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The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)
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Machine learning and artificial intelligence are dramatically changing the way businesses operate and people live. The TWIML AI Podcast brings the top minds and ideas from the world of ML and AI to a broad and influential community of ML/AI researchers, data scientists, engineers and tech-savvy business and IT leaders. Hosted by Sam Charrington, a sought after industry analyst, speaker, commentator and thought leader. Technologies covered include machine learning, artificial intelligence, de ...
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NEW EPISODE DECEMBER 7, 2025! After many months since the last episode, I have finally added episode #29, entitled "The Eyes Have It', by Philip K. Dick. Join me, as we will explore beyond our perceived reality, into the short stories of some of the best authors of classic science fiction and dark fantasy. Email: [email protected] Want to keep up to date with Beyond the Center and know when new episodes have gone live? Follow on the Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/p ...
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We see The Sci-Fi Christian, in all its iterations, as being about the collision between faith and nerdom. We believe that good genre fiction is about more than just entertainment. We seek to engage with the themes and philosophies behind our favorite stories, wrestling with the big ideas within speculative fiction. We’re unabashedly nerdy and unabashedly Christian. Even if your faith background differs from ours, we look forward to interacting with you at The Sci-Fi Christian!
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Retire in 10 Years or Less—No Matter Where You’re Starting From If you’re tired of working harder just to feel like you’re falling further behind, this podcast is your wake-up call. Hosted by financial strategist and Wealth Outside Wall Street founder Ryan D. Lee, The Passive Income Machine Podcast unpacks the exact process high-income earners are using to escape the grind, take back control of their time, and retire in 10 years or less—without Wall Street, get-rich-quick schemes, or penny-p ...
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The Dark Razor Chronicles A fantasy–science fiction podcast series The Dark Razor Chronicles is a genre-defying saga of magic, ancient technology, gods, monsters, oaths, and war—a sweeping fantasy–science fiction podcast adapted from a twelve-novel series over forty years in the making. This is a world where nothing stays buried. Not memory. Not power. Not the past. Forged before history, the Costa Novacula—the Dark Razor—is a soul-reactive weapon with hidden potential. It is not cursed. It ...
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The Weekly Planet covers all things movies, TV shows and comics. Often considered the first and worst podcast on the Planet Broadcasting Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Authors J.A. Ironside and M.E. Vaughan talk about books, films and all aspects of speculative fiction, from the nuts and bolts of writing it, to its (occasionally) obscure origins.
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Talking Heads, is a once weekly show about everything happening in the world of tech, computers, gaming, craft beer and cocktails.
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Idea Machines is a deep dive into the systems and people that bring innovations from glimmers in someone's eye all the way to tools, processes, and ideas that can shift paradigms. We see the outputs of innovation systems everywhere but rarely dig into how they work. Idea Machines digs below the surface into crucial but often unspoken questions to explore themes of how we enable innovations today and how we could do it better tomorrow. Idea Machines is hosted by Benjamin Reinhardt.
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Throwdown Show is a twice-weekly video game podcast that covers the latest in gaming news. Our panel features industry veterans and enthusiasts with a deep passion for the medium. We are your #1 source for truly honest and insightful gaming discussions.
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A comedy podcast about video games, hosted by kind and knowledgeable boys (and Australian comedians) Tommy Dassalo and Ben Vernel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A podcast dedicated to the community that is building and using new digital tools for creation. We’re looking at the current palette of artmaking tools online, and taking a critical eye to the history of technology and the internet. We’re interested in where we’ve been and speculative ideas on the future.
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Joost crunches data. Laine rummages in archives. Together on UNBOXING, these two NYU professors unlock the secrets of the games business they share with their students and cover the games news for insiders and newbies alike. A weekly podcast for anyone curious about why games matter in today's economy, dropping every Friday. Logo by Moira Zhang, theeverdrift.cargo.site
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Are you hungry for more clients? Tired of wasting time (and money) on marketing that doesn’t work? This podcast serves up real-world tips and proven digital marketing strategies that actually drive results for law firms. Hosted by Gyi Tsakalakis and Conrad Saam—two legal marketing pros who’ve been in the trenches. You’ll get practical advice on client acquisition, website teardowns, and what’s actually working for lawyers today—all with a touch of mirth. Congratulations, you found it—THE pod ...
