Key Points Over the next decade, theglobal marketfor decision-making AI agents could multiply by a factor of more than 25 to a value of $215 billion. C3.ai is a player in that market, but its sales are slowing. SoundHound AI grew its revenues by 99% in 2025. 10 stocks we like better than SoundHound AI › In September, artificial intelligence (AI) enterprise company C3.ai (NYSE: AI) announced that i...
Key Points Over the next decade, theglobal marketfor decision-making AI agents could multiply by a factor of more than 25 to a value of $215 billion. C3.ai is a player in that market, but its sales are slowing. SoundHound AI grew its revenues by 99% in 2025. 10 stocks we like better than SoundHound AI › In September, artificial intelligence (AI) enterprise company C3.ai (NYSE: AI) announced that it was launching an agentic AI product. "Each AI agent in C3 AI Agentic Process Automation is given an objective together with constraints, instructions, and memory, and uses known data, tools, and business knowledge to achieve that objective. Workflows can run on demand, be triggered by events, or operate on a schedule," the company's announcement said. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue » Based on its revenue outlook, though, it doesn't look like this innovation will be a game-changer for C3.ai anytime soon. As such, if you're looking for investments in the agentic AI space, you may want to consider an alternative. Still figuring things out We're still in the early innings of the agentic AI era, but the market for this technology is expected to explode over the next several years. Precedence Research forecasts that it will grow from an $8 billion market in 2026 to a $215 billion market by 2035. Because they are early to this game, companies like C3.ai are currently unprofitable. That's not surprising, but as a shareholder, you don't want to see a company's revenue falling while it's in the red -- and that's what's happening with C3.ai. Its fiscal 2026 guidance for revenue of $246.7 million to $250.7 million is well below its fiscal 2025 total of around $389 million. Those pressures led the company to launch a restructuring plan. In short, it's going to be a challenging time ahead for C3.ai. Th...
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) shares surged 4% in Tuesday morning trading on U.S. exchanges, outpacing a flat Nasdaq Composite. The rally stemmed from fresh buzz around the “Core Series 2” processor launch at Embedded World 2026 and an expanded AI partnership with Infosys. Investors cheered these as key steps in Intel’s edge AI strategy. The stock’s 117% gain over the past year underscores grow...
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) shares surged 4% in Tuesday morning trading on U.S. exchanges, outpacing a flat Nasdaq Composite. The rally stemmed from fresh buzz around the “Core Series 2” processor launch at Embedded World 2026 and an expanded AI partnership with Infosys. Investors cheered these as key steps in Intel’s edge AI strategy. The stock’s 117% gain over the past year underscores growing confidence. Wall Street now sees Intel evolving beyond PC chips into factories, telecom networks, and enterprise AI deployments. Partnerships with Infosys, Ericsson, and even Nvidia signal broad momentum. CHIPS Act support from the U.S. Treasury adds a government-backed tailwind. Why the Surge Matters This 4% pop reflects real market traction, not just daily noise. Intel’s Core Series 2 chips target industrial edge AI workloads needing low latency and long lifecycles. Paired with Infosys’ Topaz Fabric, they enable secure, scalable enterprise AI—from pilots to production. These niches give Intel an edge, where Nvidia focuses more on cloud-scale GPUs. Trading volume exceeded recent averages as shares hit intraday highs mid-morning. Intel outperformed the S&P 500 amid broader market choppiness. Analysts at firms like KeyBanc highlighted surging AI server demand and Intel’s foundry ambitions to challenge TSMC. The Infosys deal’s emphasis on Intel Xeon, Gaudi accelerators, and AI PCs directly fueled the buying spree. Strategic Shifts and Key Partnerships Intel unveiled Core Series 2 alongside Panther Lake processors at Embedded World 2026. These platforms power next-gen industrial applications, from smart factories to edge data processing. CEO Lip-Bu Tan recently pitched the “18A” manufacturing roadmap in meetings with U.S. leaders. President Donald Trump’s administration, with its vocal push for domestic chips, bolstered sentiment through a 10% equity stake via the U.S. Treasury’s National Resilience deal under the CHIPS Act. On the partnership front, Infosys is embedding I...
China’s Ministry of Transport has summoned two maritime giants – Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) – for talks on “international shipping operations” amid legal disputes over the Panama Canal , a vital artery for global trade. No further details were provided in the one-sentence statement, which was posted on the ministry’s website on Tuesday. But in China, government summons often s...
