Newsthink

Newsthink

@newsthink · 1.2M subscribers · 271 videos · English

Brilliant people shaping our world. Hi, I'm Cindy Pom, and before starting Newsthink, I worked as an international correspondent in Paris and London, contrib…

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10:47

How Tesla Squandered Its Lead

28K views · 1d ago · 10:47

Guest: Elon Musk

How Tesla lost its lead. Learn more about Jarsy Cindy’s personal invite link for Jarsy Discover up-and-coming private companies Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom Sources Yale economist study Walter Isaacson interview with Elon Musk

Topics: BYD Overtakes Tesla · How Tesla Strengthened its Chinese rivals · Cheaper Cars, More Choice · The Cybertruck Flop and the Missing Affordable Car · The Self-Driving Race · The Roadster’s Long-Awaited Return

11:47

Why Isaac Newton Left Science

43K views · 2w ago · 11:47

Isaac Newton held a relatively unknown job for the last 30 years of his life. Get UPDF Pro with a limited offer I highly recommend Thomas Levenson’s book, Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist

Topics: Newton’s Other Life · An Unexpected Confession · England’s Money Crisis · Meet William Chaloner · Newton Joins the Royal Mint · The Counterfeiter Posing as a Reformer

14:57

The Strange Life of Schrödinger

87K views · 1mo ago · 14:57

The man behind Schrödinger’s cat. Try and get ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini together in one place for only $10/month. Double-slit experiment Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom Sources: Sheila May Greene painting from Barbara Robertson

Topics: The Man Behind Schrödinger’s Cat · A Viennese Prodigy · War, Poverty, and Personal Loss · The Late-Blooming Physicist · The Equation That Transformed Physics · Probability, Measurement, and the Double Slit

12:42

The Scientist Only Einstein Believed

81K views · 1mo ago · 12:42

Guest: Geoffrey Hinton

Ludwig Boltzmann spent decades defending the existence of atoms. Upgrade your online protection with an all-in-one security app! Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + 4 months extra here It’s risk-free with NordVPN’s 30-day money-back guarantee.

Topics: The Invisible World of Atoms · Maxwell and Molecules · Boltzmann’s Equation & H-Theorem · The Problem Boltzmann Couldn’t Ignore · Boltzmann’s Theory of Entropy · Boltzmann Is Attacked

12:36

The Scientist Who Lost Everything

255K views · 2mo ago · 12:36

Max Planck transformed physics while his own world fell apart. Chapters Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom Sources Humboldt University lecture room photo by Matthias Heyde Kaiser Wilhelm Society: Fridolin freudenfett (Peter Kuley), CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Topics: Unlocking the Big Bang Mystery · Pleading for His Son’s Life · Black Body Radiation · The Quantum Revolution · Einstein and the Birth of the Photon · Planck Discovers Einstein

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8:00

The Professor Who Started the AI Revolution

44K views · 3mo ago · 8:00

Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom Sources Geoffrey Hinton image: Cmichel67, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Nobel Prize image: Geoffrey Hinton – Photo gallery. . Nobel Prize Outreach 2026. Sun. 2 Aug 2026

Topics: A Warning From the Godfather of AI · The Idea Everyone Rejected · Relentless 30+ Year Pursuit · Backpropagation Explained · Enduring Tragedy · Pressure to Succeed

9:30

The Greatest Engineer in AI

214K views · 3mo ago · 9:30

Ilya Sutskever is the brilliant scientist behind ChatGPT. Try and get ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini together in one place for only $10/month. My exclusive video with Geoff Hinton Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom

Topics: Meet Ilya Sutskever · Journey to Canada · Meeting Geoffrey Hinton · Building AlexNet in a Bedroom · Google's Translation Breakthrough · The Dinner That Created OpenAI

8:08

The Engineer Who No Longer Codes

24K views · 4mo ago · 8:08

How Boris Cherny built the world’s most powerful coding tool. Try ChatLLM: - get ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini together in one place for just $10/month Chapters Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom Sources Miso soup image: Ocdp, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Tsukemono (pickled vegetable) image: Ms.

Topics: Ending Up in Rural Japan · The Curse of Being a Senior Engineer · Escaping Silicon Valley · Building Claude Code · Claude Code Was Terrible at First · Coders: The New Architects

9:21

How Elon Musk Became the World’s First Trillionaire

56K views · 4mo ago · 9:21

Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom Sources Tesla factory in Fremont: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Elon Musk deep in thought: OnInnovation CC by ND-2.0 via Flickr Elon Musk address at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: Research Society: Mueller interview at the University of Idaho

Topics: The World’s First Trillionaire · Trait #1: Obsessive Learning · First Principles Thinking · Trait #2: Extreme Risk Tolerance · 2008: Near Collapse · Trait #3: Attracting Exceptional Talent

9:20

The Most Talented Man in AI

1.6M views · 5mo ago · 9:20

Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom Sources Woman riding a horse: Greg Dunham, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons People on a beach by Dirk, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Cat resting on a couch: Free Stock Photos, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Topics: Elon Musk’s Secret Recruitment · Leaving Slovakia for Canada · Geoffrey Hinton and the AI Revolution · Teaching Computers to See · The Obama Photo That Stumped AI · Karpathy vs. AI

9:53

Why Engineers Became the New Billionaires

34K views · 5mo ago · 9:53

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Topics: Elon Musk Is Not a Businessman · Old Billionaires vs. New · Jensen Huang’s “Once In A Lifetime Opportunity” · The Genius of 1-Click Ordering · AWS: The Bet That Changed the Internet · How Google Solved Search

10:19

Why SpaceX Will Be the Most Valuable Company on Earth

72K views · 5mo ago · 10:19

SpaceX IPO could be the largest in history. Get early exposure to private companies before they go public Cindy’s personal invite link for Jarsy Chapters Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom Sources Reuters report on Elon Musk’s compensation package

Topics: The $7.5 Trillion Bet · How SpaceX Began · The Cost Problem · Suing NASA · First Launch · Second Launch

📚 Book mentioned: Buy the book

9:17

The Math Genius Who Suddenly Disappeared

47K views · 6mo ago · 9:17

Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom Sources Grothendieck pictures sourced from Auschwitz camp photo by Cindy Pom University of Montpellier: Vpe, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons IHÉS building Contributed by Vassilii Khachaturov, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Topics: The Mathematician Who Disappeared · A Traumatic Childhood · Discovering Mathematics · Thinking Like a Mathematician · Stateless and Struggling · Rise to Greatness

7:11

The Controversy NASA Doesn't Talk About

43K views · 6mo ago · 7:11

Buzz Aldrin did something unexpected during Apollo 11. Use my link and code: NEWSTHINK to support my channel and start trading today! Chapters Books featured in the video First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen Return to Earth by Buzz Aldrin

Topics: The Controversy · Aldrin’s Explanation · The Fight to Step on Moon First · NASA’s decision · The Tragedy of Buzz Aldrin · The Image That Never Existed

7:14

Israel's Most Dangerous Intelligence Unit

82K views · 7mo ago · 7:14

I highly recommend the book Rise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman Watch my video on Stuxnet Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom Sources Israeli high school students photo: Takpic, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Topics: The Assassination That Shocked Iran · The Night Abu Jihad Was Killed · Striking Syria’s Nuclear Reactor · Stuxnet: Destroying Iran’s Nuclear Site · How Unit 8200 Recruits · A Pipeline to Israel’s Tech Industry

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