Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is doubling down on AI with its most ambitious capital spending plan to date, outlining record infrastructure investments for fiscal 2026. Zuckerberg Bets Big On ‘Superintelligence’ During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, the company’s CFO, Susan Li, said that she anticipates 2026 capital expenditures “to be in the range of $115 to $135 billion,” with much of it aimed at supporting “Meta Superintelligence Labs efforts.” Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined his vision for “personal superintelligence,” saying that the company will “continue to invest very significantly in infrastructure to train leading models.” To put this in perspective, $135 billion is enough to pay for over 90 NFL stadiums, assuming an average cost of $1.5 billion per stadium. It can also help put 10 more of NASA’s James Webb Telescopes into space, and is just enough to run the entire state of New York, home to 20 million people, for a year. Zuckerberg, however, remains confident in his bold bet, saying, “This is going to be a big year for delivering personal superintelligence, accelerating our business, building infrastructure for the future, and shaping how our company will work going forward.” Others Aren’t Far Behind While Meta currently leads the way on AI capex, other big tech giants aren’t far behind, with BofA Securities analyst Vivek Arya projecting $528 billion in capital expenditures by the industry in 2026. Arya also predicted that this figure could climb to $1.2 trillion by 2030 if the current capex intensity holds, with the leading hyperscalers continuing to dominate. Meta Shares Soar Despite Rising AI Expenses Meta Platforms released its fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, reporting $59.89 billion in revenue, up 24% year-over-year, and beating consensus estimates of $58.30 billion. The company posted a profit of $8.88 per share, which was again ahead of analyst estimates at $8.16. The stock was down 0.63% on Wednesday, closin...

Lloyds Banking press release ( LYG ): Q4 GAAP EPS of 2.20p beats by 0.20p . Revenue of £5.12B (+8.7% Y/Y) misses by £10M . Underlying net interest income of £3,529 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 was 2% higher than the third quarter (three months to 30 September 2025: £3,451 million). The Board has recommended a final ordinary dividend of 2.43 pence per share, resulting in a total ordinary dividend for 2025 of 3.65 pence per share, up 15% on the prior year and in line with the Group's progressive and sustainable ordinary dividend policy. Given the Group’s strong capital position, the Board has also announced its intention to implement an ordinary share buyback programme of up to £1.75 billion. Going forward, the Group will now review excess capital distributions in addition to the ordinary dividend every half year. 2026 guidance : Based on our sustained strength in financial performance and our current macroeconomic assumptions, for 2026 the Group expects: • Underlying net interest income of c.£14.9 billion • Cost:income ratio of less than 50% (including operating costs of less than £9.9 billion) • Asset quality ratio of c.25 basis points • Return on tangible equity now of greater than 16% • Capital generation of greater than 200 basis points2 • To pay down to a CET1 ratio of c.13.0%. More on Lloyds Banking Lloyds Banking Group: Finally Above A Pound Again! (Rating Upgrade) Lloyds Banking Group plc (LYG) Presents at JPMorgan UK Leaders Conference Transcript Lloyds Banking Group plc (LYG) Discusses Strategic Transformation and Growth Agenda at European Conference Fireside Chat Transcript Lloyds expands digital footprint with Curve acquisition Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Lloyds Banking

This period drama’s puddingy mix of clunking soap and fairytale wish-fulfilment is hard to resist. It is, however, utterly bananas ‘I am charting a more venturesome course outside this society and in doing so I am being true to myself!” snorts Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson), flaring his philandering nostrils as Lady Violet (Ruth Gemmell) looks on aghast. “But you still have two sisters who must marry and their fate depends on the family reputation,” she snaps, bustle crackling with maternal indignation. “This requires you to be a gentleman and not … a rake!” At this point, when faced with such period-specific umbrage, it is customary for the casual viewer to insert her monocle and refer to her dog-eared copy of The Crashingly Inevitable Downton Abbey Comparisons Companion. And in many ways Bridgerton, bless its ridiculous socks, continues to invite such comparisons with open arms. There are costumes. There is a house. There are scones (pronounced “scones”, of course, not – heaven forfend – “scones”) and scrunch-faced toffs clearing their throats at news from the shires. There are scullery maids a-titterin’ an’ a-gossipin’ and footmen with calves like bowling balls plotting to relieve dignitaries of their britches. There is a string-heavy score that becomes aroused at times of narrative tension and actively tumescent at the sight of a poorly secured cravat. Continue reading...

