Two French adventurers reached the end of an epic walk from their hometown to Shanghai on Saturday, after nearly a year and a half crossing 16 countries almost entirely on foot. Tired but delighted, Loic Voisot and Benjamin Humblot embraced as they stood by the river on the Bund promenade, the Chinese financial hub’s distinctive skyline glittering in the background. Voisot, 26, and Humblot, 27, set off from Annecy in southeastern France in September 2024. Advertisement Yearning for a “great adventure”, they wanted to visit China but without flying, to avoid contributing to the harmful environmental impact of the aviation industry. “We’re having a hard time believing it’s real, that we’ve done all that on foot, that we’re finally here, after having thought of Shanghai for so long,” a weather-beaten Voisot said. France’s Loic Voisot points at his backpack, which features both French and Chinese flags along with the words “Mode Avion, Walk to China” in Shanghai on Saturday. Photo: AFP “I think first and foremost we’re proud, especially of having dared to do this … We weren’t sure we’d make it, but we told ourselves we’d try it out.”

Alphabet is already one of the most valuable companies in the world, but it's betting big on being the biggest artificial intelligence (AI) company as well. This isn't likely to be a particularly controversial take, but right now it looks like Alphabet (GOOG 2.42%) (GOOGL 2.53%), Google's parent company, is looking like it will emerge as the artificial intelligence (AI) leader over the next couple of years. The reasons why are pretty straightforward. First, Google Gemini is gobbling up market share and is likely to overtake ChatGPT soon. Second, Alphabet is working to separate itself from Nvidia for its hardware needs with its Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) chip. Third, per its latest results, Alphabet is leveraging its considerably greater resources than the competition. Let's discuss all three to illustrate why Alphabet is positioning itself to become the AI kingpin by the end of 2027. Gemini, Google that for me When OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2022, it quickly became the leader in the generative AI space simply for lack of competition. By 2023, competitors like Alphabet, Anthropic, and Meta Platforms had brought their competitors to market, but ChatGPT still held 50% market share in the enterprise large language model (LLM) space. As reported by Menlo Ventures, in the two years since, ChatGPT fell to 27% market share, Anthropic grew from 12% to 40% market share, and Google's Gemini grew from 7% to 21%. It's on a trajectory to overtake ChatGPT this year if current trends continue, and then it will be a race to the top between Google and Anthropic. Even then, Google wins. Not a one-trick pony In addition to Gemini, Alphabet has its own proprietary AI hardware, the TPU, developed in partnership with Broadcom. I won't get into the weeds technically here, but suffice it to say Alphabet's TPU offers a hardware alternative to Nvidia's GPU. And Anthropic is expanding its use of Alphabet's hardware to the tune of 1 million TPUs. So, Google even wins from Gemini's main compet...

Key Points Alphabet's Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) is eating up market share from ChatGPT. The company's TPU offers a hardware competitor to Nvidia's GPUs. Alphabet generated $400 billion in revenue last year and is doubling its capital expenditures to expand its AI capabilities. 10 stocks we like better than Alphabet › This isn't likely to be a particularly controversial take, but right now it looks like Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Google's parent company, is looking like it will emerge as the artificial intelligence (AI) leader over the next couple of years. The reasons why are pretty straightforward. 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 » First, Google Gemini is gobbling up market share and is likely to overtake ChatGPT soon. Second, Alphabet is working to separate itself from Nvidia for its hardware needs with its Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) chip. Third, per its latest results, Alphabet is leveraging its considerably greater resources than the competition. Let's discuss all three to illustrate why Alphabet is positioning itself to become the AI kingpin by the end of 2027. Gemini, Google that for me When OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2022, it quickly became the leader in the generative AI space simply for lack of competition. By 2023, competitors like Alphabet, Anthropic, and Meta Platforms had brought their competitors to market, but ChatGPT still held 50% market share in the enterprise large language model (LLM) space. As reported by Menlo Ventures, in the two years since, ChatGPT fell to 27% market share, Anthropic grew from 12% to 40% market share, and Google's Gemini grew from 7% to 21%. It's on a trajectory to overtake ChatGPT this year if current trends continue, and then it will be a race to the top between Google and Anthropic. Even then, Google wins. Not a o...

