Welcome back to The Gwart Show! Today, Bitcoiner Post Capone joins us to talk about the risks of OP_CAT activation, MEV extraction concerns on Bitcoin, how increased expressivity could lead to mining centralization, the promise of scaling solutions like Arc and Spark, and why constrained covenants like CTV might be a better path forward than unlimited expressivity. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:27 Who is Post

You heard it here first that Substack was trying to raise a substantial new round of funding. Today, Substack announced that it had raised $100 million at a $1.1 billion valuation in a round led by BOND and TCG. The New York Times had the story.I told you that Substack’s growing mobile application and the prospect that Substack might someday dip its toe into sponsorships were two reasons that investors were excited about what started off as a mere subscription newsletter business. This afternoon, I

Jeremy Rubin joins us to talk about his secretive Miami Bitcoin office building Polybeam bridge and a Bitcoin staking platform, his controversial ideas for redesigning Bitcoin script entirely using RISC-V instead of the current "crappy programming language," his CTV endorsement process and why CAT proposals fell short, plus his theory on optimal soft fork activation timing to avoid holidays and summer vacations.Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: • Building

Can the perceived gender of a robot influence the decisions you make make getting recommendations from it? We critique Netflix’s TV and mobile UI redesign. Plus is the cat out of the bag? Online photos show a possible Xbox handheld could be arriving sooner rather than later. Scott tells us all about it! And Matter rolls out the 1.4.1 update that adds tap-to-pair setup via NFC and multi-device QR codes to speed up device onboarding.Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang,

This week we discuss: the chaotic fallout of the Musk-Trump breakup, the escalating protests against ICE and the mismanagement within DHS, how Trump's 2017 tax plan is contributing to tech layoffs, navigating today’s political reality with logic and why immigration is a good thing.Follow us on socials!Threads @liberalbanterBlueSky @liberalbanterTikTok: @liberalbanterpodOur website

Full transparency: I like the team at Bloomberg Beta. I worked at Bloomberg as a technology reporter for nearly six years before I started this newsletter. During my time at Bloomberg in San Francisco I got to know the team, including its leader Roy Bahat. So when Bahat came to me with the news that the firm is announcing its fifth fund — another $75 million fund from Bloomberg LP to back the earliest of early startups — I said he should talk about the decision exclusively on our Substack Live. You

Magic Cat (part 2) with investigative journalist Martin Gundersen This is the second part of our series about our investigation into Darcula, a phishing-as-a-service operation targeting victims globally, and the phishing kit platform Magic Cat. Over a period of 1,5 years, mnemonic researchers and an international investigative reporting team from the Norwegian media agency NRK, together with French Le Monde and German BR, looked into the technology, operations and individuals connected to thi...

Magic Cat (part 1) with security researchers Erlend Leiknes and Harrison Sand Darcula is a phishing-as-a-service operation targeting victims globally. Over the past 1.5 years, mnemonic researchers and an international investigative reporting team have been looking into the technology, operations and individuals connected to this crime group. In this episode, Robby speaks with mnemonic's Erlend Leiknes and Harrison Sand about the findings from their technical investigation, offering a ra...

Titolo episodio: L’intelligenza artificiale ci salverà (ma bisogna guidarla) 🚀🤖Breve riassuntoAlex racconta il ritorno in ufficio dopo le vacanze e condivide come ha usato l’intelligenza artificiale (in particolare ChatGPT e altri modelli) come compagno di brainstorming per migliorare l’algoritmo di FCP Cat Finder (il suo tool per trovare tagli nei video). Spiega l’approccio tecnico: dall’uso di FFprobe (FFmpeg) per estrarre statistiche fotogramma-per-fotogramma, al calcolo di un valore “wide if”

If you’ve ever wanted to create images of your cat in front of the seven wonders of the world, or create sonnets that would make Shakespeare blush, there has never been a better time to be alive. Cheap, accessible AI tools are changing our relationships with information, facts and content generation.But today we look at a much more basic question. What if this earth shattering technology isn’t earth shattering at all? What if the AI we fear losing our jobs to is all a bit mid?Today, Rich Bradbury

