Google is launching Lyria 3 Pro, an upgraded music model that generates longer, more customizable tracks, as it expands AI music tools across Gemini, enterprise products, and other services.
Google is launching Lyria 3 Pro, an upgraded music model that generates longer, more customizable tracks, as it expands AI music tools across Gemini, enterprise products, and other services.
Nearly two months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared, her daughter Savannah discusses the toll on her family in an emotional interview with her Today show colleague Hoda Kotb. (Image credit: Rebecca Noble)
Nearly two months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared, her daughter Savannah discusses the toll on her family in an emotional interview with her Today show colleague Hoda Kotb. (Image credit: Rebecca Noble)
hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Rubrik: An exceptional quarter, a strong outlook and another set of solutions that could take the IT world by main force! If you live in NYC and take buses, then you are well aware of just how slow they can be. Cross-town buses in NYC are said to average about 6 mph. Rubrik stock- it is down by over 9% since its earnings release, and by 33% year-to-date. ...
hapabapa/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Rubrik: An exceptional quarter, a strong outlook and another set of solutions that could take the IT world by main force! If you live in NYC and take buses, then you are well aware of just how slow they can be. Cross-town buses in NYC are said to average about 6 mph. Rubrik stock- it is down by over 9% since its earnings release, and by 33% year-to-date. That’s worse than slow, of course, it’s backwards. What is worse, is that Rubrik’s valuation regression comes against the backdrop of very strong operational performance . Both buses and Rubrik’s valuation are at unacceptable performance levels but at least NYC crosstown buses are moving forward. Although perhaps the worst of the software rotation has passed, that certainly doesn’t mean that software stocks have returned to historic patterns of valuation. While the IGV ETF has risen by 4.1% over the last month, its 6 month loss is still 27.4%. The idea that Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cowork are likely to disrupt enterprise software remains extant regardless of a lack of substantiation. The reaction to earnings reports often seems illogical, leaving valuation anomalies…or opportunities. I thought that Rubrik reported one of the strongest quarters in its brief history as a public company. While Rubrik’s guidance can be viewed as overly prudent, it is consistent/better than the kind of guidance the company provided at the start of last year with results that I will review below. In writing a recommendation to buy Rubrik shares at this point, it is hard to avoid at least a brief comment about the investing environment while the war in Iran has taken center stage. As the war and its consequences have raged, investors have dawn back from “risk-on” commitments . While demand for Rubrik’s services is likely to be far less impacted than many other businesses by the consequences of the war (indeed a case could be made that the conflict might accelerate demand for the back-up and rec...
Gary Yeowell/DigitalVision via Getty Images I see a deteriorating narrative for precious metals after a massive run in Q4 last year (and part of January 2026) that ended abruptly following the nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed Chair and the start of the war in the Middle East, after a short recovery. My main discontent with precious metals (specifically, gold and silver) is the fact that i...
Gary Yeowell/DigitalVision via Getty Images I see a deteriorating narrative for precious metals after a massive run in Q4 last year (and part of January 2026) that ended abruptly following the nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed Chair and the start of the war in the Middle East, after a short recovery. My main discontent with precious metals (specifically, gold and silver) is the fact that in the current macro backdrop, these metals are not acting as reliable insurance. In fact, they never did, as evidenced by the price action of gold after Russia invaded Ukraine back in early 2022. Interest rates weigh on precious metals more than their war risk premium. Since the Middle East shock began at the end of February, gold-backed ETFs have shed about $7.9 billion, or 54.8 metric tons, proving that investors are using bullion as a source of liquidity rather than a safe haven from the current volatility. Just like with Bitcoin, the safe haven narrative for Gold and Silver is mostly broken, in my view. In fact, the dollar has been a better hedge than precious metals as the Fed and the market's expectations have turned (slightly) more hawkish. Speaking of the Fed, in the last FOMC meeting, one policymaker saw a rate hike next year, seven of 19 saw no cut this year, and the median forecast for 2026 PCE inflation rose to 2.7% from 2.4%. In this article, I provide my outlook on the two precious metals for this year and my view on where I think interest rates will land in the back half of the year. Liquidity Needs Outweigh Gold's Safe Haven Narrative Let's do a quick recap. Since the start of the conflict in the Middle East, the GLD index has been down by about 16%. Guidance Terminal It's now trading at the same level as back in October last year, when the rotation out of tech names into precious metals really began. It's not just retail investors selling gold (or gold ETFs) to fill up their gas tanks. Funds have been deleveraging significantly in March, as noted in the net...
