Shares in EssilorLuxottica, the world's top maker of eyeglasses, slid on Thursday as analysts said investors have turned wary of AI glasses.EssilorLuxottica did not provide a breakdown of AI glasses, but said they supported growth and the launch of Ray-Ban Meta’s new optical-first styles had been a success.
Shares in EssilorLuxottica, the world's top maker of eyeglasses, slid on Thursday as analysts said investors have turned wary of AI glasses.EssilorLuxottica did not provide a breakdown of AI glasses, but said they supported growth and the launch of Ray-Ban Meta’s new optical-first styles had been a success.
Dragon Claws/iStock via Getty Images Japan is considering imposing age-based restrictions on social media, joining a broader global push to manage risks to young users. The government is weighing a requirement for social media platforms to apply age-based filtering by default, according to materials released Wednesday by a Communications Ministry panel. The panel is due to issue a report this summ...
Dragon Claws/iStock via Getty Images Japan is considering imposing age-based restrictions on social media, joining a broader global push to manage risks to young users. The government is weighing a requirement for social media platforms to apply age-based filtering by default, according to materials released Wednesday by a Communications Ministry panel. The panel is due to issue a report this summer that may lead to legal revisions or new guidelines by the end of this year. While current Japanese law already urges mobile carriers and internet providers to enable filtering for minors, it is not required if parents opt out of such measures. While current Japanese law already urges mobile carriers and Internet providers to enable filtering for minors, it is not required if parents opt out of such measures. In other parts of Asia, Indonesia began implementing a new government regulation that bans children younger than 16 from access to digital platforms that could expose them to pornography, cyberbullying, online scams, and addiction. Meanwhile, in a pivotal moment that underscored how powerful and immersive social platforms can be for children and teens, a jury in California last month found both Meta ( META ) and YouTube ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ) liable for mental health harms to kids using their services. Elsewhere, Greece will ban social media for children under the age of 15 from next year, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced this month, making it the latest country to follow Australia's landmark move. More on social media, etc. Alphabet Advances In AI, Positioned To Gain Leadership (Earnings Preview) Google Pushes Agentic AI Toward The Enterprise Mainstream Meta Platforms: The Long Game Indonesia starts implementing social media restrictions for children under 16
MihailDechev/iStock via Getty Images Almost three months after the publication of my previous coverage , Safe Bulkers, Inc. ( SB ) has already delivered approximately 20% returns and justified my buy rating. For over a year of analyzing SB, it has continuously increased. And I believe that is justifiable considering its robust performance, strategic operations, and ample liquidity amid macroeconom...
MihailDechev/iStock via Getty Images Almost three months after the publication of my previous coverage , Safe Bulkers, Inc. ( SB ) has already delivered approximately 20% returns and justified my buy rating. For over a year of analyzing SB, it has continuously increased. And I believe that is justifiable considering its robust performance, strategic operations, and ample liquidity amid macroeconomic volatility. But at this point, I believe that SB has already reached what I expected of it. Valuation is already a bit stretched, while technicals show early bearish signals. Safe Bulkers: Growth Has Resumed, But Mounting Headwinds Caught Up With It Shippers, including dry bulk carriers, are highly sensitive to external factors, such as macroeconomic volatility, geopolitical tensions, energy commodity price swings, and tariff wars. After all, they weaken the purchasing power and production capacity of consumers and producers. The impact of these continued to manifest amid the rising prices, and even a known shipper like Safe Bulkers, Inc. could not avoid it. However, market dynamics can offset them, supported by SB’s operational strengths and vessel management. This was evident in its most recent performance. In Q4 2025, its operating revenue amounted to $72.6M , up by 1.5% YoY from $71.5M. This was a slight improvement from my previous coverage, considering the revenue decrease of 3.7% YoY then. This could tell us that SB has already started to cope with the changing market dynamics. As you can see, its time charter equivalent increased to $17,050 versus $16,521 YoY. This means that each vessel or ship generated higher rates per day. This should not be surprising in line with the modest increase in the Baltic Dry Index, or BDI . I think lower oil prices helped because that meant lower fuel expenses for SB and lower transportation costs for customers. So, the demand for grain, coal, and iron ore improved. Another factor was the slight improvement in China’s economy as GD...
