Hong Kong begins a five-day long weekend break for the Easter and Ching Ming Festival holidays from Friday to Tuesday, with authorities expecting busy inbound and outbound travel during the period. Mainland China marks the festival, also known as tomb-sweeping day, between Friday and Sunday. For Hongkongers remaining in the city and visitors from the mainland and elsewhere, the South China Morning...
Hong Kong begins a five-day long weekend break for the Easter and Ching Ming Festival holidays from Friday to Tuesday, with authorities expecting busy inbound and outbound travel during the period. Mainland China marks the festival, also known as tomb-sweeping day, between Friday and Sunday. For Hongkongers remaining in the city and visitors from the mainland and elsewhere, the South China Morning Post lists key activities open to the public. Coffee festival The popular coffee festival returns...
Welcome to Next Africa, a daily newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it’s headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email. In today’s edition, we look at Johannesburg’s decaying infrastructure and a new style of electioneering, as well as: African governments reacting to surging oil prices Russia sending more weapons to Madagascar And Chinese miners joining an African c...
Welcome to Next Africa, a daily newsletter on where the continent stands now — and where it’s headed. Sign up here to have it delivered to your email. In today’s edition, we look at Johannesburg’s decaying infrastructure and a new style of electioneering, as well as: African governments reacting to surging oil prices Russia sending more weapons to Madagascar And Chinese miners joining an African copper-rail project Swimming in a Pothole Helen Zille donned a wetsuit and snorkel and stepped into a giant water-filled pothole on a suburban Johannesburg street. The 75-year-old South African politician even tried the backstroke as she literally waded into the debate on failing infrastructure in the continent’s richest city. The crater from a burst pipe had raised the ire of residents for about three years. The spectacle soon trended on social media, highlighting not only the service-delivery problems in the city, but how her bid to become Johannesburg’s next mayor for the Democratic Alliance has redefined usually staid election campaigning. Much has already been written about the decline of South Africa’s main industrial and financial hub following years of neglect, mismanagement , graft and political instability. Water shortages have reached crisis levels, with residents rioting in areas subjected to weeks of empty taps. The stakes are high — further decay could weigh on investments in an already sluggish national economy. For some, in a metro where axel-busting roads and broken traffic lights are common, Zille’s swim was a humorous recognition of lived reality. Others simply brushed it off as a gimmick — the former mayor of Cape Town and ex-opposition-party leader had already posted videos of fixing a damaged road and directing traffic at a chaotic intersection. The campaign shift appears to be working. A poll by the Social Research Foundation shows support for the DA has climbed 13 percentage points to 39% since the previous local election in 2021 — making it the most ...
AUSTIN, Texas, April 02, 2026--In the first quarter, we produced over 408,000 vehicles, delivered over 358,000 vehicles and deployed 8.8 GWh of energy storage products.
AUSTIN, Texas, April 02, 2026--In the first quarter, we produced over 408,000 vehicles, delivered over 358,000 vehicles and deployed 8.8 GWh of energy storage products.
Alpha Cognition Inc. (ACOG) was a big mover last session on higher-than-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions might not help the stock continue moving higher in the near term.
Alpha Cognition Inc. (ACOG) was a big mover last session on higher-than-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions might not help the stock continue moving higher in the near term.
Mike Markkula, one of Apple's earliest investors, was won over by the vision of founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. With his marketing knowledge and Wall Street connections, he helped take the Apple computer from garage-bound prototype to household mainstay.
Mike Markkula, one of Apple's earliest investors, was won over by the vision of founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. With his marketing knowledge and Wall Street connections, he helped take the Apple computer from garage-bound prototype to household mainstay.
Visiting teams have won two of 24 last-16 ties, so it is no surprise players needing post-Six Nations rest skip trips The odds on multiple away wins in this weekend’s Champions Cup last 16 are not terribly good. Since the single-leg concept was born three years ago there have been 24 matches, with the hosts losing only two. If that strike rate alters significantly this time it will certainly confo...