The British skeleton team - among Team GB's best hopes for medals at the Winter Olympics - will not be able to wear their new helmets because they do not comply with the sport's rules around shape. The British team had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) on Thursday to overturn the decision by the sport's governing body - the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). But Cas say the helmet is a departure from the standard helmet shape and has clearly been designed to specifically enhance aerodynamic performance because the back of the helmet protrudes. The British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA) stressed that the helmet was designed with safety in mind and to comply with new safety regulations due to be introduced by the IBSF at the start of the 2026-27 season. Those rules are not in place at the Olympics but British skeleton have essentially tried to get ahead of the curve by designing and using their new helmet in Italy. Instead they will wear the ones they wore during the last World Cup season. A picture seen by BBC Sport shows that the helmet is pointed at the back - similar in appearance to a track cycling helmet. Natalie Dunman, executive performance director at the BBSA, said: "Based on the strength of the case we put forward, naturally we are disappointed in [the] decision. "However, this does not affect our final preparations and nor has the discourse affected the athletes' focus or optimism going into the Games. "Our athletes have been winning medals all season, and throughout the Olympic cycle, in their current helmets and we remain in a strong position to continue that trend." When asked about the helmet prior to the verdict, Team GB's skeleton racers said they had no preference on which helmet they used at the Olympics. They arrive at the Games as heavy favourites to win medals with world champion and overall World Cup winner Matt Weston leading the charge for gold while compatriot Marcus Wyatt is also fancied to...

Explore how these two precious metals ETFs differ in risk, liquidity, and portfolio makeup—key factors for investors weighing their options. The iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF (SLVP +7.56%) and SPDR Gold Shares (GLD +3.07%) differ sharply in risk profile, assets under management (AUM), and performance history, with SLVP targeting volatile silver miners and GLD tracking the price of physical gold bullion. SLVP and GLD both offer exposure to precious metals, but they approach this theme from different angles: SLVP invests in global silver and metals mining companies, while GLD provides direct access to the price of gold. This comparison looks at cost, returns, risk, portfolio makeup, and liquidity to help clarify which ETF may appeal depending on an investor’s priorities. Snapshot (Cost & Size) Metric SLVP GLD Issuer IShares SPDR Expense ratio 0.39% 0.40% 1-yr return (as of 2026-01-30) 187.2% 72.4% Dividend yield 1.6% n/a Beta 0.73 0.09 AUM $1.4 billion $188.9 billion Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year weekly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. SLVP and GLD carry nearly identical expense ratios, so neither has a clear cost advantage. Yield may factor in for income-focused investors, as only SLVP pays a dividend. Performance & Risk Comparison Metric SLVP GLD Max drawdown (5 y) -55.56% -21.03% Growth of $1,000 over 5 years $2,112 $2,554 What's Inside GLD is designed to track the price of physical gold, offering investors a straightforward way to gain exposure to gold bullion without the need to buy, store, or insure the metal directly. The fund is over 21 years old and, with $188 billion in assets under management (AUM), is one of the largest and most liquid ETFs in the world. Unlike many ETFs, it does not hold individual securities or companies; its value moves with the price of gold. SLVP, in contrast, invests exclusively in mining companies within the ba...

AT&T has an attractive 4% dividend yield and plans to return more than just cash to investors in 2026. AT&T (T 0.68%) cut its dividend by nearly 50% in 2022. That move followed the spinoff of WarnerMedia, undoing what, in hindsight, proved to be a disastrous acquisition. Those two decisions set AT&T up to potentially return $45 billion in cash to investors between 2026 and 2028. Here's what you need to know if you are thinking about buying AT&T stock today. AT&T made the best of a bad situation After the WarnerMedia spinoff, AT&T was saddled with a very heavy debt load. The dividend cut that accompanied the spinoff was intended to allow AT&T to focus on strengthening its balance sheet. Roughly four years after the spinoff, the telecommunications giant's total debt is lower, and its leverage has declined. That frees the company up to return more money to shareholders. In 2025, the company returned $12 billion through dividends and stock buybacks. The plan for the next three years is to return $45 billion. At this point in time, the board of directors isn't intending to increase the dividend, so the big story is going to be more stock buybacks. Is the stock worth buying in 2026? After reporting full-year 2025 earnings and announcing its intention to return $45 billion to shareholders, AT&T's stock price rocketed higher, rising 15% in just five days. That's a sizable move, and it might change the equation for a lot of investors. For example, the stock's price-to-sales and price-to-book-value ratios are both above their five-year averages. Losses over that span don't allow for a five-year average price-to-earnings (P/E) stat, but AT&T's price-to-forward P/E is also above its five-year average. In other words, the stock looks a little expensive right now. Value investors probably won't be interested. Expand NYSE : T AT&T Today's Change ( -0.68 %) $ -0.18 Current Price $ 27.13 Key Data Points Market Cap $192B Day's Range $ 26.93 - $ 27.38 52wk Range $ 22.95 - $ 29.79 Volu...