Serena Williams declined the opportunity to rule out returning to professional tennis after recently filing the necessary paperwork. Williams, who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, retired after the 2022 US Open. In December, the International Tennis Integrity Agency confirmed to BBC Sport that the 44-year-old was back on the list of players registered for the drug testing pool. At the time, the American said she was "not coming back" but during an interview on the Today Show on Wednesday, Williams did not rule out stepping back on to the court. "I don't know, I'm just going to see what happens," Williams said. Interviewer Savannah Guthrie pushed Williams further, saying "that's a maybe to me", and the seven-time Wimbledon champion said "It's not a maybe".

騰訊控股(00700)出現大手買入1.09萬股，成交價$622.0，涉資677.98萬 AASTOCKS.com

As a key component of CATL’s “Ten Thousand Station Plan,” Qiji Energy is actively advancing the standardized and scalable deployment of the “Qiji Battery Swap” network, with a target of approximately 900 battery swap stations by 2026. This cooperation positions China Battery Exchange with a key role to support CATL’s plan. By combining CATL’s leading advantages in brand recognition, battery technology, network reach, and station management platforms with China Battery Exchange’s expertise in R&D and manufacturing of battery swap equipment, the two parties are able to share resource and complement advantages to jointly promote the efficient, large-scale implementation of battery swap infrastructure. Pursuant to the Agreement, China Battery Exchange will serve as a strategic supplier to Qiji Energy. In this capacity, it will drive the solution layout, equipment selection, and manufacturing of mechanical and control systems for heavy-truck battery swap stations. In addition, China Battery Exchange will provide integrated delivery and after-sales services throughout the equipment warranty period, including spare parts support, maintenance, servicing, training, trial operations, and other end-to-end delivery and support services. Previously, China Battery Exchange successfully entered CATL’s global supplier ecosystem. This latest cooperation further validates China Battery Exchange’s technical strength and mass-production assurance capabilities, while marking Kandi Technologies’ deeper integration into CATL’s battery swapping ecosystem. Jinhua, China, Jan. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (the “Company” or “Kandi Technologies”) (NASDAQ GS: KNDI), a long renowned leader in all-electric personal transportation and utility vehicles, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, China Battery Exchange (Zhejiang) Technology Co., Ltd. (“China Battery Exchange”), has entered into a three-year strategic cooperation agreement (the “Agreement”) with ...

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – January 29, 2026 – Today, Zacks Investment Ideas feature highlights Tesla TSLA, The Baron First Principles ETF RONB, Baron Partners Fund BPTRX, Baron Focused Growth Fund BFGFX and The Entrepreneur Private-Public Crossover ETF XOVR. Want SpaceX Before the IPO? These Funds Are All-In SpaceX, the hottest and most highly valued private company, is expected to go public this year in what could be the largest IPO in history. According to the Financial Times, the company is planning to raise as much as $50 billion, targeting a valuation of about $1.5 trillion. Why Everyone Wants a Slice of SpaceX Elon Musk founded SpaceX in May 2002, before becoming involved with Tesla. The company now has a de facto monopoly on rocket launches, and its satellite internet division, Starlink, is reportedly a cash cow. According to Musk, SpaceX has been cash-flow positive for many years. Like many other high-profile startups, SpaceX chose to remain private as institutional investors continued to pour money into the firm. Now, Musk’s ambition to build data centers in space is helping drive the company’s IPO plans. SpaceX is not the only company pursuing solar-powered orbital data centers. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is also in the race, and Google is working on a space data center project called Project Suncatcher. Building data centers in space will require hundreds of billions of dollars. Companies will need to keep chips cool, protect them from radiation, and transmit data back to Earth with minimal latency. Because this combines two of the hottest themes, AI and space, there is significant investor interest in SpaceX. Since SpaceX shares do not trade on a stock exchange, investing is not easy unless you are a large private equity investor, a venture capitalist, or an employee. Because retail investors cannot purchase shares directly, they are exploring other options and piling into funds that hold SpaceX. Baron ETFs and Mutual Funds Billionaire investor Ron...

