Generative AI apps that can create photos, videos, songs, and more are growing in popularity. But with the release of Apple’s new Creator Studio Pro suite, available to the public on Wednesday, the tech giant has approached the addition of AI as a tool that aids in the creator process, but doesn’t attempt to replace it. Instead, Apple lays out a vision that suggests the productivity suite of the f...
Generative AI apps that can create photos, videos, songs, and more are growing in popularity. But with the release of Apple’s new Creator Studio Pro suite, available to the public on Wednesday, the tech giant has approached the addition of AI as a tool that aids in the creator process, but doesn’t attempt to replace it. Instead, Apple lays out a vision that suggests the productivity suite of the future is the one that focuses on the needs of creators — whether that’s filmmakers, musicians, artists, or anyone else enmeshed in a creative industry of some kind — and empowers them to be more efficient using AI. It’s tricky to bring AI into the world of creativity, given the backlash and even legal action from creators who are angry about AI models training on their works, then reproducing similar art or creative content in the AI systems’ output. Apple, however, sees AI as a tool that handles more of the basics and tedious tasks — like generating a slideshow for you to edit from your notes, extracting chord information from a song, searching across hours of video footage for the clip you need, changing the camera angle on your images, and more. The tools in Creator Studio Pro are not new, but they’ve never been packaged as a subscription product, which is now available at $12.99 per month or $129 per year. Included in the subscription are Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Compressor for video editing; Logic Pro and Mainstage for music creation; image editing tool Pixelmator Pro; and a set of exclusive features in Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and Freeform. The suite also includes the newly launched Pixelmator Pro app for iPad. While Apple’s traditional productivity software applications haven’t caught up to those from Google and Microsoft, the tech giant has always found more success in the creative fields. And with the addition of AI features, the company likely sees the possibility of making its creative software more accessible to those who aren’t fully professionals – like an i...
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The San Francisco Police Department is investigating an accident involving a Zoox autonomous vehicle that crashed into the driver’s side door of a parked car, TechCrunch has learned. Officers responded to the crash, which occurred at around 2 p.m. local time on January 17 near the intersection of 15th and Mission Streets, according to the department. The Zoox robotaxi was traveling along 15th stre...
The San Francisco Police Department is investigating an accident involving a Zoox autonomous vehicle that crashed into the driver’s side door of a parked car, TechCrunch has learned. Officers responded to the crash, which occurred at around 2 p.m. local time on January 17 near the intersection of 15th and Mission Streets, according to the department. The Zoox robotaxi was traveling along 15th street when a street ambassador named Jamel Durden opened the driver’s-side door of his 1977 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, according to MissionLocal, which first reported the crash. Durden’s hand was reportedly smashed during the crash, and the Zoox vehicle suffered damage to its glass doors. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) told TechCrunch the Zoox vehicle was carrying a passenger at the time, which has not been previously reported. That passenger was an employee of Zoox, according to the company, and was not injured, which the SFPD confirmed. The police department declined to provide TechCrunch with an incident report “[d]ue to the fact it is still an open investigation.” Zoox filed its own police report about the incident, the company told TechCrunch, but said no additional details have been requested. In a statement on January 20, Zoox said it was “cooperating with local authorities to provide an accurate account of the incident.” The California Department of Motor Vehicles, which regulates autonomous vehicles in the state, has also met with Zoox about the January 17 crash. The DMV told TechCrunch that Zoox filed a crash report “in compliance with California regulations.” That report is not yet publicly available. Zoox is in the early stages of building out its robotaxi service in San Francisco. In November, the company started offering free rides to members of the public who are part of the “Zoox Explorer” early-rider program. The company is operating a similar program in Las Vegas, Nevada. This rollout has come with challenges. The Amazon-owned company issued a recall...
The biotech company is looking for multiple successes in the coming years. Harmony Biosciences (HRMY 2.31%) is a rarity in the biopharmaceutical industry. Despite enjoying fast growth rates and being increasingly profitable for several years, Harmony trades at valuations that make it look like a value stock. And even though some investors worry that allegations about potentially improper behavior ...
