Aptoide filed an antitrust lawsuit alleging Alphabet unfairly monopolizes Android app distribution through Google Play. Advertisers have launched mass arbitration actions over search and ad tech practices that courts found illegal in 2024 rulings. Alphabet agreed to a US$135 million class settlement tied to how Android user data was used. Alphabet and Thoma Bravo announced a partnership to expand ...
Aptoide filed an antitrust lawsuit alleging Alphabet unfairly monopolizes Android app distribution through Google Play. Advertisers have launched mass arbitration actions over search and ad tech practices that courts found illegal in 2024 rulings. Alphabet agreed to a US$135 million class settlement tied to how Android user data was used. Alphabet and Thoma Bravo announced a partnership to expand enterprise adoption of Gemini AI and strengthen cybersecurity offerings. Alphabet, trading as...
Eos Energy Enterprises (NASDAQ:EOSE), a designer and manufacturer of zinc-based energy storage solutions, closed at $7.08, up 12.03%. The stock moved higher after it announced a joint development agreement with TURBINE-X to “develop and deploy private power infrastructure for AI.
Eos Energy Enterprises (NASDAQ:EOSE), a designer and manufacturer of zinc-based energy storage solutions, closed at $7.08, up 12.03%. The stock moved higher after it announced a joint development agreement with TURBINE-X to “develop and deploy private power infrastructure for AI.
D-Wave surged with quantum stocks after Nvidia’s Ising models sparked fresh interest in the sector, as investors continue to question if the company can turn momentum into bookings and commercial traction.
D-Wave surged with quantum stocks after Nvidia’s Ising models sparked fresh interest in the sector, as investors continue to question if the company can turn momentum into bookings and commercial traction.
D-Wave Quantum (NYSE:QBTS), a quantum computing systems and services provider, closed Wednesday at $20.81, up 22.63%. The stock moved higher as Nvidia’s new open‑source Ising quantum AI models fueled a broad rally in quantum computing names. Investors are watching how D-Wave conv
D-Wave Quantum (NYSE:QBTS), a quantum computing systems and services provider, closed Wednesday at $20.81, up 22.63%. The stock moved higher as Nvidia’s new open‑source Ising quantum AI models fueled a broad rally in quantum computing names. Investors are watching how D-Wave conv
A federal jury ruled today that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary operate an illegal monopoly that overcharged fans for tickets, handing a win to US states that continued a trial even after the Trump administration dropped out. The jury found that "Ticketmaster unlawfully maintains a monopoly in the market for ticketing services at major concert venues" and that "Live Nation has a monopo...
A federal jury ruled today that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary operate an illegal monopoly that overcharged fans for tickets, handing a win to US states that continued a trial even after the Trump administration dropped out. The jury found that "Ticketmaster unlawfully maintains a monopoly in the market for ticketing services at major concert venues" and that "Live Nation has a monopoly in the market for large amphitheaters used by artists," said an announcement from the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James. The jury additionally determined "that Live Nation unlawfully requires artists who use the amphitheaters it owns to also use its event promotion services," and "that fans have been overcharged for concert tickets at major concert venues across the country," the New York AG's office said. A five-week trial was held in US District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to CNN , jurors found that "Ticketmaster overcharged states by $1.72 per ticket, about what the states had estimated." Evidence at trial showed that a Live Nation regional director boasted of gouging ticket buyers and “robbing them blind” with fees for ancillary services such as slight parking upgrades. Read full article Comments
Oil steadied on signs that the US and Iran are working toward extending a ceasefire and restarting talks. West Texas Intermediate was little changed above $91 a barrel, after Brent settled near $95. Washington and Tehran are considering a two-week ceasefire extension to allow more time to negotiate, according to a person familiar with the matter. The global crude market remains laser-focused on th...
Oil steadied on signs that the US and Iran are working toward extending a ceasefire and restarting talks. West Texas Intermediate was little changed above $91 a barrel, after Brent settled near $95. Washington and Tehran are considering a two-week ceasefire extension to allow more time to negotiate, according to a person familiar with the matter. The global crude market remains laser-focused on the Strait of Hormuz , with shipments paralyzed as the war nears the end of its seventh week. The US has set up a naval blockade to cut off Iranian traffic, while Tehran is keeping the waterway closed to most other ships. “In the near term, I believe the market has realized that the panic buyers have left the space,” said Dennis Kissler , head of energy trading at Bok Financial Securities Inc. “In the end, it will all be about the peace agreement, and how safe the passage through the strait will be.” In the US, data showed stockpile declines for crude and all major refined-product categories. Heightened overseas demand pushed total oil and fuel exports to the highest level ever as buyers — especially in Asia — hunted for supplies. To get Bloomberg’s Energy Daily newsletter in your inbox, click here . WTI for May delivery added 0.1% to $91.41 a barrel at 6:00 a.m. in Singapore. Brent for June settlement closed little changed at $94.93 a barrel on Wednesday.
Shares of marketing technology company Zeta Global (NYSE:ZETA) jumped 7.9% in the afternoon session as markets benefited from a "risk-on" sentiment fueled by potential peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. As geopolitical tensions eased, investors returned to growth-heavy favorites like Microsoft and ServiceNow, which offer high-margin subscription revenue and clearer paths for integrating...
Shares of marketing technology company Zeta Global (NYSE:ZETA) jumped 7.9% in the afternoon session as markets benefited from a "risk-on" sentiment fueled by potential peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. As geopolitical tensions eased, investors returned to growth-heavy favorites like Microsoft and ServiceNow, which offer high-margin subscription revenue and clearer paths for integrating generative AI into enterprise workflows.
Scharfsinn86/iStock via Getty Images Gevo ( GEVO ) down 11.6% post-market Wednesday after saying it withdrew its loan guarantee application with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Dominance Financing and will pursue other funding opportunities for its ATJ-30 sustainable aviation fuel project by the end of 2026. Gevo ( GEVO ) said it pulled its application after discussions with the DoE...
Scharfsinn86/iStock via Getty Images Gevo ( GEVO ) down 11.6% post-market Wednesday after saying it withdrew its loan guarantee application with the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Dominance Financing and will pursue other funding opportunities for its ATJ-30 sustainable aviation fuel project by the end of 2026. Gevo ( GEVO ) said it pulled its application after discussions with the DoE office revealed that required business objectives, specifically supporting enhanced oil recovery operations, are not yet commercially viable at scale in the project area and that there are opportunities for alternative financing better aligned with company strategy. The company had previously received a conditional loan commitment from the DoE for its ATJ-60 project in South Dakota and was seeking to transition the commitment to the smaller ATJ-30 project at its North Dakota facility in Richardton. "Over the past year, we have substantially derisked our position in low-carbon ethanol required for our ATJ, and we believe we are in a better position to secure alternative financing that allows us to pursue the most accretive business case in alignment with company strategy and timelines," Gevo ( GEVO ) CEO Paul Bloom said. More on Gevo Gevo Has A Big Opportunity, But The Shares Look Fully Valued Gevo: Conditional DoE Support Sparks Hope, But Execution Risk Remains High Gevo Q4 2025 Earnings Call Presentation
Anthropic's unveiling of Project Glasswing and its Claude Mythos frontier model marks a watershed moment for cybersecurity, introducing an AI system capable of discovering and exploiting software vulnerabilities autonomously at unprecedented scale. In its latest newsletter, ARK Invest pointed to Mythos' breakout scores — 93.9% on SWE-bench Verified and 83.1% on CyberGym — as a signal of a major ev...
Anthropic's unveiling of Project Glasswing and its Claude Mythos frontier model marks a watershed moment for cybersecurity, introducing an AI system capable of discovering and exploiting software vulnerabilities autonomously at unprecedented scale. In its latest newsletter, ARK Invest pointed to Mythos' breakout scores — 93.9% on SWE-bench Verified and 83.1% on CyberGym — as a signal of a major evolution in both software engineering and cybersecurity defense. The firm also said it views Project
(RTTNews) - Starbucks has rolled out a beta version of an app within ChatGPT that makes it easier for customers to find and customize their drink orders with the help of generative AI.
(RTTNews) - Starbucks has rolled out a beta version of an app within ChatGPT that makes it easier for customers to find and customize their drink orders with the help of generative AI.
Harsa Maduranga/iStock via Getty Images The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF ( EMXC ) is a passive ETF that seeks to track the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index , a cap-weighted index that captures large and mid-cap equities across 23 of the 24 MSCI EM countries, excluding China. This fund is weighted towards Taiwanese semi’s, Korean memory, and Indian financials. The top holding is c...
Harsa Maduranga/iStock via Getty Images The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF ( EMXC ) is a passive ETF that seeks to track the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index , a cap-weighted index that captures large and mid-cap equities across 23 of the 24 MSCI EM countries, excluding China. This fund is weighted towards Taiwanese semi’s, Korean memory, and Indian financials. The top holding is currently TSMC, which is about 18.10% of NAV. I am initiating EMXC as a buy on Seeking Alpha, as the structural trade out of China and into the rest of the broader emerging markets category is real, and it is being backstopped by a U.S. policy agenda around critical minerals and friend shoring that is bipartisan (and well-funded). This looks like a concentrated Asia technology/financials position within an Emerging Markets wrapper, and the relative value from that is worth more than the concentration, but not by much (which is why this is not a strong buy). Macro Backdrop YTD through early March the fund is up approx. ~20-21% on top of +60-62% on a trailing twelve-month basis. The 30-day SEC yield is approx. 2.38%, and its beta against the S&P 500 is 1.00. The question is whether there is room left, and the answer seems to be yes, but not as much as there was two years ago. And, not without acknowledging the concentration risk with Taiwanese concentration sitting within the ETF. However, the fact that EMXC has outperformed the broader emerging market, such as seen with the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF ( EEM ), since inception in July 2017 is not a coincidence. It is the entire idea behind the buy, with the ex-CNY basket being the better basket, because China has been the worse allocation. I do not expect that to change over the next twelve months. The recent Capital Market Outlook by Merrill Lynch , the brokerage and wealth management arm of Bank of America Corporation ( BAC ), lays out two main things that matter directly for EMXC, with the first being productivity. U....
Major earnings expected before the bell on Thursday include: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited ( TSM ) PepsiCo ( PEP ) Abbott Laboratories ( ABT ) Charles Schwab Corp. ( SCHW ) U.S. Bancorp ( USB ) Other earnings slated for release before Thursday's open include: BK , CFG , III , JKS , KEY , KRKNF , MAN , MRSH , PLD , TRV , WIT For Seeking Alpha's full earnings season calendar, cl...
Major earnings expected before the bell on Thursday include: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited ( TSM ) PepsiCo ( PEP ) Abbott Laboratories ( ABT ) Charles Schwab Corp. ( SCHW ) U.S. Bancorp ( USB ) Other earnings slated for release before Thursday's open include: BK , CFG , III , JKS , KEY , KRKNF , MAN , MRSH , PLD , TRV , WIT For Seeking Alpha's full earnings season calendar, click here .
China’s largest artificial intelligence computing cluster for scientific research entered operation on Tuesday, doubling its number of domestically made AI accelerator chips in just two months, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The AI acceleration cards were produced by Chinese supercomputer developer Sugon, which is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and are running in the core n...
China’s largest artificial intelligence computing cluster for scientific research entered operation on Tuesday, doubling its number of domestically made AI accelerator chips in just two months, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The AI acceleration cards were produced by Chinese supercomputer developer Sugon, which is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and are running in the core node of the national supercomputing network in Zhengzhou, Henan province. The number of chips in the...
Do White People Even Play Golf? Nike has long been one of the most recognizable athletic brands in the world, but the sneaker and apparel company has suffered rapid brand deterioration amid its move to fully embrace woke corporate politics, with its stock collapsing roughly 75% from its peak during the Covid era, when the Marxist NGO Black Lives Matter gained traction across corporate America. Nik...
