As a bookish child with a distant father and a disapproving mother, the Curious Incident author retreated into a world of his own. Looking back, he asks what it means to lose parents who never showed you love When I see washed-out photographs of English life in the 60s and 70s – cardiganed grandmothers eating roadside picnics beside Morris Minors, pale men sunbathing in shoes and socks on stripy d...
As a bookish child with a distant father and a disapproving mother, the Curious Incident author retreated into a world of his own. Looking back, he asks what it means to lose parents who never showed you love When I see washed-out photographs of English life in the 60s and 70s – cardiganed grandmothers eating roadside picnics beside Morris Minors, pale men sunbathing in shoes and socks on stripy deckchairs, Raleigh Choppers and caged budgerigars and faux leather pouffes – I feel a wave of what can’t properly be called nostalgia, because the last thing I’d want is to return to that age and those places where I was often profoundly unhappy and from which I’d have been desperate to escape if escape had been a possibility. Why then this longing, this echo of some remembered comfort? Is it that, as children, we live inside a bubble of focused attention that gives everything inside a memorable fierceness? The way one could lie, for example, on a lawn and look down into the jungle of the grass to see earwigs and woodlice lumbering between the pale green trunks like brontosauri lumbering between the ferns and gingkos of the Late Jurassic. The way a rucked bedspread could become a mountain range stretched below the wings of a badly painted Airfix Spitfire. Or do objects, in their constancy, provide consolation in a world where adults are unpredictable and distant and unloving? Continue reading...
Really, why wouldn’t you wash yourself after using the toilet? If you won’t listen to me, then listen to Zohran Mamdani – and get your straddle on The first time I heard a bidet mentioned in the US – or at least what it’s used for – was at the start of an off-Broadway play I saw in 2015 called Threesome. An Egyptian-American couple are in bed waiting for a white man they’ve invited to join them fo...
Really, why wouldn’t you wash yourself after using the toilet? If you won’t listen to me, then listen to Zohran Mamdani – and get your straddle on The first time I heard a bidet mentioned in the US – or at least what it’s used for – was at the start of an off-Broadway play I saw in 2015 called Threesome. An Egyptian-American couple are in bed waiting for a white man they’ve invited to join them for the tryst of the title. He bounds on to the stage after using the bathroom, and the couple yell at him, “Go back and wash your ass!” Like that couple, and Threesome’s playwright, Yussef El Guindi , I’m Egyptian. In Egypt, bathrooms in every home, as well as those in public buildings, are fitted with some kind of contraption for washing after using the toilet: a bidet, a standalone low oval basin next to the toilet that one straddles – or, more popularly, a shattaf, a fixture in the toilet itself through which water streams out. Sometimes, the shattaf is a small showerhead attached to the wall next to the toilet. I’ve recently learned that its name in English is a bum gun. It’s my favourite kind of shattaf, because you can control the water pressure. Mona Eltahawy writes the FEMINIST GIANT newsletter. She is the author of The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls , and Headscarves and Hymens : Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution Continue reading...
Global mining stocks have shot to the top of fund managers’ must-have list, as soaring metals demand and tight supplies of key minerals hint at a new supercycle in the sector. With a nearly 90% gain since the start of 2025, MSCI’s Metals and Mining Index has beaten semiconductors, global banks and the Magnificent Seven cohort of technology stocks by a wide margin. And the rally shows no sign of st...
Global mining stocks have shot to the top of fund managers’ must-have list, as soaring metals demand and tight supplies of key minerals hint at a new supercycle in the sector. With a nearly 90% gain since the start of 2025, MSCI’s Metals and Mining Index has beaten semiconductors, global banks and the Magnificent Seven cohort of technology stocks by a wide margin. And the rally shows no sign of stalling, as the boom in robotics, electric vehicles and AI data centers spurs metals prices to ever new highs. That’s particularly true of copper, which is key to the energy transition and has surged 50% over the same period. But analysts are also bullish on a range of other minerals, including aluminum, silver, nickel and platinum. Gold , meanwhile, is expected to continue benefiting from US monetary and fiscal policy concerns, as well as geopolitical risks, even after hitting successive record highs. Read More: Silver Tops $100 as Global Turmoil Fuels Run for Safe Havens The outperformance is a stark reversal from prior years when the sector was out of favor, hit by volatile commodity prices and fears of a growth slowdown in China, the world’s largest metals consumer. But fund managers, who had piled into tech and financial stocks, now appear reassured by Beijing’s pledges to support the economy, including via interest-rate cuts . “Mining stocks have quietly moved from a boring defensive sleeve to an essential portfolio anchor — one of the few sectors positioned to capture both shifting monetary policy dynamics and an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape,” said Dilin Wu , a research strategist at Pepperstone Group Ltd. in Melbourne. A major driver for the change is that commodities such as copper and aluminum have become less correlated to economic cycles. Historically seen as short-cycle trades, dictated by how fast or slow the world economy is growing, they have gradually morphed into structural investments. In addition, they are benefiting from transition strate...
