The Intelligence: A former general, elected in Indonesia
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The Economist
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🗓️ 15 February 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Prabowo Subianto stormed to victory in the world’s largest single-day election. But critics say his presidency could jeopardise two decades of democratic progress. Nvidia has dominated the global market for AI accelerator chips for years. Could a company about a third of its size come for its crown (10:51)? And, more people are tuning in to watch people get slapped (19:20).
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| 0:37.0 | Hello and welcome to thera Oganbei. |
| 0:45.0 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:54.0 | There's a particular kind of computer chip that's the darling of data center bosses, |
| 1:00.0 | AI researchers, and investors. They're called GPUs. We look at a new offering from the firm |
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| 1:18.0 | And the unadorned violence of Ultimate Fighting Championship is shockingly popular. Now, from the same guy who popularized that, comes a stripped down sport called Power Slap which is pretty much |
| 1:28.7 | what it sounds like. But first. Indonesia, one of the world's largest democracies, appears to have elected a new leader. |
| 1:48.0 | So, there's a good man, young, young, Prabeau Suuyanto, a former general and Indonesia's current defense minister went into his |
| 1:59.9 | country's presidential elections as a favorite. Early results showed him capturing 60% of |
| 2:06.3 | the vote and on Wednesday he claimed victory. I'm going to say how to scream as he said that I want to trouble |
| 2:15.3 | to mala, yeah. |
| 2:17.1 | Chukup. |
| 2:18.1 | Although we are grateful, we must not be arrogant, he said. |
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