The biotech company is looking for multiple successes in the coming years. Harmony Biosciences (HRMY 2.31%) is a rarity in the biopharmaceutical industry. Despite enjoying fast growth rates and being increasingly profitable for several years, Harmony trades at valuations that make it look like a value stock. And even though some investors worry that allegations about potentially improper behavior might come home to roost, Harmony has built an encouraging strategic plan aimed at growing its rare disease business even further. In this third and final article for the Voyager Portfolio on Harmony, you'll get a closer look at the company's plans and expectations over the next few years. You'll also learn more about some of the risks involved and whether they're enough to outweigh the prospects for sizable rewards if Harmony overcomes its challenges. Making pitolisant last Harmony's sole approved treatment, Wakix, has been a huge success and is approaching blockbuster status. But the narcolepsy treatment is slated to lose patent exclusivity in 2030. To fend off generic competition, Harmony has worked on two variants using the same compound as Wakix, pitolisant. Pitolisant GR could extend patent protection on Harmony's narcolepsy franchise into the 2040s, and the company has already conducted encouraging bioequivalence and dosing optimization studies. Harmony hopes to get an FDA response to its planned new drug application by the first quarter of 2027. Meanwhile, pitolisant HD could help Harmony take an important step forward by adding another potential use case for the treatment. In addition to narcolepsy, pitolisant HD is currently in phase 3 clinical trials studying whether the treatment can effectively treat sleep inertia in patients suffering from idiopathic hypersomnia, another sleep disorder. Harmony hopes for topline data to come out of those trials in 2027, with the expectation of seeking FDA approval sometime in 2028. An attractive pipeline could push Harmony for...
Earnings Call Insights: Trustmark Corporation (TRMK) Q4 2025 Management View Duane Dewey, President and CEO, highlighted that "Trustmark's momentum continued to build throughout the year, resulting in record earnings in 2025." Dewey reported that the traditional Banking business drove continued loan and deposit growth, with a strong net interest margin and solid credit quality. He emphasized that ...
Earnings Call Insights: Trustmark Corporation (TRMK) Q4 2025 Management View Duane Dewey, President and CEO, highlighted that "Trustmark's momentum continued to build throughout the year, resulting in record earnings in 2025." Dewey reported that the traditional Banking business drove continued loan and deposit growth, with a strong net interest margin and solid credit quality. He emphasized that "Our Mortgage Banking business achieved increased production and significant improvement in profitability, while revenue in our Wealth Management business reached an all-time high." Dewey described fourth-quarter net income of $57.9 million, with diluted EPS of $0.97, up both linked-quarter and year-over-year, and noted that for the full year, net income reached $224.1 million with EPS of $3.70. He added, "This level of earnings resulted in a return on average assets of 1.21% and a return on average tangible equity of 12.97%." Dewey stated, "During the fourth quarter, we repurchased $43 million or 1.1 million shares of our common stock," and confirmed that the board authorized up to $100 million in repurchases for 2026, subject to market conditions. Thomas Owens, Principal Financial Officer & Treasurer, noted, "Our guidance is pretty consistent with the range of analyst estimates coming into '26." He identified loan growth and capital deployment as the primary levers for EPS performance. Outlook Dewey provided full-year 2026 guidance, stating, "We expect loans held for investment to increase mid-single digits for the full year 2026, and deposits, excluding brokered deposits, to increase mid-single digits as well." Net interest margin for 2026 is forecasted at "3.8% to 3.85% for the full year," with net interest income anticipated to increase mid-single digits. Dewey stated, "Noninterest income for full year 2026 is expected to increase mid-single digits, as is noninterest expense." Robert Harvey, Executive VP and Chief Credit & Operations Officer, explained net charge-offs ...
Chiffre d’affaires 2025 en hausse de +16% à taux constants Objectif d’EBITDA 2025 reconfirmé après impact de l’écrêtement Poursuite du déploiement du plan de transformation SPRING Chiffre d’affaires du quatrième trimestre (T4) 2025 à 166,3 millions d’euros (+8% à taux constants) Ventes d’énergie : le chiffre d’affaires atteint 78,5 millions d’euros en recul de -15% à taux de change constants impac...
