It’s gut-check time for millions of Windows users. A routine system update is normally not cause for concern. However, a routine update can soon turn a perfectly functional printer into a paperweight. Microsoft (MSFT) is phasing out support for legacy printer drivers in Windows 11, Tom's Hardware ...
It’s gut-check time for millions of Windows users. A routine system update is normally not cause for concern. However, a routine update can soon turn a perfectly functional printer into a paperweight. Microsoft (MSFT) is phasing out support for legacy printer drivers in Windows 11, Tom's Hardware ...
Maxim Naumov's emotional skate dedicated to his world champion figure skating parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, who died in a plane crash in January 2025.
Maxim Naumov's emotional skate dedicated to his world champion figure skating parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, who died in a plane crash in January 2025.
The Nasdaq Composite is down 0.2%. The Dow was set to build on yesterday’s closing high with a gain of 100 points, or 0.2%. “I think the market is happy that the constant parade of sort of crazy policy declarations or tariff threats from the White House has calmed down,” Sevens Report Research’s Tom Essaye told Barron’s. “So that’s helping.”
The Nasdaq Composite is down 0.2%. The Dow was set to build on yesterday’s closing high with a gain of 100 points, or 0.2%. “I think the market is happy that the constant parade of sort of crazy policy declarations or tariff threats from the White House has calmed down,” Sevens Report Research’s Tom Essaye told Barron’s. “So that’s helping.”
March arabica coffee (KCH26) today is down -2.60 (-0.87%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH26) is down -45 (-1.17%). Coffee prices are moving lower today as increased precipitation in Brazil improves the outlook for the country's coffee crop. On Monday, arabica fell to a 6-month low as concerns over dry conditions in Brazil eased when Somar Meteorologia reported that Brazil's largest arabica coff...
March arabica coffee (KCH26) today is down -2.60 (-0.87%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH26) is down -45 (-1.17%). Coffee prices are moving lower today as increased precipitation in Brazil improves the outlook for the country's coffee crop. On Monday, arabica fell to a 6-month low as concerns over dry conditions in Brazil eased when Somar Meteorologia reported that Brazil's largest arabica coffee-growing area, Minas Gerais, received 72.6 mm of rain during the week ended February 6, or 113% of the historical average. Don’t Miss a Day: Coffee prices have been under pressure over the past 1.5 weeks, with robusta falling to a 5.75-month low last Thursday on signs of robust coffee supplies. Conab, Brazil's crop forecasting agency, said last Thursday that Brazil's 2026 coffee production will climb +17.2% y/y to a record 66.2 million bags, with arabica production up +23.2% y/y to 44.1 million bags and robusta production up +6.3% y/y to 22.1 million bags. Soaring coffee exports from Vietnam, the world's largest robusta producer, are bearish for robusta prices. Vietnam's National Statistics Office reported Friday that Vietnam's Jan coffee exports surged +38.3% y/y to 198,000 MT. Vietnam's 2025 coffee exports jumped by +17.5% y/y to 1.58 MMT. Increased Vietnamese coffee supplies are negative for prices. Vietnam's 2025/26 coffee production is projected to climb +6% y/y to 1.76 MMT, or 29.4 million bags, a 4-year high. The recovery in ICE coffee inventories is negative for prices. ICE-monitored arabica inventories fell to a 1.75-year low of 396,513 bags on November 18, but recovered to a 3.25-month high of 461,829 bags on January 7. Also, ICE robusta coffee inventories fell to a 13-month low of 4,012 lots on December 10 but recovered to a 2-month high of 4,662 lots on January 26. On the positive side for coffee, Brazil's Trade Ministry reported last Thursday that Brazil's Jan coffee exports fell -42.4% y/y to 141,000 MT. Smaller coffee supplies from Colombia, the world's sec...
The midstream company is still an evergreen investment. Energy Transfer (ET +0.42%), one of America's leading midstream companies, might not seem like an exciting investment. Yet over the past three years, it's rallied 42%. If we include its reinvested distributions, it delivered a total return of 78%. Let's see why Energy Transfer's stock soared -- and if it will keep providing both growth and in...