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The Oxford/Berlin Creative Collaborations showcase ideas and research across the arts and humanities. We are drawing on expertise from the University of Oxford and Berlin University of the Arts, to combine established methodologies from the Humanities with new and exciting forms of artistic expression. Our encounters between researchers and artists from the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin) and the University of Oxford open up new fields of engagement between the arts, humanities an ...
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Synchronicity machines. Difference engines melded with the iChing. Geomancy: the art of making stone float with sound. The hacker collective 'Anonymous'. Secret societies … This is the world of ARMAND PTOLEMY, a new action-adventure hero. Facing an enemy armed with the Golden Aleph -- a mystical device that allows its wielder to see holographically into every point in time and space, Ptolemy must use every trick of his Oxford-educated mind and circus-trained body to succeed. But how do you f ...
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Welcome to the Prompt Commander AI Podcast — your go-to source for real-world insights on how artificial intelligence is transforming business, marketing, and leadership. Hosted by Tim Roper, Allan Dubon, and John Weidow—the powerhouse trio behind Prompt Commander—each episode features practical tools, inspiring interviews, and powerful prompts to help entrepreneurs, creators, and professionals unlock the full potential of AI. Whether you're an AI novice or a tech-savvy trailblazer, we break ...
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Extempo Songbook is a music creation podcast/project, featuring extemporaneous song recordings and exploratory, tangential monologues about various topics. ///////////////////////// Nigel from Nap Eyes shares first-draft compositions of new songs. He also talks for a while about some things he’s enthusiastic about (including songwriting and beyond), with an introspective and interoceptive focus. /////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////////////////// #CreativeA ...
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Transmissions from a dystopian futureBy Speculative Machines
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Speculating Irresponsibly: Steam Machines, Saudi Money, and More!
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57:50Steam Machine crashes the console party. Ubisoft delays earnings & halts trading (!?) PLUS: Laine's thoughts on Sky Sports’ “Halo” disaster. Tune in! -- Never miss an update and listen to your favorite UNBOXING episodes wherever you get your podcasts - YouTube Spotify Apple For the true fans, subscribe to our newsletter for weekly email updat…
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Episode 459: The Ghost in the Machine - Folklore Meets Firmware in Speculative Fiction
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1:24:38Still in the spooky zone, this week Jules and Madeleine take a look at the fascinating phenomenon of folklore being created in real time. There have always been parallels between technology and superstition, magic and science. As technology moves further into the non tangible realm of digital space, ghosts and other entities have begun to echo this…
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Here we are at the conclusion of our Disney's Biggest Bombs series, rounding things out with Tomorrowland from 2015. Brad Bird who made a name for himself with the likes of The Iron Giant, The Incredibles and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol again delves into live action with an epic tale of alternate dimensions, retro-futurism, robots, jet packs…
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Know Your Enemy—Or Your Competitors, At Least!
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1:02:05Where are your competitors spending their marketing money? Gyi and Conrad’s insights into this valuable data can help you stay ahead of the rivals in your market. ----- Competitive research is an oft overlooked marketing activity, but you should definitely be focusing on this valuable information to make smarter decisions for your law firm’s market…
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Why Vision Language Models Ignore What They See with Munawar Hayat - #758
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57:40In this episode, we’re joined by Munawar Hayat, researcher at Qualcomm AI Research, to discuss a series of papers presented at NeurIPS 2025 focusing on multimodal and generative AI. We dive into the persistent challenge of object hallucination in Vision-Language Models (VLMs), why models often discard visual information in favor of pre-trained lang…
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Episode 528: Metroid Prime 4 Beyond Review
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1:20:24After eight long years of waiting, it's finally here: Episode 528 of Filthy Casuals. Did I make a similar joke the other week? I can't remember and I'm too busy to check because I've been sinking a lot of time into Metroid Prime 4 Beyond. Does this long-awaited sequel live up to expectations? Are the NPC companions as annoying as the initial report…
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563: Will RAM prices extend the current gen?
