This was the premise of his mass-firings at Twitter, now X, when he took over, and while there have been a lot of hiccups and issues resulting from that decision, the company is managing to operate, even if less optimally than before, with about 20% the staff it had before he took over—something like 1,500 people compared to 7,500.Now, there are different ways of looking at that outcome, and Musk's activities since that acquisition will probably color some of our perceptions of his ambitions and level of success with that job-culling, as well. But the underlying theory that a company can do even 90% as well as it did before with just a fifth of the workforce is a compelling argument to many people, and that includes folks running governments, but also those in charge of major companies with huge rosters of employees that make up the vast majority of their operating expenses.A major concern about all this, though, is that even if this theory works in broader practice, and all these companies and governments can function well enough with a dramatically reduced staff using AI tools to augment their capabilities and output, we may find ourselves in a situation in which the folks using said tools are more and more commodified—they'll be less specialized and have less education and expertise in the relevant areas, so they can be paid less, basically, the tools doing more and the humans mostly being paid to prompt and manage them. And as a result we may find ourselves in a situation where these people don't know enough to recognize when the AI are doing something wrong or weird, and we may even reach a point where the abstraction is so complete that very few humans even know how this code works, which leaves us increasingly reliant on these tools, but also more vulnerable to problems should they fail at a basic level, at which point there may not be any humans left who are capable of figuring out what went wrong, since all the jobs that would incentivize the acquisition of such knowledge and skill will have long since disappeared.As I mentioned in the intro, these tools are being applied to images, videos, music, and everything else, as well. Which means we could see vibe artists, vibe designers, vibe musicians and vibe filmmakers. All of which is arguably good in the sense that these mediums become more accessible to more people, allowing more voices to communicate in more ways than ever before.But it's also arguably worrying in the sense that more communication might be filtered through the capabilities of these tools—which, by the way, are predicated on previous artists and writers and filmmakers' work, arguably stealing their styles and ideas and regurgitating them, rather than doing anything truly original—and that could lead to less originality in these spaces, but also a similar situation in which people forget how to make their own films, their own art, their own writing; a capability drain that gets worse with each new generation of people who are incentivized to hand those responsibilities off to AI tools; we'll all become AI prompters, rather than all the things we are, currently.This has been the case with many technologies over the years—how many blacksmiths do we have in 2025, after all? And how many people actually hand-code the 1s and 0s that all our coding languages eventually write, for us, after we work at a higher, more human-optimized level of abstraction?But because our existing economies are predicated on a certain type of labor and certain number of people being employed to do said labor, even if those concerns ultimately don't end up being too big a deal, because the benefits are just that much more impactful than the downsides and other incentives to develop these or similar skills and understandings arise, it's possible we could experience a moment, years or decades long, in which the whole of the employment market is disrupted, perhaps quite rapidly, leaving a lot of people without income and thus a lot fewer people who can afford the products and services that are generated more cheaply using these tools.A situation that's ripe with potential for those in a position to take advantage of it, but also a situation that could be devastating to those reliant on the current state of employment and income—which is the vast, vast majority of human beings on the planet.Show Noteshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Corphttps://devclass.com/2025/03/26/the-paradox-of-vibe-coding-it-works-best-for-those-who-do-not-need-it/https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-benevolent-artificial-intelligence/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-doge-to-rapidly-rebuild-social-security-codebase/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibe_codinghttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2473993-what-is-vibe-coding-should-you-be-doing-it-and-does-it-matter/https://nmn.gl/blog/dangers-vibe-codinghttps://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/vibe-coding/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/is-vibe-coding-with-ai-gnarly-or-reckless-maybe-some-of-both/https://devclass.com/2025/03/26/the-paradox-of-vibe-coding-it-works-best-for-those-who-do-not-need-it/https://www.creativebloq.com/3d/video-game-design/what-is-vibe-coding-and-is-it-really-the-future-of-app-and-game-developmenthttps://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/openais-new-ai-image-generator-is-potent-and-bound-to-provoke/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli This is a public episode. 