The midstream company is still an evergreen investment. Energy Transfer (ET +0.42%), one of America's leading midstream companies, might not seem like an exciting investment. Yet over the past three years, it's rallied 42%. If we include its reinvested distributions, it delivered a total return of 78%. Let's see why Energy Transfer's stock soared -- and if it will keep providing both growth and income over the next three years. What does Energy Transfer do? Energy Transfer operates over 140,000 miles of pipeline across 44 states. It provides delivery, storage, and terminalizing services for natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, and other refined products. It also exports some resources overseas. Like other midstream pipeline companies, Energy Transfer charges upstream extraction companies and downstream refining companies "tolls" to use its pipelines. That business model is well-insulated from volatile commodity prices, since it only needs those resources to continuously flow through its pipes to generate stable profits. However, it isn't immune to tariffs, which can drive up its material, labor, and construction costs. High interest rates can also throttle its growth by making it more expensive to finance its expansion plans. Energy Transfer structures its business as a tax-efficient master limited partnership (MLP), which blends a return of capital (which isn't taxed at the capital gains rate unless the underlying position is sold) and ordinary income to fund its distributions. Therefore, a fluctuating percentage of its high forward yield of 7.3% actually comes from its investors' own cash. However, its adjusted distributable cash flow (DCF) -- a key measure of an MLP's ability to cover its distributions -- has stayed comfortably below 100% in recent years. Expand NYSE : ET Energy Transfer Today's Change ( 0.42 %) $ 0.07 Current Price $ 18.13 Key Data Points Market Cap $62B Day's Range $ 18.01 - $ 18.21 52wk Range $ 14.60...
Pictured (L-R): Dr. Pete Shadbolt, Chief Scientific Officer; Prof. Jeremy O'Brien, Executive Chairman; Victor Peng, Interim CEO; and Prof. Terry Rudolph, Chief Architect. Not pictured: Prof. Mark Thompson, who continues to serve as PsiQuantum's Chief Technologist. Veteran computing executive joins leadership team as company enters next phase of scale and execution PALO ALTO, Calif., February 10, 2...
Pictured (L-R): Dr. Pete Shadbolt, Chief Scientific Officer; Prof. Jeremy O'Brien, Executive Chairman; Victor Peng, Interim CEO; and Prof. Terry Rudolph, Chief Architect. Not pictured: Prof. Mark Thompson, who continues to serve as PsiQuantum's Chief Technologist. Veteran computing executive joins leadership team as company enters next phase of scale and execution PALO ALTO, Calif., February 10, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PsiQuantum today announced the appointment of Victor Peng, a veteran of the computing industry and former President at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), as Interim Chief Executive Officer, enabling Co-Founder Jeremy O’Brien to take up the role of Executive Chairman. O’Brien will lead the Board of Directors and continue to guide PsiQuantum’s strategy and key partnerships, working closely with the leadership team to deliver on the founding team’s mission of building and deploying the world’s first utility-scale quantum computers. With Peng serving as Interim CEO and O’Brien in the Executive Chairman role, PsiQuantum has experienced leadership in place as it conducts its search for a permanent CEO. Over the past decade, PsiQuantum has built the core technologies required to deliver and deploy fault-tolerant quantum computers. This includes the development of its mass-manufacturable silicon photonic chipset, Omega; new platforms and partnerships for advancing fault-tolerant algorithms; intermediate scale test systems; new cryogenic form factors; and the announcement of the world’s first utility scale quantum computing sites in Brisbane, Australia, and Chicago, Illinois. Peng’s deep experience scaling complex technologies and leading global organizations through periods of rapid growth and execution will build on this foundation to accelerate PsiQuantum’s core mission. "PsiQuantum was founded to realize the potential of quantum computing, and the team has spent years doing the hard technical work to make that possible," said Jeremy O’Brien, Co-Founder and...
Key Points Energy Transfer is a high-yielding play on the booming energy market. Its evergreen business model will thrive even as commodity prices fluctuate. 10 stocks we like better than Energy Transfer › Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET), one of America's leading midstream companies, might not seem like an exciting investment. Yet over the past three years, it's rallied 42%. If we include its reinveste...
