Using Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Z TriFold is supposed to feel like living in the future, one where you can get by with just one handheld device for most of your computing needs. But after spending a month with the $2,899 device, which recently went on sale in the US, it’s more like an over-engineered experiment on the road to getting there. Samsung is not the first to dabble in this new har...
Using Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Z TriFold is supposed to feel like living in the future, one where you can get by with just one handheld device for most of your computing needs. But after spending a month with the $2,899 device, which recently went on sale in the US, it’s more like an over-engineered experiment on the road to getting there. Samsung is not the first to dabble in this new hardware form — also called trifolds, with a lowercase — but it’s the only company to debut one in the US. By folding in two places, these cutting-edge devices can transform from a smartphone into a full-size tablet. In the TriFold’s case, you can alternate between a 6.5-inch outer screen and a widescreen 10-inch display that offers better multitasking and productivity features than any conventional phone is capable of. The pitch will be familiar to anyone who has tried a book-style foldable like Samsung’s own Galaxy Z Fold 7, which only folds once (and costs far less). But the TriFold’s ambitious design allows for a meaningfully larger “tablet.” And it arrives at a time when the global tablet market is cooling, and the laptop segment has been on shaky footing since the pandemic. Regular foldables, meanwhile, are finally starting to show signs of traction . Early buyers have snatched up the limited TriFold inventory that’s been made available so far, with each of Samsung’s restocks quickly selling out. Foldables could eventually obviate the need for a standalone tablet. For some people, they already have. The category is aimed at techies who have grown bored with ordinary smartphones. (Samsung is scheduled to introduce more of those at an event this week.) But the TriFold’s unheard-of price only adds to the challenges that foldables are already facing, all but but guaranteeing such devices will join the ranks of niche toys like Apple Inc.’s $3,499 Vision Pro. All of this leaves a narrow audience for the TriFold. Still, the premise of a do-it-all device is intriguing and offers...
SAN JOSE, Calif., February 23, 2026--Ayar Labs, the leader in co-packaged optics (CPO) solutions for AI scale-up, announced the appointment of Sankara Venkateswaran as Vice President of Engineering. He joins at a pivotal stage as the company scales its solution for mass production to support hyperscale AI workloads.
SAN JOSE, Calif., February 23, 2026--Ayar Labs, the leader in co-packaged optics (CPO) solutions for AI scale-up, announced the appointment of Sankara Venkateswaran as Vice President of Engineering. He joins at a pivotal stage as the company scales its solution for mass production to support hyperscale AI workloads.
Social Security is a lifeline for many retirees, with some relying on their benefits as their primary or even sole source of retirement income. Unfortunately, the program isn't as reliable as it once was. With two significant problems plaguing Social Security, retirees and soon-to-be retirees may need a backup plan to secure their financial futures. Here's what you need to know. Image source: Gett...
Social Security is a lifeline for many retirees, with some relying on their benefits as their primary or even sole source of retirement income. Unfortunately, the program isn't as reliable as it once was. With two significant problems plaguing Social Security, retirees and soon-to-be retirees may need a backup plan to secure their financial futures. Here's what you need to know. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images When Klarna Group plc ( KLAR ) went public in September of last year, I concluded that investors should pay later. While I had real reservations about the prospects for the business, I did not expect a 70% drop in the share price in less than half a year. As one of the dominant players in the buy-now-pay-later space, the company acts as a crucial player b...
hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images When Klarna Group plc ( KLAR ) went public in September of last year, I concluded that investors should pay later. While I had real reservations about the prospects for the business, I did not expect a 70% drop in the share price in less than half a year. As one of the dominant players in the buy-now-pay-later space, the company acts as a crucial player between over a hundred million consumers and about a million merchants. Despite this positioning, I feared losses reported, slower growth, rising credit losses, and some operating deleverage of the business. Fearing fierce competition, ironically, growth has been solid in the second half of 2025, yet this came with higher credit losses, making it so that some operating deleverage was observed. This and fears about credit quality make investors nervous, very nervous given the price action, as frankly the re-rating seems quite aggressive, as now it looks like an opportune time to get involved. Saving Time And Money While Having Control Klarna Group offers more flexible ways to pay, catering to both consumers and merchants with flexibility and management of their own goals. Klarna offers consumer services by finding both products and deals while offering multiple options to pay (and manage these payments). Merchants benefit from additional channels to reach customers and additional promotion options. Originally a Swedish business, Klarna became a UK-based business, and after breaking the billion gross merchandise value mark (also known as GMV) in 2010, this number jumped to $50 billion in 2020, to exceed $100 billion in about five years' time. Believing that banking was based on trust, and this has been lacking in traditional banking relations, the company has focused on simple operations. These include the elimination of late fees and revolving credit, and while there was and still is skepticism about its business model, Klarna claims cheaper and more transparent payment optio...
blackdovfx/E+ via Getty Images Tesla, Inc. ( TSLA ) stock, down 7.5% since my last analysis , is currently at the dawn of anchoring a new autonomous world order. It is that, or a return to history, which we currently appear to be descending back into amid perceived multipolarity, but that I predict will not reemerge in totality. Tesla's autonomous technologies represent the largest at-scale produc...
blackdovfx/E+ via Getty Images Tesla, Inc. ( TSLA ) stock, down 7.5% since my last analysis , is currently at the dawn of anchoring a new autonomous world order. It is that, or a return to history, which we currently appear to be descending back into amid perceived multipolarity, but that I predict will not reemerge in totality. Tesla's autonomous technologies represent the largest at-scale productivity project of the 21st century, only rivaled by other Big Tech companies following similar lines of intelligent code. Tesla differentiates itself by being all-in on the kinetic. In this analysis, we'll see if and how its progress and vision can realistically rival the resource-rich China in commanding global leadership. Autonomous Technology Will Deliver Major Geopolitical Reform We've only really seen autonomy fully active in text format, but physical-world autonomy execution has a high likelihood of raising productivity and fiscal capacity enough to shift relative growth trajectories and geopolitical influence. That said, breadth of adoption needs to be strong, and constraints need to be overcome, particularly related to energy and the gross cost of compute. Overabundant supply, which is the most logical long-term target, is only plausible if energy, grid capacity, cooling, and permitting scale fast and reliably enough. The IEA itself has stated that a data center can be operational in two to three years, while the broader energy system often requires longer lead times. Tesla is expecting 2026 capex above $20B, driven by AI, particularly compute infrastructure and data centers. As I will get to in the last section of this analysis, this setup gives a present advantage to states and firms that can finance and permit energy infrastructure faster: specifically China, and also SpaceX/Tesla with space-bound solar power . I won't be covering space-bound solar power in this piece, instead focusing on China's resource abundance. Tesla's 10-K explicitly states that its mission...
adventtr/iStock via Getty Images Market Overview Risk assets in general capped off a strong year with a solid fourth quarter. In contrast with recent trends, non-US equity markets led the way in 2025. While the threats to market stability that have prevailed throughout the year were undiminished during the quarter, investors continued to embrace risk. The S&P 500 Index gained 2.7% for the fourth q...
adventtr/iStock via Getty Images Market Overview Risk assets in general capped off a strong year with a solid fourth quarter. In contrast with recent trends, non-US equity markets led the way in 2025. While the threats to market stability that have prevailed throughout the year were undiminished during the quarter, investors continued to embrace risk. The S&P 500 Index gained 2.7% for the fourth quarter and 17.9% for the year, while the MSCI World Index returned a respective 3.12% and 21.09%. Gold, meanwhile, surged 65% during the year, its largest annual return since 1979. The US Double Bind Gets Tighter Despite ample motivation for conservatism in an environment of pronounced macro, financial, geopolitical and structural concerns, risk perception in US markets remains low pretty much wherever you look. Equity market valuation multiples are rich, high yield spreads are tight and implied volatility is low. While the post-pandemic normalization of certain macro factors has been encouraging, the country's fiscal settings remain far off-kilter. The US federal deficit remains historically outsized relative to the unemployment rate—as it has since the outbreak of Covid-19. Normally, high unemployment rates and recession beget large fiscal deficits, as lower tax revenues combine with increased government spending. Conversely, low unemployment rates and robust economic growth typically support higher tax revenues and tighter fiscal policy, causing deficits to contract or even turn into surpluses. If the economy were in balance, we'd expect budget deficits of around 2% of GDP—not the 5.8% at the end of fiscal year 2025. We believe this persistent deficit spending helps explain the decoupling of gold and Treasuries seen in recent years. The price of gold surged 65% during 2025—its largest annual gain since 1979—and has more than doubled over the past two years in an apparent acknowledgement of the double-bind facing US policymakers: Doing nothing to address the deficit could...