There is plenty of plotting to be done at Old Trafford and they are keen to bring in some young talent. One man on the Manchester United shortlist is Chelsea’s 19-year-old Tyrique George, who has become something of a fringe figure at Stamford Bridge in recent times. Other options for the recruitment bods are Milan’s Rafael Leão and Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye. Randal Kolo Muani might have scored in the win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday night but his Tottenham future looks uncertain. That was his only his third goal for the club in an underwhelming loan. Juventus are in search of a striker and could bring him back to Turin for a second spell. Another option for i bianconeri is Manchester United’s Joshua Zirkzee, who does not look he will be prolific in the Premier League and is available this month. After Raheem Sterling’s contract was terminated, plenty more might be sent packing. Amid that talk that West Ham are interested in Chelsea defender Axel Disasi, a challenger has entered the running. Serie A’s Fiorentina want to offer the Frenchman an escape route from Stamford Bridge where he was part of Enzo Maresca’s bomb squad. The situation is more cordially since Liam Rosenior took over but he still needs to find a new home. Meanwhile, Kendry Páez has agreed to join River Plate on loan to add to the Blues’ exodus. Fiorentina must really like Premier League players because they have also got on the blower to ask about West Ham duo Kyle Walker-Peters and Soungoutou Magassa. Leeds are keen on adding a striker before Monday night, which could mean the end for Joël Piroe at the club. The Dutch striker was a fine servant in the Championship but is without a goal in 12 appearances this season and the Elland Road faithful are eager to find an upgrade. Piroe need not worry, because a few teams will gladly give him a new home. Ipswich are currently leading the chase but FC Twente, Paris FC and Celtic are keeping an eye on the situation, too. The Tractor Boys have other ir...

嗇色園公布馬年黃大仙祠「頭炷香」安排，善信年廿九晚上九時起，可以入內等候上香。 今年「頭炷香」繼續設兩段時間，分別是年廿九晚十一時，及初一凌晨零時，祠內實施單向流水式上香及人潮管制。 嗇色園建議善信，每個家庭攜帶九支線香入內，上香後不可停留。當晚不設求籤區、跪拜區及供品區，亦禁止攜帶元寶蠟燭、生油及大型香枝。 黃大仙祠當日亦會通宵開放，至年初一晚上九時。

I have just witnessed a murder. Spattered against the white walls of the Almeida theatre are several thin streaks of blood. Underneath them a particularly gruesome-looking hand axe rests on a table. And on the other side of the room, a clue to who the perpetrator might be. Discarded next to someone’s laptop is a business card – bone-coloured, raised black lettering – bearing a familiar name: Patrick Bateman. Him again. It’s 35 years since Bret Easton Ellis’s third novel, American Psycho, unleashed Bateman on his rampage of sadistic violence, and it seems we’ve never stopped wanting more. In the decades since, Bateman has stabbed and slashed his way through a Hollywood movie, an unlikely hit musical and all kinds of internet memes (“I have to return some videotapes”). A remake of the film, reportedly starring Austin Butler as Bateman, is in the works, but before that a reworked musical is returning to the place it first appeared, hence my visit to rehearsals at the Almeida today. As I watch the cast perfect harmonies around the names of typefaces (“Tiiiimes, New Roh-oh-man”), I wonder how a story about 1980s Wall Street bankers – complete with oversized mobile phones and references to Sony Walkmans – has remained so relevant? Should we be worried that it has? To answer this question we have to understand Bateman himself. Obsessed with designer labels, male grooming and ludicrous fine dining (swordfish meatloaf with onion marmalade, anyone?), Bateman’s money and status-obsessed existence was a pitch-perfect send up of US capitalism during the Reagan era. Yet the satirical element seemed to be lost on critics at the time. The Guardian’s Joan Smith, using a line as brutal as any Bateman murder, dismissed the novel as “nasty, brutish and long”, whereas a moral panic about the book’s graphic acts of violence against women prompted Simon & Schuster to pull out from publishing it at the last minute (Ellis kept his $300,000 advance, then found a new home with Vintage). The c...