The Computer - Micro Computers industry participants like DELL and OSS are benefiting from the strong demand for enterprise devices amid stiff macroeconomic challenges globally.
The Computer - Micro Computers industry participants like DELL and OSS are benefiting from the strong demand for enterprise devices amid stiff macroeconomic challenges globally.
brizmaker/iStock via Getty Images Background The stock of A.O. Smith Corporation ( AOS ) a Milwaukee-based water technology specialist, with global leadership credentials in the manufacturing of commercial & residential water heaters/boilers, has experienced considerable volatility for a while now, without necessarily delivering the goods for its investors. To provide further context, note that in...
brizmaker/iStock via Getty Images Background The stock of A.O. Smith Corporation ( AOS ) a Milwaukee-based water technology specialist, with global leadership credentials in the manufacturing of commercial & residential water heaters/boilers, has experienced considerable volatility for a while now, without necessarily delivering the goods for its investors. To provide further context, note that in a year when the chief equity benchmark has managed returns of 15%, and AOS’s industrial peers from that benchmark have fared even better (returns of almost 24% on average), AOS has just about managed to eke out some marginal positive returns. YCharts It’s a good thing that AOS is a dividend aristocrat that has been paying dividends for over eight-and-a-half decades, and growing it dividends for over 3 decades (and at 7% CAGR over the past 5 years), because without accounting for dividends last year, you’ll see that AOS has actually seen a contraction in its price over the past year. Nonetheless, this isn’t my first stab at AOS, and I last gauged its prospects in October 2024 , a few weeks before the company announced its Q3-24 results. Back then, I didn’t feel that AOS was going to be a worthwhile investment and proceed to assign a hold rating. Given that it’s been over 17 months since I last gauged the temperature in the AOS counter, I felt an update was long overdue. Let’s re-examine some of the key sub-plots of the AOS story and see if an overall shift in rating is warranted. Fundamental Backdrop Across the last couple of fiscal years, we’ve seen an unremarkable scenario where AOS has failed to get its topline going (basically an implied two-year CAGR contraction of -0.3% between FY23 and FY25) . Investors will be interested to note that this situation is finally set to change this year, with AOS expected to deliver around 2-5% annual topline growth (consensus is budgeting for 3.6% topline growth, both in the current year, as well as next year). FY26 presentation Any up...
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has pulled back more than 6% this year and is up 2.15% over the past week, sitting around $211.80 but well off its 52-week high of $258.60. The one-year gain stands at a modest 2.96%, with most analysts clustering around the Street consensus target of $280.47. But on March 25, 2026, two of ... As Demand for AWS’ AI Surges, Citi and JPMorgan Raise Amazon Price Targets
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has pulled back more than 6% this year and is up 2.15% over the past week, sitting around $211.80 but well off its 52-week high of $258.60. The one-year gain stands at a modest 2.96%, with most analysts clustering around the Street consensus target of $280.47. But on March 25, 2026, two of ... As Demand for AWS’ AI Surges, Citi and JPMorgan Raise Amazon Price Targets
Readers respond to the news that some of the world’s poorest countries are going to lose aid from the UK The recent announcement that the UK government is set to make significant cuts to direct aid to Africa and the Middle East is deeply disappointing ( Report, 19 March ). It is plumbing new depths by proposing to balance increased defence spending on the backs of the world’s poorest by slashing d...
Readers respond to the news that some of the world’s poorest countries are going to lose aid from the UK The recent announcement that the UK government is set to make significant cuts to direct aid to Africa and the Middle East is deeply disappointing ( Report, 19 March ). It is plumbing new depths by proposing to balance increased defence spending on the backs of the world’s poorest by slashing development aid. Such a move also breaks Labour’s 2024 manifesto pledge to restore development spending at the level of 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) “ as soon as fiscal circumstances allow ”. Continue reading...
Julius Pursaill , Andy Roberts and Jane Oberman respond to Polly Hudson’s article that decried Josh Wardle for creating a new game Josh Wardle, the inventor of Wordle, a game that gave huge pleasure to so many people during lockdown, reportedly sold it for a seven-figure sum . According to Polly Hudson ( The Wordle guy’s latest move tells us a lot about modern-day ambition, 22 March ), he now has ...
