Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says The world’s oceans are under “severe and accelerating” pressure from human activities, with the rate of sea-level rise double that of a decade ago, according to a damning assessment from the United Nations. The “intensifying” stressors, which include pollution and large-scale indu...
Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says The world’s oceans are under “severe and accelerating” pressure from human activities, with the rate of sea-level rise double that of a decade ago, according to a damning assessment from the United Nations. The “intensifying” stressors, which include pollution and large-scale industrial fishing, are cumulative, said the report , resulting in widespread biodiversity loss and putting ocean systems under “severe strain”. Continue reading...
PM is seeking a few quick wins to guarantee he is remembered for at least a short while after he resigns Whatever you do, don’t mention the L-word. The official line from Downing Street is that Keir Starmer will remain prime minister for the next 10 years. Possibly longer. In the course of which he will be beatified by the pope, pick up the Nobel peace prizes that Donald “I wuz robbed” Trump shoul...
PM is seeking a few quick wins to guarantee he is remembered for at least a short while after he resigns Whatever you do, don’t mention the L-word. The official line from Downing Street is that Keir Starmer will remain prime minister for the next 10 years. Possibly longer. In the course of which he will be beatified by the pope, pick up the Nobel peace prizes that Donald “I wuz robbed” Trump should have won, will find a cure for cancer and lead the country into a new age of prosperity. The greatest UK leader of any age. Someone who makes Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher look second rate. A man who can even get Tony Blair to stop talking about himself. Only that’s not quite the way it looks to the rest of us. What we see is a man who senses his time is running out. He’d hate you to notice, but Keir is after a few quick wins to cement his legacy. To guarantee he is remembered for at least a short while after he resigns. Continue reading...
Here are the companies that are making headlines in midday trading. Apple – The iPhone maker advanced more than 2% as its Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off. Apple is expected to detail more of its strategy around artificial intelligence, including updates to Siri. Wix.com – The web development company slid more than 5%. Wix dialed back its outlook for the full year, now calling for bookin...
Here are the companies that are making headlines in midday trading. Apple – The iPhone maker advanced more than 2% as its Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off. Apple is expected to detail more of its strategy around artificial intelligence, including updates to Siri. Wix.com – The web development company slid more than 5%. Wix dialed back its outlook for the full year, now calling for bookings to grow at a percentage rate in the low teens. That's down from its forecast of a percentage rate in the mid-teens. Year-over-year and revenue growth in the second quarter are now expected to come in at a low- to mid-teens percentage rate, versus the earlier call for a rate in the mid-teens. Crocs – The footwear manufacturer jumped 3% after Baird lifted its rating to outperform . The firm said that a "healthier North American story is emerging" for Crocs. "We are adopting a more positive stance, incorporating a higher degree of confidence that positive inflections for Crocs North America and HEYDUDE look sustainable," the firm said. Corning – The specialty glass and fiber company saw shares pop about 6%. Corning reached a deal with Amazon to provide the optical fiber and connectivity solutions to support the e-commerce and cloud giant's growing data center infrastructure in the U.S. Intel – Shares of the chip company jumped 12% after The Information reported that Alphabet and Nvidia are considering the company as a backup chip manufacturer. Alphabet shares dipped almost 2%. Cerebras Systems – The artificial intelligence chipmaker saw shares rocket 20% after a slate of bullish initiations from Wall Street firms. Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Wedbush and UBS were among the firms to give the stock buy-equivalent ratings as they kicked off coverage. Nvidia — Shares gained nearly 2% after Nvidia announced a partnership with South Korean tech giant SK Hynix for advanced memory for its AI factory buildout. Marvell Technology — Marvell Technology gained 13% after it was announced th...
‘Do not have sufficient funds to operate in 26-27 season’ Talks with potential investors ‘have fallen away’ Durham, the Women’s Super League 2 side, have issued an urgent plea for funding and warned that they will have to “cease operations” if they cannot find fresh investment within the next 21 days. The independently run club, who are not affiliated to a professional men’s side, have been compet...
‘Do not have sufficient funds to operate in 26-27 season’ Talks with potential investors ‘have fallen away’ Durham, the Women’s Super League 2 side, have issued an urgent plea for funding and warned that they will have to “cease operations” if they cannot find fresh investment within the next 21 days. The independently run club, who are not affiliated to a professional men’s side, have been competing in the second tier of the English women’s football pyramid for 12 years, but say their owners can “no longer keep pace” with the women’s game’s development. Continue reading...
The U.S. on Monday issued an updated list of Chinese companies it believes are aiding Beijing's military, including e-commerce group Alibaba, Internet search provider Baidu and automaker BYD. The long-awaited update supersedes a list from early 2025, and comes less than a month after President Donald Trump met China's Xi Jinping on a visit to Beijing, where the two leaders maintained a delicate ...
The U.S. on Monday issued an updated list of Chinese companies it believes are aiding Beijing's military, including e-commerce group Alibaba, Internet search provider Baidu and automaker BYD. The long-awaited update supersedes a list from early 2025, and comes less than a month after President Donald Trump met China's Xi Jinping on a visit to Beijing, where the two leaders maintained a delicate trade war truce. In February, when Trump's trip to China had been pending, the Pentagon briefly posted an updated list, known as the 1260H or CMC list, but then quickly withdrew it with little explanation.
Flying Car Industry Turns To Solid-State Batteries For Commercial Takeoff Authored by Bojan Stojkovski via Interesting Engineering , Solid-state battery advances could accelerate flying car adoption. GAC As the flying car industry moves from prototype development toward commercial deployment, attention is increasingly shifting to the technologies needed to support safe and scalable operations. Su ...