Suspending pupils from school will be reserved for the most serious cases of bad behaviour including violence, according to the latest government guidance to be issued to schools in England. The Department for Education (DfE) is to announce a consultation on behaviour policy to be included in the forthcoming schools white paper that is intended to keep more children sanctioned for non-violent misbehaviour in schools in units known as “internal exclusion”, rather than sending them home. School leaders and teachers said the extra clarity was welcome but that there was a risk the deterrent effect of suspensions could be weakened as a result. The DfE statement said: “Suspensions were introduced 40 years ago – long before the existence of mobile phones and social media. Today, suspension at home can mean unfettered access to friends and online gaming – doing little to address behaviour, enforce punishment or re-engage pupils with learning. “The government has been clear that mobile phones have no place in schools. This reform will bring suspensions in line with that principle, ending the contradiction where pupils are restricted from phones in school but effectively handed them all day when suspended. “The most serious and violent behaviour will still result in pupils being removed from the school environment and the new framework will not replace at home suspensions.” Headteachers will retain the flexibility to apply suspensions, with the new framework formalising the use of internal exclusions to allow pupils to “continue learning in a separate, supervised setting, away from other pupils – reinforcing clear behavioural expectations while providing schools with the structure to address disruptive conduct”. Many schools, especially secondary schools, have created internal exclusion or removal units as a way of managing disruptive behaviour without having to suspend pupils during teaching hours. But critics say that use of isolation rooms or units can be inconsistent, wit...

The prosecution: Chloe It’s thoughtless to wheel me out to his family as a formality. I need my own space sometimes My husband Edwin comes from a big Colombian family, which is very different from the kind of environment I grew up in, and it leads to conflict between us. I had one sibling, a brother, but he passed away in a car accident when I was nine. My mum died a couple years ago. I grew up quite detached from my parents and was never that close to my father. As a result, I’m very independent and I like my own space. Dating Edwin was a challenge at first, as he is the complete opposite. He wants to be with me all the time, but also wants me to spend time with his family. He’s like a big labrador. Edwin loves kids. He has five brothers and sisters and around 20 nieces and nephews. I also like kids, but I like my space too. We’re in our early thirties and want a family one day, but not yet. The other week he got annoyed when I wasn’t able to go to his goddaughter’s seventh birthday party with him because I’d made plans to attend my best friend’s birthday. We were surrounded by his whole family and the kids were screaming. After hours of board games, I had to lie down because I had a headache He said: “But what will people think?” It seemed that his biggest concern wasn’t about us spending time together, but about me showing my face in front of his family. I told him that I have a life, and that I’d made plans to be at my friend’s birthday ages ago, but he wasn’t able to see it from my point of view. He even said I was being thoughtless. But I think it’s thoughtless to wheel me out to his family just as a formality. I don’t even know his goddaughter very well. Edwin also got annoyed with me at Christmas. We were surrounded by his whole family and kids were screaming. After hours of board games, I had to lie down because I had a headache. He told me later that was rude, but to me it would have been ruder if I had stayed up with a scowl on my face. Maybe Edwin finds ...

Think back to that team and Jonathan Trott was always the relatable one. Get past the gnarly ones, the Type A personalities and the one-offs, and you’d arrive at him, the everyman stumbling in a little late, sporting a dual passport and a receding hairline, who became an integral part of an almost-conquering Test side and briefly one of the best players in the world, before the team, and the man, fell apart. For four blissful years Trott was there for all the big moments. The dreamlike debut at The Oval in 2009, only the seventh English batter to make an Ashes ton on debut, sealing a 2-1 win. The overseas wins in Australia and India. The ascension to No 1 team in the world. It couldn’t last and it didn’t. But what a ride. Cult status was assured in Australia in 2010, with a series of typically Trott-like incisions under the skin of their itchy hosts. It was Trott, from the unfashionable position at square leg, who nailed the direct hit to run out Simon Katich in the opening over of the Adelaide Test. And it was Trott again at Melbourne, on 168 not out, leaving his mark in a literal sense: after running out of partners, with England’s lead at 415, he stood alone in the middle, head down and still scratching out his guard as the Australians traipsed off the field. The act would have been seen as a provocation from most cricketers, but Trott’s self-absorption, his cocoon-like qualities and mild eccentricities, were already legendary. In the good times, his bubble acted as a force field to such an extent that even today, when critics of the current English side go searching for a stylistic counterpoint, it’s to Trott that they often return. Indeed, in recent weeks, Trott has been a regular talking point, and not just as a handy exemplar of how things used to be. When the betting companies rushed out their post-Sydney media releases, Trott was near the top of every list to succeed Brendon McCullum as head coach. Watching the series from his home in Birmingham brought bac...