Julius Pursaill , Andy Roberts and Jane Oberman respond to Polly Hudson’s article that decried Josh Wardle for creating a new game Josh Wardle, the inventor of Wordle, a game that gave huge pleasure to so many people during lockdown, reportedly sold it for a seven-figure sum . According to Polly Hudson ( The Wordle guy’s latest move tells us a lot about modern-day ambition, 22 March ), he now has the temerity to create another word game, Parseword , rather than kicking back on his yacht. Imagine if everyone who has a creative impulse kicked back after their first recognised achievement – if Michelangelo had kicked back after creating the Pietà, or Picasso had kicked back after Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Well done to Wardle, keep creating. Julius Pursaill London • It seems a little unfair to characterise Josh Wardle’s new game as trying his luck again, equating it with naked ambition. It certainly seems out of kilter to be drawing parallels with that and the rampant egotism displayed recently by Timothée Chalamet. Wardle just strikes me as a bit of a word nerd and coder who likes making games. His new one seems to be a love letter to cryptic crosswords – it certainly isn’t a tilt at creating another viral sensation. Andy Roberts Witney, Oxfordshire Continue reading...
UK’s advantageous position in the field is down to sustained long-term public investment from UK Research and Innovation and its partners, says Prof Charlotte Deane Dr Simon Williams ( Letters, 19 March ) writes that ambition in quantum computing cannot succeed without sustained investment in people and fundamental science. He is correct on that point, but wrong to say that UK’s investment plans r...
UK’s advantageous position in the field is down to sustained long-term public investment from UK Research and Innovation and its partners, says Prof Charlotte Deane Dr Simon Williams ( Letters, 19 March ) writes that ambition in quantum computing cannot succeed without sustained investment in people and fundamental science. He is correct on that point, but wrong to say that UK’s investment plans risk losing quantum computing talent. The UK’s advantageous position in quantum has only emerged through sustained long-term public investment from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and partners into fundamental physics research projects, and the best people, infrastructure and partnerships. It is through this that the UK is poised to reap the benefits of the quantum revolution. Continue reading...
Merfyn Turner’s legacy | Life under Trump | Millipede banknotes | Mickles and muckles | Swallowing tea The former prisoner’s letter ( 22 March ) was heartbreaking to read. The Welsh prison social worker Merfyn Turner opened Norman House in 1955, where he and his wife, Shirley, provided a loving, caring, supporting family atmosphere from where former prisoners, jobless and without kinship support, ...
Merfyn Turner’s legacy | Life under Trump | Millipede banknotes | Mickles and muckles | Swallowing tea The former prisoner’s letter ( 22 March ) was heartbreaking to read. The Welsh prison social worker Merfyn Turner opened Norman House in 1955, where he and his wife, Shirley, provided a loving, caring, supporting family atmosphere from where former prisoners, jobless and without kinship support, could rebuild their lives and heal. None of those who lived in these houses reoffended. Merfyn recognised their emotional needs as well as their practical ones. We need someone like him to create new Norman Houses now. Margaret Owen London • “The sense that the US is in the grip of a deranged figure is quite common among Iranians,” writes Patrick Wintour ( ‘Stop this savage being’: Iranians fear postponed Trump attack is merely disaster delayed, 23 March ). Just Iranians? Tim Smith Settle, North Yorkshire Continue reading...
Promising ‘unprecedented access’, the programme will recount the singer’s story, including full details of the harrowing attacks that drove her into hiding for a decade It was a great music industry mystery: after becoming one of the biggest pop stars of the 2000s with her debut album, 2008’s Rockferry, the Welsh pop star Duffy vanished from the public eye. In 2020, she revealed what had happened ...
Promising ‘unprecedented access’, the programme will recount the singer’s story, including full details of the harrowing attacks that drove her into hiding for a decade It was a great music industry mystery: after becoming one of the biggest pop stars of the 2000s with her debut album, 2008’s Rockferry, the Welsh pop star Duffy vanished from the public eye. In 2020, she revealed what had happened to her : in 2010, she said, she had been drugged, kidnapped and taken to another country where she was subject to violent abuse and raped. Duffy, real name Aimée Anne Duffy, 41, will tell that story in depth for the first time in a new documentary, produced by Disney+ and Hulu Original, with production set to begin soon. A press release promises “new, unprecedented access” to the Mercy singer, who will tell her entire life story, as well as interviews with friends, family and music industry associates. Continue reading...
