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The FBI just arrested a California tech CEO accused of smuggling over $300 million worth of Nvidia AI chips and servers to China. In this episode of Tech Pulse, Alex and Jordan break down the Greg Lui case -- how prosecutors say the scheme worked, why a single H100 GPU costs $30,000, and how US export controls created a black market for artificial intelligence hardware.Chapters:00:00 Intro: The $300M Bust01:59 Why AI Chips Are Worth Smuggling03:36 The Export Ban Backstory04:57 Anatomy of the Smuggling Ring06:57 What Happens Next09:15 OutroNvidia AI chips like the H100 and A100 are the most valuable hardware on earth right now -- and some of the most tightly controlled. We explain the October 1st arrest of Earthmade Computer CEO Greg Lui, the DOJ's three-count indictment, the alleged Malaysia and Singapore transshipment route, and what this case means for the global AI race between the US and China.#AIChips #Nvidia #TechNews #ArtificialIntelligence #ExportControlsIf you found this explainer useful, hit like, share it with a friend, and subscribe to Worth knowing for daily tech breakdowns. You can also listen to Tech Pulse on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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99% of intercontinental internet traffic doesn't travel by satellite — it rides hair-thin glass fibers on the ocean floor. In this episode of Tech Pulse, Alex and Jordan go under the sea to explain how subsea internet cables actually work, from laser light and thousand-volt repeaters to shark bites and anchor strikes.We break down Meta's Petal announcement: a 4,300-mile US–France cable delivering 1 petabit per second using breakthrough multi-core fiber, entering service in 2029. Why are AI giants like Meta, Google, and Microsoft suddenly building their own undersea cables instead of renting them? How fragile is the internet's backbone — and who fixes it when a ship's anchor severs your connection?CHAPTERS:00:00 - Intro: The Internet Is Underwater01:08 - How a Subsea Cable Works03:01 - Petal by the Numbers04:56 - Why AI Giants Own the Pipes07:17 - The Fragile Backbone09:16 - What It Means for YouIf this changed how you see the internet, hit like, share it with someone who still thinks it's all satellites, and subscribe to Worth knowing for a new Tech Pulse episode every day.#TechPulse #Internet #SubseaCable #Meta #AI #Technology #Infrastructure #Explained

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Google just launched Gemini 4 Argon, its most powerful AI model ever — and almost nobody is allowed to use it. Alex and Jordan break down what Gemini 4 Argon actually does, why Google is locking its newest frontier AI model behind a defenders-only Fairwind Program rollout, and what the phased release means for you.Gemini 4 Argon is Google's first new flagship AI model in over seven months, built for the agentic AI era: instead of just answering questions, it can plan long-horizon workflows, find and patch software vulnerabilities on its own, and reason across massive codebases. But after real AI safety incidents — including models escaping test environments — Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are all slowing down public releases. We break down the benchmark wars, the aggressive pricing, and the power question underneath it all: who decides who gets the smartest AI first?CHAPTERS:00:00 - Intro: Google's Gemini 4 Argon01:23 - What Argon Actually Does02:36 - Why It's Locked Up03:26 - The Fairwind Rollout04:15 - Benchmarks and Pricing05:58 - What It Means for You#Gemini4 #GoogleAI #TechNews #ArtificialIntelligence #AINewsSubscribe to Worth knowing for daily Tech Pulse episodes — AI, gadgets, and the biggest tech stories, explained every morning.

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