A recent series of child protection controversies, including a couple refusing a DNA test to register their home-born baby, has prompted calls for Hong Kong authorities to review guidelines for identifying neglect, and to expand the list of professionals required to report suspected abuse. Under the Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance – which took effect in January – people across 25 desi...
A recent series of child protection controversies, including a couple refusing a DNA test to register their home-born baby, has prompted calls for Hong Kong authorities to review guidelines for identifying neglect, and to expand the list of professionals required to report suspected abuse. Under the Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance – which took effect in January – people across 25 designated professions, including those in the social welfare, education and medical sectors, are...
More and more of our furry friends are getting their own living spaces, complete with soft furnishings and decorations. We asked some of the owners why Lox is sprawled out on a green sofa, bathed in warm light from a standing lamp, framed art on the wall behind him. This may sound like a relatively ordinary description of someone in their living room – except that Lox is a cat, not a human, and th...
More and more of our furry friends are getting their own living spaces, complete with soft furnishings and decorations. We asked some of the owners why Lox is sprawled out on a green sofa, bathed in warm light from a standing lamp, framed art on the wall behind him. This may sound like a relatively ordinary description of someone in their living room – except that Lox is a cat, not a human, and the “living room” he shares with another cat, Lottie, is a converted cupboard in a New York apartment. Continue reading...
The Swiss director has staged court cases against Pussy Riot, mining companies in Congo and Gisèle Pelicot’s abusers. But after his invitation to Palantir founder Peter Thiel caused a row in Vienna, is Rau’s method eating itself? Milo Rau, once the enfant terrible of continental European theatre, is a little less buoyant these days. The Swiss theatre-maker has done something he says he explicitly ...
The Swiss director has staged court cases against Pussy Riot, mining companies in Congo and Gisèle Pelicot’s abusers. But after his invitation to Palantir founder Peter Thiel caused a row in Vienna, is Rau’s method eating itself? Milo Rau, once the enfant terrible of continental European theatre, is a little less buoyant these days. The Swiss theatre-maker has done something he says he explicitly hates: he has cancelled a guest. “Yes, we hit a wall,” he says. “But at least it made the wall visible.” In his capacity as the artistic director of the Wiener Festwochen theatre festival, Rau, at the end of last month, first invited, then disinvited, the American tech billionaire Peter Thiel. The Austrian weekly Falter called it a fiasco. Continue reading...
Tey Yong How remembers running along the shores of eastern Singapore as a child, the sea breeze mingling with the smell of sizzling seafood. Birthday dinners here meant three or four tables pushed together, with cousins chasing each other between the chairs as the adults pulled apart succulent chilli crab. “My childhood memories will linger there,” the 47-year-old said on a recent Wednesday evenin...
Tey Yong How remembers running along the shores of eastern Singapore as a child, the sea breeze mingling with the smell of sizzling seafood. Birthday dinners here meant three or four tables pushed together, with cousins chasing each other between the chairs as the adults pulled apart succulent chilli crab. “My childhood memories will linger there,” the 47-year-old said on a recent Wednesday evening of the seafood restaurants at East Coast Park. “Whatever may become of it in the...
One of China’s most prominent nuclear scientists has publicly clarified his role in the country’s rapidly expanding waste-to-energy sector, following years of speculation linking nuclear weapon technologies to municipal waste incineration. In a June 2 press release from the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), veteran nuclear weapons physicist and CAE academician Du Xiangwan confirmed that he and...
One of China’s most prominent nuclear scientists has publicly clarified his role in the country’s rapidly expanding waste-to-energy sector, following years of speculation linking nuclear weapon technologies to municipal waste incineration. In a June 2 press release from the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), veteran nuclear weapons physicist and CAE academician Du Xiangwan confirmed that he and his team had been engaged in research and consulting relating to the development of the pilot...
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近期全球 AI 行业动态频发，Anthropic 呼吁放慢发展引发争议，英伟达与 Arm 加速布局个人电脑及 CPU 市场，博通财报指引不及预期导致股价下跌。 Anthropic呼吁“放慢AI发展”引发争议 北京时间6月5日，大模型厂商Anthropic发布长文称，内部观察到，Claude正在加速AI的发展，这可能是通往递归自我改进（Recursive Self-Improvement,RSI）的...
