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Gadgets & Gizmos: New iPhone tricks, AI hardware, Tetris prescribed for PTSD & golden lettuce

Simon Rose
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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: New iPhone tricks, AI hardware, Tetris prescribed for PTSD & golden lettuce
Tech talk with Steve Caplin. He demonstrates the iPhone's way of filtering out unwanted background noise. OpenAI are to produce an AI hardware device to be designed by Sir Jony Ive. AI can now fool CAPTHA into thinking it's human. Tetris can apparently help treat PTSD. Magic mushrooms can help with chronic depression. Spanish scientists have developed a superfood yellow lettuce. For some reason Wordle is coming to Meta Quest. And red wine, dark chocolate and cheese help to lower the risk of dementia.
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Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: US interest rates and UK market prospects

Simon Rose
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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: US interest rates and UK market prospects
Russ Mould of A J Bell discusses the Fed cutting rates by half a percentage point – rather high for the start of a cycle – and China's latest attempt at stimulus. In the UK, cyclical sectors are leading the way and the market benefits from being lower-rated and having more political stability, at least more than the US. The FTSE-350 also has an effective yield of 7.5%. Financial markets were not keen on Brexit but the pound is now almost back to pre-Brexit levels against the dollar, which will help suppress inflation, even if it crimps earnings and dividends.
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Russ Mould


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Gavin Oldham

Thought for the Week: How shifting priorities risk our future

Gavin Oldham
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Thought for the Week

Thought for the Week: How shifting priorities risk our future
In our fast-moving world, priorities are often distracted: issues which require long-term focus often lose out as a result. Unscrupulous marketeers are well aware of this, and the New Weather Institute has published a report showing how fossil fuel giants are using sport sponsorship in order to divert our attention from the need to address climate change. Background music: 'Hovering Thoughts' by Spence

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Georgie Frost

This Is Money: What you need to know about pensions with Steve Webb

Georgie Frost
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This is Money

This Is Money: What you need to know about pensions with Steve Webb
Sir Steve Webb has been This is Money's pensions agony uncle for the past eight years - and this week he celebrated an astonishing 400 columns. Every week, Steve, in partnership with This is Money's pensions and investing editor Tanya Jefferies, answers readers' questions about retirement. Steve joins Georgie Frost and Simon Lambert to answer your questions about pensions. From how to invest for retirement, to the state pension and tax , this show highlights what you need to know about pensions. Plus, with the Budget on the way and speculation at fever pitch, Steve, Simon and Georgie debate what might happen - and share their views on what should happen. Don't miss this essential podcast that could set you up for a richer retirement.
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Sir Steve Webb


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Motley Fool Money

Motley Fool Money: The Next AI Investment Story — Power (16/9)

Motley Fool Money
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Motley Fool Show

Motley Fool Money: The Next AI Investment Story — Power (16/9)
One query on ChatGPT takes 10x the amount of electricity as a Google search. Ricky Mulvey and Asit Sharma discuss how big tech is dealing with the electricity demands of AI systems, companies that could benefit from more energy usage, and if Under Armour can turn around. Then, 18 minutes in, Brendan Hughes, the author of “Markets in Chaos” joins Ricky to discuss why he’s concerned about the level of money printing in the United States, and one area for investors to watch. Companies discussed: NVDA, MSFT, DUK, OKLO, UA, META, FNV. Host - Ricky Mulvey; Guests - Asit Sharma, Brendan Hughes
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Asit Sharma, Brendan Hughes


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Motley Fool Money

Motley Fool Money: Amazon Can’t Be Contained (14/9)

Motley Fool Money
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Motley Fool Show

Motley Fool Money: Amazon Can’t Be Contained (14/9)
40% of everything sold online in the United States is through Amazon. Its web services division owns almost a third of the worldwide cloud infrastructure. Amazon is a goliath. Dana Mattioli is an investigative journalist at the Wall Street Journal and the author of “The Everything War: Amazon’s Ruthless Quest to Own the World and Remake Corporate Power.” Mary Long caught up with Mattioli for a conversation about Amazon’s early days and how it withstood years of sustained losses, how Amazon makes Wall Street look genteel, and the lengths that the company went to get information from competitors. Companies discussed: AMZN, TGT, EBAY. Host - Mary Long; Guest - Dana Mattioli
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Dana Mattioli


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Adam Cox

Modern Mindset: Doug Glenwright on the Rise in Holidays during the Off-Peak Months

Adam Cox
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Modern Mindset

Modern Mindset: Doug Glenwright on the Rise in Holidays during the Off-Peak Months
Adam Cox is joined by Doug Glenwright from Fred. Olsen. They discuss new research that's been carried out, as well as some the findings. One of which is more and more travellers are looking at the off-peak months for their trips. https://www.fredolsencruises.com/
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Doug Glenwright


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Adam Cox

The Hypnotist: Quietening The Inner Voice of Compulsive Eating

Adam Cox
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The Hypnotist

The Hypnotist: Quietening The Inner Voice of Compulsive Eating
Compulsion is very different from habit: there's an internal dialogue driving that action, so that it feels essential in order to avoid some unpleasant consequence. It's not just eating, although that is the subject of this episode — it can apply to anything you feel you have to do, such as repetitively checking things or washing hands. It's therefore closely related to OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and arguably a form of superstition, which is thought to affect between 1% and 4% of people. If this is something you experience, Adam Cox helps to break those patterns of inner dialogue to provide you with freedom of choice.

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Simon Rose

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: IP Group & Discoverie

Simon Rose
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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: IP Group & Discoverie
Neil Shah of Edison Group says that tech-focussed, early-stage venture capital company IP Group is worth taking a look at. With a market cap of £460m, some of the businesses it invested in are now quoted and, while the interim results reflected a difficult period, things are now improving. With some facinating things in the portfolio, the long-duration investor IP is at a 56% discount to net asset value. Discoverie creates and sources electronic designs and components and has just moved into security. It's an attractive long-term business with high returns yet is at a 27% discount to its peers. More info is on the Edison website (https://www.edisongroup.com/).
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neil shah


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: Speak No Evil, Lee & The Critic

Simon Rose
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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Speak No Evil, Lee & The Critic
James Cameron-Wilson tells Simon Rose that box office is down 21%, with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice still #1. #2 is the James McAvoy thriller of manners Speak No Evil which James praised highly while advising cinemagoers to avoid the trailer. Kate Winslet stars in passion project Lee (#3) about WW2 photojournalist Lee Miller. While she is brilliant and the film looks amazing, the story is so slow paced and conventionally told James had trouble keeping his eyes open. And while he enjoyed Ian McKellen's performance in the 1930s-set The Critic (#7), he found it improbable, flat, leaden and lacking in humour as well, as too often these days, much too dark.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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