Episode 254: Node Business

This episode discusses whether AI can reason, setting up a Bitcoin and Lightning node, Umbrel crashing a network, opening channels, and much, much more! Thanks for listening, and thank you to those who support the show!

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NOTES / LINKS:

Financial Times: “OpenAI and Facebook to release AI models capable of reasoning”
https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-meta-agi-ai-models-reasoning-race-2024-4?op=1

Adobe buying videos to train its LLM
https://www.pcmag.com/news/adobe-buying-videos-train-sora-competitor

Google threatens to drop California news sites in response to Journalism Preservation Act
https://blog.google/products/news/california-journalism-preservation-act-puts-news-ecosystem-at-risk/

Ads in Win11 start menu
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/15/microsoft_recommendations_windows_11/

Hospitals sharing user data with 3rd parties
https://www.techspot.com/news/102609-vast-majority-us-hospital-websites-share-visitor-data.html

Florida man’s trip overseas ends in sticker shock over $143,000 phone bill
https://www.abcactionnews.com/money/consumer/taking-action-for-you/florida-mans-trip-overseas-ends-in-sticker-shock-over-143-000-phone-bill

Report: Households Say Internet Service Meets Their Needs, Despite New Demands
https://www.telecompetitor.com/report-households-say-internet-service-meets-their-needs-despite-new-demands/

Apple will allow reuse of iPhone parts for repairs, with a notable catch
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/apple-will-allow-reuse-of-iphone-parts-for-repairs-with-a-notable-catch/

Google rolling out Find My Device network for Android
https://9to5google.com/2024/04/08/find-my-device-network-launch/