Chiffre d’affaires 2025 en hausse de +16% à taux constants Objectif d’EBITDA 2025 reconfirmé après impact de l’écrêtement Poursuite du déploiement du plan de transformation SPRING Chiffre d’affaires du quatrième trimestre (T4) 2025 à 166,3 millions d’euros (+8% à taux constants) Ventes d’énergie : le chiffre d’affaires atteint 78,5 millions d’euros en recul de -15% à taux de change constants impacté principalement par l’écrêtement au Brésil plus élevé qu’anticipé, un effet prix résultant de la fin de contrats court-terme conclus à des prix élevés 1 , et un taux de change EUR/BRL moins favorable , et un taux de change EUR/BRL moins favorable Services aux clients tiers2 : le chiffre d’affaires atteint 87,8 millions d’euros +42% à taux de change constants, porté par la performance combinée des Constructions pour compte de tiers (+43%) et de l’Exploitation-Maintenance (+18%) Atteinte de l’objectif de capacité en exploitation et en construction Capacité en exploitation et en construction de 3,6 gigawatts en croissance de +9% Capacité en exploitation de 2,9 gigawatts en croissance de +16% grâce à la mise en service de 408 mégawatts, dont plus de 75% au dernier trimestre Capacité en construction de 0,6 gigawatt avec la mise en chantier de 305 mégawatts en 2025 Production 2025 en croissance de +4% malgré une hausse de l’écrêtement brésilien Production d´énergie atteint 4,9 térawattheures par rapport à une prévision initiale d’environ 5,2 térawattheures et se répartit à 51% en éolien, 47% en solaire et le reste dans les autres technologies. A noter que les mises en service majeures ont été réalisées en toute fin d’année et contribueront aux résultats opérationnels à compter de 2026 Production d’énergie au Brésil en hausse de +2%, malgré un écrêtement supérieur aux attentes. Ce dernier atteint 1 040 gigawattheures en augmentation de +19% par rapport à 2024, soit 23% de la production brésilienne 2025 (contre 10% initialement prévus sur l’année) Comme annoncé3, la loi n°15 269,...
2025 turnover up +16% at constant exchange rates 2025 EBITDA target reconfirmed despite curtailment impact Continued rollout of the SPRING transformation plan Fourth‑quarter (Q4) 2025 turnover at 166.3 million euros (+8% at constant exchange rates) Energy Sales: Turnover amounts to 78.5 million euros, down -15% at constant exchange rates, mainly impacted by higher‑than‑expected curtailment in Braz...
2025 turnover up +16% at constant exchange rates 2025 EBITDA target reconfirmed despite curtailment impact Continued rollout of the SPRING transformation plan Fourth‑quarter (Q4) 2025 turnover at 166.3 million euros (+8% at constant exchange rates) Energy Sales: Turnover amounts to 78.5 million euros, down -15% at constant exchange rates, mainly impacted by higher‑than‑expected curtailment in Brazil, a price effect resulting from the end of short‑term contracts previously signed at high price levels 1 , and a less favorable EUR/BRL exchange rate , and a less favorable EUR/BRL exchange rate Services for third‑party clients2: Turnover totals 87.8 million euros, up +42% at constant exchange rates, driven by the combined performance of Construction for third‑party clients (+43%) and Operation & Maintenance (+18%) Achievement of the operating and construction capacity target Capacity in operation and under construction of 3.6 gigawatts, representing +9% growth Capacity in operation of 2.9 gigawatts, up +16%, driven by 408 megawatts commissioned, more than 75% connected during the fourth quarter Capacity under construction at 0.6 gigawatt, following the start of construction of 305 megawatts in 2025 2025 production up +4% despite higher curtailment in Brazil Energy production reached 4.9 terawatt-hours, compared with an initial forecast of around 5.2 terawatt-hours, and was split 51% wind, 47% solar, with the remainder coming from other technologies. It should be noted that major commissioning milestones took place at the very end of the year and will contribute to operational results starting in 2026 Energy production in Brazil increased by +2%, despite curtailment levels exceeding expectations. Curtailment reached 1,040 gigawatt-hours, up +19% vs. 2024, representing 23% of Brazil’s 2025 production (compared with an initial assumption of 10% for the year) As announced3 , Law No. 15,269, passed in Brazil in November, provides for the reimbursement of compensation4 related...