Key Points AT&T is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. The company has an attractive 4% dividend yield backed by recurring cash flows. Management plans to return $45 billion to shareholders in dividends and stock buybacks over the next three years. 10 stocks we like better than AT&T › AT&T (NYSE: T) cut its dividend by nearly 50% in 2022. That move followed the spinoff of WarnerMedia, undoing what, in hindsight, proved to be a disastrous acquisition. Those two decisions set AT&T up to potentially return $45 billion in cash to investors between 2026 and 2028. Here's what you need to know if you are thinking about buying AT&T stock today. 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 » AT&T made the best of a bad situation After the WarnerMedia spinoff, AT&T was saddled with a very heavy debt load. The dividend cut that accompanied the spinoff was intended to allow AT&T to focus on strengthening its balance sheet. Roughly four years after the spinoff, the telecommunications giant's total debt is lower, and its leverage has declined. That frees the company up to return more money to shareholders. In 2025, the company returned $12 billion through dividends and stock buybacks. The plan for the next three years is to return $45 billion. At this point in time, the board of directors isn't intending to increase the dividend, so the big story is going to be more stock buybacks. Is the stock worth buying in 2026? After reporting full-year 2025 earnings and announcing its intention to return $45 billion to shareholders, AT&T's stock price rocketed higher, rising 15% in just five days. That's a sizable move, and it might change the equation for a lot of investors. For example, the stock's price-to-sales and price-to-book-value ratios are both above their five-year averages. Losses over that span don't allow for a five-year a...

It's possible, but it won't happen tomorrow. Artificial intelligence is starting to do things that were formerly the exclusive domain of humans, including tasks like holding and moving money. If the "agentic AI" trend sticks, it's thus reasonable to assume that more financial activity will be initiated by software, and, perhaps even for the benefit of that software rather than for the benefit of humans. That brings up a fun, slightly unsettling question for investors: Could Bitcoin (BTC 0.73%) benefit by becoming a preferred store of value for AI agents? What AI agents will actually optimize for In practice, the AI agents of today don't have any need for money in the sense that a human might. They're machines designed to identify market patterns, assist with payment routing, manage liquidity in key accounts, and monitor fraud risk. That set of jobs implies handling a very particular kind of money. In short, for an AI agent to excel at those tasks, it needs to operate within a system with low, stable costs and clear integration points for basic functionalities like identity verification and trade authorization. If those requirements aren't met, the agent can't do much of anything because the company or individual running it will be loath to eat the operational costs and regulatory risks associated with letting it continue, even if it's possible to do so. Expand CRYPTO : BTC Bitcoin Today's Change ( -0.73 %) $ -507.01 Current Price $ 69333.00 Key Data Points Market Cap $1.4T Day's Range $ 67656.00 - $ 71604.00 52wk Range $ 60255.56 - $ 126079.89 Volume 79B So even if AI agents become a real theme in the world of managing investments and making trades -- and they probably will -- the initial wave of agent activity will probably concentrate in quite narrow and controlled workflows rather than a sudden, industrywide automation of everything. And there simply aren't many ways for AI to change or improve upon the Bitcoin mining process either. Therefore, we should not expe...

For Townsend's team, in far too many games, there's uncertainty about when the damage will be done - the start or the end - but there is a near certainty that at some point it will indeed be done. It's the rhythm of life under Townsend. In Rome, it was at the start. There was talk from within the Scotland camp that they needed to execute better when entering an opponent's 22. There were good reasons for that chat. In last season's Six Nations, they ranked second of six in terms of visits to a rival's 22 and yet sixth of six in terms of points gained from those visits. Profligacy, as well as mental fragility, was a work-on, as they say. A few minutes into the game, Scotland had an attacking line-out in Italy's 22. A time for deeds now, not words. Clinical rugby, remember. Lessons learned. Progress. Their ball was stolen at the front and Italy escaped. It was the beginning of an utter calamity out of touch for Ewan Ashman, in particular, and his successor, George Turner. The conditions? Yes, abject, but Scotland's error count across the board was higher than Italy's. At times, when throws were pilfered or just launched over the back with no jumper and seemingly no communication, it was an unholy mess. You wouldn't have predicted a Scotland defeat that early, but you get to understand the triggers in this team and the omens weren't encouraging. Especially so within a few minutes because Italy scored. Winning the air, as they so often did, they showed the kind of precision that Scotland only talked about. Ignacio Brex grubbered for Louis Lynagh and Italy had landed the first blow. Becoming hard to score against was another of those non-negotiables that the Scotland boys mentioned. Up in smoke already. Scotland had another attacking line-out inside Italy's 22 soon after. Stolen again. A dozen minutes had been played and now, truly, you were hearing the music from Jaws ringing in the ears. For a time, the conditions looked like they were impacting just one team out there....

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The biggest tech companies are gearing up to spend even more on artificial intelligence than investors had anticipated, and money managers increasingly fear that whatever happens, credit markets will get hit. Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and other “hyperscalers” are in an arms race to invest in AI and beat competitors in a technology that could change vast parts of the economy. Google parent Alphabet Inc. said it’s poised to spend as much as $185 billion on data centers this year, more than it has invested in the past three years combined. Amazon.com Inc. promised an even bigger outlay: $200 billion. A chunk of those investments will come from the high-grade corporate bond market, potentially resulting in more debt sales this year than investors had expected. But the more tech companies borrow, the greater the potential pressure on bond valuations. The securities are already expensive by historical standards, trading at close to their tightest spreads since the late 1990s. “The AI spending bonanza is finding buyers today but leaves little upside and even less room for error,” said Alexander Morris , chief executive officer and co-founder of F/m Investments. “There is no asset class that can’t and won’t spoil.” Those fears weighed on tech companies’ notes this week, which broadly weakened relative to Treasuries, including most of the $25 billion of debt that Oracle sold on Monday. In the broader market, high-grade corporate bond yield spreads edged about 0.02 percentage point wider this week. Beyond supply and demand, intensifying worries around AI’s power to disrupt have sparked tremors in the market. As companies like Anthropic PBC release a steady stream of tools targeting professional services from finance to software development, investors are starting to price in the threat AI poses to entire businesses. Software companies have seen their leveraged loan prices drop about 4% this year through Thursday, according to Bloomberg index data, amid fears that AI will ...

Tech’s AI Push Risks a Bond Market Blowback: Credit Weekly Bloomberg

Bloomberg The biggest tech companies are gearing up to spend even more on artificial intelligence than investors had anticipated, and money managers increasingly fear that whatever happens, credit markets will get hit. Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and other “hyperscalers” are in an arms race to invest in AI and beat competitors in a technology that could change vast parts of the economy. Google parent Alphabet Inc. said it’s poised to spend as much as $185 billion on data centers this year, more than it has invested in the past three years combined. Amazon.com Inc. promised an even bigger outlay: $200 billion. Most Read from Bloomberg A chunk of those investments will come from the high-grade corporate bond market, potentially resulting in more debt sales this year than investors had expected. But the more tech companies borrow, the greater the potential pressure on bond valuations. The securities are already expensive by historical standards, trading at close to their tightest spreads since the late 1990s. “The AI spending bonanza is finding buyers today but leaves little upside and even less room for error,” said Alexander Morris, chief executive officer and co-founder of F/m Investments. “There is no asset class that can’t and won’t spoil.” Those fears weighed on tech companies’ notes this week, which broadly weakened relative to Treasuries, including most of the $25 billion of debt that Oracle sold on Monday. In the broader market, high-grade corporate bond yield spreads edged about 0.02 percentage point wider this week. Beyond supply and demand, intensifying worries around AI’s power to disrupt have sparked tremors in the market. As companies like Anthropic PBC release a steady stream of tools targeting professional services from finance to software development, investors are starting to price in the threat AI poses to entire businesses. Software companies have seen their leveraged loan prices drop about 4% this year through Thursday, according to Bloomberg in...

The biggest tech companies are gearing up to spend even more on artificial intelligence than investors had anticipated, and money managers increasingly fear that whatever happens, credit markets will get hit. Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and other “hyperscalers” are in an arms race to invest in AI and beat competitors in a technology that could change vast parts of the economy. Google parent Alphabet Inc. said it’s poised to spend as much as $185 billion on data centers this year, more than it has invested in the past three years combined. Amazon.com Inc. promised an even bigger outlay: $200 billion. A chunk of those investments will come from the high-grade corporate bond market, potentially resulting in more debt sales this year than investors had expected. But the more tech companies borrow, the greater the potential pressure on bond valuations. The securities are already expensive by historical standards, trading at close to their tightest spreads since the late 1990s. “The AI spending bonanza is finding buyers today but leaves little upside and even less room for error,” said Alexander Morris , chief executive officer and co-founder of F/m Investments. “There is no asset class that can’t and won’t spoil.” Those fears weighed on tech companies’ notes this week, which broadly weakened relative to Treasuries, including most of the $25 billion of debt that Oracle sold on Monday. In the broader market, high-grade corporate bond yield spreads edged about 0.02 percentage point wider this week. Beyond supply and demand, intensifying worries around AI’s power to disrupt have sparked tremors in the market. As companies like Anthropic PBC release a steady stream of tools targeting professional services from finance to software development, investors are starting to price in the threat AI poses to entire businesses. Software companies have seen their leveraged loan prices drop about 4% this year through Thursday, according to Bloomberg index data, amid fears that AI will ...

00:00 Dan As far as the the automotive business goes, you know, you guys have been a player in this for for quite some time, and it seems to be on on the up and up for the the past few quarters. Where do you see that going at this point? How do you expect that to to continue to evolve and I got to I got to ask again, is it is it memory an issue at all in that aspect? 00:20 Akash Yeah, I think we've been very excited about our automotive business. I think we've taken the technology portfolio that we have in handsets and really kind of added significant capability to it to make it optimized and suitable for where the cars are going, right? That is an industry that's in transition. Um, it requires a lot more and different kind of technologies than it did a few years ago. And Qualcomm is hitting that inflection point and bringing the right set of technologies uh into car. So 00:53 Akash uh very excited. I think uh we talked about uh Volkswagen uh signing up with Qualcomm at scale. Uh several uh Japanese OEMs, Korean OEMs, US OEMs, Chinese, Europeans, they're all using our technology. And so the scale that we bring to bear is is incredible and we're now becoming the leader in ADAS uh as well going forward, autonomous driving. 01:17 Akash The other thing I'll say about auto automotive is that we are able to leverage this technology into robotics as well. Uh robotics obviously is an incredible new area that's coming up with humanoids and manufacturing robots and warehousing robots, uh all kinds of uh changes happening in the industry and this is going to be a massive market. And Qualcomm is now at the center of that transformation with our new product uh uh Dragon Wing IQ 10, which brings the strengths from a connectivity, processing and AI perspective all together and really optimize product uh for robotics and humanoids going forward. So very excited about working with the industry leaders on it. And and as you look forward uh for Qualcomm, I think the opportunities are ...

烏克蘭總統澤連斯基稱，美國希望夏季前結束俄烏戰事，並倡議一周內在邁阿密舉行美烏俄三方會談。 澤連斯基周六向記者稱，美國當局要求烏俄雙方最遲六月達成和平協議，相信美方為了應對中期選舉，可能按照這個時間表，向俄烏雙方施壓。 他又稱美方倡議在同一時間，簽署所有停戰協議，但烏方希望分階段停戰，明確列出甚麼時間、甚麼階段做甚麼。 澤連斯基又稱，烏方代表將赴美國邁阿密與會，他相信領土問題要在三方領導人層面解決，並指美方倡議在烏克蘭東部頓巴斯地區，建立非軍事化的自由經濟區，但烏俄雙方不支持這種想法。