🚨 Historic US-UK Trade Deal Announced! On May 8, 2025, Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer shocked the world by brokering a groundbreaking bilateral trade agreement. In this episode, we break down what’s in the deal, who wins, who loses, and what it means for global trade, workers, and your wallet.From tariffs to tech, pharmaceuticals to finance — this deal touches it all. Is this the start of a new economic alliance or a political stunt? We’ve got the facts, the fallout, and analysis

Send us a text Watch the video! https://youtu.be/tIr1TMlUXa8 In the News blog post for March 21, 2025: https://www.iphonejd.com/iphone_jd/2025/03/in-the-news770.html 00:00 What Month Is It? 2025 07:49 Streaming Laggard 15:22 A Very Promising Modem 20:21 Nearby vs. “Near Here” 22:25 Improved Text Messages 25:51 Portable Power to the People 30:58 In the Show - The Return of Lasso! 35:36 Still Not a Cat! 37:17 Someday (There Will Be No Zombies) 40:53 Brett’s iTip: “Safe Driving Mode” in Zoom on...

In this episode, host Ryan Karlin engages in a compelling conversation with Adam Brown, Senior Manager of Sales at Caterpillar Financial. They delve into the financial intricacies of the data center industry, highlighting key challenges such as extended lead times for grid connectivity and significant capital investments. Email us: powerbytes@cat.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/cat-electric-power/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Caterpillar.Electric.Power/

Got a super cute pup or kitty? I chat with the creator behind The Oreo Cat on how to make your pet a social media superstar — and even make a little cash doing it. Plus, scientists clone direwolves (kind of), and AI is outpacing doctors on MRIs.

Join Ted Rall and Manila Chan on “The TMI Show” for a riveting episode featuring Jeff Dornik, CEO of Pickax, dissecting threats to free speech in tech. This urgent discussion unravels the forces reshaping digital discourse, delivering sharp insights for defenders of open dialogue.Dornik’s expertise exposes how tech giants and regulations suffocate expression.The episode ties to breaking news, analyzing the Pentagon’s controversial replacement of mainstream media with pro-Trump outlets in its press

Got a super cute pup or kitty? I chat with the creator behind The Oreo Cat on how to make your pet a social media superstar — and even make a little cash doing it. Plus, scientists clone direwolves (kind of), and AI is outpacing doctors on MRIs.

ReardenCode, independent Bitcoin developer and freedom advocate, joins us to talk about reframing how we think about Bitcoin soft forks. Reardon breaks down opcodes, explains why we should focus on capabilities rather than protocols, and explores the historical context of Bitcoin's upgrades from SegWit to Taproot. The conversation goes deep on OP_CAT, CTV, and CHECKSIGFROMSTACK while but tries to make the topics approachable approachable.Follow our guests: @ReardenCode Notes: - Bitcoin is the

We’ve got bruised shins, sketchy USB drives, and a surprisingly judgmental cat—so you know it’s a classic Chaos Lever episode. This week, Chris walks us through the wonderfully terrible 2015 movie *Blackhat*, a film that tried really hard to be tech-savvy and instead gave us Thor doing cybercrimes. Ned’s never seen it, which is great, because now he gets to be appalled in real time.Join us as we unravel:🎬 A plot powered entirely by bad computer graphics  🖥️ Ankle bracelet hacking and

Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and CEO of StarkWare, joins us to discuss how StarkNet plans to settle on both Ethereum and Bitcoin. We dive into the technical details of zero-knowledge proofs, the importance of OP_CAT for Bitcoin's future, and the fascinating Collider Script approach to covenants. Eli shares his concerns about Bitcoin ossification, explaining why without scaling solutions, Bitcoin risks becoming a "Rolex" - an asset only accessible to the wealthy. We also explore quantum computing

I just got off a live video recording with Wing founding partner Peter Wagner. We dissected the Enterprise Tech 30 list that we published earlier today.We talked about what companies got snubbed, who made a sudden appearance this year, what we can learn from past lists, and much more.Give it a listen. Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe