智元（AGIBOT）4月3日官宣，将于下周4月7日开启“智元AI发布周”（AGIBOT AI Week）。这场为期一周的集中发布，将是智元在具身智能领域AI自研成果的一次密集亮相，旨在推动全行业加速物理AI的进化。发布周期间，智元将每日解锁一项核心技术突破，六天时间完整展开智元在物理AI方面的能力版图，攻克行业“技术拼凑、落地断层”的普遍痛点，为具身智能产业发展建设AI能力基础设施，推动具身智能飞...
智元（AGIBOT）4月3日官宣，将于下周4月7日开启“智元AI发布周”（AGIBOT AI Week）。这场为期一周的集中发布，将是智元在具身智能领域AI自研成果的一次密集亮相，旨在推动全行业加速物理AI的进化。发布周期间，智元将每日解锁一项核心技术突破，六天时间完整展开智元在物理AI方面的能力版图，攻克行业“技术拼凑、落地断层”的普遍痛点，为具身智能产业发展建设AI能力基础设施，推动具身智能飞轮运转。
Chinese toymaker Pop Mart remains under pressure despite carrying out six share buy-backs over the past few days following a sell-off after its results, raising questions over whether the weakness reflects concerns about its Labubu-led growth and valuation. The Beijing-based company has stepped up efforts to support its share price through market purchases. Pop Mart bought back 700,000 shares on T...
Chinese toymaker Pop Mart remains under pressure despite carrying out six share buy-backs over the past few days following a sell-off after its results, raising questions over whether the weakness reflects concerns about its Labubu-led growth and valuation. The Beijing-based company has stepped up efforts to support its share price through market purchases. Pop Mart bought back 700,000 shares on Thursday at prices ranging from HK$140.90 to HK$142.30, for a total of HK$99.2 million (US$12.6...
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. ’s stock surged as much as 21% after activist fund Oasis Management Co. disclosed a stake in the Japanese firm and said it may make proposals. Shares of the steelmaker gained the most since July 2023 amid expectations that Oasis, which reported its 6.25% stake on Thursday, might push for capital restructuring of the cash-rich firm. Tokyo Steel shares have risen around...
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. ’s stock surged as much as 21% after activist fund Oasis Management Co. disclosed a stake in the Japanese firm and said it may make proposals. Shares of the steelmaker gained the most since July 2023 amid expectations that Oasis, which reported its 6.25% stake on Thursday, might push for capital restructuring of the cash-rich firm. Tokyo Steel shares have risen around 22% in the past 12 months, significantly underperforming Japan’s benchmark Topix, which has risen 37%. The firm’s market capitalization is around ¥213 billion ($1.3 billion), according to Bloomberg-compiled data, and it held roughly ¥90 billion in cash and marketable securities as of end-December, its latest earnings show. “The company has long been known as cash-rich,” wrote Hong Kong-based equity analyst Travis Lundy in a note on Smartkarma. With Oasis’ investment, “it might be a setup for a significant change in capital structure,” he said. Founded by Taro Iketani in 1934, Tokyo Steel is known for its electric arc furnaces, which use recycled iron scrap rather than iron ore to produce steel. The company made around 3 million tons of the alloy last fiscal year. Read more: Family Fights to Keep Control of 157-Year-Old Firm in Japan Tokyo Steel’s two largest shareholders are entities represented by Iketani’s son, Masanari. Together, they control roughly 35% of the total shares, according to Bloomberg-compiled data. Masanari Iketani stepped down as company president in 2006, and it’s possible the founding family is now looking to exit, wrote Lundy. “There is potential M&A action in the works behind the scenes,” he said.
ICE inspectors in February found 49 violations to detention standards at Camp East Montana, including failure from staff to"accurately document required checks to prevent significant self-harm and suicide." (Image credit: Sergio Martínez-Beltrán)
ICE inspectors in February found 49 violations to detention standards at Camp East Montana, including failure from staff to"accurately document required checks to prevent significant self-harm and suicide." (Image credit: Sergio Martínez-Beltrán)
As Barcelona groans under a surfeit of generic cafes, a grassroots movement is reviving the traditional ‘fork breakfast’. Anyone for pigs’ trotters? There are many worse ways to start your day than with eggs royale. The contrast in textures between a soft poached egg and a coarse, toasted English muffin is a thing of beauty, and the combination of smoked salmon and a lemony hollandaise sauce ties ...
As Barcelona groans under a surfeit of generic cafes, a grassroots movement is reviving the traditional ‘fork breakfast’. Anyone for pigs’ trotters? There are many worse ways to start your day than with eggs royale. The contrast in textures between a soft poached egg and a coarse, toasted English muffin is a thing of beauty, and the combination of smoked salmon and a lemony hollandaise sauce ties it together perfectly. The term “brunch” was coined in an essay in Hunter’s Weekly in 1895, and while you’re unlikely to find too many fans in foodie circles , or among those who have to work the shift (“nothing demoralises an aspiring Escoffier faster”, wrote Anthony Bourdain ), they aren’t lacking in number. It clearly has its place. The problem is the place it currently occupies: in our gentrifying cities, brunch has acquired a symbolism that goes far beyond the food itself. After the quieter winter months, Barcelona is one of many European cities gearing up for another holiday season of heightened tensions around tourism. Feeling increasingly embattled amid soaring rents and an overcrowded, blandified city centre, Barcelona residents have made their voices heard through increasingly voluble protests. Beyond the general “Tourist, go home!” slogan, you’ll see specific pain points addressed via placards, chants and graffiti across the Catalan capital: specifically, “Ban Airbnb”, and perhaps more surprisingly, “Stop brunch!” Continue reading...