The eyes are “the lamp of the body” according to the Bible; if they are healthy, the body is full of light, and if they are not, there is darkness. Literally and metaphorically, it’s on the money. Our eyesight is one of the most important ways with which we interact with the world, and it interacts with us. We take our eyesight for granted, which is why it comes as such a shock when it starts to let us down. “Blindness is a very scary disability,” says Prof Lauren Ayton, deputy director of the Centre for Eye Research Australia at the University of Melbourne. “But people don’t realise actually about 90% of vision loss can be prevented or treated.” And like many other problems, keeping the eyes healthy so often comes down to good diet, keeping active, and regular check-ups. There are two key periods in life where eye problems become obvious. There is an emerging global epidemic of myopia – shortsightedness – in school-age children, with around one in three children and adolescents now short-sighted – and that figure is rising. And while the exact cause of this rise is unclear, research does suggest that screen time is a factor – but not in the way you might think. Screens versus the outdoors For all the concern about screen time being the enemy of eyesight, there actually is no evidence that closeup focusing on screens causes myopia. “The direct evidence for screens in and of themselves being problematic is pretty, pretty weak,” says Prof Allison McKendrick, Lions Eye Institute UWA chair in optometry research in Perth. What’s more likely is that screen time is taking over from time doing other things that are beneficial for eye health. One of those things, particularly in children, is outdoor time, says Dr Flora Hui, a clinical scientist also at the Centre for Eye Research Australia. “Getting enough sunlight is actually important for the growth of their eye,” she says. One theory is that sunlight causes the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is important ...

I’m not sure when Russell and I became close friends, but in years 9, 10 and 11 at Turramurra high in Sydney in the mid-1980s we were inseparable. It was platonic, though to be honest I was probably in love with him at some point! My mum, Nadine, was an author and arts editor for the Financial Review, so we have lovely memories of going to the opera, ballet and theatre together: me, mum, Russell. She adored him. Mum and I lived in a converted church and he was always offering to work around the house. We’d listen to music, hang out – he tried to teach me about football and I watched it because he liked it, even though I found it tedious. Eventually, we started mixing in different circles. I left school in 1984 and went off to study art, and he finished high school then studied mechanical engineering. I’d still see him every now and then; he was working at the servo at Pennant Hills and I would drop in occasionally. By 1991 I had completed my studies then went up to Cairns with my then-boyfriend, who I eventually married. Russell and I fell out of touch. In 2003 my marriage broke up and my mum and I moved to Lemon Tree Passage near Nelson Bay together. I was in my late 30s and met a new partner but it was a difficult time. I was trying and failing to conceive via IVF. My partner and I split after two years and my mum was very sick. I looked after her until she passed away in 2009. The next decade wasn’t easy but just before 2020 I was ready for a fresh start. I sold my home and bought a caravan. I had planned to just go wherever I wanted, then Covid lockdowns happened. When the world shut down, I found healing. I was making jewellery, painting, swimming and spending time with my dogs. I was enjoying my own company and planned to stay single. At the same time, I had been searching for Russell. I wasn’t thinking anything romantic but I did dream about him and wondered where he was. I found a guy with Russell’s name on Facebook and sent him a friend request but the guy ...

Ducks typically live between five and 10 years, and pigs 10 to 20. You first appeared on screen in 1935 and 1937, which makes you 91 and 89, respectively. What’s your secret to your eternally youthful looks? Daffy Duck: Firtht of all, it’s very rude to comment on a duck’s age. Thecond of all, thank you for noticing how youthful I look. My thecret is very thimple – moisturise daily, stay hydrated and tell the artist who draws you to take out any wrinkles. Porky Pig: For me, it’s all about ex-ex-ex-ex-er – keeping fit. In my case that’s running, playing b-basketball and jumping out of the way of falling anvils. View image in fullscreen The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is out in February. Photograph: Warner Bros Entertainment Inc You teamed up for Looney Tunes’ first-ever fully animated feature film. Were there any other Warner Brothers characters you’d have liked to join? Perhaps a cartoon rabbit? A canary? A coyote? A skunk? DD: It’s a huge movie, but it’s still not big enough for me and the rabbit. There’s only room for one star, thupported by a loyal thidekick. A yeth man. A thtooge. Someone who knows people aren’t watching the movie to just see him … PP: You know I’m right he-he-he – next to you, Daffy? Personally I would love to have more Looney Tunes pals with us – like when we did Space Jam. Maybe we could do a special toon version of The Traitors? Except I think we could easily guess who the tr-tr-tr – double-crosser would be! DD: Why are you thtaring at me like that? Your co-star Petunia Pig also holds her own. What other Hollywood leading lady would you most like to face an alien invasion with? Porky: Well I must admit I have a little d-d-d – crush on that Syd-Syd-Sydney Sweeney. Daffy: Jacob Elordi! That hair! Those dreamboat eyes! Porky: Umm, Daffy, I think you’re mis-mis-misunderstanding the ... Daffy: Cool it, pig! Get your own Hollywood beau! View image in fullscreen Petunia Pig (right) co-stars in The Day The Earth Blew Up. Photograph: W...