Key Points Energy Transfer is a high-yielding play on the booming energy market. Its evergreen business model will thrive even as commodity prices fluctuate. 10 stocks we like better than Energy Transfer › Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET), one of America's leading midstream companies, might not seem like an exciting investment. Yet over the past three years, it's rallied 42%. If we include its reinvested distributions, it delivered a total return of 78%. Let's see why Energy Transfer's stock soared -- and if it will keep providing both growth and income over the next three years. What does Energy Transfer do? Energy Transfer operates over 140,000 miles of pipeline across 44 states. It provides delivery, storage, and terminalizing services for natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, and other refined products. It also exports some resources overseas. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Like other midstream pipeline companies, Energy Transfer charges upstream extraction companies and downstream refining companies "tolls" to use its pipelines. That business model is well-insulated from volatile commodity prices, since it only needs those resources to continuously flow through its pipes to generate stable profits. However, it isn't immune to tariffs, which can drive up its material, labor, and construction costs. High interest rates can also throttle its growth by making it more expensive to finance its expansion plans. Energy Transfer structures its business as a tax-efficient master limited partnership (MLP), which blends a return of capital (which isn't taxed at the capital gains rate unless the underlying position is sold) and ordinary income to fund its distributions. Therefore, a fluctuating percentage of its high forward yield of 7.3% actually comes from its investors' own cash. However, its adjus...
CoreWeave's long-term upside isn't about how many GPUs it deploys. It's about whether it can turn infrastructure scale into a platform customers depend on -- and don't want to leave. One of the most underappreciated developments in 2025 wasn't CoreWeave's (CRWV 2.00%) revenue growth or backlog expansion. It was how deliberately the company began repositioning itself. Over the course of the year, C...
CoreWeave's long-term upside isn't about how many GPUs it deploys. It's about whether it can turn infrastructure scale into a platform customers depend on -- and don't want to leave. One of the most underappreciated developments in 2025 wasn't CoreWeave's (CRWV 2.00%) revenue growth or backlog expansion. It was how deliberately the company began repositioning itself. Over the course of the year, CoreWeave invested in orchestration software, automation tools, and vertical integration initiatives designed to move it beyond the perception of being "just" a GPU cloud provider. The strategic intent is clear: The company wants to become a durable artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure platform, not a commodity hardware intermediary. That distinction matters far more than it might initially appear. Why GPU reselling is a fragile model One of the main reasons investors got excited about CoreWeave is its seemingly unlimited upside potential as companies race toward AI dominance over the long run. As a specialized provider of AI cloud computing, the tech company is well positioned to benefit from this massive tailwind. But infrastructure businesses that rely solely on reselling capacity tend to face margin pressure over time. As hardware becomes more available and competition intensifies, differentiation shifts away from raw supply and toward efficiency, reliability, and integration. GPU capacity alone is unlikely to remain scarce forever. When that happens, companies without deeper operational advantages risk competing on price. CoreWeave's platform ambitions are a response to that reality. Expand NASDAQ : CRWV CoreWeave Today's Change ( -2.00 %) $ -1.94 Current Price $ 94.85 Key Data Points Market Cap $48B Day's Range $ 93.83 - $ 97.28 52wk Range $ 33.52 - $ 187.00 Volume 332K Avg Vol 31M Gross Margin 49.23 % Owning more of the stacks changes the game By controlling more of the infrastructure stack -- from data center capacity and power to scheduling and utilization so...
Online prediction market Kalshi hit a daily record on Super Bowl Sunday, surpassing $1bn in trading volume, the company announced on Tuesday. Kalshi’s CEO, Tarek Mansour, called it an “incredible weekend”, telling CNBC that “Kalshi was the biggest brand of the Super Bowl this year, without running a Super Bowl ad”. Kalshi trading volume during the game was up 2,700% year over year. More than $100m...
Online prediction market Kalshi hit a daily record on Super Bowl Sunday, surpassing $1bn in trading volume, the company announced on Tuesday. Kalshi’s CEO, Tarek Mansour, called it an “incredible weekend”, telling CNBC that “Kalshi was the biggest brand of the Super Bowl this year, without running a Super Bowl ad”. Kalshi trading volume during the game was up 2,700% year over year. More than $100m were bets on Bad Bunny’s opening song and $45m on which artists would perform with him on stage. In comparison, the platform saw $27m in total trading volume at last year’s Super Bowl. Prediction markets like Kalshi allow users to trade on the outcomes of virtually anything, from sports and elections to what color someone will wear during a performance. Unlike casinos or traditional sportsbooks, users effectively bet (or “trade”) against others on the platform, instead of an established “house”, and the platforms earn revenue by charging trading fees. Kalshi and competitor Polymarket argue that this model distinguishes them from traditional casinos or sportsbooks. Since the US supreme court overturned the federal ban on sports betting in 2018, state gambling agencies regulate traditional gambling outfits, but prediction markets are currently overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. “The reason people are flocking to prediction markets, especially Kalshi, is that our incentive as a company [is] we win when the customers win, we don’t win when the customers lose, and that’s a huge difference in the model,” Mansour said on Tuesday. On Sunday, Kalshi told users that although some deposits were “delayed because of the amount of traffic and deposits we’re getting”, their money “is safe and on the way, it will just take longer to land”. Prediction markets have risen in popularity in recent months and are now used beyond sports, edging into other events such as the Grammys and Oscars. Last week, Kalshi announced that the NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo was joining the ...