After a decade in pop’s underground, Larsson’s radiant fifth album turned her into one of the world’s biggest stars. It’s about time, she says, relishing the attention without sacrificing her morals On a warm spring day, Brooklyn’s century-old Paramount theatre has been transformed into a base camp for all things Zara Larsson. Stage techs scurry past entourage members, managers furiously tap smart...
After a decade in pop’s underground, Larsson’s radiant fifth album turned her into one of the world’s biggest stars. It’s about time, she says, relishing the attention without sacrificing her morals On a warm spring day, Brooklyn’s century-old Paramount theatre has been transformed into a base camp for all things Zara Larsson. Stage techs scurry past entourage members, managers furiously tap smartphones and various figures patiently await their moment with the Swedish superstar. Down a plushly carpeted flight of stairs, Zara Larsson is on all fours, saying “puss puss” (Swedish for “kiss kiss”) into a camera. Despite all the craziness around her, she is locked in, wearing electric-blue stockings, tangerine booty shorts and a tiny blazer that makes her look like Malibu Barbie at graduation. A man powers up a leaf-blower, sending Larsson’s blond hair flying. After hitting a few poses, she tippy-taps over in maribou-trimmed stilettos and offers me a can of water. “Cheers!” she says as we clink. Continue reading...
People receive rehab only three to four days a week in hospital – and one to two days once they are discharged, data suggests The NHS is failing stroke patients and limiting their chances of recovery because of a shortage of rehabilitation care staff, health leaders have said. More people are surviving strokes than ever before in the UK. But their hopes of getting better are being dashed because o...
People receive rehab only three to four days a week in hospital – and one to two days once they are discharged, data suggests The NHS is failing stroke patients and limiting their chances of recovery because of a shortage of rehabilitation care staff, health leaders have said. More people are surviving strokes than ever before in the UK. But their hopes of getting better are being dashed because of a lack of physiotherapists and other specialist staff, according to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Neurology. Continue reading...
It was a slow ascent: I needed to check for wasps, snakes and scorpions I was born in Tawau, a Malaysian city on the island of Borneo, and grew up around logging camps – my dad worked in the industry. In the early 90s, a lot of the forest here started being cleared for commercial use. At the time, I just thought that was the way things were. That changed when I began working in conservation as a t...
It was a slow ascent: I needed to check for wasps, snakes and scorpions I was born in Tawau, a Malaysian city on the island of Borneo, and grew up around logging camps – my dad worked in the industry. In the early 90s, a lot of the forest here started being cleared for commercial use. At the time, I just thought that was the way things were. That changed when I began working in conservation as a teenager at the South East Asia Rainforest Research Partnership in the nearby Danum Valley. My job was to plant seedlings in places where the forest had been cut down. I began to learn about the importance of keeping the forest safe. Continue reading...
Viktor Orbán, an icon for the global far right, could face defeat despite an electoral system weighted in his favour Hungarians go to the polls on 12 April in Europe’s most consequential election of the year, with Viktor Orbán, the country’s illiberal prime minister and global far-right icon, facing possible defeat, after 16 years in power, by a former loyalist, Péter Magyar. Continue reading...
Viktor Orbán, an icon for the global far right, could face defeat despite an electoral system weighted in his favour Hungarians go to the polls on 12 April in Europe’s most consequential election of the year, with Viktor Orbán, the country’s illiberal prime minister and global far-right icon, facing possible defeat, after 16 years in power, by a former loyalist, Péter Magyar. Continue reading...
Plan for three nuns who escaped from care home last year to go to Rome thought to be positive sign of Vatican’s decision Three nuns who escaped from a care home to return to their convent in a castle close to Salzburg where they had spent most of their lives are a step closer to being able to stay there, sources close to them say. Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita, who are in their early to late...
Plan for three nuns who escaped from care home last year to go to Rome thought to be positive sign of Vatican’s decision Three nuns who escaped from a care home to return to their convent in a castle close to Salzburg where they had spent most of their lives are a step closer to being able to stay there, sources close to them say. Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita, who are in their early to late eighties, broke into their convent home in Elsbethen last September with the help of former pupils of the Catholic school at which they had taught and other supporters. Their case became a cause célèbre, attracting attention from around the world. Continue reading...
Hong Kong police are on the hunt for two men who allegedly attacked a taxi driver they had an argument with in Yuen Long in the early hours of Friday. The force received a report from the 57-year-old victim at 2.50am. The cabby said he had asked the two men blocking his vehicle off 3 Kau Yuk Road to move aside, but his plea triggered a quarrel and led to him being attacked by the pair. The two men...
Hong Kong police are on the hunt for two men who allegedly attacked a taxi driver they had an argument with in Yuen Long in the early hours of Friday. The force received a report from the 57-year-old victim at 2.50am. The cabby said he had asked the two men blocking his vehicle off 3 Kau Yuk Road to move aside, but his plea triggered a quarrel and led to him being attacked by the pair. The two men, who are non-Chinese, fled after the attack. Officers arriving at the scene found the victim with...