美國和伊朗代表日前就核問題，在阿曼間接談判，伊朗外長阿拉格齊提出兩條「紅線」。 阿拉格齊周六接受半島電視台訪問，稱伊美談判是良好開端，伊朗核問題只能通過談判解決，但他認為跟要美國建立互信，仍有很長的路要走。 阿拉格齊強調，德黑蘭政府劃定兩條「紅線」，首先是不會放棄鈾濃縮，其次是不會就導彈事宜跟美方談判。他又警告美國一旦向伊朗施襲，伊朗將向中東地區的美軍基地作反擊。 美國總統特朗普早前表明，打算本周初再跟伊朗會談，他稱德黑蘭似乎很想達到協議，美方願意給予時間，但他強調，不容許伊朗擁有核武，若對方拒絕達成協議，將面臨嚴重後果。

Zelenskyy Says US Gave Ukraine And Russia A June Deadline To End War Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Feb. 6 that the United States has given both Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach an agreement to end the nearly four-year war, adding that Washington is likely to increase pressure on both sides if fighting continues beyond that point. Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said U.S. officials have outlined a timeline aimed at securing an end to hostilities by early summer, as the Trump administration steps up diplomatic efforts to halt Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. “The Americans are proposing the parties end the war by the beginning of this summer,” Zelenskyy said, according to remarks embargoed until Feb. 7. He added that Washington wants “a clear schedule of all events” and would likely apply pressure “precisely according to this schedule” if progress stalls. Zelenskyy said U.S. officials have made clear they intend to “do everything” to bring the war to an end by June. He did not specify what form pressure might take or whether it would apply equally to Kyiv and Moscow. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment or confirmation. US-Brokered Talks Continue Zelenskyy’s comments came after the latest round of U.S.-brokered trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi involving representatives from the United States, Ukraine, and Russia. All sides described the discussions as constructive, and a Russia–Ukraine prisoner swap was announced, but no cease-fire or political agreement was reached. U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Feb. 6 aboard Air Force One that “we had very, very good talks today, having to do with Russia, Ukraine,” adding that “something could be happening.” Trump did not provide details on the discussions or address whether a formal deadline had been communicated to the warring parties. Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said the Feb. 4–5...

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Key Points Applied Digital now has lease agreements worth more than $16 billion over the next 15 years. Its heavy reliance on a single customer adds significant risk to an already heavily leveraged business. 10 stocks we like better than Applied Digital › Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD) has turned into one of the market's hottest growth stocks in recent years. After the data center operator pivoted from a focus on providing infrastructure for crypto miners to building infrastructure to support artificial intelligence (AI), its share price has absolutely exploded. But while the AI-first strategy has created an enormous opportunity, the company is walking a fine line, and any slip-up could turn this growth stock into dead weight in your portfolio. 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 » Why Applied Digital has soared Applied Digital builds and operates data centers specifically designed for AI workloads, and leases the facilities to tenants that actually run the servers that power AI. Think of it as a specialized real estate developer and landlord -- it finds the land, builds the facilities, and keeps the lights on and the AC running. Given the immense power requirements of AI and the complexity of the infrastructure that supports it, there are only a handful of companies capable of doing this at scale. That means Applied Digital is extremely well positioned to take advantage of AI's rapid growth to expand its top line -- and it has. The company's revenue has exploded from $55 million in 2023 to $264 million over its last four reported quarters. Applied Digital is in the midst of building an immense amount of capacity and now has commitments for up to $16 billion in revenue over the next 15 years. The risks investors can't ignore While there is a lot of opportunity in this niche, there's also...

