Intel has a lot of proving to do after issuing disappointing guidance. Intel (INTC +11.06%) stock recently got hit with a major pullback. The company posted its fourth-quarter results on Jan. 22 and delivered sales and earnings that came in ahead of the market's expectations. The semiconductor player posted non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) adjusted earnings of $0.15 per share on...
Intel has a lot of proving to do after issuing disappointing guidance. Intel (INTC +11.06%) stock recently got hit with a major pullback. The company posted its fourth-quarter results on Jan. 22 and delivered sales and earnings that came in ahead of the market's expectations. The semiconductor player posted non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) adjusted earnings of $0.15 per share on sales of $13.7 billion, beating the average analyst forecast for per-share earnings of $0.08 on sales of $13.4 billion. On the other hand, the company's forward guidance came in below Wall Street's expectations. The company guided for first-quarter sales to come in between $11.7 billion and $12.7 billion, with the midpoint of that guidance range falling short of the average analyst estimate's call for sales of $12.51 billion. Meanwhile, management's forecast for a break-even quarter missed Wall Street's target for adjusted earnings per share of $0.05. Despite the big pullback, Intel stock is still up 111% over the last year. What comes next for the semiconductor company, and what do investors need to be watching out for? AI sales and the foundry business take center stage Intel's data center and artificial intelligence (AI) segment grew sales 8.9% year over year to hit $4.7 billion in the fourth quarter. The performance came in significantly better than the $4.43 billion in sales called for by the average analyst estimate, and the company said that sales would have been even higher were it not for supply issues. The company is shifting production at its fabs to meet demand for its new server chips, but the transition is taking some time -- and this dynamic partially explains the underwhelming Q1 guidance. Management expects factory output along those lines to improve in each subsequent quarter this year. Intel has started shipping chips manufactured on its 18A process and says development for its next-gen 14A process remains on track. On the other hand, the foundry busines...
NASA Set to Launch 1st Manned Moon Rocket In 50 Years: What To Know Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), For the first time in more than 50 years, N ASA has mounted a rocket on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for a manned flight around the moon. Artemis II sits in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Jan. 1...
NASA Set to Launch 1st Manned Moon Rocket In 50 Years: What To Know Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), For the first time in more than 50 years, N ASA has mounted a rocket on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for a manned flight around the moon. Artemis II sits in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Jan. 16, 2026. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images, The super heavy lift rocket is called the Space Launch System. Fueled by more than 700,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and hydrogen and two solid rocket boosters reminiscent of the space shuttle era, the orange and white behemoth could, as soon as Feb. 6, carry the Artemis II crew— NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen —on their 10-day voyage around the moon and farther from Earth than any astronauts have gone before. Hundreds of men and women who had a hand in assembling the rocket braved the winter cold on Jan. 17 to watch the ship roll out of the vehicle assembly building and move to the launch complex. The Artemis II crew, mission leaders, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman were also on hand to commemorate the milestone. But there is still a lot to be done before liftoff, and the exact launch date is still to be determined. Here is what to know about the Artemis II mission, as well as what preparations and parameters still stand in the way of launch. What Is Artemis II? Artemis II is the second mission of NASA’s Artemis campaign. Named after the ancient Greek goddess of the moon and Apollo’s twin sister, the program’s purpose is not only to return manned missions to the moon, but also to establish a sustainable, permanent human presence on the lunar surface and in lunar orbit before 2030. Lead flight director Jeff Radigan emphasized that the mission is first and foremost a test flight. Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen will be the first to fly aboard the Sp...
The number of picks that you know are Buffett-approved is only going to shrink from here. Act now while you can. He has stepped down from his role as chief executive -- and chief stock-picker -- of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 0.49%) (BRK.B 0.18%) at the end of last year. Nevertheless, the tickers currently in the conglomerate's portfolio are still Warren Buffett's picks. If you believe in his approa...