"With the updated cloud solution capabilities from Dynatrace, we are achieving a new standard for cloud operations," said Alexandre Demailly, Head of Cloud Architecture Squad at SBS Software. "With Dynatrace, we have complete visibility into our cloud environments, moving us closer to achieving fully autonomous operations. This allows us to innovate more with less, all while maintaining end-to-end...
"With the updated cloud solution capabilities from Dynatrace, we are achieving a new standard for cloud operations," said Alexandre Demailly, Head of Cloud Architecture Squad at SBS Software. "With Dynatrace, we have complete visibility into our cloud environments, moving us closer to achieving fully autonomous operations. This allows us to innovate more with less, all while maintaining end-to-end understanding and control of our technology stack." Dynatrace’s expanded integrations bring added visibility across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud into one unified view, enabling teams to find and fix issues faster and reduce risks to end-user experience. These capabilities are powered by an industry-leading unified data lakehouse, Grail™, as well as the Dynatrace Smartscape real-time dependency graph, and Dynatrace Intelligence, which together help teams understand, automate, and operate through growing multi-cloud complexity - turning it into a strategic advantage rather than an operational burden. As organizations scale multi-cloud architectures and adopt more AI-driven applications, operating reliable digital services has become increasingly complex. Teams must manage performance, resilience, and cost across multiple cloud platforms while also supporting dynamic, data-intensive AI workloads. Story Continues "As organizations continue to expand their cloud environments, the day-to-day reality of keeping applications reliable has become far more complex," said Jay Snyder, Senior Vice President of Partners and Alliances at Dynatrace. "Teams are expected to deliver great performance, control costs, and maintain resilience across multiple cloud platforms at the same time. By expanding our cloud automation capabilities across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Dynatrace not only makes it easier for platform teams to see what’s happening across their environments, but also to prevent issues automatically, before they have an impact on customers." "Dynatrace and AWS have worked toget...
United Parcel Service (UPS) announced its fourth quarter earnings report on Tuesday, Jan 27, before the market opened. But it was a double-edged surprise underscoring that a revenue beat can also come with a high cost: a massive secondary wave of 30,000 job cuts in operational roles in 2026 as part ...
United Parcel Service (UPS) announced its fourth quarter earnings report on Tuesday, Jan 27, before the market opened. But it was a double-edged surprise underscoring that a revenue beat can also come with a high cost: a massive secondary wave of 30,000 job cuts in operational roles in 2026 as part ...
Microsoft’s stock price (NASDAQ:MSFT) remains in correction territory, more than 11% over the past 3 months, despite a 6.84% gain over the past week of trading. Despite underperforming broader markets over the past year (+6.95%), the stock is building up a little steam ahead of earnings, with MSFT set to print after the closing bell. Expectations for the quarter sits at $3.85 EPS and $80.28B reven...
Microsoft’s stock price (NASDAQ:MSFT) remains in correction territory, more than 11% over the past 3 months, despite a 6.84% gain over the past week of trading. Despite underperforming broader markets over the past year (+6.95%), the stock is building up a little steam ahead of earnings, with MSFT set to print after the closing bell. Expectations for the quarter sits at $3.85 EPS and $80.28B revenue, both above management’s guided midpoint of $80.1B. After a year where the stock has delivered less than half the gains of the S&P 500 (+14.85%) on the same period, the setup reflects a valuation reset in progress. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) NASDAQ • Technology • Software – Infrastructure Current Price Analyst Target $615.63 +30.9% upside Market Cap $3,495.7B P/E Ratio 33.5 EPS Est. $3.85 Rev Est. $80.28B The moves in the stock come despite delivering consistent operational beats, as investors recalibrate expectations around the pace of AI monetization and the cost of delivering it. The company trades at 29.2x forward earnings, a discount to its five-year average, with the market demanding evidence that capacity constraints are easing and that AI revenue contribution is scaling beyond pilot programs. FY26 Q1 established the current framework: Microsoft beat FactSet estimates by 12.5% on adjusted EPS ($4.13 vs. $3.67) and 3.1% on revenue ($77.7B vs. $75.4B), yet the stock fell in after-hours trading as capex surged and management commentary reinforced that Azure demand remains ahead of available capacity through at least the fiscal year. The question for this print is whether Azure’s guided 37% constant-currency growth can be delivered without incremental margin pressure or extended capacity constraints that push monetization further into the future. Consensus Estimates Metric Consensus Est. Range Prior Guidance YoY Change EPS (Adjusted) $3.85 $3.41 – $4.03 $3.80 (midpoint) +19.3% Revenue $80.28B $78.58B – $81.66B $80.05B (midpoint) +15.3% Intelligent Cloud $32.40B $32....
