Best Message Bot Podcasts (2025)

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Black Ops Dominates Game Pass, Warhammer Goes Roguelike, and Switch 2 Gets Its Party Started 8:43

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 ships November 14th with day-one Game Pass inclusion and PC requirements covering minimum, recommended, competitive, and ultra 4K specifications for every budget and setup. Warhammer Survivors combines the grimdark Warhammer universe with Vampire Survivors' roguelike formula in an official 2026 release featuring character …

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Elon's Trillion-Dollar Bet, Google's AI Expansion, and Microsoft's Superintelligence Race 10:04

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Tesla shareholders vote to approve Elon Musk's one trillion dollar compensation package, structured as performance-linked equity contingent on autonomous vehicle and robotics breakthroughs. Elon thinks Tesla builds its own AI chip fabrication plant to secure specialized semiconductor supply for its robotics and autonomous driving initiatives, poten…

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Labubus, lafufus, and Hello Kitty: How cuteness conquered the internet 27:01

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While some people find Labubus terrifying, millions of others find their big eyes and furry features irresistibly adorable. Why? From Labubu dolls taking over TikTok, to emoji taking over our text messages, cuteness is all over the internet. Ben and Amory talk to Joshua Paul Dale, professor at Tokyo's Chuo University and the preeminent cuteness exp…

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The price of creativity 49:35

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The words "content creator" may make you roll your eyes. But in part 1 of our series, Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler explains how the creator economy is changing work, art and what we value. TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from TED speakers and a behind the scenes look with our producers. A Plu…

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The AI Acceleration: Enterprise Infrastructure, Malicious Threats, and Google's Ubiquitous Assistant 9:29

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Databricks announces that Gemini models are now natively available on its data intelligence platform alongside OpenAI's GPT, enabling enterprises to build governed AI agents with their data securely stored in one place. Google Threat Intelligence Group details how state-sponsored threat actors are leveraging AI tools to automate phishing, generate …

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AI Isn’t Raising Your Power Bill, AI Browsers Can Be Hacked, Microsoft Bans AI Flirting, and PayPal Joins ChatGPT 22:08

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News and Updates: New research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory finds rising U.S. electricity prices stem from aging infrastructure, costly parts, and natural disasters — not AI or data centers. Brave Software exposed vulnerabilities in AI browsers like Perplexity’s Comet and Fellou, showing hidden text in images can trigger prompt-inject…

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Why is she a triangle? (with guest correspondent Suzi Ruffell) 48:20

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Amy and Ian find the weirdest news from up t'north, and are joined by guest correspondent Suzi Ruffell! Headlines this week include : The world's stinkiest fruit causes chaos in Lytham, and a hot naked man is on the loose. Catch Suzi on tour around the UK with her brilliant stand-up show 'The Juggle'. For tickets and information head to suziruffell…

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Watch Messaging, Cheap MacBooks, and AI Data Centers in Space: Hump Day Tech Roundup 10:07

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WhatsApp's official Apple Watch app is now live with full message support, voice messaging capabilities, and call notifications protected by end-to-end encryption. Apple's rumored budget MacBook, powered by an iPhone A-series chip and priced well under one thousand dollars, targets the Chromebook and Windows PC market with an early-2026 launch wind…

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Election Day Tech Roundup: Apple Updates, Amazon's AI Play, and Waymo's Expansion 9:12

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Apple releases iOS 26.1 across its entire ecosystem, finally ironing out the kinks from the liquid glass interface that debuted with iOS 26. OpenAI signs a massive $38 billion cloud computing deal with Amazon Web Services, marking a strategic shift away from its traditional Microsoft Azure partnership. Waymo announces plans to expand its robotaxi s…

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Episodes we love: Welcome to the Jam 33:46

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Everybody get up, it's time to slam now... again! Yes, we're revisiting our episode about the website for the 1996 movie "Space Jam," which is still up and functioning nearly 30 years later. Amory and Ben talk to the hilarious team behind this digital artifact and hear the unlikely story of its continued existence. Show notes: The Space Jam website…

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Geopolitics, Infrastructure, and Your Thanksgiving Timeline with AI 10:53

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The Trump administration blocks Nvidia's advanced Blackwell AI chips from China, but Microsoft's Satya Nadella reveals the real crisis is power infrastructure, not chip scarcity, prompting discussions about orbital data centers as a solution. Apple secretly partners with Google's Gemini to power a revamped Siri launching in iOS 26.4, a pragmatic mo…

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Meta Layoffs, Starlink Speed Surge, FBI Gambling Bust, Text Message Scandals 22:10

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News and Updates: Meta Layoffs Included Employees Who Monitored Risks to User Privacy — Meta cut 600 AI staff and over 100 privacy auditors, replacing manual compliance reviews with automated systems to “innovate faster,” alarming regulators and employees. SpaceX: Starlink Speeds Have Increased 50% This Year — Starlink median download speeds rose f…

