Key Points AMD has a huge opportunity with inference and agentic AI. Cerebras is trying to upend the inference market with its chips. 10 stocks we like better than Advanced Micro Devices › Ark Investment's Cathie Wood has become one of the best-known tech investors, as her Ark Innovation ETF (NYSEMKT: ARKK) has put up some eye-popping returns in the past. Wood likes to make bold bets on future inn...
Key Points AMD has a huge opportunity with inference and agentic AI. Cerebras is trying to upend the inference market with its chips. 10 stocks we like better than Advanced Micro Devices › Ark Investment's Cathie Wood has become one of the best-known tech investors, as her Ark Innovation ETF (NYSEMKT: ARKK) has put up some eye-popping returns in the past. Wood likes to make bold bets on future innovation, and as a result, her flagship exchange-traded fund (ETF) has been quite volatile over the years, with some big up and big down years. Recently, Wood was trimming her stake in Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD), while adding shares of recent IPO Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ: CBRS). Both semiconductor stocks have big opportunities in the inference market. Despite the share reduction, AMD is still Wood's second-largest holding, so it looks like she is just taking some profits and not giving up on the name. 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 » Let's take a closer look at both stocks and what Wood likely finds attractive about them. AMD: A huge inference and agentic AI opportunity AMD has been a nice winner for Wood, as the company is just beginning to ride a huge wave with inference and agentic AI. Long an afterthought to Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) in the graphics processing unit (GPU) market, AMD is much better positioned for inference than AI model training, where Nvidia and its CUDA software platform dominate. AMD's own ROCm software platform has improved greatly over the past couple of years, and the chiplet design of its GPUs, which can pack in more memory, is better suited for inference. The company already has two large $100 billion GPU commitments in place that should help drive strong future growth. It is also believed that Anthropic will begin using AMD's newest GPUs for inference. On t...
Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the leaders of Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan and the US during May, reflecting Beijing’s increasing importance on the global stage. In total, 15 national leaders have visited the Chinese capital this year, also including the prime ministers of Canada, Spain and the UK, and the chancellor of Germany. Xi’s May summit with US President Donald Trump could be the first ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the leaders of Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan and the US during May, reflecting Beijing’s increasing importance on the global stage. In total, 15 national leaders have visited the Chinese capital this year, also including the prime ministers of Canada, Spain and the UK, and the chancellor of Germany. Xi’s May summit with US President Donald Trump could be the first of four meetings between the pair this year. Trump has invited Xi to the White House in late...
Tearful Luke Littler admitted his Premier League struggles and the boos from the crowd had made him consider walking away before he beat great rival Luke Humphries in an epic final at the O2. Littler won a nail-biting last-leg decider to regain his crown and pocket a £350,000 jackpot. The world No 1 was subjected to more pantomime booing and whistling from the 16,000 crowd at London’s O2 Arena. Bu...
Tearful Luke Littler admitted his Premier League struggles and the boos from the crowd had made him consider walking away before he beat great rival Luke Humphries in an epic final at the O2. Littler won a nail-biting last-leg decider to regain his crown and pocket a £350,000 jackpot. The world No 1 was subjected to more pantomime booing and whistling from the 16,000 crowd at London’s O2 Arena. But the 19-year-old shrugged off the jeers which have followed him around recently to reclaim the title he lost to Humphries in last year’s final. It was the third straight meeting between darts’ top pair in the final, and it was Warrington thrower Littler who came from 6-3 down to edge a thriller 11-10. Add in his record-equalling six nightly wins over the 17-week marathon and Littler has raked in an eye-watering £410,000. But some controversial incidents, not least an on-stage argument with Dutch opponent Gian van Veen in Manchester, left him confiding in girlfriend Faith that the crowd’s reaction was getting him down. “It’s been a rollercoaster,” he said on stage. “The first four weeks I was at the bottom, on the fifth night I won my first night. I had to pick myself up. I think I went to Brighton and had a 79 average. “After Brighton, I think I came off stage and then in Manchester, I was sat at home saying to Faith ‘I don’t want to do it anymore’. Just the crowd every week’. “I said to her, ‘I’m down bad’.” The youngster then had to stop speaking as he welled up with emotion, and Humphries explained: “It shows what it means to us as players, on the road for 16, 17 weeks, it’s hard work.” Littler had earlier squandered six match darts as he let a 9-4 lead slip in a bad-tempered semi-final against Gerwyn Price. There was a flashpoint midway through the 15th leg when Price, not on a finish, scored 170 and gave the crowd the reeling in the “big fish” gesture with Littler already throwing. Referee Huw Ware gave Price a ticking-off at the end of the leg before the fired-up Wel...