Black_Kira/iStock via Getty Images Overview Since my Sell rating in April 2025, SoundHound AI, Inc.'s ( SOUN ) stock is up 14% versus S&P 500 Index ( SPY ) gains of 34%. My caution on SoundHound stems from two key dealbreakers for me. Its growth has been driven by M&A, and its R&D spend pales in comparison to its competitors—leaving it challenging to envision the company succeeding long-term. Amid...
Black_Kira/iStock via Getty Images Overview Since my Sell rating in April 2025, SoundHound AI, Inc.'s ( SOUN ) stock is up 14% versus S&P 500 Index ( SPY ) gains of 34%. My caution on SoundHound stems from two key dealbreakers for me. Its growth has been driven by M&A, and its R&D spend pales in comparison to its competitors—leaving it challenging to envision the company succeeding long-term. Amidst all of this is its premium valuation . My April discounted cash flow analysis revealed that SOUN was overvalued by 12% based on assumptions of 50% CAGR and 25% free cash flow margins, on average, over a nine-year projection period—which is an arduous task for even a comfortably profitable top-tier company. For those unaware, SoundHound is primarily involved in voice AI agents—dealing in restaurants, auto, retail, and finance. Think of going through a drive-thru and having your order taken by some AI agent. That could be SoundHound’s technology! When I last covered SoundHound, they were growing revenues 85% year-over-year, achieving $84.7 million in 2024. It guided for $157 million-$177 million in 2025. The company was not yet profitable—burning (cash from operating activities) $33.1 million in Q4 2024. The article that follows reevaluates SOUN in light of its 2025 performance and ahead of its next earnings release on February 27th. Recent Trends One thing that merits a mention is that SoundHound’s stock has been victim to a broader software-associated ( IGV ) selloff—with its stock price being cut from >$20 in October 2025 to just $8.56 today. Seeking Alpha The company has not yet provided full-year 2025 figures (its Q4 earnings announcement date is set for 2/27), so I’m going to focus on its Q3 results . Q3 revenue was $42 million (up 68% year-over-year), and the company guided full-year 2025 revenue to fall between $165 million and $180 million. So this is a slight raise over its original full-year 2025 guidance. In the meantime, its profitability doesn't appear to hav...
What would Wallace - everyone’s favourite amateur Yorkshire inventor – look like with a moustache, straw boater and postman’s coat? Would a huge set of teeth suit his faithful beagle, Gromit? How about a nose shaped like a banana? Such questions are answered by an illuminating and sometimes alarming exhibition at east London’s Young V&A that showcases the work of the world’s leading stop-motion ou...
What would Wallace - everyone’s favourite amateur Yorkshire inventor – look like with a moustache, straw boater and postman’s coat? Would a huge set of teeth suit his faithful beagle, Gromit? How about a nose shaped like a banana? Such questions are answered by an illuminating and sometimes alarming exhibition at east London’s Young V&A that showcases the work of the world’s leading stop-motion outfit, the Bristol-based Aardman studios. Early sketches for Nick Park’s much-loved characters reveal that Wallace was once just a few bristles short of Hitler, while Gromit had fangs and the ability to speak. Such designs were judiciously smoothed along the way, with Gromit becoming toothless and mute, and Wallace’s long, thin face massaged into something wider and friendlier after Park watched Peter Sallis, the original voice of Wallace, enunciating the word “cheese”. Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends opens on Thursday and runs until 25 November, two months after the release of the studio’s third Shaun the Sheep movie, The Beast of Mossy Bottom. Aardman, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, is one of UK film’s most enduring and endearing success stories, with a current total of four Oscars and eight Baftas. Its first film, Chicken Run, is still the highest-grossing stop-motion movie of all time, taking $225m – about five times its budget – while its latest, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, became the BBC’s most-watched scripted show in two decades after it aired on Christmas Day in 2024. Sales for the exhibition are comparable to those enjoyed at the V&A’s main site in South Kensington. More than a quarter of the tickets have already gone, and the first three weeks are entirely sold out. More than 150 items are on display, including never-before-seen models, sets and storyboards from Aardman’s archives. They are all the more precious for their scarcity. A fire destroyed thousands of items in 2005, including the original Creature Comforts and Ch...