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1:08:02Tonight’s questions: - Will RAM prices extend the current gen? - Will game streaming services rise in popularity? - Do we know anything new about the TGA statue? - Is the Meta Quest 3 worth buying? - Is Metroid Prime 4 worth buying? Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawn…
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In fantastic news for big business Netflix has officially purchased Warner Brothers Discovery for a staggering $82.7 billion. We talk that and the potential impact this will have on the cinema and streaming industry. Plus we discuss Quentin Tarantino’s bizarre outburst directed at Paul Dano, a first look at Spider-Man: Noir starring Nicholas Cage, …
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One's perception of seemingly ordinary observations leads to an alternate reality of extraordinary implications. "The Eyes Have It", by Philip K. Dick, was first published in 1953 in issue #1 of Science Fiction Stories. Thank you to Beyond the Center's Stellar Supporters: Jim Pollock, Chris Ferguson Email: [email protected] Send us a…
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Episode 462: Beauty is a Beast - the Problem with Ugly Characters in Speculative Fiction
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1:50:18'Ugly' is a subjective term, of course. Tastes vary and opinions are heavily influenced by how we perceive someone or how much we like them. However, there are plenty of characters in speculative fiction who even on the page do not fit the parameters of being conventionally physically attractive. When those books are translated to the screen, often…
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From Rockstar Chaos to the Game Awards Canon
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59:19GTA VI delayed (yet again) & union-busting allegations at Rockstar? PLUS: Our thoughts on the Game Awards preview. -- Never miss an update and listen to your favorite UNBOXING episodes wherever you get your podcasts - YouTube Spotify Apple For the true fans, subscribe to our newsletter for weekly email updates and more!…
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563: Game Awards mystery statue fuels speculation
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1:19:53Tonight’s topics: - Game Awards mystery statue fuels speculation - Steam Machine might cost around $700 - Metroid Prime 4 amiibo drama - SIE partners with Bad Robot Games - Crucial is leaving consumer market - Japanese dev finds clever way to get around AI - Saudi Arabia to own 93.4% of EA if buyout happens - Marvel Cosmic Invasion thoughts Thanks …
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In 2013 Disney were still looking for the next Pirates of the Caribbean so they thought, alright fine. Let's again get Johnny Depp in a dumb hat and have him run about balancing on stuff to a Hans Zimmer score in a movie directed by Gore Verbinski. Oh and I guess Armie Hammer can be there also. The result was The Lone Ranger a movie with a couple o…
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The Truth About Marketing Attribution || LHLM Takeout
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7:50Craving a sneak peak of our live recording from Filevine's Lex Summit? This year, Filevine’s Josh Hostilo and Stefanie Minter joined us at the table table to tackle one of the most confusing—and most important—topics in legal marketing: accurate attribution. Gyi and Conrad dig into how Lead Docket approaches first-touch, last-touch, and dual-source…
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Scaling Agentic Inference Across Heterogeneous Compute with Zain Asgar - #757
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48:44In this episode, Zain Asgar, co-founder and CEO of Gimlet Labs, joins us to discuss the heterogeneous AI inference across diverse hardware. Zain argues that the current industry standard of running all AI workloads on high-end GPUs is unsustainable for agents, which consume significantly more tokens than traditional LLM applications. We explore Gim…
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Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono This may be our most controversial Listener-Voted Poll yet! VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE: www.patreon.com/thescifichristian?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss To send in your Listener Feedback, write us at [email protected] The Sci-Fi Christian
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Episode 527: Where Winds Meet, Metroid Prime 4 Speculation
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1:07:54We're a few days away from the release of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond so we're rounding up our hopes, dreams and fears for this long-awaited sequel. Tommy's been dabbling in a few demos to try and find the perfect 7 out of 10 game to enjoy over the summer break and Ben's dived in to the open-world action-adventure RPG Where Winds Meet. 🌎Get Exclusive N…
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562: Will next-gen consoles be too expensive?