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Kevin’s got two eyes! 1:46

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This is a preview of this week's Patreon episode. To listen to the full episode and to enjoy weekly bonus content, videos, BTS bits, extra guest stories, live show discount codes and more, sign up to the Yer Don't Get Owt Fer Nowt! tier on Patreon at patreon.com/northernnews. In this week's bonus story, someone's left something despicable in the to…

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Nintendo Switch 2 Dominates Gaming News as Resident Evil Launches, Battlefield Stumbles, and Classic Franchises Return 10:17

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Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 in February 2026 with a special Pro Controller and Generation Pack bundling three games for ninety dollars. EA's free-to-play battle royale Battlefield REDSEC launched to overwhelmingly negative Steam reviews due to missing solo mode, fast time-to-kill, and forced challenges. Embark Studio…

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S2E1: Horny for War: The History of How Sex Became A Weapon 23:43

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White feathers, red light districts, and the rise of the military edging complex. How governments weaponized horniness to win WWI, and began to reimagine what women represent to a nation at war. — A production of BRINK, original media and branded entertainment Website: thisispropaganda.show Instagram: @thisispropagandashow Email: [email protected]…

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Free Horror Games, Interstellar Comets, Lunar Missions, and AI Surprises: Tech's Spookiest Day 10:03

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This Halloween episode keeps things fun while diving into five fascinating tech stories reshaping our world. An ancient interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS brightens as it emerges from behind the sun, offering astronomers a rare window into our solar system's origins and potentially carrying pristine materials billions of years old. SpaceX unveils a stream…

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Endless Dread: Haunted Hayride 38:04

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In keeping with Endless Thread tradition, Ben and Amory are celebrating spooky season with another installment of "Endless Dread." This time, we're bringing you along on both an actual haunted hayride — thanks to McCray's Farm in South Hadley, MA — and a digital one, through a handful of spooky stories from the internet. Ben introduces Amory to a T…

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Move fast...and fix democracy? 49:40

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It's easy to despair with another government shutdown. But this hour, three speakers argue that simple upgrades are key to restoring faith in the American experiment. Guests include venture capitalist and political consultant Bradley Tusk, political advisor Jennifer Pahlka and e-governance expert Anna Piperal. TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get ac…

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MessageBot: The Future of Bulk SMS in India 3:12

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Welcome to MessageBot — Smarter Business Messaging for India, the podcast where we explore how technology is transforming customer communication across industries. From Bulk SMS and Voice Calls to WhatsApp and RCS Messaging, each episode helps Indian businesses understand how to connect, engage, and grow using fast, reliable, and TRAI-compliant mes…

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$5 Trillion Nvidia, Fragile Cloud Infrastructure, OpenAI's Billion-Dollar Gamble, and Quantum's Accelerated Timeline 11:33

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Nvidia achieves an unprecedented $5 trillion market cap on the back of relentless AI chip demand, 90% market dominance, and diversification into infrastructure through investments like Nokia, raising questions about whether this valuation is forward-looking genius or pure bubble pricing. Back-to-back hyperscaler outages—AWS and Azure in one week—ex…

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Browser Fingerprints, Walmart & OpenAI Partnership, YouTube Deepfake Defense, Uber’s AI Side Hustle, Kohler’s Smart Toilet 22:24

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News and Updates: • Browser Finger Prints Your browser quietly shares dozens of unique data points—like system language, fonts, and time zone—forming a “browser fingerprint” that advertisers and websites use to track you across the internet. • Walmart & OpenAI Walmart partnered with OpenAI to power chat-based grocery shopping through ChatGPT, letti…

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Havoc has been wreaked! (with guest correspondent Urooj Ashfaq) 55:14

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Happy Halloween (Eve)! To celebrate scary season, comedians Amy Gledhill and Ian Smith find the spookiest news from up north, and are joined by guest correspondent Urooj Ashfaq! Headlines this week include a woman's haunted dolls wreaking havoc, and the abandoned village of Wharram Percy might have a zombie problem. Urooj will be at London's Soho T…

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OpenAI Goes For-Profit, Nvidia Bets on Nokia, Github Wrangling Agents, and Bill Gates Rethinks Climate Strategy 9:28

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Microsoft and OpenAI finalize a historic restructuring deal, with OpenAI transitioning to a for-profit public benefit corporation valued at half a trillion dollars while maintaining nonprofit governance oversight. Nvidia invests one billion dollars in telecom maker Nokia to accelerate AI-powered 5G and 6G network development, positioning the Finnis…