Visiting teams have won two of 24 last-16 ties, so it is no surprise players needing post-Six Nations rest skip trips The odds on multiple away wins in this weekend’s Champions Cup last 16 are not terribly good. Since the single-leg concept was born three years ago there have been 24 matches, with the hosts losing only two. If that strike rate alters significantly this time it will certainly confound the bookmakers. Bordeaux Bègles, the defending champions, have even been quoted at 1-100 to beat Leicester on Sunday, a remarkable price for a two-horse race. It might be slightly different if the Tigers were at full strength but, as the bookies are keenly aware, that is very much not the case with, among others, Ollie Chessum, Joe Heyes and Nicky Smith all nonrunners. Continue reading...
The infrastructure is crumbling and the government shaky, but memories exist of an industry that once thrived off Venezuela’s vast reserves of crude – and could do again, despite the climate crisis At Campo Boscán, a vast complex in western Venezuela , the drills, pumps and pipelines that extract crude oil operate amid decay: roads are broken, weeds grow everywhere and many wells run inside metal ...
The infrastructure is crumbling and the government shaky, but memories exist of an industry that once thrived off Venezuela’s vast reserves of crude – and could do again, despite the climate crisis At Campo Boscán, a vast complex in western Venezuela , the drills, pumps and pipelines that extract crude oil operate amid decay: roads are broken, weeds grow everywhere and many wells run inside metal cages to prevent theft. Albenis Merchán, a drilling technician with 35 years’ experience, recalls better times as he drives his pickup through the desolate landscape. “We used to receive maintenance and safety training all the time. Supplies and spare parts were never lacking. Many things need to improve here to tap the full potential of this area,” he says. Continue reading...
Boeing (BA) has received quite a bit of attention from Zacks.com users lately. Therefore, it is wise to be aware of the facts that can impact the stock's prospects.
Boeing (BA) has received quite a bit of attention from Zacks.com users lately. Therefore, it is wise to be aware of the facts that can impact the stock's prospects.
Li Auto (LI) has received quite a bit of attention from Zacks.com users lately. Therefore, it is wise to be aware of the facts that can impact the stock's prospects.
Li Auto (LI) has received quite a bit of attention from Zacks.com users lately. Therefore, it is wise to be aware of the facts that can impact the stock's prospects.
AMAT and LRCX still look like high‑conviction ways to play the AI and advanced‑node capex cycle, but they sit firmly in “quality growth at a premium” territory rather than obvious bargains.
AMAT and LRCX still look like high‑conviction ways to play the AI and advanced‑node capex cycle, but they sit firmly in “quality growth at a premium” territory rather than obvious bargains.
Welcome to the Brussels Edition. I’m Suzanne Lynch, Bloomberg’s Brussels bureau chief, bringing you the latest from the EU each weekday. Make sure you’re signed up . It’s a year since President Donald Trump — armed with a giant poster in the White House Rose Garden — unveiled the most significant tariffs on US trading partners in more than a century. A year on from so-called Liberation Day, Europe...
Welcome to the Brussels Edition. I’m Suzanne Lynch, Bloomberg’s Brussels bureau chief, bringing you the latest from the EU each weekday. Make sure you’re signed up . It’s a year since President Donald Trump — armed with a giant poster in the White House Rose Garden — unveiled the most significant tariffs on US trading partners in more than a century. A year on from so-called Liberation Day, Europe is still absorbing the impact. Though the European Commission stands by the trade deal it struck with Trump in Scotland last July — which locked in a 15% ceiling rate on most EU goods in exchange for eliminating duties on many US products — residual issues remain. Chief among them is concern about levies on steel and aluminum. EU metal exports into the US face a 50% tariff, with a host of derivative products made from steel and aluminum also affected. When the European Parliament approved the EU-US trade deal last month, lawmakers added a provision that said tariff reductions on the US would only take effect if metals duties were reduced. There were signs overnight that the US is preparing a tiered system for steel and aluminum products in an attempt to simplify a process for companies and help keep a lid on prices for consumers.This could see some products charged a lower 25% rate and could benefit some European exporters, which had already been struggling with oversupply in the market. But on the flip side, the US is considering new tariffs on pharmaceutical companies that haven’t already struck deals with the US. With trade tensions lingering, the Commission said it is discussing with the US plans to set up a “dialog” on digital technologies and markets. Despite such openings, the EU’s executive arm insists the bloc’s tech regulation is not up for negotiation. That’s clearly a point of contention. A senior US official warned this week that EU tech rules — particularly the Digital Markets Act, or DMA — is central to ongoing trade discussions. Speaking during a visit to B...