The number of picks that you know are Buffett-approved is only going to shrink from here. Act now while you can. He has stepped down from his role as chief executive -- and chief stock-picker -- of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 0.49%) (BRK.B 0.18%) at the end of last year. Nevertheless, the tickers currently in the conglomerate's portfolio are still Warren Buffett's picks. If you believe in his approach, it's not too late to add some names to your portfolio that he likes as well. Here are three of the best ones to consider right now, if you have a few thousand bucks you're ready to put to work in the market. Amazon Technology stocks usually weren't Buffett's cup of tea. He has said they're just too difficult to understand. It's not difficult to see why he made an exception with Amazon (AMZN 0.68%) though. Berkshire's position in the e-commerce powerhouse is relatively small at 10 million shares, collectively worth about $2.4 billion (about 0.1% of Amazon, and less than 1% of Berkshire's entire stock portfolio), but Buffett and his lieutenants are plugged into one of the world's most proven consumer ecosystems. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners reports there are now more than 200 million Amazon Prime members in the U.S. alone, accounting for a majority of what's estimated to be over 300 million regular worldwide customers. The company sold $530 billion worth of goods and services to these consumers in 2024 alone, up 10% from the prior year's tally, and is likely to match this growth rate for the entirety of 2025 when those full-year numbers are released. Clearly, the company is doing something right. Expand NASDAQ : AMZN Amazon Today's Change ( -0.68 %) $ -1.67 Current Price $ 243.01 Key Data Points Market Cap $2.6T Day's Range $ 241.53 - $ 247.78 52wk Range $ 161.38 - $ 258.60 Volume 41M Avg Vol 45M Gross Margin 50.05 % E-commerce accounts for the majority of Amazon's revenue, but cloud computing provides about 60% of its bottom line. And that segment's revenue is...
Key Points Intel's Q4 report arrived with sales and earnings beats, but guidance for this year's first quarter fell short of expectations. Intel's next quarterly report and round of forward guidance could provide some crucial insights into the outlook for its chip foundry tech. 10 stocks we like better than Intel › Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) stock recently got hit with a major pullback. The company post...
Key Points Intel's Q4 report arrived with sales and earnings beats, but guidance for this year's first quarter fell short of expectations. Intel's next quarterly report and round of forward guidance could provide some crucial insights into the outlook for its chip foundry tech. 10 stocks we like better than Intel › Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) stock recently got hit with a major pullback. The company posted its fourth-quarter results on Jan. 22 and delivered sales and earnings that came in ahead of the market's expectations. The semiconductor player posted non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) adjusted earnings of $0.15 per share on sales of $13.7 billion, beating the average analyst forecast for per-share earnings of $0.08 on sales of $13.4 billion. On the other hand, the company's forward guidance came in below Wall Street's expectations. The company guided for first-quarter sales to come in between $11.7 billion and $12.7 billion, with the midpoint of that guidance range falling short of the average analyst estimate's call for sales of $12.51 billion. Meanwhile, management's forecast for a break-even quarter missed Wall Street's target for adjusted earnings per share of $0.05. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now, when you join Stock Advisor. See the stocks » Despite the big pullback, Intel stock is still up 111% over the last year. What comes next for the semiconductor company, and what do investors need to be watching out for? AI sales and the foundry business take center stage Intel's data center and artificial intelligence (AI) segment grew sales 8.9% year over year to hit $4.7 billion in the fourth quarter. The performance came in significantly better than the $4.43 billion in sales called for by the average analyst estimate, and the company said that sales would have been even higher were it not for supply issues. The company is shifting production at its fabs to mee...
Tesla on Wednesday highlighted progress toward launching production of its long-delayed Tesla Semi truck as a key operational priority, as the company’s profit plummeted 46% to $3.8 billion in 2025, marking a second consecutive year of declining profitability. Austin, Texas-based Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) released its fourth-quarter earnings and held a conference call with analysts after the market clo...
Tesla on Wednesday highlighted progress toward launching production of its long-delayed Tesla Semi truck as a key operational priority, as the company’s profit plummeted 46% to $3.8 billion in 2025, marking a second consecutive year of declining profitability. Austin, Texas-based Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) released its fourth-quarter earnings and held a conference call with analysts after the market closed on Wednesday. Tesla officials told investors that preparations are underway to begin Semi manufacturing in early 2026 as part of a broader push into commercial and industrial markets. “At the moment, we’re expecting [Tesla] CAPEX to be in excess of $20 billion. We’ll be paying for six factories, namely the refinery, lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries factories, Cybercab, Semi, a new megafactory, the Optimus factory.On top of it, we’ll also be spending money for building our AI compute infrastructure and we’ll continue investing in our existing factories to build more capacity,” Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja said. In its fourth-quarter shareholder update, Tesla said tooling for the Tesla Semi is in place at its Nevada operations and that North American factories are being readied for production ramps of both the Semi and its autonomous Cybercab platform beginning in the first half of 2026. Tesla pitched the Semi as a truck that would have a range of up to 500 miles fully charged, with a load capacity of 81,000 pounds. The Semi was originally priced in 2017 at $150,000 for a 300-mile range version and $180,000 for the 500-mile version. Tesla eventually unveiled the Semi in December 2022 but has delayed mass production of the electric tractor several times over the past three years. About 200 Semi trucks have been delivered to clients such as PepsiCo. The Semi update came as Tesla reported fourth-quarter results showing continued investment in heavy-duty vehicle and battery infrastructure, even as overall vehicle deliveries declined year over year. According to Tesla’s four...
