China is seeing surging public interest in science fiction amid its push for technological development, with revenues reaching a record high and online search traffic more than tripling last year, according to a new report. China’s sci-fi industry saw its gross revenues reach 126.1 billion yuan (US$18.2 billion) in 2025, up 15.7 per cent year on year, according to an annual report released at the ...
China is seeing surging public interest in science fiction amid its push for technological development, with revenues reaching a record high and online search traffic more than tripling last year, according to a new report. China’s sci-fi industry saw its gross revenues reach 126.1 billion yuan (US$18.2 billion) in 2025, up 15.7 per cent year on year, according to an annual report released at the China Science Fiction Convention on Friday, as reported by Xinhua. The report also highlighted a...
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Edward Ludlow reports on the makeup of the president’s new technology advisory council. Tech Across the Globe Anthropic’s moves: The AI company is considering going public as early as October. It also won a victory over the Pentagon’s attempts to ban its use in the US gov...
Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Edward Ludlow reports on the makeup of the president’s new technology advisory council. Tech Across the Globe Anthropic’s moves: The AI company is considering going public as early as October. It also won a victory over the Pentagon’s attempts to ban its use in the US government as a supply chain risk. Pricier PlayStations : Sony is hiking the price of its PlayStation 5 game console by $100 to $650 beginning Thursday, saying global economic conditions forced the increase. FBI chief hacked : A pro-Iran hacking group claimed to breach FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email inbox and posted some of the contents online. Revalued Physical Intelligence, a two-year-old robotics startup , is in talks for a $1 billion funding round that would double the company’s valuation to more than $11 billion including dollars raised. The startup was founded by AI academics and former Google DeepMind researchers to develop models that can power robots to handle everyday tasks. Offering advice The immediate reaction to President Donald Trump’s new technology council wasn’t just about who made the list — but who didn’t. “No Elon?” one X user replied to me. The initial roster for Trump’s second President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology includes 15 members and can expand to as many as 24, according to co-chair David Sacks who spoke to me in a Bloomberg Television interview . Missing from the first cut are some of the most prominent figures in artificial intelligence, including Elon Musk, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei. Their absence stands out alongside a lineup dominated by semiconductor and infrastructure leaders such as Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang, AMD CEO Lisa Su, Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison and Michael Dell, chairman and founder of Dell Technologies. All are longtime industry veterans. Presidential councils...
Barry speaks with Judd Kessler, author of Lucky by Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want, and a professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. They discuss his research into the hidden markets that allocate value to desirable things such as restaurant reservations. They also Judd's research into how couples allocate their resources within a relation...
Barry speaks with Judd Kessler, author of Lucky by Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Want, and a professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. They discuss his research into the hidden markets that allocate value to desirable things such as restaurant reservations. They also Judd's research into how couples allocate their resources within a relationship and possible alternate ways to distribute concert tickets. (Source: Bloomberg)
Recognition as second most innovative smaller company across all industries highlights transformative impact on public health, impactful industry collaborations, and a novel manufacturing approach that simplifies access to treatmentsALPHARETTA, Ga., March 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Biomedical, a clinical stage company developing dissolvable, needle-free products that could replace injecta...
Recognition as second most innovative smaller company across all industries highlights transformative impact on public health, impactful industry collaborations, and a novel manufacturing approach that simplifies access to treatmentsALPHARETTA, Ga., March 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Biomedical, a clinical stage company developing dissolvable, needle-free products that could replace injectable pharmaceuticals and vaccines, today announced it was named to the number two spot on Fast Compan
REITs have become a forgotten asset class during the AI boom years, but now that volatility has returned, this sector could be on the verge of a turnaround.
REITs have become a forgotten asset class during the AI boom years, but now that volatility has returned, this sector could be on the verge of a turnaround.
If there is any consistency to Trump’s policy, it is a series of frantic attempts to justify his original blunder and extricate himself from its dire consequences Donald Trump has lost his Iran war. He is the Iranian hostage. Unlike the US embassy personnel captured as hostages for 444 days, Trump threw himself into Iranian hands. Less than a month into his “ short-term excursion ”, his stated obj...
If there is any consistency to Trump’s policy, it is a series of frantic attempts to justify his original blunder and extricate himself from its dire consequences Donald Trump has lost his Iran war. He is the Iranian hostage. Unlike the US embassy personnel captured as hostages for 444 days, Trump threw himself into Iranian hands. Less than a month into his “ short-term excursion ”, his stated objectives have been scattered to the winds. There is no regime change, no uprising and no access to oil wealth along the Venezuelan model. The decapitation gambit – assassinating Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior Iranian leadership – has failed to destroy the regime. Despite the massacre, it is Trump who stands exposed to slings and arrows for the rashest military adventure since Custer at Little Bighorn. Iran maintains a chokehold on the strait of Hormuz and, through its narrowest passage of 21 miles, on the global economy. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development forecasts a spike of inflation to 4.2% in the US, a 40% increase since Trump returned to office. The stock market has dived into correction territory. Iran has also demonstrated its capacity to wreak existential destruction on the Gulf states whose rulers’ delusion of their invulnerability and US protection has been shattered. “I’m the opposite of desperate,” Trump declared on 26 March. “I don’t care.” Continue reading...