The " Magnificent Seven " stocks are the most recognized tech giants, and they are all worth more than $1 trillion. These companies have been some of the best investments during the past decade, but they have now become easier to beat. AI stocks with smaller market caps and higher revenue growth have a shot to outperform the Magnificent Seven by 2030. It doesn't take as much profit growth to move ...
The " Magnificent Seven " stocks are the most recognized tech giants, and they are all worth more than $1 trillion. These companies have been some of the best investments during the past decade, but they have now become easier to beat. AI stocks with smaller market caps and higher revenue growth have a shot to outperform the Magnificent Seven by 2030. It doesn't take as much profit growth to move stocks with low market caps. Nvidia 's year-to-date performance won't change much if it gains an extra $10 billion in market cap. However, that same return would be a game changer for investors in IREN (NASDAQ: IREN) , with a market value of $17 billion. The AI infrastructure play is gaining momentum but remains relatively unknown, and it's poised to outperform the Magnificent Seven. Continue reading
Key PointsI/O Fund analysts Beth Kindig says Nvidia could be a $20 trillion company by 2030, a forecast that implies 340% upside from its current market value.
Key PointsI/O Fund analysts Beth Kindig says Nvidia could be a $20 trillion company by 2030, a forecast that implies 340% upside from its current market value.
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直降1000元 就在其他安卓厂商因内存价格上涨而普遍提价之际, 华为却反其道而行之,凭借“加量不加价”乃至部分机型降价的策略,在高端手机市场进一步攻城略地。 4月20日,华为在Pura 系列及全场景发布会上发布了新款旗舰 P ura 90系列和全新“阔折叠”Pura X Max系列新品。 与上一代 P ura 80系列相比,华为Pura90系列取消了Pro+版本和Ultra 版本,新增了Pro Max 版本。发布会之前,Pura 90 Pro 、Pura 90 Pro Max以及Pura X Max已在华为官网开启预定。其中,Pura X Max处于暂时缺货的状态。 在核心处理器方面,华为Pura 90 Pro和Pura 90 Pro Max均 搭载 麒麟9030s芯片,整机性能提升25%;图像处理能力提升200%;AI色彩引擎能力提升43%。 在影像方面, 华为Pura 90 Pro Max搭载了2亿像素的超大底潜望式长焦镜头,首发Triplet Power Prism三合一超聚光棱镜,支持 第二代 红枫 影像引擎。 “在视频拍摄方面, Pura 90 Pro Max首发芯片级2亿RAW域实时处理技术,带来业界顶尖的远摄清晰度与画质的同时,首发远距人声增强。” 华为常务董事、产品投资委员会主任、终端BG董事长余承东在现场透露。 在系统方面, 华为Pura 90系列出厂即搭载HarmonyOS 6.1系统。 内存疯涨,华为手机逆势降价背后 在内存和存储芯片价格大涨的背景下,华为Pura90系列价格整体处于“加量不加价”,部分机型甚至处于降价状态。 与上一代Pura80系列相比,华为Pura90标准版起售价4699元起,与上一代相比“加量不加价”;Pura 90 Pro 系列的起售价 5499 元,比上一代降价了 1000 元。 “成本增长了1500元了,Pura90系列已经很有诚意了。 早点 购买 , 成本 扛不住 了 , 我们 后面 也 可能 涨价 。 ”余承东称。 过去两个季度,几乎所有的消费电子厂商都在面临存储芯片大涨挤压整机硬件利润的问题。 据SemiAnalysis数据显示,移动端LPDDR5内存自2025年第一季度至今已累计上涨3倍,目前合约价约10美元/GB,预计2027年还将迎来两位数涨幅。 这波内存价格上涨,直接推高了手机BOM成本,迫使OPPO、...