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Qualcomm Disrupts AI, PayPal Powers Shopping Bots, Agents Replace Entry-Level Workers, Twitter Retires Its Original Domain 11:19

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Qualcomm announced the AI200 and AI250 chips designed for AI inference, positioning itself as a serious competitor to Nvidia and signaling that supply constraints—and the valuations they've inflated—may finally ease. PayPal became the first payments wallet embedded directly into ChatGPT, with CEO backing and strong Q3 earnings suggesting the partne…

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Episodes we love: Artist Known — Illustrator for 'A Wrinkle in Time' gets long-overdue credit 46:10

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New to Endless Thread? Wooooo! We're revisiting some favorites from our archives to welcome you. First up: The cover art for the 1976 paperback edition of Madeleine L'Engle's classic, spooky sci-fi/fantasy novel "A Wrinkle in Time" — featuring a rainbow-winged centaur and a green, glowering, red-eyed face — is iconic. And yet, for nearly 50 years, …

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Monday's Tech Roundup: Nothing Goes Budget, Google Democratizes AI Coding, TikTok's Final Countdown, and OpenAI Enters Music 10:58

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Tech startup Nothing confirms the October 29th launch of the Phone 3a Lite, bringing their acclaimed transparent design and minimalist aesthetic to a budget-friendly price point aimed at expanding their market reach. Google integrates "vibe coding" into AI Studio, enabling non-developers to create AI applications using natural language, though real…

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Amazon Internet Meltdown, Windows 11 Fix, Messenger Shutdown, GM’s Big Tech Shift, and Apple’s iPhone Air Fails 22:10

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News and Updates: Amazon outage knocks out half the internet: A faulty DNS update in Amazon’s DynamoDB caused a massive AWS outage, crippling services like Zoom, Alexa, Slack, and major financial platforms. Over 8 million users were affected globally, delaying flights, halting trades, and disrupting daily life. Analysts estimate losses could reach …

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Storm Aieiemee 2:51

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This is a preview of this week's Patreon episode. To listen to the full episode and to enjoy weekly bonus content, videos, BTS bits, extra guest stories, live show discount codes and more, sign up to the Yer Don't Get Owt Fer Nowt! tier on Patreon at patreon.com/northernnews. (Storm) Amy's been kicking off so this week, Amy and Ian look at the new …

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We're Probably in an AI Bubble, But the Assets We're Building Might Be Too Valuable to Waste 10:59

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We start by defining what separates bubble psychology from genuine boom fundamentals, looking at valuation multiples, winner concentration, and whether AI's real capabilities justify the extreme enthusiasm relative to earnings. We explore the physical constraints shaping the cycle: GPU chokepoints controlled by a handful of vendors, exponential gro…

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Battlefield's redemption arc, space RPGs make a comeback, and Halo finally goes multiplatform—plus RE0 remake rumors heat up for Halloween 10:59

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Battlefield 6 tops sales charts and earns community praise for running smoothly on older hardware, marking an unexpected win for EA after months of uncertainty. The Outer Worlds 2 launches to positive reviews with refined gameplay and a compelling story, offering a much-needed bright spot in the space game genre. Microsoft's announcement of Halo: C…

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The Great AI Content Explosion—Instagram, EA, Microsoft, and Google All Betting Big on Generative Tools 13:25

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Instagram gets generative AI editing for Stories as Meta races to compete with OpenAI's Sora. EA partners with Stability AI to revolutionize game development, but questions loom about creative ownership and job displacement. Microsoft debuts Mico, a new AI companion that could either transform productivity or resurrect the Clippy nightmare. Google'…

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The great food rescue 49:37

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The average American household throws away $200 of food each month. How can we get more food onto plates and less into landfills? This hour, changing the food system, from the farm to your kitchen. Guests include food waste expert Dana Gunders, social entrepreneur Jasmine Crowe-Houston, chef and sustainability activist Anthony Myint and behavioral …

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Hidden Levels Ep. 6: Segagaga 40:38

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The final episode of Hidden Levels explores the story of SEGA developer Tez Okano and the bizarre, meta-game he created: Segagaga. Okano joined SEGA in 1992, witnessing firsthand the company's tumultuous experience in the "console wars" against Nintendo and Sony. In the mid-1990s, SEGA struggled to make hardware that kept up with its rivals. The SE…

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The Wearables Race Heats Up: What Amazon, Sesame, and OnePlus Reveal About AI's Next Frontier 10:46

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Smart glasses, massive batteries, and conversational AI are colliding. We break down Amazon's AR glasses for drivers, Sesame AI's $250M funding round and voice-first approach, OnePlus's bigger-battery strategy, and what the Veeam-Securiti deal tells us about how enterprises are preparing for the AI era. https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/deals/articles/amaz…

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AI Bubble Warnings, Police Battle AI Prank, OpenAI’s Safety Report, ChatGPT To Add Erotica 22:12