China’s Ministry of Transport has summoned two maritime giants – Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) – for talks on “international shipping operations” amid legal disputes over the Panama Canal , a vital artery for global trade. No further details were provided in the one-sentence statement, which was posted on the ministry’s website on Tuesday. But in China, government summons often serve as a warning and, if ignored, could lead to further action. The move came as mounting geopolitical shocks – from Panama to the US-Israeli war with Iran – have severely affected shipping firms and port operators. Advertisement In late February, Panamanian authorities handed temporary control of two ports – previously run by CK Hutchison’s Panama Ports Company (PPC) – to Maersk’s APM Terminals and MSC’s Terminal Investment, respectively. The decision followed a court ruling that voided CK Hutchison’s long-term port concession, granted in the 1990s, as “unconstitutional”. CK Hutchison, the Hong Kong-based conglomerate, has launched legal proceedings against the Panamanian government over the seizure of the two ports – Balboa and Cristobal – calling the takeovers “illegal”, according to a statement issued on Friday. Advertisement PPC has also filed for international arbitration against the government under International Chamber of Commerce rules, seeking at least US$2 billion in damages, the statement said. Following the takeover, Beijing said it would resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of its enterprises.
This is Ammar Jadid, a village in Darfur, Sudan. The fields surrounding it once fed an entire region – then militiamen came and burned everything down. Between March and June 2024, they attacked seven times. New evidence suggests these attacks were calculated to destroy the region’s food system, leading experts to call for them to be treated as a war crime intended to starve civilians, and warn it...
This is Ammar Jadid, a village in Darfur, Sudan. The fields surrounding it once fed an entire region – then militiamen came and burned everything down. Between March and June 2024, they attacked seven times. New evidence suggests these attacks were calculated to destroy the region’s food system, leading experts to call for them to be treated as a war crime intended to starve civilians, and warn it could happen again. The families of Ammar Jadid lived off their farms, growing staples such as corn and millet that fed themselves as well as the city of El Fasher, 20 miles away. But since the 2000s they faced violence from the Janjaweed, a militia drawn from Arab pastoralist communities who competed with non-Arab farming communities for land and killed an estimated 300,000 people in government-backed attacks. The violence never stopped – meaning there was always the threat of armed men raiding their farms. Still, the community remained and continued harvesting. This is what Ammar Jadid looks like by the summer of 2024. The land their homes sat on is now blackened and scarred by fire and their farmland has dried up where it was abandoned. This is the result of repeated attacks by the Rapid Support Forces, the successor to the Janjaweed who are now powerful enough to be locked in a war with the Sudanese army. At this point they control most of Darfur and have set their sights on El Fasher. Researchers at Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab have identified 41 farming communities in the region that were attacked between March and June 2024. They say it was a plan to destroy the local food supply chain ahead of the siege of the nearby city of El Fasher, which began at the end of April 2024 and ended 18 months later in October 2025. Another burned village in the region. Source: Darfur Network for Human Rights The strategy has worked. By September 2024, villages that remained despite decades of tension with pastoralist communities have been abandoned and farming has ceased. Satell...
This sappy and ill-conceived tale about a father, his autistic son and a lifesize toy bear suffers from sanctimonious religious messaging and dreadful dialogue Anyone with autism or close to someone with the condition might feel inclined to be forbearing of this family drama about a father and his autistic son, given its plea for acceptance and love. But yikes – it is so sappy, ill-conceived and b...
This sappy and ill-conceived tale about a father, his autistic son and a lifesize toy bear suffers from sanctimonious religious messaging and dreadful dialogue Anyone with autism or close to someone with the condition might feel inclined to be forbearing of this family drama about a father and his autistic son, given its plea for acceptance and love. But yikes – it is so sappy, ill-conceived and bloated with sanctimonious religious messaging, it is a slog to get through. If, however, you feel that watching it is almost an act of charity in itself (apparently some of the proceeds will go toward supporting carers), admire this at least for being one of the few feature films that tries to depict more challenged autistic people who need support (also known by the now-contested label of “low functioning”). Also to its credit, the film opens with a disclaimer that acknowledges that “the autism spectrum is wide and varied” and that “this film reflects the individual experiences of two characters and is not intended to represent every autistic story”. The main character here is Elijah (played as a child by Reece Turley and then as an adult by Caleb Milby), a young man first met just after a violent meltdown that has ravaged the family’s Christmas decorations. Elijah’s father Ty (John Wells) attempts to comfort the distraught teen, with help from Elijah’s favourite stuffed toy, polar bear Nook. Flashforward seven years, and Elijah is now in some kind of secure hospital, barely distinguishable from a jail, partly because his mother Pam (Layla Cushman), divorced from Ty, just wants to offload him on the state and wash her hands of him while Ty struggles to maintain his career as an architect. Continue reading...