Flying Car Industry Turns To Solid-State Batteries For Commercial Takeoff Authored by Bojan Stojkovski via Interesting Engineering , Solid-state battery advances could accelerate flying car adoption. GAC As the flying car industry moves from prototype development toward commercial deployment, attention is increasingly shifting to the technologies needed to support safe and scalable operations. Su Qingpeng, founder and CEO of GAC Govy, a low-altitude mobility company incubated by GAC, recently described solid-state batteries as the "essential path" for the future of flying cars , highlighting their potential to deliver the energy density and safety required for aerial mobility. At the same time, investor expectations are evolving. Rather than focusing primarily on technical specifications and performance claims, capital markets are placing greater emphasis on practical indicators of commercial success, including vehicle deliveries, profitability, production readiness, and the timeline for obtaining airworthiness certification. Flying Cars Follow a Path Similar to Early EVs Su compared the current stage of the flying car industry to the position electric vehicles occupied roughly a decade ago, when the market was still transitioning from early adoption to large-scale growth. He argued that aviation mobility could advance even more rapidly than the EV sector once adoption reaches a critical threshold. According to his outlook, the industry is expected to establish a sustainable commercial ecosystem by 2030, supported by technological progress, regulatory approvals, and the gradual rollout of low-altitude transportation services, CarNewsChina reported . After entering the market with its first production model, GAC Govy has been advancing toward regulatory approval and commercial deployment. Its flagship aircraft, the Govy AirCab, opened for pre-orders in 2025 and officially entered production in May 2026. The Chinese company aims to complete airworthiness testing and s...
Earnings Call Insights: Duluth Holdings (DLTH) Q1 fiscal 2026 Management view "Over the past several quarters, we have committed ourselves to a rigorous strategic pivot, one centered squarely on serving our customers and restoring profitability through focusing on what makes our products special, resetting promotional cadence, driving operational excellence and expense control," said (President, C...
Earnings Call Insights: Duluth Holdings (DLTH) Q1 fiscal 2026 Management view "Over the past several quarters, we have committed ourselves to a rigorous strategic pivot, one centered squarely on serving our customers and restoring profitability through focusing on what makes our products special, resetting promotional cadence, driving operational excellence and expense control," said (President, CEO & Director Stephanie Pugliese). "We are a leaner, more efficient business that now prioritizes brand equity and long-term value over short-term volume with low profitability." "We reduced our total global promotional days by over 50%," said (President, CEO & Director Pugliese). "We also reduced our depth of discount by 700 basis points, allowing full price sales to grow by almost 14% and our average unit retail by 17% year-over-year," and she added that this drove "a gross margin expansion of over 500 basis points to 57.4% of net sales" alongside "sales actualized at $98.6 million." "Retail... recorded another positive quarter with store net sales increasing 3% year-over-year," said (President, CEO & Director Pugliese), while "our direct channel... declined by 6%, excluding wholesale," which she tied to the promotional pullback. "Our SKUs have been reduced by over 20%," said (President, CEO & Director Pugliese), and she highlighted balance-sheet progress: "ending the first quarter with total inventory down 25% or $44 million compared to the prior year" and "strengthened our net liquidity to approximately $100 million." "We have achieved 4 consecutive quarters of improved year-over-year net income margin and free cash flow," said (Interim Chief Accounting Officer, Senior VP & CFO Heena Agrawal). "Our results this quarter demonstrate a healthier margin profile, structural profitability and a more robust balance sheet." Outlook "We are affirming our previously issued full year fiscal 2026 net sales guidance range of $540 million to $560 million," said (Interim Chief Account...
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has made yet another sweeping prediction about the future of work, this time aimed squarely at software engineers. Speaking at a recent conference, the Tesla chief argued that the entire practice of writing code in human-readable programming languages is about to become obsolete. In a clip circulated on X by @Bitcoin_Teddy, ... Elon Musk: Coding Was a Top Job for ...
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has made yet another sweeping prediction about the future of work, this time aimed squarely at software engineers. Speaking at a recent conference, the Tesla chief argued that the entire practice of writing code in human-readable programming languages is about to become obsolete. In a clip circulated on X by @Bitcoin_Teddy, ... Elon Musk: Coding Was a Top Job for Decades. It Will Be Dead By the End of the Year.
Micron Technology (MU) has been a standout name in the artificial intelligence trade for most of 2026, with its stock gaining an explosive 173.92% since the beginning of the year. It crossed $1 trillion in market value in late May. And then, things changed. Over two trading days, a large piece of ...
Micron Technology (MU) has been a standout name in the artificial intelligence trade for most of 2026, with its stock gaining an explosive 173.92% since the beginning of the year. It crossed $1 trillion in market value in late May. And then, things changed. Over two trading days, a large piece of ...
Apple's big developer conference is today, and protesters are using the occasion to call on the company to remove "nudify apps" from the App Store and pull "known" child sexual abuse material from iCloud. Outside the visitor's center at Apple's Cupertino campus, protesters have put up a large sign saying: "Apple is powered by child sexual abuse" and asking incoming CEO John Ternus "What will you d...
Apple's big developer conference is today, and protesters are using the occasion to call on the company to remove "nudify apps" from the App Store and pull "known" child sexual abuse material from iCloud. Outside the visitor's center at Apple's Cupertino campus, protesters have put up a large sign saying: "Apple is powered by child sexual abuse" and asking incoming CEO John Ternus "What will you do?" The protesters come from UltraViolet , a women's advocacy group, and Heat Initiative , a group that aims to "hold tech companies accountable for enabling and profiting from child sexual abuse." Apple and Google came under significant scrutiny ea … Read the full story at The Verge.