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk doubled down on his warnings about U.S. debt, predicting financial doom will be guaranteed without the transformative effects of AI and robotics on the economy. In a lengthy, wide-ranging interview with podcaster Dwarkesh Patel alongside Stripe cofounder and president John Collison on Thursday, the tech billionaire was asked why he pushed for aggressive spending cuts while leading the Department of Government Efficiency if technology will supercharge GDP growth and ease the debt burden. Musk replied that he was concerned about waste and fraud. That’s despite reports that many across-the-board staffing cuts included critical employees who had to be hired back. “In the absence of AI and robotics, we’re actually totally screwed because the national debt is piling up like crazy,” he added. Interest payments alone on the $38.5 trillion debt pile are about $1 trillion a year, exceeding the U.S. military budget, Musk pointed out. Debt-servicing costs also top spending on social programs like Medicare. But President Donald Trump has vowed to boost annual defense outlays to $1.5 trillion, so the defense budget could overtake interest payments again, at least temporarily. Reflecting on his work with DOGE, Musk said he had hoped to slow down the unsustainable financial trajectory the U.S. is on, buying more time for AI and robotics to boost growth. “It’s the only thing that could solve the national debt. We are 1,000% going to go bankrupt as a country, and fail as a country, without AI and robots,” he predicted. “Nothing else will solve the national debt. We just need enough time to build the AI and robots to not go bankrupt before then.” In late November, Musk made similar comments, saying on Nikhil Kamath’s podcast that the deployment of AI and robotics “at very large scale” is the only solution to the U.S. debt crisis. But he cautioned that the increased output in goods and services as a result of the technologies would likely lead to significant deflati...

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No surprises here, not even a hint of one. England have had tougher training sessions in preparation for this Six Nations and by the end the scoreboard spoke for itself. Wales were not so much beaten as buried beneath an avalanche of seven white tries including a first-half hat-trick for the pacy Bath wing Henry Arundell on his first England start since the 2023 World Cup. If not quite as big a rout as England’s 68-14 win in Cardiff 11 months ago, the flashing red warning lights were visible from the moment the visitors had two players sent to the sin bin in the first quarter. They never looked like recovering and, in its own way, this disappointment will sting as much as the 73-0 defeat by South Africa in November. If there was some consolation that England could not always sustain their first-half momentum it was strictly relative. The plain truth was that the game had long since been won and the bonus point banked, although head coach Steve Borthwick will be slightly irked by his side’s inability to put the hammer fully down when Wales were again reduced to 13 men by two more yellow cards in the final quarter. Either way this was another sobering result for those who believe the Six Nations is only ever as strong as its weakest link. If this 145-year-old fixture ever becomes humdrum the championship will be fundamentally the poorer for it and its traditional colour and passion will steadily ebb away. It is not just Welsh fans who will be praying for some light at the eastbound end of the Brynglas tunnels. You certainly had to admire the pre-match optimism of the defiant visiting supporter carrying his inflatable leek up the road from Twickenham station. Good news is not exactly rife within Welsh rugby just now and the off-field politics remain poisonous. Those trying to keep the faith badly need something to cling to in the coming weeks but there was scant encouragement here on a cool, grey evening. At least it was slightly drier than it might have been. Not that...

A remorseless England piled pain and points on Wales as they began their hunt for the Six Nations title with a 48-7 victory at Allianz Stadium. Wing Henry Arundell, making his first start for his country in more than two years, scored a first-half hat-trick as England put themselves out of sight before the break. Josh Adams was picked out by Dan Edwards' precise punt for Wales's solitary try five minutes after the restart, but, for the most part, the one-way traffic continued to steamroll the visitors. Tom Roebuck added to Ben Earl's first-half try, before the introduction of Marcus Smith, Henry Pollock and returning captain Maro Itoje energised England for the final quarter. Earl, as he did in the 68-14 romp in Cardiff last year, switched to midfield late on as England used the remaining game time to try out new patterns for the campaign to come. Tommy Freeman, who scored in all five of England's games in the tournament last year, powered his way over in the last play of the game to keep his scoring streak going. Wales have now won only two of their past 24 Test matches, while the domestic game is racked with uncertainty and rancour as the Welsh Rugby Union attempt to restructure four regional sides. Ominously they take on France, the defending champions who took apart Ireland on Thursday night, next weekend. The contrast to England is stark. The hosts' 12th straight victory was roared to the rafters and belief is swelling that their run can carry them to a first title since 2020. A far tougher test of those credentials awaits in the shape of a wounded Scotland in Edinburgh next weekend, but their mix of accurate attack and furious defence was hard to fault. It was certainly too potent for Wales. More to follow