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政府冀年中批出首輪牌照容許狗隻進入餐廳 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】政府希望今年年中批出首輪容許狗隻進入餐廳的牌照。 環境及生態局局長謝展寰出席立法會一個委員會時稱,會落實寵物友善措施,解除實施...
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You'll be surprised at how this stock has performed over the past year. Let's play a what-if game. Let's imagine that you spent $1,000 on shares of alternative protein company Beyond Meat (BYND 2.36%) a year ago. What would your stake (not steak!) be worth today? Check it out: Time period Average annual return Past 1 year (77.46%) Past 3 years (62.12%) Past 5 years (63.47%) Those parentheses mean ...
You'll be surprised at how this stock has performed over the past year. Let's play a what-if game. Let's imagine that you spent $1,000 on shares of alternative protein company Beyond Meat (BYND 2.36%) a year ago. What would your stake (not steak!) be worth today? Check it out: Time period Average annual return Past 1 year (77.46%) Past 3 years (62.12%) Past 5 years (63.47%) Those parentheses mean those are negative returns. Losses. Your $1,000 would have lost 77.5% of its value in a single year, becoming about $225. Yikes. Expand NASDAQ : BYND Beyond Meat Today's Change ( -2.36 %) $ -0.02 Current Price $ 0.83 Key Data Points Market Cap $386M Day's Range $ 0.83 - $ 0.91 52wk Range $ 0.50 - $ 7.69 Volume 52M Avg Vol 90M Gross Margin 5.98 % What happened? Well, Beyond Meat has been struggling mightily in recent years. In the company's third-quarter earnings report, it posted revenue of $70.2 million, down 13% year over year. Operating losses came in at $112 million, much deeper than the year-earlier loss of $31 million. In Beyond Meat's own words, "The Company's cash and cash equivalents balance, including restricted cash, was $131.1 million and total outstanding debt was $1.2 billion as of September 27, 2025." Shares were recently priced at less than a dollar, putting them deep in penny-stock territory. (Remember, a penny stock is one trading for less than about $5 per share, and such companies are often extra-volatile and risky.) The premise of the company seems sound: Lots of people want to eat healthier meals, and offerings from companies such as Beyond Meat are indeed full of protein and nutrients. But as Harvard Health has noted, "[M]eatless burgers are heavily processed and high in saturated fat." Given all that, should you consider investing in Beyond Meat, now that its stock price is so much lower than it used to be? The answer, to me, seems a strong no. To me, it seems too risky, and while the company may indeed turn its fortunes around, it's safer to wait an...
(RTTNews) - The China stock market has finished higher in three straight sessions, collecting nearly 60 points or 1.8 percent along the way. The Shanghai Composite now sits just above the 3,460-point plateau although it may run out of steam on Friday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is soft, with oil and technology shares likely to lead the way lower. The European markets were mixed and ...
(RTTNews) - The China stock market has finished higher in three straight sessions, collecting nearly 60 points or 1.8 percent along the way. The Shanghai Composite now sits just above the 3,460-point plateau although it may run out of steam on Friday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is soft, with oil and technology shares likely to lead the way lower. The European markets were mixed and flat and the U.S. bourses were down and the Asian markets figure to split the difference. The SCI finished modestly higher again on Thursday following gains from the financial shares and property stocks, while the resource companies were mixed. For the day, the index gained 29.01 points or 0.85 percent to finish at 3,461.50 after trading between 3,425.98 and 3,464.12. The Shenzhen Composite Index improved 21.98 points or 1.05 percent to end at 2,112.90. Among the actives, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China jumped 1.74 percent, while Bank of China improved 1.36 percent, China Construction Bank strengthened 1.22 percent, China Merchants Bank collected 1.31 percent, Agricultural Bank of China increased 1.21 percent, China Life Insurance spiked 2.06 percent. Jiangxi Copper advanced 0.83 percent, Aluminum Corp of China (Chalco) lost 0.38 percent, Yankuang Energy fell 0.33 percent, China Petroleum and Chemical (Sinopec) gathered 0.31 percent, Huaneng Power rose 0.28 percent, China Shenhua Energy shed 0.62 percent, Gemdale rallied 1.28 percent, Poly Developments gained 0.49 percent, China Vanke added 0.46 percent and PetroChina was unchanged. The lead from Wall Street is negative as the major averages opened mixed on Thursday but quickly headed south and remained in the red for the balance of day, ending near session lows. The Dow dropped 234.44 points or 0.64 percent to finish at 43,914.12, while the NASDAQ sank 132.05 points or 0.66 percent to close at 19,769.84 and the S&P 500 lost 32.94 points or 0.54 percent to end at 6,051.25. The weakness on Wall Street came as traders...