近期全球 AI 行业动态频发，Anthropic 呼吁放慢发展引发争议，英伟达与 Arm 加速布局个人电脑及 CPU 市场，博通财报指引不及预期导致股价下跌。 Anthropic呼吁“放慢AI发展”引发争议 北京时间6月5日，大模型厂商Anthropic发布长文称，内部观察到，Claude正在加速AI的发展，这可能是通往递归自我改进（Recursive Self-Improvement,RSI）的路径，也就是说AI自主构建下一代AI是完全可能的。Anthropic认为这是人类科技史上里程碑式的突破，能在生物医药、前沿科研等领域带来巨大的好处，但也可能让对齐问题叠加恶化，最终导致失控。Anthropic在文末建议世界选择放慢或暂时停止前沿人工智能的发展，让社会结构和价值观对齐研究能够跟上技术的进步。 【点评】:这篇文章发布前，Anthropic刚秘密提交IPO文件，完成巨额融资，估值飙升。在这一背景下，文章的立场显得没那么中立。不少网友认为，这可能是Anthropic的营销和炒作手段，“为了筹款的演示文稿”。多位行业人士对第一财经记者提到，AI安全风险确实存在，但Anthropic的这一文章并非严格的技术报告，更像是为了达成企业自身目的而渲染的安全焦虑，并无实操价值。 谷歌宣布融资800亿美元押注AI 当地时间6月1日，谷歌母公司Alphabet发布公告，计划通过股权发行筹集800亿美元资金，巴菲特旗下的伯克希尔·哈撒韦公司已签下100亿美元的投资协议，为这一融资背书。这将是谷歌史上最大规模的股权融资。在公告中，Alphabet表示这笔资金将用于投入顶级人工智能算力基础设施建设，以满足空前高涨的市场需求。 【点评】:自去年第三季度发布Gemini并成功翻盘后，谷歌就成为AI大厂里最被看好的标的之一。但大规模融资的风险在于，未来资本支出持续增加，若人工智能服务需求未达预期，谷歌可能面临利润率和盈利压力。此外，IPO市场的竞争异常激烈，如果投资者选择将资金分配给谷歌，SpaceX、Anthropic和OpenAI等其他即将上市的新股必然会受到冲击。 英伟达切入个人电脑芯片领域 台北电脑展COMPUTEX召开前，英伟达CEO黄仁勋在台北流行音乐中心进行了演讲。对于新一代平台Vera Rubin，黄仁勋透露，已全面投入生产。他还发布了一款针对个人电脑设计的芯片RTX Spar...
Once reserved for wealthy travellers, Dubai’s top-notch hotels have become almost exclusively reliant on residents, drawn in by dizzying staycation offers as war drives tourists away. On the Palm, an artificial island that has become synonymous with Dubai opulence, five-star hotels are busy on weekends and holidays once more, despite having been deserted by tourists. The clientele is driven by hot...
Once reserved for wealthy travellers, Dubai’s top-notch hotels have become almost exclusively reliant on residents, drawn in by dizzying staycation offers as war drives tourists away. On the Palm, an artificial island that has become synonymous with Dubai opulence, five-star hotels are busy on weekends and holidays once more, despite having been deserted by tourists. The clientele is driven by hotels offering residents-only deals that have become a lifeline for Dubai’s luxury tourism. “I had...
RerF/iStock via Getty Images This is an update for my ongoing coverage of Magnite ( MGNI ). I am expecting a recovery for the stock in 2026. However, the stock has been lagging the broader market since my January 2026 article . Refer to my October 2025 article for Magnite's company background information. The good news for the stock is that Magnite is expected to grow revenue and earnings at a str...
RerF/iStock via Getty Images This is an update for my ongoing coverage of Magnite ( MGNI ). I am expecting a recovery for the stock in 2026. However, the stock has been lagging the broader market since my January 2026 article . Refer to my October 2025 article for Magnite's company background information. The good news for the stock is that Magnite is expected to grow revenue and earnings at a strong double-digit pace in 2026. The company achieved strong results in Q1 2026. Plus, the valuation remains attractive, which should allow room for the stock to rise. The stock's technicals also look poised for a recovery. Insights From the Q1 2026 Earnings Report Magnite reported positive results for Q1 2026 . Revenue increased 5.5% yoy to $164 million, beating analysts' estimates by $1.85 million. Adjusted EBITDA increased 16% yoy to about $43 million, beating consensus estimates by $5 million. MGNI significantly increased net income to a positive $4.4 million over the net loss of ($9.6 million) from Q1 2025. The revenue gain was driven by outperformance from Magnite's DV+ offering , while CTV was in line. DV+ revenue actually declined 5% yoy, but that was better than Magnite expected. MGNI experienced growth from leading publishers such as Netflix ( NFLX ), LG, Paramount ( PSKY ), VIZIO, Roku ( ROKU ), Warner Bros. Discovery ( WBD ), and Walmart ( WMT ). Magnite's top 10 accounts increased in the mid-30% range yoy, while the remainder of the base grew in the mid-20% range. This performance demonstrates Magnite's effectiveness in growing its platform while the market scales up. The adjusted EBITDA increase was driven by earlier-than-expected cost efficiencies. This led to the adjusted EBITDA margin expanding to 27% in Q1 2026 over the 25% from Q1 2025. Magnite views SpringServe as a key driver for CTV growth. SpringServe evolved from a best-in-class ad server into an operating system for CTV monetization. The advantages that SpringServe has include a single unified layer c...