President is convening so-called ‘God squad’ to override provisions of Endangered Species Act for ‘national security’ Donald Trump is dispatching a so-called “God squad” of top officials to revoke protections for endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, purportedly to protect national security by expanding oil and gas industry operations. If successful, the administration may kill off dozens of p...
President is convening so-called ‘God squad’ to override provisions of Endangered Species Act for ‘national security’ Donald Trump is dispatching a so-called “God squad” of top officials to revoke protections for endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico, purportedly to protect national security by expanding oil and gas industry operations. If successful, the administration may kill off dozens of protected species – from Rice’s whales and whooping cranes to sea turtles. Continue reading...
If you live in one of the 16 cities in Mexico, Canada and the US that will host games this summer, we would be delighted to hear from you It’s not long now. In just two months’ time the planet will turn its attention to the Estadio Azteca – the only stadium that has hosted two World Cup finals – for the first match of the 2026 edition. The game between Mexico and South Africa on 11 June will kick ...
If you live in one of the 16 cities in Mexico, Canada and the US that will host games this summer, we would be delighted to hear from you It’s not long now. In just two months’ time the planet will turn its attention to the Estadio Azteca – the only stadium that has hosted two World Cup finals – for the first match of the 2026 edition. The game between Mexico and South Africa on 11 June will kick off the biggest World Cup in history: 48 teams playing 104 matches over 39 days in 16 host cities. If you live in one of those cities, we want to hear from you. This will be a diverse tournament, with a different feel and vibe across the various countries and venues. The atmosphere in Vancouver will not be the same as in Miami or Guadalajara. Kansas City will offer something different from Toronto and Mexico City. With that in mind, we want to know what the mood is like in your home city before the tournament begins. Continue reading...
‘Zombie filler’, or using cadaver tissue that’s been sterilized and branded as Alloclae, is the latest cosmetic surgery rage. Is it safe? The residential block at 655 Park Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side is so storied it has its own Wikipedia entry . It has housed luminaries from bestselling romance author Danielle Steel to esteemed yachtsmen and the 20th-century heir William Kissam Vanderbi...
‘Zombie filler’, or using cadaver tissue that’s been sterilized and branded as Alloclae, is the latest cosmetic surgery rage. Is it safe? The residential block at 655 Park Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side is so storied it has its own Wikipedia entry . It has housed luminaries from bestselling romance author Danielle Steel to esteemed yachtsmen and the 20th-century heir William Kissam Vanderbilt II. A more recent resident, on the ground floor, is Alpha Male Plastic Surgery, a clinic offering a broad menu of elective procedures catering to the needs of the modern man. On a coffee table in the waiting room, fanned-out brochures tout facelifts, non-surgical penile implants, and Tesamorelin – an FDA-approved peptide injection targeting stubborn visceral belly fat. Flatscreen monitors mounted behind the front desk shuffle through ads for a “Full Male Model Makeover”, proprietary procedures like BodyBanking® and the 360 TorsoTuck®, and for the gym rat who habitually skips leg day, even “Amazing New Calves”. Continue reading...
Venture capitalists are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into start-ups planning to launch AI systems into space, after billionaires including...
Venture capitalists are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into start-ups planning to launch AI systems into space, after billionaires including...
RyanJLane/E+ via Getty Images Back in early December of last year, one company that I decided to reaffirm as a "Buy" candidate was The Monarch Cement Company ( MCEM ). It is a rather simple company, serving as a provider of ready mixed concrete and cement. To many investors, this might not seem all that exciting. But to me, some of the simplest companies are the most appetizing. In that article, I...
RyanJLane/E+ via Getty Images Back in early December of last year, one company that I decided to reaffirm as a "Buy" candidate was The Monarch Cement Company ( MCEM ). It is a rather simple company, serving as a provider of ready mixed concrete and cement. To many investors, this might not seem all that exciting. But to me, some of the simplest companies are the most appetizing. In that article, I argued that while underperformance from a fundamental standpoint had been disappointing, ultimately the company would turn out to be a good investment. Since then, things have gone quite well. Shares are up 20.6%, which easily outperforms the 4% drop that the S&P 500 saw over the same period. And since I originally rated it a "Buy" in December 2023, the stock has jumped 76.3%. In that same timeframe, the market is up only 38.7%. While I believe that upside is more limited now than in the past, especially in light of broader economic concerns, I still believe the stock is cheap enough to keep as a soft "Buy" candidate at this moment. Still cemented in my position According to the management team at The Monarch Cement Company, the company focuses on producing and selling Portland cement. This is a rather interesting process that involves quarrying clay and limestone, and the subsequent crushing, drawing, and blending of those materials into a certain chemical ratio that is then heated at 2,800°F to form a compound called clinker. After adding in gypsum, clinker is then ground into a fine powder, which is the final product of what the company produces. This is used in a wide array of industries, including in the production of ready-mixed concrete that is integral in the construction and maintenance of highways, bridges, and buildings. Author - SEC EDGAR Data The latest data that investors have regarding The Monarch Cement Company covers through the last quarter of the 2025 fiscal year. During that time, the company generated sales of $68.7 million. That compares favorably to ...