The explosive measles outbreak in South Carolina has now reached 789 cases , breaking Texas's outbreak record last year of 762 cases , which at the time was the largest outbreak in the US since measles was declared eliminated from the US in 2000. The country is at grave risk of losing its elimination status in the coming months due to continuous spread. With Texas' outbreak last year—which spanned...
The explosive measles outbreak in South Carolina has now reached 789 cases , breaking Texas's outbreak record last year of 762 cases , which at the time was the largest outbreak in the US since measles was declared eliminated from the US in 2000. The country is at grave risk of losing its elimination status in the coming months due to continuous spread. With Texas' outbreak last year—which spanned January to August and spread to additional states—the US saw the largest measles case total since 1991, with 2,255 confirmed cases . Now, with South Carolina's unbridled outbreak, 2026 is already looking like it will be another record year. Though South Carolina's outbreak began in October, the spread of the disease has dramatically accelerated this month, with cases jumping from 218 on December 28 to 789 on January 27. Read full article Comments
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Alphabet’s GOOGL Search business is benefiting from AI infusion. The company is leading the search domain with 90.83% market share, followed by Microsoft’s MSFT Bing, with a 4.03% share, Yandex’s 1.56%, Yahoo!’s 1.26%, DuckDuckGo’s 0.78% and Baidu’s 0.66%, per the latest data from StatCounter. AI Overviews and AI Mode are driving overall queries and commercial queries. AI Mode is now available in ...
Alphabet’s GOOGL Search business is benefiting from AI infusion. The company is leading the search domain with 90.83% market share, followed by Microsoft’s MSFT Bing, with a 4.03% share, Yandex’s 1.56%, Yahoo!’s 1.26%, DuckDuckGo’s 0.78% and Baidu’s 0.66%, per the latest data from StatCounter. AI Overviews and AI Mode are driving overall queries and commercial queries. AI Mode is now available in more than 40 languages globally and has more than 75 million daily active users. Google Cloud is benefiting from generative AI adoption due to leading models including Gemini, Imagen, Veo, Chirp and Lyria. Alphabet is expanding Personal Intelligence to AI Mode in Google Search. Personal Intelligence now enables Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, if they want, to securely connect Gmail and Google Photos to AI Mode. GOOGL’s AI Mode uses Alphabet’s most intelligent model, Gemini 3 and doesn’t train directly on an users Gmail inbox or Google Photos library. Moreover, Search is now getting used for everything, from quick answers like scores or weather to complex topics that need deeper exploration. To support this, Alphabet is rolling out two upgrades: Gemini 3 as the default model for AI Overviews globally and a smoother transition into conversation. Users can now ask follow-up questions directly, moving seamlessly from snapshots to deeper, contextual AI-powered discussions. Meanwhile, Google Trends has redesigned its Explore page to make discovering and comparing Search trends faster and easier. A new Gemini-powered side panel automatically suggests and compares relevant search terms, offers prompt ideas, and helps users dive deeper. The addition of shopping capabilities in AI Mode is now helping people shop conversationally in Search. Google has added new AI features in Search that help users build travel plans. GOOGL Faces Tough Competition in AI & Cloud Domain Microsoft has strategically embedded AI capabilities throughout its entire product ecosystem, from Azure AI se...
US intelligence agencies disagree with Donald Trump’s newly found opposition to the Chagos deal, Keir Starmer has said, as he underlined how the US administration had supported the deal as it bolstered their defences. The prime minister made his remarks, which could undermine the US president’s fresh view of the deal as an “act of great stupidity”, on the flight to Beijing for a visit that will co...