The ‘mother of all deals’ is as much about the tariff-heavy geopolitics of the Trump era as it is about bilateral trade The year was 2007. Steve Jobs had announced the launch of the first iPhone, the sub-prime mortgage crisis was bubbling up in the US, the EU had enlarged to include Romania and Bulgaria, and India had for the first time become a trillion-dollar economy. This was when trade talks between Delhi and Brussels were initiated for the first time. But it wouldn’t be until this very week, almost 20 years later, that a deal was signed after a few final months of unusually accelerated negotiations. On Tuesday, the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Council António Costa and India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, announced the “ mother of all deals ”, which promises to bring together about 2 billion consumers and a quarter of the world’s GDP. The agreement opens parts of India’s famously protectionist domestic market with a focus on exporting manufacturing and services; in return, middle-class Indian consumers will find it cheaper to buy European cars and wine. The overarching EU-India comprehensive strategic agenda is really much larger in scope, taking in defence and security, commitments to multilateralism, mobility and cooperation in a range of areas. Ravinder Kaur is professor of Asian studies at the University of Copenhagen and is writing a book about the history of the global south Continue reading...

Martin O’Neill’s involvement in celebrated European moments in Celtic’s history means he is entitled to bridle at the belief that domain is no longer a priority. O’Neill used pre-match media duties for the Europa League visit of Utrecht on Thursday to point towards what has the potential to be an uplifting few days for the Scottish champions. “We got a result in Feyenoord and fought our guts out in Bologna,” he said. “We don’t now want to just throw it away. We want to try and go for it if we can. We could still lose the game. We might not win the match and we might go out of the competition, but we want to give it a go. “If we can survive and win Sunday’s game [against Falkirk] and maybe by Monday we get some players in then that might give us a bit of relief. But we first need to qualify. It could give us renewed enthusiasm.” It will be a shock and a significant blow to Celtic’s credibility if they do not progress to the Europa League knockout stages. Utrecht have taken one point from seven games and lie 11th in the Eredivisie. Ifs, buts and maybes are, however, the story of Celtic’s messy campaign. It is the case that the club have spent more on a failed appeal of Auston Trusty’s red card at Tynecastle on Sunday, £650, than on permanent January signings. Julián Araujo and Tomas Cvancara have arrived on loan. Yet there are emotions ranging from anxiety to anger among supporters, who fear another window where Celtic are ponderous. This one will have consequences given Hearts and Rangers are mounting a credible challenge for the title. Hearts outplayed Celtic for most of the 2-2 draw. O’Neill will not panic. His rational approach over the lack of activity is sensible given he is in a second interim spell. Brendan Rodgers and Wilfried Nancy have departed office either side of the 73-year-old’s stints. “I’m sure Wilfried would have had a set of players that he was interested in,” O’Neill said. “That might be a different set of players to me and it might have been a di...

据报道，美国驻格陵兰岛特使Jeff Landry撰文表示： 上周，特朗普总统进一步宣布了一项框架协议，他认为该协议将使美国获得对格陵兰岛完全不受限制的使用权。 由于细节仍在敲定中，我无法透露具体内容，但该框架协议以1941年和1951年美丹（美国与丹麦）防务协定为基础，将强化美国、北约及格陵兰岛的安全保障，重申长期以来的跨大西洋防务义务。协议将扩大美国的行动自由，支持新建基地与基础设施，为“金穹顶”等先进导弹防御系统的部署提供便利。 格陵兰岛大致位于华盛顿与莫斯科的中点，拥有关键的早期预警和导弹防御基础设施，且地处北极航道之上。 将北极视为偏远、静止或次要地区的时代已然过去。特朗普总统的格陵兰岛协议直面这一现实。总统态度明确：美国在北极的主导地位不容谈判。他承诺打造“史上最强大的‘金穹顶’系统”，这不仅关乎技术，更向盟友与对手同时释放信号：美国不会外包自身安全责任，也不会从关键战略要地退缩。 正如特朗普总统在达沃斯所强调的，格陵兰岛是美国的核心国家安全利益所在，强化美国在该岛的地位等同于强化北约本身。换言之，强大的美国仍是稳固联盟的基石。 责任编辑：陈钰嘉

Andoh explains: "I think it is really the first time that the Queen has gone: 'You are my subject and you will do what I want.' And Danbury's gone: 'Oh, I'm [just] your subject? Right, you will get subject.' And I think it really frightens them both. So they have to find a way back to the friendship."