宏福苑｜完成第二輪上樓 有居民最長逗留9小時、最多上落樓9次 懷疑11宗失竊 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】大埔宏福苑居民第二輪上樓執拾完成，1,438戶共5,220人完成上樓。 第二輪上樓最後一...
宏福苑｜完成第二輪上樓 有居民最長逗留9小時、最多上落樓9次 懷疑11宗失竊 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】大埔宏福苑居民第二輪上樓執拾完成，1,438戶共5,220人完成上樓。 第二輪上樓最後一天，宏道閣及宏盛閣居民上樓收拾，政務司副司長卓永興到場視察。政府發言人回覆查詢表示，總結第二輪上樓有七成居民逗留單位少於3小時，最長逗留近9小時，有568戶上落多過一次，最多有居民共上落樓九次。警方共接獲11宗求助，懷疑遺失手錶、現金及金飾等，至於是否再有下一輪上樓安排，政府將總結經驗視乎情況再作處理。
宏福苑｜完成第二輪上樓 有居民最長逗留9小時、最多上落樓9次 懷疑11宗失竊 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】大埔宏福苑居民第二輪上樓執拾完成，1,438戶共5,220人完成上樓。 第二輪上樓最後一...
宏福苑｜完成第二輪上樓 有居民最長逗留9小時、最多上落樓9次 懷疑11宗失竊 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】大埔宏福苑居民第二輪上樓執拾完成，1,438戶共5,220人完成上樓。 第二輪上樓最後一天，宏道閣及宏盛閣居民上樓收拾，政務司副司長卓永興到場視察。政府發言人回覆查詢表示，總結第二輪上樓有七成居民逗留單位少於3小時，最長逗留近9小時，有568戶上落多過一次，最多有居民共上落樓九次。警方共接獲11宗求助，懷疑遺失手錶、現金及金飾等，至於是否再有下一輪上樓安排，政府將總結經驗視乎情況再作處理。
Insider Brief Tensormesh has raised $20 million in an extended seed round from AMD Ventures, CoreWeave, NVentures, and others, bringing total funding to $24.5 million, alongside the general availability of its flagship inference platform built around KV caching technology. The platform eliminates redundant GPU computation by storing and reusing previously processed results, delivering up to 10x re...
Insider Brief Tensormesh has raised $20 million in an extended seed round from AMD Ventures, CoreWeave, NVentures, and others, bringing total funding to $24.5 million, alongside the general availability of its flagship inference platform built around KV caching technology. The platform eliminates redundant GPU computation by storing and reusing previously processed results, delivering up to 10x reductions in latency and GPU spend, with cached input tokens billed at zero cost as a permanent pricing feature rather than a promotional rate. Backed by the team behind LMCache, the leading open-source KV caching project with over 8,000 GitHub stars, Tensormesh will use the funding to accelerate product development, expand hardware integrations with AMD, CoreWeave, and NVIDIA, and deepen its open-source contributions. PRESS RELEASE — Tensormesh, the company pioneering caching-accelerated inference optimization for enterprise AI, has announced $20 million in new funding from investors including AMD Ventures, CoreWeave, NVentures (NVIDIA’s venture capital arm), Valley Capital Partners, and Laude Ventures, extending its seed round and bringing its total funding to $24.5 million. Alongside the funding, Tensormesh is announcing the general availability of Tensormesh Inference, its flagship SaaS inference platform, which fixes enterprises’ most expensive AI problem: recomputing what GPUs have already processed. When every inference request recomputes the same inputs from scratch, it burns GPU cycles and drives up costs regardless of whether that work has been done before. Tensormesh solves this by storing and reusing computed results through KV caching, eliminating redundant computation and delivering up to 10x reductions in latency and GPU spend. For developers building AI applications, this problem compounds with every request. Each call to a model reprocesses the full context window, including system prompts, conversation history, and tool definitions, from scratch and at full...
The past few days have been eventful for drone maker AeroVironment (AVAV +18.27%) and, consequently, there's been plenty of action in its stock. These were generally positive and helped push the company's equity up by 23% week to date as of Friday before market open. Rising like one of its drones On Tuesday, Aerovironment announced that the federal government had approved a new $20.2 million inves...
The past few days have been eventful for drone maker AeroVironment (AVAV +18.27%) and, consequently, there's been plenty of action in its stock. These were generally positive and helped push the company's equity up by 23% week to date as of Friday before market open. Rising like one of its drones On Tuesday, Aerovironment announced that the federal government had approved a new $20.2 million investment to expand the company's factory in Huntsville, Alabama. These funds are to be used to increase the output of its Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1), an unmanned aircraft system missile. Two days later, AeroVironment revealed that it's been awarded a $20 million contract by a research arm of the Air Force. This is to be devoted to research on next-generation ceramic and ceramic matrix composite materials for "extreme" use cases in defense and aerospace technology. The most powerful catalyst for the stock over the week also occurred on Thursday. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration aims to invest in drone companies to boost the domestic industry. Another goal would be to lower the costs of such goods. Citing unnamed "people familiar with the matter," the Journal wrote that this effort is in a discussion phase. Those sources said that companies being considered for investment include Unusual Machines (which, incidentally, has Donald Trump Jr. as a shareholder and member of its advisory board) and an early stage enterprise, Neros Technologies. Expand NASDAQ : AVAV AeroVironment Today's Change ( 18.27 %) $ 33.12 Current Price $ 214.40 Key Data Points Market Cap $11B Day's Range $ 195.55 - $ 217.62 52wk Range $ 156.00 - $ 417.86 Volume 117K Avg Vol 1.7M Gross Margin 18.88 % Inclusion despite exclusion AeroVironment wasn't identified as one of those drone companies, but that was hardly necessary for it to become a hot stock. Even if the company doesn't get a dollar of federal money, it's sure to gain simply by being inside a sector favored by this country's exe...
Key Points They included a fresh government investment and a new contract with the Air Force. As if that weren't enough, it seems the White House wants to directly buy into its industry. 10 stocks we like better than AeroVironment › The past few days have been eventful for drone maker AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) and, consequently, there's been plenty of action in its stock. These were generally p...
Key Points They included a fresh government investment and a new contract with the Air Force. As if that weren't enough, it seems the White House wants to directly buy into its industry. 10 stocks we like better than AeroVironment › The past few days have been eventful for drone maker AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) and, consequently, there's been plenty of action in its stock. These were generally positive and helped push the company's equity up by 23% week to date as of Friday before market open. Rising like one of its drones On Tuesday, Aerovironment announced that the federal government had approved a new $20.2 million investment to expand the company's factory in Huntsville, Alabama. These funds are to be used to increase the output of its Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1), an unmanned aircraft system missile. 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 » Two days later, AeroVironment revealed that it's been awarded a $20 million contract by a research arm of the Air Force. This is to be devoted to research on next-generation ceramic and ceramic matrix composite materials for "extreme" use cases in defense and aerospace technology. The most powerful catalyst for the stock over the week also occurred on Thursday. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration aims to invest in drone companies to boost the domestic industry. Another goal would be to lower the costs of such goods. Citing unnamed "people familiar with the matter," the Journal wrote that this effort is in a discussion phase. Those sources said that companies being considered for investment include Unusual Machines (which, incidentally, has Donald Trump Jr. as a shareholder and member of its advisory board) and an early stage enterprise, Neros Technologies. Inclusion despite exclusion AeroVironment wasn't identified as one of t...
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening, dealing a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX. Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said it was too early to determine the cause of the explosion and described it as "a very rough day" in a post on X. Bloomberg Int...
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening, dealing a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX. Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said it was too early to determine the cause of the explosion and described it as "a very rough day" in a post on X. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Matt Bloxham joined Caroline Hepker to discuss the implications. (Source: Bloomberg)
(Island) The daughter of Foo Fighters’ Dave does a serviceable line in 90s throwback sounds, though the nostalgia is too reverent ‘I’ll eat your liver,” Violet Grohl threatens on 595, a scuzzy, slasher-inspired alt-rock single that feels made for 90s MTV. Arch, deadpan verses give way to a big, bluesy, intentionally sleazy chorus, finished with blown-out guitar and squealing feedback: part Veruca ...