Do White People Even Play Golf? Nike has long been one of the most recognizable athletic brands in the world, but the sneaker and apparel company has suffered rapid brand deterioration amid its move to fully embrace woke corporate politics, with its stock collapsing roughly 75% from its peak during the Covid era, when the Marxist NGO Black Lives Matter gained traction across corporate America. Nike’s stock has been a disaster and is trading at 2014 prices. Management just can’t figure out why. — Time Traveller (@802701AD) April 13, 2026 Even as the face of golf continues to change among the 28.1 million Americans who played in 2024 - with 28% female and 25% Black, Asian, or Hispanic, both the highest proportions ever recorded according to the National Golf Foundation - a viral post on X appears to show Nike’s unhinged corporate culture being criticized once again. "Do White people even play golf? " one X user asked, after viewing Nike's website, which features all things golf, and finding the lack of diversity ... Do White people even play golf? https://t.co/JQjgHI87FG pic.twitter.com/oBQbP56zZm — Pub (@PubWanghaf) April 13, 2026 X users thought it was a joke ... I thought it was a joke but there are ZERO white people on the Nike app pic.twitter.com/B0CBpo4EPg — Dean (@Noticed2late) April 13, 2026 X users weren't happy: That’s why I think @nike can go to hell. I’ll never buy any of their shit. — Ronald Camillo (@ronald_camillo) April 13, 2026 NIKE has gone woke and it is actually going BROKE: -68% in the last 5Y — Loris_Luca_I (@BLL_1973) April 13, 2026 Have we already forgotten when @Nike included anti-white training to their employees? Fnck @Nike — George WOOshington (@rosticles) April 13, 2026 When I saw the 200$ shoes and 80$ shirt I wondered who could afford to dress themselves, let alone green fees and a day off work — Fred (@Fredheelclicker) April 14, 2026 Pure gold. Funny how they dropped the one black guy that’s been carrying them for decades in golf — Stra...
Vietnam has moved up its timeline for the mandatory use of biofuel despite concerns over supply levels, quality and cost, as it seeks to strengthen energy security while the Middle East conflict drags on. A nationwide rollout of E10, a mix of 10% ethanol and 90% unleaded gasoline, aims to start at the end of this month ahead of an original June timetable, according to a trade ministry draft regula...
Vietnam has moved up its timeline for the mandatory use of biofuel despite concerns over supply levels, quality and cost, as it seeks to strengthen energy security while the Middle East conflict drags on. A nationwide rollout of E10, a mix of 10% ethanol and 90% unleaded gasoline, aims to start at the end of this month ahead of an original June timetable, according to a trade ministry draft regulation. The move, which follows similar drives in Indonesia and Thailand , is intended to reduce dependence on petroleum products that are becoming increasingly expensive as the Iran war disrupts global oil and gas supplies. Domestic production will only be able to meet about 40% of estimated demand once at full capacity and the country will need to rely on imports from countries like the US and Brazil to bridge the gap. That could still leave it exposed to volatility from logistics disruptions and price fluctuations, said Do Van Dung, President of Ho Chi Minh City Society of Automotive Engineers. For customers at one Ho Chi Minh City fuel station last week, news of the switchover came as a surprise. 50-year-old Huynh Thanh Binh, who works in the financial sector, said he wasn’t aware of the change and had never used biofuel previously as he’d heard it could harm his engine. “If biofuel becomes mandatory, then we have no choice,” Binh said. If the level of engine wear is minimal compared to the cost savings, then people will support it, he said. “But if the damage is significant, it could generate public discontent.” Read More: Vietnam Sets Out Energy-Saving Steps as Supply Risks Rise (1) Local operators are rushing to prepare for the early launch. Dung Quat bio-ethanol plant is expected to reach full capacity this month, producing about 330 cubic meters of ethanol per day. Ethanol demand is projected at around 1.1 million cubic meters per year following the rollout, according to the trade ministry . The country can generate around 400,000-500,000 cubic meters of ethanol annu...