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Oct 10

Reflection AI raises $2B to be America’s open frontier AI lab, challenging DeepSeek

Reflection, once focused on autonomous coding agents, has raised $2B at an $8B valuation to expand into both an opensource alternative to closed frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, and a Western equivalent to Chinese AI firms like DeepSeek. Learn more about your ad choices. ... Show More

6m 48s

Oct 9

Novoloop’s upcycled plastic takes a step closer to production; and Knapsack picks up $10M to help bridge the gap between design and engineering teams

Novoloop has signed a deal with a contract manufacturer to produce its Lifecycled TPU material. Also, Knapsack creates a unified workspace that integrates design and coding tools to ensure design and engineering teams are on the same page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ... Show More

7m 52s

Oct 9

Base Power raises $1B to deploy home batteries everywhere

Base Power's Series C will help the company expand beyond Texas, its beachhead market, and build batteries in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3m 24s

Sep 2018

Why Do We Drink So Much Bottled Water?

Water is essentially free, so why do Americans spend billions on bottles of it? Learn the history behind bottled water's popularity, from marketing to health scares, in this episode of BrainStuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystu ... Show More

7m 9s

Jul 2019

Bottle-Blond Clowns Take the Anglosphere

Virginia Heffernan talks to Washington Post columnist Brian Klaas about Boris Johnson, UK voters and Brexiteers, and conservative nostalgia.Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

41m 5s

Oct 2022

The One About Water

Bob and Monet talk about cities with the BEST and WORST customer service, they argue about how early you should arrive at a concert, and they dive into the topic of water discussing everything from hurricanes to European spring water to the bottled water industry. Go to https://M ... Show More

1h 12m

Oct 2023

Hydro Dams Are Struggling to Handle the World’s Intensifying Weather

Climate change is robbing some hydro dams of water while oversupplying others—forcing managers to employ new forecasting technology and clever strategies to capitalize on what they have. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read ... Show More

11 m

Jan 2024

Smart molluscs – yes, smart molluscs – could watch our waterways 24/7 for pollution

If the clams could speak, what would they say? Surely we all ask ourselves this question every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3m 53s

Sep 2023

Tobacco Giant Philip Morris Rethinks $2 Billion Healthcare Push

Plus: Goldman Sachs in talks to sell Greensky in major consumer retreat, and UK inflation falls unexpectedly in August. Mohsin Ali hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2m 39s

Dec 2021

60 - A Dingo Ate My Baby

Meryl Streep. Pulitzer Prizes. Nonillions. HAPPY NEW YEAR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 44m

Brita snaps up smart water bottle startu...