私隱專員公署接獲42宗個案，懷疑透過虛假招聘廣告誘騙個人資料。 42宗個案全部涉及建築工人，他們從不同社交平台，包括WhatsApp、Facebook等，留意到招聘地盤散工的訊息。 對方要求提供「地盤三寶」，即身份證、工人註冊證及「平安卡」相片，亦有人提供銀行戶口號碼。他們更按指示集合，以為有工開，但最終對方無現身，他們擔心個人資料被盜用作非法用途，因此向公署投訴。 公署呼籲求職者，要核實招聘者及中介人身份，亦不要隨意披露個人資料。

W.W. Grainger ( GWW ) declares a $2.26/share quarterly dividend . Payable March 1; for shareholders of record Feb. 9; ex-div Feb. 9. See GWW Dividend Scorecard, Yield Chart, & Dividend Growth. More on W.W. Grainger W.W. Grainger's Biggest Threat Is High Expectations W.W. Grainger: Great Growth, But Not Enough W.W. Grainger's U.K. Exit: Capital Discipline Over Footprint W.W. Grainger Q4 2025 Earnings Preview Emerson, Ametek downgraded at Oppenheimer; Grainger, TE Connectivity upgraded

Ahead of his blockbuster Madison Square Garden clash with Shakur Stevenson on Saturday night, boxing’s most mercurial star reflects on pressure, purpose and parenthood Teófimo López’s boxing career has unfolded in untidy extremes, and few places have captured those contradictions like Madison Square Garden. It’s the building where he boat-raced Richard Commey inside two rounds to win his first world title aged 22, saw his fast track to superstardom abruptly derailed as a heavy favorite, then returned two years later to dismantle Josh Taylor as the underdog and stamp himself as a two-division champion. Now on Saturday night, when he defends his junior welterweight title against Shakur Stevenson in a clash of arguably the two best American fighters active today, the Garden may finally make it clear which version of López is here to stay. “It’s the magnitude of it all,” says López, one of boxing’s most charismatic and mercurial personalities, filling my screen with warmth and effortless third-person bravado during the final days of his training camp in Hollywood, Florida. “Who’s going to really set the tone for the sport? You’ve got Shakur Stevenson, who wants that baton, and you’ve got Teófimo López who believes he’s the better representation for boxing.” Continue reading...

百度集團－ＳＷ(09888)出現大手買入6萬股，成交價$155.2，涉資931.2萬 AASTOCKS.com

Last year, Deezer introduced an AI detection tool that automatically tags fully AI-generated music for listeners and removes it from algorithmic and editorial recommendations. The company announced on Thursday that it’s now making the tool available to other streaming platforms in an effort to help address the rise of AI and fraudulent streams, as well as promote transparency within the music industry and make sure human artists still get the recognition they deserve. Alongside the move, Deezer reported that 85% of streams from fully AI-generated tracks are deemed fraudulent. Notably, the service now receives 60,000 AI tracks per day, totaling 13.4 million AI-detected songs. By contrast, in June of last year, fully AI-generated music made up 18% of daily uploads, surpassing 20,000 tracks. ​Deezer claims its AI music detection tool can identify every AI-generated track from major generative models like Suno and Udio. In addition to excluding AI-generated tracks from recommendations, Deezer’s tool demonetizes them and excludes them from the royalty pool, as the company aims to fairly compensate musicians and songwriters. The tool’s accuracy is 99.8%, a company spokesperson told TechCrunch. ​Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier says there has been “great interest” in the tool, and several companies have “already performed successful tests.” One such company is Sacem, the French management company that represents over 300,000 music creators and publishers, including David Guetta and DJ Snake. ​The company didn’t provide pricing information or disclose which additional companies are interested in adopting the tool. A spokesperson told us that the cost varies based on the type of deal. Techcrunch event TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Tickets Live On June 23 in Boston, more than 1,100 founders come together at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 for a full day focused on growth, execution, and real-world scaling. Learn from founders and investors who have shaped the industry. Connect w...