Big names in crypto, payments and cloud infrastructure are racing to build the financial plumbing for a world in which AI agents — not humans — handle transactions on the internet. Coinbase Global Inc. , Cloudflare Inc. and Stripe are forming a nonprofit foundation to govern x402, an open-source protocol that lets software make instant payments without human involvement — one of at least two compe...
Big names in crypto, payments and cloud infrastructure are racing to build the financial plumbing for a world in which AI agents — not humans — handle transactions on the internet. Coinbase Global Inc. , Cloudflare Inc. and Stripe are forming a nonprofit foundation to govern x402, an open-source protocol that lets software make instant payments without human involvement — one of at least two competing standards vying to become the default rails for machine-to-machine commerce. An additional 20 companies are joining the foundation as members, including Microsoft Corp ., Alphabet Inc.’s Google , Amazon Web Services, American Express Co. , and crypto companies like Circle Internet Group Inc. , and Solana Foundation . The foundation will be housed under the Linux Foundation , a nonprofit organization that has been long supporting the development of open source software, most notably the Linux kernel. “By moving the x402 protocol under the stewardship of the Linux Foundation, we are ensuring that the future of agentic commerce remains neutral, interoperable, and accessible to everyone,” Stephanie Cohen , chief strategy officer at Cloudflare, said in a statement Thursday. The move is the latest in a rapid-fire sequence of bets across the payments and crypto industries on the idea that autonomous software programs will soon need to pay for data, computing power and services millions of times a day — and that today’s payment systems, built for people with credit cards, aren’t designed to handle it. Right now, when a consumer buys something online, the payment passes through a chain of intermediaries — the merchant’s bank, the card network, the card-issuing bank — each taking a cut of the transaction. The protocol is named after a piece of the internet’s original architecture that sat dormant for three decades. When engineers wrote the rules for how computers communicate, they set aside a status code — 402, “Payment Required” — for a future in which machines could pay for th...
A Cupertino-based startup founded by a former Apple Face ID engineer has built the new standard for physical security — and today announced a $50 million raise to bring it to the world.
A Cupertino-based startup founded by a former Apple Face ID engineer has built the new standard for physical security — and today announced a $50 million raise to bring it to the world.
Precisely (the "Company"), a global data integrity provider backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake"), TA Associates, Insight Partners, and Partners Group, among other institutional investors, today announced the appointment of Walid Abu-Hadba as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), effective immediately. Mr. Abu-Hadba succeeds Josh Rogers, who will continue t...
Precisely (the "Company"), a global data integrity provider backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake"), TA Associates, Insight Partners, and Partners Group, among other institutional investors, today announced the appointment of Walid Abu-Hadba as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), effective immediately. Mr. Abu-Hadba succeeds Josh Rogers, who will continue to serve in an advisory capacity as Vice Chairman to ensure a seamless leadership transition.
One of the year's most intriguing games was developed using software first released 40 years ago. Transfer Point looks and plays like a classic Mac point-and-click adventure game, and there's a very good reason for that: It was developed using World Builder, a game creation tool first released in 1986 that has since become freeware. "The initial motivation was wanting to share this tool that was r...
One of the year's most intriguing games was developed using software first released 40 years ago. Transfer Point looks and plays like a classic Mac point-and-click adventure game, and there's a very good reason for that: It was developed using World Builder, a game creation tool first released in 1986 that has since become freeware. "The initial motivation was wanting to share this tool that was really innovative at the time, and meant a lot to me as a kid," says developer Mike Piontek. "But the plan was to spend a few weeks on it, and I ended up doing it for over a year." Piontek first became obsessed with adventure games as a kid, and a l … Read the full story at The Verge.