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1:02:39Tonight’s questions: - Is Switch 2 responsible for console prices? - Will the Steam Machine help with game development times? - Why don’t we know the Steam Machine’s price? - Will PC component prices affect consoles? - What were the best Black Friday gaming sales? - Which long-delayed games were successful? - Which game disappointed you the most? -…
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603 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (with Dave Warneke)
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1:54:11This is the episode description. I write them when Mason wraps up the show because I don’t really need to pay attention. You can really tell if you listen that I’m barely paying attention. But I was paying attention when Dave Warneke popped by to talk Wake Up Dead Man! A Knives Out Mystery. Plus we discuss Avatar: Fire & Ash’s opening weekend, the …
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Episode 1213: The Book Poster: Multiple Book Catch-Up
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19:13Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In this episode, we review “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck, “Naked Lunch” by William S. Burroughs, “Rabbit, Run” by John Updike, and “Go Tell It on the Mountain” by James Baldwin. Then, we discuss which books we will be reading next from The Book Poster. VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE: www.pa…
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Episode 461: The Girl with a Sword - strong female characters and the death of nuance
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1:19:59Moving slightly away from spooky season and weird folklore, the dragons are clocking in with a writing episode. At the moment, Romantasy is the biggest whale splashing around in the sea of fantasy, partially drowning out other subgenres (at least temporarily). While romantasy is a lot of fun, it's caused further changes in the 'strong female charac…
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We're back with another huge Disney bomb! This time it's 2012's John Carter o̶f̶ ̶M̶a̶r̶s̶ which aimed to cash on the populatiry of Avatar, Star Wars, Pixar director Anrew Stanton, Taylor Kitsch, Edgar Rice Burroughs and big rad jumps. Unfortunately it would end up being a spectacular disaster that lost Disney at least 150 million dollars. Thanks f…
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562: RAM prices will affect gaming for years
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53:20Tonight’s topics: - Tim Sweeny says RAM prices will affect hardware sales for years - Steam Machine won’t be sold at a loss - Death Stranding 2 rated for PC - Xbox Crocs - Cyberpunk 2077 sells 35 million copies Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley Where to find Th…
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Don’t Get Duped: How to Spot BS Marketing Metrics
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30:10It’s surprisingly easy for a marketing agency to make underperforming campaigns look like wins. How do you guard yourself against marketers who exaggerate your results? Also, NAP consistency—the definitive answer! ------ Yeah, it’s scummy, but not all marketers have your best interests at heart. More perniciously, data can be spun and credit can be…
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Episode 526: Kirby Air Riders Review, The Game Awards Nominees
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1:24:56The nominees are out for the second most prestigious awards in gaming (behind The Filthy Casuals End of Year list): The Game Awards. We go through the nominees in the major categories before HOOVERING up a game that SHOULD be nominated in every single category: the excellent racing / fighting game hybrid Kirby Air Riders. Hosted on Acast. See acast…
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Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono There’s a new show on Apple TV+ called “Pluribus,” and we may be done discussing it week by week. VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE: www.patreon.com/thescifichristian?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss To send in your Listener Feedback, write us at [email protected].…
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561: Will the Steam Machine cost more than a console?