Key Points Oklo has impressive technology and some great contracts going for it. It's not a buy for 2026 and might be a sell as it has tumbled from its highs in 2025 and generates no revenue. The company has plenty of competition in the SMR industry, most of which are in a better spot financially. 10 stocks we like better than Oklo › Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) is an intriguing stock. It sits at the crossro...
Key Points Oklo has impressive technology and some great contracts going for it. It's not a buy for 2026 and might be a sell as it has tumbled from its highs in 2025 and generates no revenue. The company has plenty of competition in the SMR industry, most of which are in a better spot financially. 10 stocks we like better than Oklo › Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) is an intriguing stock. It sits at the crossroads of several big trends in nuclear power and tech, namely small modular reactors (SMRs) and their potential to solve the power problems created by artificial intelligence (AI). Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » It's also working on liquid-metal reactors, which use molten lead or sodium as a coolant. Note, Oklo's specifically are sodium-based. That sounds counterintuitive but in some ways it's actually safer than water because they can handle higher temperatures at lower pressure than conventional water-cooled reactors. Though, they aren't with their problems. Liquid sodium is much more corrosive than water, for instance. Finally, the company is working on an up to $1.68 billion nuclear fuel plant in Oak Ridge Tennessee. It has also partnered with the Air Force to put one of its Aurora small liquid-cooled reactors at the Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. Despite all of that though, Oklo is not a buy for 2026, and given that it has tumbled considerably from its peak of $174 late last year, it might be a sell. Let's get into it. Potential energy, flawed reaction The problem with Oklo isn't its technology, it's the company's financials -- or rather the total lack thereof. Right now, Oklo generates no revenue whatsoever and is entirely dependent upon investor dollars and lines of credit. A lack of profitability can easily be forgiven if a company is growing its revenue regularly and getting clo...
Anne Czichos/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In looking back at bank stocks I covered over the last few years, one particular bullish call on Germany's Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft ( DB ) stuck out, and so today I'm following up on that stock. During my early days on Seeking Alpha, I called this stock a strong buy in my June 2023 article , and since then it is up +255% as of this writing, an...
Anne Czichos/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In looking back at bank stocks I covered over the last few years, one particular bullish call on Germany's Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft ( DB ) stuck out, and so today I'm following up on that stock. During my early days on Seeking Alpha, I called this stock a strong buy in my June 2023 article , and since then it is up +255% as of this writing, and since my bullish follow-up in Oct 2023, it is up around +251% since then too. So, this stock is among my best calls, and in both cases I thought it could be a good addition to a portfolio looking for exposure to large European banks that also trade shares directly on the NYSE, but I also thought its capital position was strong while the stock appeared undervalued to me at the time. Although I later recommended selling in my April 2025 coverage , expecting it to have reached its peak, it seems the market was much more confident than I was, driving the price up even further. So, with 2 of my 3 calls on this stock proving correct, this time I will approach it from a few additional angles and updated data to see if my prior thesis holds or changes. Nevertheless, this bank, which focuses on corporate and investment banking, private clients, and asset management products, recently had an earnings result on Jan 29th, so it is due for an update. Thesis Summary In my updated coverage of this stock, I am actually upgrading it back to a buy, agreeing with the overwhelming bullish consensus as of Monday. The worksheet below summarizes the factors that drove this score. DB - rating worksheet (author) Today's follow-up thesis argues that despite some lower upside forecasts and lack of clear technical buy signals, key strengths moving the needle towards the buy range include several positive macro forecasts and outlooks about this sector, as well as proven company growth in loans and net asset inflows, which can drive future interest and fee income. The credit rating remains stellar, al...
The first of several jury trials alleging that social media networks built products to get kids addicted kicked off in Los Angeles. Eric Goldman, professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, discusses the legal questions at the center of these cases with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)
The first of several jury trials alleging that social media networks built products to get kids addicted kicked off in Los Angeles. Eric Goldman, professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, discusses the legal questions at the center of these cases with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack says interest rates could be on an extended hold while officials evaluate incoming economic data during an event in Columbus, Ohio. (Source: Bloomberg)
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack says interest rates could be on an extended hold while officials evaluate incoming economic data during an event in Columbus, Ohio. (Source: Bloomberg)