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Of Star Trek and Post-Capitalism Couture

10 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment mildandred $0.07

What will happen when technology drives production costs to almost zero? This is the question asked at the very beginning of the November 6th, 2025 Metatrends article by Peter Diamandis. He notes that this topic is discussed in The Zero Marginal Cost...

It’s only a good idea if people are gonna buy it (or buy into it)

9 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted $0.08

So Cadillac is now marketing the Celestiq as a Rolls-Royce killer and selling it for $400,000, which is silly. No one’s gonna buy it at that price. No one. Cadillac has been selling Celestiq since 2024, even though the first delivery only took place...

Three useful (non-crypto) apps you can use daily

9 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted $0.12

I use all kinds of apps, both mobile and desktop, daily. There are apps I'm paying for, for various reasons, but these are three are totally free. And very useful. Canva Canva is a photo and video editing app that works better with desktop. The a...

Tesla’s Trillion Dollar Gamble: The Merits and Risks of Elon Musk’s Record Pay Package

9 Nov 2025 4 minute read 2 comments FKlivestolearn $0.29

Elon Musk’s unprecedented compensation plan reveals both the allure and the danger of founder worship in modern corporate America. On November 6, Tesla shareholders made a historic and controversial decision. In a resounding 75% vote, investors appro...

The state of AI two years on

9 Nov 2025 7 minute read 1 comment lowededwookie $0.04

Two years ago I started a series called "Is AI a tool, a gimmick, or the death of us all". It was a 5 part series examining AI and what it is doing for us, what it will do for us, and what it can't do for us. For interest here are the articles: Is A...

The Radio Spectrum & The Modern Battlefield

8 Nov 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Investigator515 $0.14

The radio spectrum has always been a vital resource, powering radios, televisions, communications links and navigation resources. And as time has evolved, and technology has shifted, we’ve seen the space become more and more contested. You need to lo...

How Much Fiber Optics is Deployed in running the 5G Mobile and Wireless Communication Systems Worldwide?

8 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Debesh Choudhury $0.11

"Optical fibers first, and 5G next" - What does it mean? Do you know: "How Much Fiber Optics is Deployed in running the 5G Mobile and Wireless Communication Systems Worldwide?" In India, for example, the monthly average of optical fiber laid increas...

Coin Couture: Aksum, Alexander the Great and Augmented Reality

8 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments mildandred $0.11

In a fascinating article titled "The Evolution of Coin Design: Tracing History from Ancient to Modern Times", coins are elevated from being mere currency to being conversations that weave together "our past, present and dreams for tomorrow". Taking t...

Google Gemini RAG with New File Search Tool: RAG-Grounded AI Gets Smarter, Faster, and Cheaper

7 Nov 2025 1 minute read 1 comment PiotrMacai $0.03

Google’s Gemini AI ecosystem just received a powerful upgrade: The latest update introduces the “File Search Tool,” a fully managed Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system now built right into the Gemini API, putting enterprise-grade document sea...

Manus is the real AI Agent

6 Nov 2025 2 minute read 0 comments PiotrMacai $0.01

This is the real next-gen Agentic Software. Manus IM is an intelligent agent that can plan, execute, and deliver results based on high-level instructions. Instead of relying on step-by-step user prompts, it independently breaks down objectives, choos...