Ofcom says decision is ‘real win for children and families’ as tech company increases verification requirements Millions of Apple iPhone customers in the UK will now have to confirm they are 18 or older to use all available services, including by showing a credit card or by scanning an ID. The move – believed to be a first for a European market – comes amid pressure on tech companies from the gove...
Ofcom says decision is ‘real win for children and families’ as tech company increases verification requirements Millions of Apple iPhone customers in the UK will now have to confirm they are 18 or older to use all available services, including by showing a credit card or by scanning an ID. The move – believed to be a first for a European market – comes amid pressure on tech companies from the government to do more to protect children online . Continue reading...
iQoncept/iStock via Getty Images Merck ( MRK ) said Wednesday it will acquire clinical-stage biotech Terns Pharmaceuticals ( TERN ) in an all-cash transaction valued at about $6.7 billion, further expanding its oncology pipeline. Against this backdrop, below is a list of the top 10 U.S.-listed pharmaceutical stocks ranked by their Seeking Alpha Quant Ratings, spanning market caps from smaller spec...
iQoncept/iStock via Getty Images Merck ( MRK ) said Wednesday it will acquire clinical-stage biotech Terns Pharmaceuticals ( TERN ) in an all-cash transaction valued at about $6.7 billion, further expanding its oncology pipeline. Against this backdrop, below is a list of the top 10 U.S.-listed pharmaceutical stocks ranked by their Seeking Alpha Quant Ratings, spanning market caps from smaller specialists to large-cap mainstays such as Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Indivior Pharmaceuticals ( INDV ) tops the screen with a Strong Buy Quant Rating of 4.68, reflecting particularly favorable scores on factors like growth, momentum, and profitability. Liquidia Corporation ( LQDA ) and Crinetics Pharmaceuticals ( CRNX ) follow with Buy ratings of 4.39 and 3.81, respectively, making them the only other names in the group currently flagged as bullish by the model. Large-cap players Bristol-Myers Squibb ( BMY ) and Pfizer ( PFE ), with market capitalizations of roughly $117 billion and $153 billion, also appear on the list, alongside Alumis ( ALMS ), Phibro Animal Health ( PAHC ), Maze Therapeutics ( MAZE ), Nektar Therapeutics ( NKTR ), and Terns Pharmaceuticals ( TERN ) itself. While several of these stocks carry Hold-level scores, they still rank as the highest-rated ideas within this quantitative slice of the pharmaceuticals universe. Seeking Alpha’s Quant Ratings system evaluates companies on a 1-to-5 scale using composite scores for valuation, growth, momentum, profitability, and EPS revisions, with readings of 3.5 and above considered bullish and 2.5 or below bearish. Here is the list: Indivior Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( INDV ), Quant Rating: 4.68 Liquidia Corporation ( LQDA ), Quant Rating: 4.39 Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( CRNX ), Quant Rating: 3.81 Alumis Inc. ( ALMS ), Quant Rating: 3.49 Terns Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( TERN ), Quant Rating: 3.47 Phibro Animal Health Corporation ( PAHC ), Quant Rating: 3.46 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ( BMY ), Quant Rating: 3.44...
In at least six instances identified by TechCrunch, first responders have had to take control of Waymo vehicles and move them out of traffic during emergency situations.
In at least six instances identified by TechCrunch, first responders have had to take control of Waymo vehicles and move them out of traffic during emergency situations.
Entrepreneur Tejpaul Bhatia is confident he owns a slice of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. When the former Google executive entered the space industry in 2021, SpaceX was already one of the world’s most sought‑after private companies, valued at about $75 billion, with shares largely locked up by early backers and institutions close to Musk. Bhatia couldn’t buy shares directly, so he turned to the secondary ...
Entrepreneur Tejpaul Bhatia is confident he owns a slice of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. When the former Google executive entered the space industry in 2021, SpaceX was already one of the world’s most sought‑after private companies, valued at about $75 billion, with shares largely locked up by early backers and institutions close to Musk. Bhatia couldn’t buy shares directly, so he turned to the secondary market where a loose network of brokers buy and sell the shares of privately owned companies. Now, with SpaceX preparing for a stock market debut this year at a valuation near $1.75 trillion, Bhatia could be sitting on a lucrative investment, but his shares were bought through brokers that make ownership hard to verify.