外交部:繼續深化國際合作 加大力度打擊網賭電詐 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】就明家犯罪集團案11名罪犯被執行死刑,外交部指會繼續深化國際合作,加大力度打擊網賭電詐。 外交部發言人郭嘉昆 :「一段...
外交部:繼續深化國際合作 加大力度打擊網賭電詐 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】就明家犯罪集團案11名罪犯被執行死刑,外交部指會繼續深化國際合作,加大力度打擊網賭電詐。 外交部發言人郭嘉昆 :「一段時間以來,中方同緬甸等國積極合作,打擊跨境電信網絡詐騙犯罪,共同鏟除網賭電詐毒瘤、維護人民生命財產安全和地區國家交往合作秩序,取得顯著成效。中方將繼續深化國際執法合作,加大力度打擊電詐網賭及其他相關跨境犯罪活動,共同鏟除賭詐毒瘤。」
內地生育津貼詐騙案 雲南公司15名員工 13人同一段時間申領生育津貼 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】內地揭發生育津貼詐騙案,雲南一間公司15名員工中,13人在同一段時間內生育,當中涉及申領政府津貼...
內地生育津貼詐騙案 雲南公司15名員工 13人同一段時間申領生育津貼 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】內地揭發生育津貼詐騙案,雲南一間公司15名員工中,13人在同一段時間內生育,當中涉及申領政府津貼逾百萬元人民幣。 在雲南,一間報稱有15名員工的公司,其中13名員工在同一段時間內申報領取政府生育津貼,合共逾百萬元人民幣,引起國家醫保局人員懷疑。經追蹤調查,當局發現涉事公司是空殼公司,沒有經營地址、利潤和營收,亦無交稅記錄。 根據員工申領津貼資料,生育臨床記錄完整,新生兒醫學記錄亦完全相符,有真實的職工參保身份,也按照申報工資進行繳費,符合政策的規定。不過,涉事的員工月薪,就由原本數千元大幅提升至約1.8萬至2.3萬元,由於生育津貼 按公司職工平均工資計算,因此每名孕婦應可獲發約10萬元津貼,但她們本人卻沒有全數收取。 案中主謀賺取「國家發放」與「個人領取」之間的差價,在雲南、成都、杭州等地行騙涉及的生育津貼金額,約400萬元人民幣。 「十四五」期間,參保人累計享受各項生育保險待遇9,614萬人次,基金支出逾4,000億元人民幣,有法律專家指,騙取生育津貼按普通詐騙罪定刑最高可判10年以上有期徒刑,或無期徒刑,並處罰金或沒收財產。
A Chinese AI system has outperformed its US competitors in solving geometry problems at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) level, taking less than half the time and using simpler computational resources, according to its developers. Unlike existing models confined to problem-solving, the Chinese system can also generate mathematical problems – three of which appeared in a Chinese nation...
A Chinese AI system has outperformed its US competitors in solving geometry problems at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) level, taking less than half the time and using simpler computational resources, according to its developers. Unlike existing models confined to problem-solving, the Chinese system can also generate mathematical problems – three of which appeared in a Chinese national team qualifying exam and a top Olympiad in the United States in 2024. “We present TongGeometry, a neuro-symbolic system that discovers, proposes and proves IMO-level geometry problems through principled tree search,” researchers from the Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence and Peking University wrote in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Machine Intelligence on Monday. Advertisement The developers of TongGeometry said the system “functioned more like a coach who both designs training problems and guides solution strategies, rather than merely a student who solves given problems”. This diagram illustrates TongGeometry’s method for navigating tree-structured geometry spaces while preserving symmetry. Photo: Handout Drawing on 196 past Olympiad geometry problems, the system generated 6.7 billion geometry problems that required auxiliary constructions.
Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT executives used the company’s fiscal 2026 second-quarter earnings call to highlight accelerating demand for cloud and artificial intelligence products, while also addressing investor questions about the pace of capital spending and the path from infrastructure investment to revenue and margins. Get Microsoft alerts: Sign Up Cloud tops $50 billion as AI demand drives capacity...
Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT executives used the company’s fiscal 2026 second-quarter earnings call to highlight accelerating demand for cloud and artificial intelligence products, while also addressing investor questions about the pace of capital spending and the path from infrastructure investment to revenue and margins. Get Microsoft alerts: Sign Up Cloud tops $50 billion as AI demand drives capacity build-out CEO Satya Nadella said “Microsoft Cloud surpassed $50 billion in revenue for the first time,” and described the quarter as evidence of “accelerating demand.” He framed Microsoft’s strategy across three layers: “cloud and token factory,” the “agent platform,” and “high-value agentic experiences.” On infrastructure, Nadella emphasized building for “heterogeneous and distributed” AI workloads and said Microsoft is optimizing around “tokens per watt per dollar,” which he linked to increasing utilization and lowering total cost of ownership through silicon, systems, and software. He cited a “50% increase in throughput” for OpenAI inferencing workloads powering copilots, and said Microsoft connected data center sites through an “AI WAN” to create what he called a “first-of-its-kind AI super factory” for the Fairwater data centers. Nadella also said Microsoft added “nearly 1 GW of total capacity this quarter alone.” At the silicon layer, Nadella pointed to a mix of NVIDIA and AMD GPUs and Microsoft’s own chips. He said Microsoft brought online its Maia 200 accelerator, describing it as delivering “10+ petaflops at FP4 precision” with “over 30% improved TCO compared to the latest generation hardware” in Microsoft’s fleet. He also highlighted the Cobalt 200 CPU, which he said delivers “over 50% higher performance” compared with Microsoft’s first custom processor for cloud-native workloads. Microsoft also discussed sovereignty as an increasing customer priority. Nadella said the company announced data center investments in “seven countries this quarter alone” and described...
Tesla NASDAQ: TSLA executives used the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 Q&A webcast to outline a shift toward autonomy, robotics, and large-scale manufacturing investments, while also providing updates on vehicle programs, margins, and cash flow. The call featured opening remarks from CEO Elon Musk and CFO Vaibhav Taneja, followed by investor and analyst questions focused heavily on robotaxi deployme...
Tesla NASDAQ: TSLA executives used the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 Q&A webcast to outline a shift toward autonomy, robotics, and large-scale manufacturing investments, while also providing updates on vehicle programs, margins, and cash flow. The call featured opening remarks from CEO Elon Musk and CFO Vaibhav Taneja, followed by investor and analyst questions focused heavily on robotaxi deployment, Full Self-Driving (FSD), Optimus, and capital spending plans. Get Tesla alerts: Sign Up Mission update and a major product transition Musk said Tesla has updated its mission to “amazing abundance,” framing the change as an optimistic view of a future shaped by AI and robotics. He described a goal of improving safety, reducing costs, and expanding access to goods and services “without compromise,” while also preserving the environment. In a notable product announcement, Musk said Tesla expects to wind down Model S and Model X production next quarter and “basically stop production” of the vehicles. He said Tesla will continue to support owners, but will convert the Model S/X production space at the Fremont factory into an Optimus robot factory. Musk said the long-term goal is to produce 1 million Optimus units per year in that space. Autonomy and robotaxi: paid rides, Cybercab production timeline Musk and other executives repeatedly emphasized that Tesla’s future strategy is anchored in autonomy. Musk said Tesla has begun providing paid rides with no safety monitor in the car in Austin, adding that the service recently progressed to operating without a chase car. He said Tesla is being cautious and prioritizing avoiding injuries or serious accidents. Executives also highlighted Tesla’s plan to allow owners to add or subtract their vehicles from an autonomous fleet in a model Musk compared to Airbnb. Musk suggested that customers could potentially earn enough by lending their car to the fleet to offset costs, describing it as a scenario where an owner could “get paid to ow...
An eight-year-old boy in central China who spent 55 days in a coma was brought back to consciousness by the heartfelt calls of his classmates in their videos. Liu Chuxi, a pupil from Yueyang, Hunan province, fell into a coma after a car accident in November last year, according to a report by the mainland media outlet The Paper. He suffered severe brain damage and lung injuries in the crash. Adver...