I was on a Ryanair flight from Bristol to Dublin that took off during Storm Amy in October last year. It was unable to land at Dublin after two abortive attempts and was diverted to Manchester, where we sat on the plane for six hours, with no complimentary refreshments, before being unceremoniously ejected at nearly midnight. We were told Ryanair staff would organise taxis and hotels, but no crew ...
I was on a Ryanair flight from Bristol to Dublin that took off during Storm Amy in October last year. It was unable to land at Dublin after two abortive attempts and was diverted to Manchester, where we sat on the plane for six hours, with no complimentary refreshments, before being unceremoniously ejected at nearly midnight. We were told Ryanair staff would organise taxis and hotels, but no crew disembarked with us, and the terminal was deserted. I, along with other passengers, was forced to take a taxi to a hotel for the night. There was no word from Ryanair and no flights showed as available the next day, so I took two buses back to Bristol. The abortive trip cost me £900 but Ryanair failed to offer a ticket refund and has refused my £240 claim for the hotel and transport because it seems to have recorded the flight as having landed in Dublin. RC, Bishop’s Tawton, Devon Your communications with Ryanair make for surreal reading. Customer service agents first insisted that you submit your claim via the company’s online portal, which did not list your flight as cancelled or delayed. After two weeks of this, you were suddenly told that you had been rebooked on to a Dublin flight that supposedly departed while you were still stuck in the diverted aircraft. As you failed to board this phantom flight, it claimed that you were not entitled to expenses. In vain, you asked for the communication advising you of this replacement flight, or the number of passengers who flew on it. Ryanair merely doubled down and washed its hands of you. Only when I questioned the airline did it decide that you had been “incorrectly advised”. It has now refunded you the cost of the flight and offered to cover your hotel and transport costs. As for the refreshments, which airlines are obliged to provide for free if a delay exceeds two hours, it told me disingenuously that the bar was open. It later admitted that this was a paying bar. Passengers could claim back the cost via its online portal, ...
Tourist photography subverted: Luigi Ghirri was a master of composition An exhibition of rare photographs by the Italian photographer highlights the abstraction and poetry of his lesser-known works
Tourist photography subverted: Luigi Ghirri was a master of composition An exhibition of rare photographs by the Italian photographer highlights the abstraction and poetry of his lesser-known works
Fête de la musique, France Paris has some great festivals, such as Cercle (22-24 May), with dance music stars against the backdrop of planes and rockets in an outdoor aerospace museum, but the most accessible and democratic is Fête de la musique, which began in Paris in 1982 but is now popular across the country. It is a loose event encompassing dozens of free, semi-impromptu outdoor performances ...
Fête de la musique, France Paris has some great festivals, such as Cercle (22-24 May), with dance music stars against the backdrop of planes and rockets in an outdoor aerospace museum, but the most accessible and democratic is Fête de la musique, which began in Paris in 1982 but is now popular across the country. It is a loose event encompassing dozens of free, semi-impromptu outdoor performances all over each host city, including plenty in Lille, which is even cheaper and quicker to get to than Paris on the Eurostar from London. While the UK may cock its ear occasionally to English-singing bands like Phoenix and the “French touch” scene that birthed Daft Punk, Justice and more, Fête de la musique is a chance to immerse yourself in the music that rarely crosses the Channel, from spirited chanson to Francophone hip-hop and the breakneck carnival styles of shatta or bouyon, where MCs rattle through commands on tracks of more than 160 beats per minute. Eurostar goes to Paris 12 times a day from London, and to Lille six times (eight at weekends). 21 June, free, fetedelamusique.culture.gouv.fr Roadburn, Tilburg View image in fullscreen Photograph: Peter Troest If you don’t mind changing trains after arriving in Amsterdam or Rotterdam on the Eurostar, there are several Dutch festivals to choose from. Le Guess Who? in Utrecht (5-8 November) is celebrating its 20th year this year, and hands over some of the curation to a series of invariably excellent left-field musical guests: the likes of Animal Collective, Lonnie Holley, Mabe Fratti and Stereolab have held the reins in recent years. Rewire in The Hague (9-12 April) is even more out-there, calling on a global array of dynamic artists, from the most pristine ambient to the most audiologist-troubling extreme noise. But the most prestigious is Roadburn, hosted in the little visited (by Brits, anyway) university town of Tilburg, which is also accessible via a change in Brussels. It has ringfenced its own black, slippery zone ...