(Island) The daughter of Foo Fighters’ Dave does a serviceable line in 90s throwback sounds, though the nostalgia is too reverent ‘I’ll eat your liver,” Violet Grohl threatens on 595, a scuzzy, slasher-inspired alt-rock single that feels made for 90s MTV. Arch, deadpan verses give way to a big, bluesy, intentionally sleazy chorus, finished with blown-out guitar and squealing feedback: part Veruca Salt, part Queens of the Stone Age. Despite just turning 20, Grohl has the rock’n’roll credentials for her throwback sound. The eldest daughter of Foo Fighters’ Dave, Violet fronted a rare Nirvana reunion aged just 13 – her coolly authoritative vocals making it more symbolic than a mere family favour. While it’s true that her dad linked her with taste-making producer Justin Raisen (Kim Gordon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sky Ferreira) for this debut album, and its grungy tracks haven’t been road-tested in sticky dive bars that music like this usually demands, Grohl is admirably direct about her nepo status. “Decide for yourself if I’m worthy,” she told the Forty-Five . Continue reading...
Leak Exposes Germany Forcing Social Media To Boost State Propaganda, Bury Dissent Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, European elites are reeling from the information revolution they failed to suppress. A fresh leak exposes Germany’s state media regulators plotting a new law to compel social media platforms to automatically boost “reliable” and “trusted” mainstream outlets in their algori...
Leak Exposes Germany Forcing Social Media To Boost State Propaganda, Bury Dissent Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, European elites are reeling from the information revolution they failed to suppress. A fresh leak exposes Germany’s state media regulators plotting a new law to compel social media platforms to automatically boost “reliable” and “trusted” mainstream outlets in their algorithms. Sold as a defense of “media plurality” against disinformation, this scheme reveals the ugly truth: after brute-force censorship ignited a global backlash and helped propel Elon Musk’s purchase of X, authorities are now seeking to engineer the feeds themselves to favor their approved narratives while sidelining dissent. This marks a shift from overt suppression to insidious manipulation. What began as panic over losing control has evolved into calculated digital gerrymandering. The awakening—fueled by years of heavy-handed crackdowns—created demand for uncensored spaces. Now, unable to fully extinguish that flame, regulators aim to starve alternative voices of oxygen through algorithmic favoritism. I can assure you 2 dozen other countries are watching closely to see if Germany can get away with it. If no very visible retaliatory threat or diplomatic intervention is made here by USG, you will not believe the speed at which this cancer will spread. — Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) May 27, 2026 The internal strategy paper from Germany’s Landesmedienanstalten, the network of state media authorities, outlines plans for a Digital Media State Treaty. It would grant automatic algorithmic preference to selected outlets. The document remains in preparatory stages but is slated for presentation to politicians imminently. Thorsten Schmiege, head of the regulators and Bavaria’s media authority president, indicated a first draft could arrive this summer. Critics rightly note the core problem: who defines “reliable” and “trusted”? The same state bodies entangled with public broadcasters ...
HSG has emerged as the leading bidder for a stake in German high-end camera maker Leica Camera AG , according to people familiar with the matter. The Asian investment firm is in talks to buy Blackstone Inc. ’s 45% stake in the business, the people said, declining to be identified discussing confidential information. It could also purchase Austrian billionaire Andreas Kaufmann ’s remaining 55% stak...
HSG has emerged as the leading bidder for a stake in German high-end camera maker Leica Camera AG , according to people familiar with the matter. The Asian investment firm is in talks to buy Blackstone Inc. ’s 45% stake in the business, the people said, declining to be identified discussing confidential information. It could also purchase Austrian billionaire Andreas Kaufmann ’s remaining 55% stake if he decides to sell, the people said. The firm may ultimately seek a listing for Leica, one of the people said. Considerations are ongoing and any announcement may still be weeks away, the people said, cautioning there’s no guarantee of a deal. Representatives for HSG and Blackstone declined to comment. Leica could be valued at about €1 billion ($1.2 billion), Bloomberg News reported in January. The camera maker was once publicly traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange until the Kaufmann family took it private in 2012. Leica, which revolutionized photography by making cameras more portable, traces its roots to about 150 years ago when Ernst Leitz started a company that focused on microscopes. The first series version of the Leica I started production at the end of 1924 and was presented at the Spring Trade Fair a year later. The company was renamed Leica in 1986. The deal adds to a string of investments by foreign buyers in marquee European brands. Last year, HSG bought premium sneaker maker Golden Goose as well as a majority stake in audio equipment maker Marshall Group AB. Singapore’s state-owned Temasek Holdings Pte doubled its stake in Italian fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna to 10%. More recently, a unit of Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s investment conglomerate in April acquired a majority stake in Richard Caring’s hospitality empire, which includes some of the UK’s most iconic brands, such as the Ivy chain of restaurants and private members’ club Annabel’s.