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1:11:26Tonight’s questions: - Will the Steam Machine cost more than a console? - Why are games no longer suspenseful? - Will Ubisoft thrive under Tencent? - Will RAM prices force people to buy consoles over PC? Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley Where to find Throwdown…
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602 Wicked: For Good & Moana But Worse
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1:42:25It’s big movie time again! Maybe biggest movie of the year time with Wicked: For Good. Plus we talk a Black Panther 3 update, another Star Trek reboot, the first look at Legend of Zelda live action, something Ninja Turtles gets cancelled but another thing happens, trailers for Moana But Worse, The Hunger Games Prequel II, news on a Labubu movie and…
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Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Was there a recent change to Catholic teaching on Marian dogma? VOTE FOR AN UPCOMING EPISODE TOPIC HERE: www.patreon.com/thescifichristian?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss To send in your Listener Feedback, write us at [email protected] The Sci-Fi Christian
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Tonight’s topics: - The Game Awards nominees - Xbox Partner Preview impressions - Linus Tech Tip hints at Steam Machine pricing - PlayStation CEO pushed PS5 price drop in Japan - GameStop's trade anything day - Dragon Quest VII Reimagined impressions - First look at the Legend of Zelda movie Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro m…
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Episode 460: Folklore of the Forgotten - Mythic Creatures Born From Obsolete Jobs
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1:21:39How many jobs and professions have existed over the centuries which we now no longer know anything about? Who thinks about warreners and coopers? Fowlers and knocker-ups? And yet this now unnecessary work lingers in surname origins and in the strange tales that grow up around these jobs. This week, still feeling semi spooky and continuing their rec…
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Caravan Of Garbage
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24:51Modern Disney is in a very precarious situation, their previously successful propeties like Marvel and Star Wars arn't landing and the newer ideas Wish and Elio arn't making any impact. This isn't new for Disney however, they've always had periods like this and massive bombs and to celebrate that over the next few weeks we're going to look at four …
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Proactive Agents for the Web with Devi Parikh - #756
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56:04Today, we're joined by Devi Parikh, co-founder and co-CEO of Yutori, to discuss browser use models and a future where we interact with the web through proactive, autonomous agents. We explore the technical challenges of creating reliable web agents, the advantages of visually-grounded models that operate on screenshots rather than the browser’s mor…
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Episode 525: The Seance of Blake Manor, Steam Machine, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Trailer
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1:11:36This week we're once again paying a visit to Ben's Dev Corner to hear another report on how his game is progressing. Who knows, it may even be eventually playable on the Steam Machine, Valve's new hardware which just got announced this week. We discuss the pros and cons and where we see this machine sitting in the console landscape. PLUS there's a …
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560: How much will the Steam Machine cost?
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1:52:59Tonight’s questions: - How much will the Steam Machine cost? - Can the Steam Machine undercut PlayStation and Xbox? - What would be too expensive for the Steam Machine? - Can the Steam Machine sell like a console? - Has Valve reignited the console war? - What is Valve’s main goal with the Steam Machine? - Will other companies release their own Stea…
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WELCOME. To another episode of The Weekly Planet where this week we discuss the latest Steven King adaptation, The Running Man. Plus news of a new DCU tv show, a V For Vendetta HBO series, Miles Teller spills the about his time on Fan4stic, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Toy Story 5, The Devil Continues To Wear Prada, a confirmed runtime for Avatar …
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Gold just hit nearly $4,000 an ounce—but it’s not what you think. In this episode of the Passive Income Machine podcast, Ryan D. Lee and Scott Saunders explain why gold isn’t rising in value… the dollar is falling—and what you can do about it. You’ll discover how to convert fake fiat dollars into real assets that preserve and multiply wealth, the h…
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560: Valve announces the Steam Machine
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1:25:34Tonight’s topics: - Valve announces the Steam Machine - Sony financial report - Sony is making a Horizon MMO - Death Stranding anime announced - State of Play Japan impressions - Elder Scrolls still years away Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaley Where to find Thr…
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We've reached the end of the 20th Century Fox era of Predator movies, right before the Disney purchase in 2019. This particular entry had a lot going for it, the return of director Shane Black to the franchise, an R rating, solid cast, big budget and yet it's regarded as probably the worst movie in the franchise with the inclusion of a giant nine f…
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Ep. 408 - Steam Machines and Frames and More MacOS, OH MY!
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2:18:35Steam Machines and Frames and More MacOS, OH MY!
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AI Orchestration for Smart Cities and the Enterprise with Robin Braun and Luke Norris - #755
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54:46Today, we're joined by Robin Braun, VP of AI business development for hybrid cloud at HPE, and Luke Norris, co-founder and CEO of Kamiwaza, to discuss how AI systems can be used to automate complex workflows and unlock value from legacy enterprise data. Robin and Luke detail high-impact use cases from HPE and Kamiwaza’s collaboration on an “Agentic…
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