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Would you play a Miles Morales-style God of War interstitial? If you said "yes," we have good news: Just such a product is apparently slated for PS5 this fall, and it's rumored to return the series to its Greek roots. But is this really the best use of Santa Monica Studio's time? Shouldn't all eyes be on what's truly next? We discuss. Then: Ubisoft has announced its long-rumored financial deal with tech conglomerate Tencent, one that will give the Chinese firm a 25% stake in a new entity encompassing Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six. What does this $1+ billion infusion in capital do for the ailing publisher? Is it too little, too late? Plus: Indiana Jones' PS5 release date draws very near, Until Dawn's original PS3 version leaks in full, Rocksteady's upcoming Batman game may be the first confirmed PlayStation 6 title, Bandai Namco and Sony get together on more retro PlayStation ports, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! With Naughty Dog's Intergalactic unlikely to come to market before 2027, could it end up being PlayStation 5's swan song? Will Game Informer's unexpected comeback prove a triumphant success or a predictable failure? How can Housemarque best position Saros to succeed with Returnal fans? Has Colin ever sat on the couch behind him even a single, solitary time? EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/sacred Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. Timestamps: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:40:19 - The unified feed is back 0:50:07 - Reddit 1:19:56 - Depression tips 1:24:39 - Bidet recommendation 1:29:55 - Should Dustin actually talk less? 1:35:47 - New "situations" 1:38:19 - Colin's couch 1:42:18 - Dustin encounter at Target 1:43:16 - Sacred recommendations 1:51:14 - God of War expansion 1:56:03 - Indiana Jones PS5 release date 2:01:15 - Until Dawn on PS3 leaked 2:03:28 - New trophies for Days Gone 2:07:16 - Next Batman game for PS6 2:09:25 - Painkiller PS5 remake 2:12:24 - What We've Been Playing 2:55:01 - Ubisoft change-up 3:08:08 - Patapon and Everybody's Golf is back! 3:26:51 - New PS+ games 3:33:12 - Will Intergalactic be the swan song for PS5? 3:36:35 - Best video game stories 3:44:34 - Cosmetics in games 3:47:47 - Assassin's Creed vs Elon 4:00:04 - Game Informer's return 4:13:00 - Saros expectations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thanks to Opera GX for sponsoring this episode Use https://operagx.gg/DLC to download Opera GX today! Jeff and Christian welcome Bobby Pashalidis from Console Creatures to the show to discuss the last OG Switch Nintendo Direct, Ubisoft selling part of Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six to Tencent, and the latest offerings from Dreamhaven. The Playlist: Bobby: Assassin's Creed Shadows, The First Berserker: Khazan Christian: DOOM: The Dark Ages Jeff: 33 Immortals Parting Gifts!

In this episode of the Spawn On Me Podcast, we delve into the latest developments in the gaming world:​Crimson Desert's Stunning Engine Demo: We discuss the impressive graphics and mechanics showcased in the recent Crimson Desert demo, highlighting the capabilities of Pearl Abyss' BlackSpace Engine. ​Tencent's $1.25 Billion Investment in Ubisoft: Analyzing Tencent's significant investment in Ubisoft's new subsidiary, which encompasses major franchises like Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six, and what this means for the future of these beloved series. ​Steel Hunters Early Access Release: Exploring the upcoming early access release of Wargaming's new PvPvE mech shooter, Steel Hunters, set to launch on April 2, 2025.Nintendo's Virtual Game Card System: Examining Nintendo's innovative Virtual Game Card feature, which allows players to manage, swap, and lend digital games across Nintendo Switch systems, enhancing the flexibility of digital game libraries. Join us as we break down these exciting topics and their implications for gamers worldwide.

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Ahead of the Switch 2 presentation we had a full Direct to go over along with our predictions for what Nintendo will show this week to kick off their new generation.

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