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News and Updates: Financial leaders warn of an AI investment bubble as the Bank of England and IMF caution that tech valuations echo the dot-com era, risking a sharp market correction. Analysts cite overvalued AI stocks and slowing productivity gains, arguing inflated expectations, diminishing model returns, and inflated capital spending could trig…

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I'm normal, are you? (with guest correspondent Kieran Hodgson) 50:07

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Ian and Amy catch up on news from up t'North, and are joined by guest correspondent Kieran Hodgson! Headlines this week include the happiest workplace in the UK, and a woman in Australia with Foreign Accent Syndrome. Kieran will be going around the UK for just a few more weeks with his latest show 'Kieran Hodgson: Voice of America'. For tickets hea…

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The Browser Wars Begin, Mixed Reality Gets Real, and Quantum Computers Might Actually Work 10:40

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OpenAI launches Atlas, its AI-powered answer to Google Chrome, but security concerns and a tumbling Alphabet stock price raise questions about the browser wars' first volley. Samsung enters the mixed reality arena with Galaxy XR at a steep discount to Apple's Vision Pro, forcing the question: can Android XR convert loyal iPhone users without ecosys…

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Hidden Levels Ep. 5: Press B to Touch Grass 41:47

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Video games are arguably the antithesis of nature; highly constructed worlds, synthetic, inorganic. If you grew up gaming, you may recall grown-ups telling you to shut down the console, go outside, and touch some grass. These days, though, touching grass isn’t something you have to do outside. As gaming has grown into a 200 billion dollar industry,…

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DeepSeek Does It Again, Adobe Fights Back and Gemini Moves In 9:58

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Signal Post Daily | Tuesday, October 21, 2025 A massive AWS outage takes down half the internet, exposing how fragile our centralized cloud infrastructure really is. DeepSeek drops another open-source model that proves you can build sophisticated AI on a fraction of traditional compute costs. Adobe launches its AI Foundry and LLM Optimizer, positio…

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Surgical Precision: One doctor's quest to show how video games can save lives 24:34

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Dr. James "Butch" Rosser was a pioneer in minimally invasive surgery in the 1990s. When he credited his surgical skills to video games, people dismissed him. The prevailing narrative was that kids who played video games became killers, not doctors. So Butch set out on quest: to show how video games can help make better doctors. Show notes: The impa…

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Apple TV Rebrand, Wi-Fi 8, Leaky Satellites, Windows 10 E-Waste, Korean DC Fire, BYD Boom 22:00

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News and Updates: Apple is rebranding Apple TV Plus as simply “Apple TV,” a move causing confusion with its existing app and hardware lineup. Branding updates are still pending. TP-Link achieved the first prototype Wi-Fi 8 connection, validating the 802.11bn standard focused on reliability and stability over speed, with full ratification expected b…

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Cumbria Mermaid School 3:48

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This is a preview of this week's Patreon episode. To listen to the full episode and to enjoy weekly bonus content, videos, BTS bits, extra guest stories, live show discount codes and more, sign up to the Yer Don't Get Owt Fer Nowt! tier on Patreon at patreon.com/northernnews. In this week's bonus episode, Amy and Ian learn about a real life Lake Di…

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Hidden Levels Ep. 4: Machinima 45:08

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Machinima — a portmanteau of “machine” and “cinema” — refers to movies filmed inside video games. The art form had a renaissance in the 1990s, and many thought it had a future in Hollywood. Among the early pioneers were the New York animation collective the Ill Clan, who puppeteered characters in real-time inside the video game Quake, bypassing tra…

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Hidden Levels: Choose Your Player (Side Quest) 31:25

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Today, Stef Sanjati is a creator on YouTube with over half a million subscribers. Her content mostly focuses on her two greatest loves — makeup and gaming — often combining the two with her otherworldly video game-inspired beauty tutorials. Growing up in small-town Ontario, though, Stef was a quiet, introverted kid who was bullied a lot. For one th…

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The art of choosing what to do 49:38

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The way we spend our hours defines our lives. This hour, TED speakers explore how we make choices about time, meaning and attention in a world of infinite options. TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from TED speakers and a behind the scenes look with our producers. A Plus subscription also lets you listen …

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AI Actress Sparks Hollywood Uproar, OpenAI’s Sora 2 Shocks the Internet, and Sam Altman Warns of an AI Bubble 22:12

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News and Updates: An AI actress named Tilly Norwood, created by Dutch producer Eline Van der Velden, ignited outrage in Hollywood. SAG-AFTRA condemned her as a threat to human performers, calling her “a computer-generated character” built on unpaid human work. Stars including Whoopi Goldberg and Emily Blunt slammed the concept as unethical and dehu…