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Radar 12min

A read on the four tensions shaking NATO at the Ankara summit: military spending, the war in Ukraine, trade as a weapon, and the dispute over Greenland. A portrait of why the alliance stays united in the photo and divided in the facts.

NATO: Allies, but not aligned

Hamas has announced the dissolution of the body that governed Gaza since 2007, promising to hand administration to a committee of technocrats. Here is what actually changes, what stays open and why disarmament remains the crux.

Gaza without Hamas in charge

Small businesses are cutting costs with AI, and the savings already show up in the numbers: some save $500 to $2,000 a month. Where the bigger savings come from, and where they charge a high price later.

How small businesses are saving money with AI

Techniques, sweet and victory! The best of sports in one place. 

Sports

Modo Copa

From Mexico adopting Korea to Haiti wearing Poland, rooting against has two faces. One guards justice and better decisions. The other is a borrowed pleasure that only wounds the one who feels it.

Rooting against

Biology, physics and a lot of experimentation!  

Science

A volcano cooled the Earth by half a degree in the 1990s. Now companies are raising millions to repeat the feat on purpose. What no one has solved is how to do it without trading one problem for another.

Do we have the technology to cool the planet?

Understanding the science behind your decision making and behavior is a great asset in the battle to a more fulfilled life.

Psychology

Studies keep showing that many people feel more comforted by a chatbot than by another person. The reason reveals four simple listening habits we lost, and how to get them back.

What the machine teaches us about listening

Alexa+ has rolled out across the US, turning the voice assistant into something that actually holds a conversation, reads context, and gets tasks done. What it already does well, where it still trips, and how to make the most of it now.

Alexa+, Your Virtual Friend

The FIRE movement promises early retirement with one simple calculation: spend less, invest the difference, multiply by a yardstick. We break down how that number changes with the 4% rule, where it's now disputed, and which tax-sheltered accounts are the real lever for an American chasing it.

Retiring in 10 years

The first 48-team World Cup already has its leadership lessons. Between a legend who acknowledged his own limits and a country that called for an investigation, here is what coaches and captains reveal about managing people.

Leaders on the Field

Two earthquakes in 40 seconds, more than 1,000 dead, and a rare phenomenon called a seismic doublet. What Venezuela's geology explains about why the ground shakes, and why it kills.

Venezuela in Ruins

Get inspired, build great plans, reach your goals, live happier!

Self-Help & Motivation

What great leaders are made of? Learn from the people who have more to offer in the realm of leadership than just words. 

Management & Leadership

Everyone is accelerating on the AI wave, convinced efficiency is the only rational move. This Radar shows why the play that looks inefficient (choosing a few things and doing them with excellence) is usually the one with the highest return.

The efficiency paradox

Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin in 2009, accumulated over a million coins, and disappeared without a trace. Now, a New York Times investigation points to British cryptographer Adam Back as the leading suspect. In this Radar 12min, we tell the full story: from the cypherpunks to the genesis block, from the 2008 crisis to the 78-billion-dollar fortune no one has ever touched. And we explain why Satoshi's identity matters to anyone who invests, builds businesses, or wants to understand the future of money.

The richest ghost in the world: who is Satoshi Nakamoto?

Radar twelve min tracks what is shifting in the worlds of technology, science, and business and translates it into useful reading. No alarmism, no hype, just enough context for you to form your own opinion about what is coming.

TRIBE V2 — THE MACHINE THAT LEARNED TO READ THE BRAIN

Google launched Gemini Omni on Tuesday, an artificial intelligence that creates and edits videos through conversation, builds avatars with the user's own voice and face, and rolls out free on YouTube Shorts. In this Radar, we cover what changes, what to worry about, and what to do with the news that puts deepfake production within reach of anyone.

Was video proof? Used to be... look at Google's new AI

Meta put AI agents to work answering and closing sales on their own inside WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. Behind the product, a bigger plan: to become the entire infrastructure of your business, from the sale to the cloud.

AI: Meta wants to sell for you


In two thousand and twenty-six, war became a content strategy. From Call of Duty-style videos posted by the White House to Lego animations produced for the Iranian government, this piece maps how memes, AI-generated images, and viral propaganda are shaping global perception of the Iran conflict... and why the real battle may now be happening in your feed.

War and Memes... How Propaganda Went Viral

Staring out the window isn't wasted time. Neuroscience shows that the wandering mind activates the default mode network — the same one that links memory, daydreaming and creativity. A Radar on why stopping is, for the brain, a form of work.

What happens in your brain when you do nothing

Science spoiler: lazy people don't have too little dopamine. They have too much of it, just in the wrong region of the brain. Here's what that changes about your next Monday morning.

HOW TO BEAT LAZINESS

Radar 12min is a narrative audio journalism show produced by 12min. Each episode takes one relevant topic and turns it into a dense, direct story — no filler, no fluff. You get verified facts, real context, and a closing section that helps you think through what to actually do with the information. This episode is about artificial intelligence... but not the kind you've already heard about a hundred times. It's about what AI is doing right now, in the real world.

Five real stories about what AI is already capable of doing

From Nash's game theory to the dopamine design of video games, this Radar traces the path that brought the concept of play into the classroom, explains the science behind the engagement games create, and evaluates, without romanticizing, what gamification actually solves in education and what it still can't replace.

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