An eight-year-old boy in central China who spent 55 days in a coma was brought back to consciousness by the heartfelt calls of his classmates in their videos. Liu Chuxi, a pupil from Yueyang, Hunan province, fell into a coma after a car accident in November last year, according to a report by the mainland media outlet The Paper. He suffered severe brain damage and lung injuries in the crash. Advertisement Doctors told his family that his chances of waking up were extremely slim. Liu Chuxi in his hospital bed. The youngster suffered brain damage in the accident. Photo: CCTV But his mother refused to give up and took him to multiple hospitals in search of treatment.
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) executives pointed to strong user growth, record holiday advertising demand, and a growing focus on artificial intelligence as the company closed out 2025 and outlined plans for 2026. On the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg described what he ca
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) executives pointed to strong user growth, record holiday advertising demand, and a growing focus on artificial intelligence as the company closed out 2025 and outlined plans for 2026. On the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg described what he ca
In a notable product announcement, Musk said Tesla expects to wind down Model S and Model X production next quarter and “basically stop production” of the vehicles. He said Tesla will continue to support owners, but will convert the Model S/X production space at the Fremont factory into an Optimus robot factory. Musk said the long-term goal is to produce 1 million Optimus units per year in that sp...
In a notable product announcement, Musk said Tesla expects to wind down Model S and Model X production next quarter and “basically stop production” of the vehicles. He said Tesla will continue to support owners, but will convert the Model S/X production space at the Fremont factory into an Optimus robot factory. Musk said the long-term goal is to produce 1 million Optimus units per year in that space. Musk said Tesla has updated its mission to “amazing abundance,” framing the change as an optimistic view of a future shaped by AI and robotics. He described a goal of improving safety, reducing costs, and expanding access to goods and services “without compromise,” while also preserving the environment. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) executives used the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 Q&A webcast to outline a shift toward autonomy, robotics, and large-scale manufacturing investments, while also providing updates on vehicle programs, margins, and cash flow. The call featured opening remarks from CEO Elon Musk and CFO Vaibhav Taneja, followed by investor and analyst questions focused heavily on robotaxi deployment, Full Self-Driving (FSD), Optimus, and capital spending plans. Q4 showed operating strength but headwinds: automotive margin (ex‑credits) rose to 17.9% and total gross margin topped 20.1% , Tesla generated $1.4 billion of free cash flow, yet faces near‑term margin impact from transitioning FSD to a subscription model (now ~ 1.1 million paid customers), >$500 million of tariff costs, bitcoin mark‑to‑market losses, and battery‑pack constraints. Management expects 2026 to be a major investment year with capital expenditures forecast to exceed $20 billion , funded initially from the company's >$44 billion in cash and investments, while also considering bank financing or other options for longer‑tail infrastructure projects and a potential domestic semiconductor “Terafab.” Tesla is pivoting heavily to autonomy and robotics—announcing plans to essentially stop Model S/X productio...
On Facebook, Li said video time grew double digits year-over-year in the U.S. and that fourth-quarter optimizations produced a 7% lift in views of organic feed and video posts. She called it the largest quarterly revenue impact from Facebook product launches in the past two years. Li also said Meta increased the “freshness and originality” of content recommendations, including surfacing more same-...
On Facebook, Li said video time grew double digits year-over-year in the U.S. and that fourth-quarter optimizations produced a 7% lift in views of organic feed and video posts. She called it the largest quarterly revenue impact from Facebook product launches in the past two years. Li also said Meta increased the “freshness and originality” of content recommendations, including surfacing more same-day Reels on Facebook, and noted that 75% of recommendations on Instagram in the U.S. now come from original posts after a 10 percentage point increase in the prevalence of original content during the quarter. Li said engagement gains in the quarter were supported by ranking and product improvements across Meta’s apps. She highlighted that Instagram Reels watch time rose more than 30% year-over-year in the U.S., which she attributed in part to optimizations that improved recommendation quality, including simplification of ranking architecture that allowed models to consider longer interaction histories. Zuckerberg said Meta ended 2025 with more than 3.5 billion people using at least one of its apps every day. He added that Facebook and WhatsApp each have more than 2 billion daily active users, with Instagram “just shy of that.” Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) executives pointed to strong user growth, record holiday advertising demand, and a growing focus on artificial intelligence as the company closed out 2025 and outlined plans for 2026. On the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg described what he called a “major AI acceleration,” while CFO Susan Li detailed a sizable step-up in infrastructure spending and continued investment in technical talent. Daily users exceed 3.5 billion with strong engagement gains (Reels watch time +30% U.S., Threads time +20%), and monetization momentum via ads (Family of Apps ad revenue +24%), WhatsApp paid messaging crossing a $2 billion annual run rate, and AI-driven ad performance improvements. Management said 2025 marke...