MAINGEAR Drops Retro98: Looks like it’s From 1998, Spec’d for 2026A nostalgic nod to the rigs we modded as kids when our parents weren’t looking; reimagined with uncapped 2026 PC gaming performance Warren, NJ – Jan 29, 2026 – MAINGEAR, the leader in premium-quality, high-performance gaming PCs, today announced the next iteration of its retro-inspired drops - Retro98, a limited-edition gaming PC drop inspired by the rigs that sparked our obsession with gaming. Built around the SilverStone FLP02 tower PC case, this drop is for the gamers who swapped GPUs under cover of darkness, begged for RAM upgrades for their birthday, and lived for LAN parties. On the outside, Retro98 looks like it was pulled straight from a 1998 gaming setup, but don’t be fooled by the beige box. Inside, it’s an absolute beast. Available in four fully loaded configurations, including an unapologetically over-the-top liquid-cooled rig co-developed with Alphacool, Retro98 is packed with today’s most elite components: the newly announced AMD Ryzen 9 9850X3D, graphics up to the GeForce RTX 5090, ultra-fast Kingston FURY RAM and SSDs, and modern airflow engineering. It’s all hand-built with MAINGEAR’s signature craftsmanship. From the LED fan speed display, turbo button, and power lockout key on the front panel, to the ketchup-and-mustard sleeved cable colorways to anti-kink coils on the tubing and a pump/res combo proudly housed in the 5.25" drive bay space, every detail plays like a love letter to the golden age of PC gaming. Even the front I/O is neatly hidden behind the MAINGEAR logo, No mods needed, just turn it on and relive the thrill of 3AM LAN sessions. “This drop is for those of us who tore open the family PC just to install a 3DFX accelerator,” said Wallace Santos, MAINGEAR CEO and founder. “Retro98 brings back that feeling of chasing every last frame, waiting for the dial tone to download driver updates, and building a system that could handle the most graphics-intense 32-bit games. Except...

1001slide/E+ via Getty Images The following segment was excerpted from the Maran Capital Management Q4 2025 Letter. As most of you know, we have a long history with Clarus Corp. ( CLAR ). We first invested in the company in late 2015, building a position in the $4-5 per share range. We added more over the years as the business grew but sold approximately 80% of our position in the summer of 2022 at around $26-27 per share (yes, hindsight is 20/20; we should have sold it all). We reacquired a large position over the last few years as the stock round-tripped. We started buying the stock back too soon but have averaged down. We currently own just under 5% of the company at an average cost of approximately $4 per share. Clarus’ results have been tepid following the Covid-era boom in outdoor activities, but it has still generated generally positive adjusted EBITDA over the last few years. While the results have been below what I—and the company—believe are possible for the brands, the stock market has taken these results and penalized the stock dramatically more than I think is reasonable. I thought the stock was cheap at $5 per share and at $4 per share, and I still certainly think it is in the $3s. Clarus ended 2025 at $3.35/sh. It has 38.4 million shares outstanding, so its market capitalization was approximately $130 million. I think Clarus ended the year with around $35-40 million of net cash on its balance sheet, so its enterprise value was approximately $90-95 million (the company has essentially no debt). What are shareholders getting for this price? Clarus’ two primary brands, Black Diamond Equipment (“BD”) and Rhino Rack (“Rhino”), which are generating around $175 million and $75 million of annual revenue, respectively. In other words, Clarus is trading for about 0.35x its annual revenue. I think these brands are worth at least 1x their revenue, if not substantially more. Even at 1x trailing revenue, Clarus would be valued at $7.50 per share. While trading at a...