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BERLIN, Feb. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Die Sportstech Brands Holding GmbH nimmt Bezug auf das Aktionärsschreiben vom 20. Februar 2026 der Interactive Strength Inc. (Nasdaq: TRNR) im Zusammenhang mit dem angekündigten Reverse Split. Die dort aufgestellte Darstellung, wonach Sportstech für die Kapitalmarktentwicklung von TRNR verantwortlich sei, entspricht nicht den Tatsachen.
BERLIN, Feb. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Die Sportstech Brands Holding GmbH nimmt Bezug auf das Aktionärsschreiben vom 20. Februar 2026 der Interactive Strength Inc. (Nasdaq: TRNR) im Zusammenhang mit dem angekündigten Reverse Split. Die dort aufgestellte Darstellung, wonach Sportstech für die Kapitalmarktentwicklung von TRNR verantwortlich sei, entspricht nicht den Tatsachen.
NiseriN/iStock via Getty Images The major oil companies operating the giant Kashagan oilfield in Kazakhstan have initiated an international arbitration process to challenge a $5B fine for allegedly exceeding sulfur storage limits at a processing facility, Shell ( SHEL ) said Monday. The companies' decision to challenge the environmental fine comes after a court late last year denied the Kashagan v...
NiseriN/iStock via Getty Images The major oil companies operating the giant Kashagan oilfield in Kazakhstan have initiated an international arbitration process to challenge a $5B fine for allegedly exceeding sulfur storage limits at a processing facility, Shell ( SHEL ) said Monday. The companies' decision to challenge the environmental fine comes after a court late last year denied the Kashagan venture's appeal against the penalty , "therefore, the international shareholders have concluded that they have no choice but to initiate a request for arbitration under international treaties." The latest claims add to a wider $166B dispute between Kazakhstan and the companies over Kashagan, with the country having multiple claims in international arbitration related to lost revenue, cost recovery, environmental violations, and deals that were allegedly tainted by corruption. The long-running legal claims are affecting Kazakhstan's relationship with its international partners; Shell ( SHEL ) said recently it will pause investment in the country until it has more clarity on how the cases will be resolved. Shell ( SHEL ), Eni ( E ), Exxon Mobil ( XOM ), and TotalEnergies ( TTE ) each own 16.81% stakes in Kashagan, with China's CNPC holding 8.33% and Japan's Inpex owning the remaining 7.56%. More on Shell Shell: Integrated Gas Is In Demand Shell: Positioned To Benefit From A Potential Capital Rotation Into European Energy Shell's Latest Results Disappoint, But External Factors Merit A Rating Upgrade
Manufacturing and aerospace & defense stocks are turning out to be potential havens as artificial intelligence disrupts industries from software to financial technology and professional services. “AI will enable a structural reduction in the cost of doing business for many commercial aerospace companies, supporting higher through-cycle margins,” wrote Deutsche Bank analyst Scott Deuschle in a Mond...
Manufacturing and aerospace & defense stocks are turning out to be potential havens as artificial intelligence disrupts industries from software to financial technology and professional services. “AI will enable a structural reduction in the cost of doing business for many commercial aerospace companies, supporting higher through-cycle margins,” wrote Deutsche Bank analyst Scott Deuschle in a Monday note.