US intelligence agencies disagree with Donald Trump’s newly found opposition to the Chagos deal, Keir Starmer has said, as he underlined how the US administration had supported the deal as it bolstered their defences. The prime minister made his remarks, which could undermine the US president’s fresh view of the deal as an “act of great stupidity”, on the flight to Beijing for a visit that will cover UK national security among other issues. Downing Street sources have told the Guardian the agreement, which was formally approved by Starmer and his Mauritian counterpart last May, is a “done deal” and will not be scuppered by the US. They said the UK government had heard nothing from either the US department of state or the US intelligence agencies that had led them to believe they had changed their minds – despite Trump’s fiery rhetoric. They suggested the US president’s apparent U-turn – which has been trumpeted by the Tories who oppose the Chagos deal – was linked to his attempts to acquire the strategically important Arctic territory of Greenland. Starmer, asked whether he trusted Trump to honour the commitment he gave in backing the deal last year, told reporters: “I’ve obviously discussed Chagos with Donald Trump a number of times. It has been raised with the White House at the tail end of last week, over the weekend and into the early part of this week. “The position, as you know, is that when the Trump administration came in, we paused for three months to give them time to consider the Chagos deal, which they did at agency level. “Once they’d done that, they were very clear in the pronouncements about the fact that they supported the deal – and they were announcements made by the defence secretary, from memory, Marco Rubio as well, and by president Trump himself.” Pressed on whether he believed Trump fully understood the deal – after he appeared to get the details wrong – Starmer added: “There was a three-month pause whilst his administration looked in detail a...
Esther Ghey has called on MPs to vote for an age restriction on social media in the coming weeks, as she accused the government of “kicking the can down the road” with its planned consultation. The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey told the Guardian’s Politics Weekly podcast she believed children would be harmed if the government waited for the results of its assessment later this year ...
Esther Ghey has called on MPs to vote for an age restriction on social media in the coming weeks, as she accused the government of “kicking the can down the road” with its planned consultation. The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey told the Guardian’s Politics Weekly podcast she believed children would be harmed if the government waited for the results of its assessment later this year rather than enacting a ban straight away. She has previously detailed how she believes her daughter’s social media addiction contributed to her mental health issues, leading her to take risks with her personal safety. View image in fullscreen Esther Ghey speaking to media after a boy and a girl, both 16, were found guilty in 2023 of Brianna’s murder. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA Ghey said: “We’ve got the consultation that they’re planning, but I just fear that it’s going to take too long and I think that we’ve already had enough discussions and consultations and we know the evidence now. “Brianna wasn’t alone. We know that there are each day, in England alone, 500 mental health referrals for children and we need to really think what is impacting this, why is there such an increase in mental health issues, why is there an increase in peer and peer violence in schools, why is there a difficulty retaining teachers in schools. “We need to move now because as we’re waiting, more and more children are being harmed.” Ghey’s words come as MPs prepare to vote on an amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill from Lord (John) Nash which would enact a ban for under-16s within 12 months of the bill passing. Keir Starmer last week attempted to head off the prospect of a Labour rebellion by announcing a consultation which is due to report in the summer. The prime minister has said he is open to the idea of a ban, but is understood to have reservations about how it would be implemented and whether it could drive children on to the dark web. Those doubts are shared by other member...
Hey Ugly, They say we end up with the face we deserve. When we think “ugly” (hurtful, spiteful, non-constructive) thoughts, our faces tense and harden. Similarly, when I ignore my needs, my face shows me signs of it. While you have valid critiques of beauty culture, I’d like to see them balanced with inspiring solutions, like expanding upon this “inner beauty” – beauty in energetic and emotional f...