Dassault Systèmes’ annual event dedicated to the SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE platform user communities to take place in Houston, Feb. 1-4 Guest speakers include Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, hacker and inventor Pablos Holman, and the influencer Jay "Engineezy" Vogler Agenda to showcase the power of 3D UNIV+RSES and artificial intelligence pushing the boundaries of imagination VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France, January 29, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: FR0014003TT8, DSY.PA) today announced 3DEXPERIENCE World taking place in Houston from Feb. 1-4. The annual event will gather thousands of SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE platform users around the future of design to manufacturing, exploring 3D UNIV+RSES and artificial intelligence at the core of creation and innovation. Guest speakers Jensen Huang - founder and CEO of NVIDIA, Pablos Holman - the renowned hacker and inventor with more than 6,000 patents, and Jay "Engineezy" Vogler - STEAM advocate and influencer, will kick off a rich agenda delving into the technologies enabling virtual environments that push the boundaries of imagination. One year after introducing 3D UNIV+RSES, Dassault Systèmes will showcase a holistic view of AI encompassing assistive, predictive and generative AI that plays an integral role in powering more efficient, sustainable and successful design, simulation, manufacturing and governance. Event highlights include:

As any local shop owner will tell you, running a brick-and-mortar business in the age of Amazon is an uphill battle. That’s a lesson that Amazon itself has just learned. The e-commerce giant said on Tuesday that it was closing its “Fresh” grocery stores as well as its automated grab-and-go “Go” shops, adding to its list of failed brick-and-mortar experiments. “While we’ve seen encouraging signals in our Amazon-branded physical grocery stores, we haven’t yet created a truly distinctive customer experience with the right economic model needed for large-scale expansion,” Amazon explained in a post on its website. The move came a day ahead of Amazon’s announcement on Wednesday of 16,000 corporate layoffs, including some related to the Go and Fresh closures. That was on top of 14,000 layoffs last year as part of Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s campaign to rein in what he sees as creativity-stifling bureaucracy. The company is also shifting resources to building AI data centers. Amazon’s 550-store Whole Foods chain, which it bought in 2017, will remain open with plans to expand. But the brand’s 58 Amazon Fresh stores, launched in 2020 as smaller grocery stores focused on the mass market, never found their niche. Amazon’s Go convenience stores, launched in 2018 and a major priority for founder Jeff Bezos, allow consumers to avoid checkout lines thanks to an array of cameras and sensors that tracked each item a shopper picked from a shelf and automatically charged the customer for it when it left the store. But the dazzling tech was not enough to camouflage how blah the merchandise was. These failures had predecessors: In 2015, Amazon launched a small chain of bookstores that it closed a few years later. Other Amazon retail flops: Amazon 4-Star (a kitchen goods, toys and electronics store); electronics kiosks in shopping malls; and a short-lived Amazon clothing store chain called “Style” that it closed in 2023 after only two years. As Amazon showed the many retailers it has disrupt...

Highlights Amazon operates across commerce, cloud, and media ecosystems Platform scale aligns with nasdaq 100 composition discussions Services span consumer and enterprise technology needs Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is a diversified technology and retail company frequently referenced in broader market structure conversations connected with nasdaq 100 composition. The company operates a global e-commerce marketplace supported by logistics, digital services, and cloud infrastructure. Beyond online retail, Amazon has expanded into enterprise technology, media distribution, and subscription-based consumer services, positioning the company across multiple layers of the digital economy. How Does Amazon Operate Globally? Amazon operates across regions through integrated retail, technology, and logistics networks that support both consumer and enterprise activity. Its operational footprint is often discussed alongside nasdaq futures, reflecting how large-scale technology platforms influence broader market dynamics. Amazon’s structure combines physical fulfillment capabilities with digital platforms that enable product discovery, delivery coordination, and service access across geographies. Why Is Amazon Marketplace Central? Amazon’s marketplace is central to its operations, functioning as a digital platform where third-party and consumers interact. The marketplace model supports product listings, payment processing, and fulfillment coordination. In conversations linked with nasdaq today, Amazon is commonly referenced as an example of how digital platforms shape real-time commerce activity. The marketplace integrates technology and logistics to support high-volume transactional environments. What Drives Amazon Cloud Services? Amazon Web Services provides on-demand computing, storage, and digital infrastructure to organizations across industries. AWS supports enterprise systems, public-sector platforms, and developer environments. Within discussions referencing nasdaq com...

Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) Anchors s&p 500 futures Discussion on Capital Flow Kalkine Media