In this article NBIS Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Anthropic is ramping up a push to secure European data center deals to power its AI models, as it looks to hire a role for negotiating compute capacity in the region. U.S. hyperscalers' AI infrastructure expenditure is set to top $600 billion in 2026. Anthropic is looking to capitalize on the boom and has announced a slew of data...
In this article NBIS Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Anthropic is ramping up a push to secure European data center deals to power its AI models, as it looks to hire a role for negotiating compute capacity in the region. U.S. hyperscalers' AI infrastructure expenditure is set to top $600 billion in 2026. Anthropic is looking to capitalize on the boom and has announced a slew of data center deals in the U.S. in recent weeks. While it's yet to unveil any in Europe, that could be about to change. Anthropic is now recruiting for a principal to "drive the commercial sourcing and transaction execution process" for its European data center capacity deals, according to a job advert posted in London. Anthropic declined to comment on the job advert or its plans for data centers in Europe. It comes on the back of a number of AI infrastructure deals for the company. Anthropic said this week that it's committed to spending more than $100 billion on Amazon Web Services tech over the next 10 years. It also signed an expanded deal with Broadcom earlier this month for about 3.5 gigawatts worth of computing capacity . Anthropic is currently evaluating deals to acquire data center capacity directly from developers "across the world," a source familiar with discussions told CNBC. Securing AI infrastructure The role for a 'Transaction Principal' will pay a salary between £225,000 ($303,806) and £270,000 and will be "critical" to securing the infrastructure that powers Anthropic's frontier AI systems across Europe. Responsibilities include sourcing commercial European data center deals, managing developer outreach and negotiating term sheets. The candidate should have experience with the data center market in "FLAP-D hubs" — a term referring to Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin — alongside markets like the Nordics and Southern Europe. Anthropic is also hiring for a similar role based in Australia. The Nordics have become key locations for AI infrastructure in ...
imaginima/E+ via Getty Images International Energy Agency (IEA)) head Fatih Birol warned Thursday that the world is facing its biggest-ever energy security threat as the war involving Iran and the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupt global supplies. “We are facing the biggest energy security threat in history,” Birol told CNBC Thursday. “As of today, we’ve lost 13 million barrels per...
imaginima/E+ via Getty Images International Energy Agency (IEA)) head Fatih Birol warned Thursday that the world is facing its biggest-ever energy security threat as the war involving Iran and the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupt global supplies. “We are facing the biggest energy security threat in history,” Birol told CNBC Thursday. “As of today, we’ve lost 13 million barrels per day of oil ... and there are major disruptions in vital commodities,” Birol told Steve Sedgwick virtually at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE in Singapore. The Strait of Hormuz, which handled an average of 20M barrels of oil and petroleum products daily before the war, remains under a double blockade, threatening growth, fueling inflation, and raising the risk of energy rationing. The IEA moved in March to ease the global supply shock by agreeing to release 400M barrels of oil from emergency reserves. Birol said in early April that while the agency could consider a second release, it would offer only temporary relief rather than a lasting solution to the crisis. Birol noted the crisis could accelerate investment in alternative energy, including nuclear power, renewables, and electric vehicles, while some Asian countries may also increase coal use. “I expect, first of all, nuclear power, will get a boost ... Renewables will grow very strongly — solar, wind and others — [and] I expect electric cars will benefit from this,” he noted. Alternative fossil fuels could also make a comeback, Birol said. “In some countries, I expect the coal may also see a push and go back up, especially in some big countries in Asia.” Birol also warned of a potential jet fuel shortage in Europe, which previously sourced about 75% of its jet fuel from Middle East refineries. “Europe gets about 75% of its jet fuel from refineries in the Middle East and this is basically now [down to] zero ... Europe is now trying to get it from the U.S. and Nigeria. If we are not able to get, in Europe, additional imports from t...