Hey Ugly, They say we end up with the face we deserve. When we think “ugly” (hurtful, spiteful, non-constructive) thoughts, our faces tense and harden. Similarly, when I ignore my needs, my face shows me signs of it. While you have valid critiques of beauty culture, I’d like to see them balanced with inspiring solutions, like expanding upon this “inner beauty” – beauty in energetic and emotional form, the eternal youthfulness that no filler or lift can imitate and no wrinkle can hide. I genuinely believe this would contribute towards a greater good! – Begin Within Two things can’t both be true here. Either the soul shapes the body (“you get the face you deserve”) or it doesn’t (“no wrinkle can hide inner beauty”). Join me in a little thought experiment: how can we visually determine when wrinkles indicate the ordinary ageing of a good-natured person, then? How do they physically differ from those of a “spiteful” person? We can’t, and they don’t, because this isn’t how bodies and souls work. And yet, these beliefs are as widely held as they are wrong! Consider the public reaction to Vanity Fair’s recent up-close and, uh, pore-sonal portraits of members of the Trump administration. Comedian Lisandra Vázquez zeroed in on 28-year-old press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s fine lines, saying: “If you’re evil, you will age like milk” (99,000 likes, 65,000 shares). Images of 68-year-old chief of staff Susie Wiles provoked similar comments: “Lying is bad for your skin,” “Hate ages people horribly” and cracks about her “thin, villainous lips”. Now consider the public reaction to a pivotal scene in 2023’s Barbie, in which a wrinkled, 91-year-old woman smiles at Barbie, who in return tells her she’s “beautiful”. Greta Gerwig, the director, called this “the heart of the movie”. Fans agreed. “You look at women who have lived life and think, wow, what beauty,” one Reddit commenter wrote after watching. So what’s happening here? Our perception of a person’s physical beauty is colored ...
Paris Hilton here presents us with an unbearable act of docu-self-love, avowedly a behind-the-scenes study of her second studio album, Infinite Icon, and where she’s at as a musician, survivor and mom. But maybe there is, in fact, nothing behind the scenes; judging by this, the scenes are all there is: Insta-exhibitionism, empty phrases and show. Hilton’s second album no doubt has its admirers and...
Paris Hilton here presents us with an unbearable act of docu-self-love, avowedly a behind-the-scenes study of her second studio album, Infinite Icon, and where she’s at as a musician, survivor and mom. But maybe there is, in fact, nothing behind the scenes; judging by this, the scenes are all there is: Insta-exhibitionism, empty phrases and show. Hilton’s second album no doubt has its admirers and detractors, and her fans are perfectly happy with it. But this film, for which she is executive producer, is an indiscriminate non-curation of narcissism and torpid self-importance that seems to go on and on and on for ever; the longest two hours of anyone’s life, finally signing off with a splodge of uninteresting and unedited concert footage. Hilton has certainly been the victim of duplicitous and misogynist media coverage, with tabloid paparazzi using and abusing her for profit, and the film’s one interesting move is to interview Sarah Ditum, the author of Toxic: Women, Fame and the Noughties on this very subject. But the analytical note is soon abandoned, and the reality of her enormously wealthy family background is coyly omitted. (It was more prominent in her previous film, 2020’s This Is Paris, part of the reality-TV persona that she now considers herself to have outgrown.) Like that earlier film, Infinite Icon touches on the emotional and sexual abuse Hilton suffered as a wayward teen at the notorious youth psychiatric facility, Provo Canyon School in Utah. Then there is her ADHD; in one of the film’s semi-unguarded moments, she yells at someone trying to interrupt her: “I have ADHD, don’t tell me to pause!” But all these issues, all the allyship and advocacy, look like yet more brand accessories.
Gri-spb/iStock via Getty Images Mizuho upgraded Circle Internet Group ( CRCL ), the company behind USDC ( USDC-USD ) stablecoin, to Neutral from Underperform on the dramatic growth in Polymarket's prediction markets, which are settled in USDC. Circle Internet ( CRCL ) stock rose 3.5% in midday trading on Wednesday. Mizuho's reasoning for initiating Clrcle ( CRCL ) at Underperform centered on worri...
Gri-spb/iStock via Getty Images Mizuho upgraded Circle Internet Group ( CRCL ), the company behind USDC ( USDC-USD ) stablecoin, to Neutral from Underperform on the dramatic growth in Polymarket's prediction markets, which are settled in USDC. Circle Internet ( CRCL ) stock rose 3.5% in midday trading on Wednesday. Mizuho's reasoning for initiating Clrcle ( CRCL ) at Underperform centered on worries that "meager USDC distribution, declining interest rates, and fierce competition from Tether's USDT ( USDT-USD ) would weigh on the stock," analyst Dan Dolev wrote in a note to clients. "We now see USDC on Polymarket as a looming catalyst and believe upgrading to Neutral and PT of $77 is the right call," he added. The price target was increased from $70. With Polymarket demonstrating annualized volumes of ~$50B early in 2026, more than three times that of 2025, Dolev estimates the current run rate could drive ~25% potential upside to USDC market cap. He sees "even more upside plausible given the multitude of prediction events ranging from will Jesus return before 2027 to Super Bowl, World Cup & Olympics." Mizuho's Neutral rating on Circle ( CRCL ) contrasts with the average SA Analyst rating and the average Wall Street rating , both at Buy. There isn't an SA Quant rating on the stock as it's been publicly traded for less than a year. The stock's first trading day was June 4, 2025 . More on Circle Internet Group, Inc. Circle: Dirt Cheap Stablecoin Innovator Circle: The Air Has Left The Balloon, But Stablecoins Are Here To Stay Circle: Trouble May Be Brewing Intuit to use Circle Internet, USDC infrastructure across its platform Visa to offer stablecoin settlement for US banks via Circle's USDC
"And they have to wait so long they're not getting justice, so many of them fall away, pull out because they're waiting too long, and I'm not prepared to allow that to happen for any longer, which is why we're taking these measures."
"And they have to wait so long they're not getting justice, so many of them fall away, pull out because they're waiting too long, and I'm not prepared to allow that to happen for any longer, which is why we're taking these measures."
Speaking to reporters while travelling to Beijing, Sir Keir Starmer said he had discussed it with Donald Trump "a number of times" and said the issue had been "raised with the White House at the tail end of last week, over the weekend and into the early part of this week".
Speaking to reporters while travelling to Beijing, Sir Keir Starmer said he had discussed it with Donald Trump "a number of times" and said the issue had been "raised with the White House at the tail end of last week, over the weekend and into the early part of this week".
e-crow/iStock via Getty Images Seeking Alpha's roundup of statements, announcements, and remarks that could impact markets, sectors, or individual stocks. President Trump said Wednesday that Iran needed to make a deal with the U.S. over its nuclear program or risk being attacked, adding that a “massive armada” was currently en route to the region. "Hopefully Iran will quickly 'Come to the Table' a...
e-crow/iStock via Getty Images Seeking Alpha's roundup of statements, announcements, and remarks that could impact markets, sectors, or individual stocks. President Trump said Wednesday that Iran needed to make a deal with the U.S. over its nuclear program or risk being attacked, adding that a “massive armada” was currently en route to the region. "Hopefully Iran will quickly 'Come to the Table' and negotiate a fair and equitable deal—NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS—one that is good for all parties. Time is running out, it is truly of the essence!" said Trump in a post on Truth Social early Wednesday . "As I told Iran once before, MAKE A DEAL! They didn’t, and there was 'Operation Midnight Hammer,' a major destruction of Iran. The next attack will be far worse! Don’t make that happen again," Trump added. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Trump has been urging Congress to avoid a partial shutdown of the U.S. government over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. In an interview with CNBC on Wednesday, Bessent said Trump has "brought down the temperature" in Minnesota following civil unrest over DHS's aggressive deportation tactics. Bessent added that Trump was in “constant contact” with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and was "urging them not to shut down the government." A shutdown could begin just after midnight on Saturday if lawmakers don't reach an agreement on DHS funding, CNBC added. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told listeners at an event in Paris that while she believes the world order has changed, Europe needs to find a way to work with the U.S. to counter Russian aggression. “The world order as we know it that we have been fighting for 80 years is over, and I don’t think it will return,” said Frederiksen, according to CNBC . “The best way forward for the U.S, Europe is to stick together … We will try to find a way forward with the U.S. We share concerns on Arctic security. Russia does not want peace with Europe,” she added. More on SPDR S&P 500 ETF Tr...