Google is getting (back) into the smart glasses game. At Google I/O on Tuesday, the company announced a new partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to produce a new line of AI-powered glasses. The company says that the devices will be built to pair with Android and iOS devices, and were designed in collaboration with Samsung. They will be available later this year, the company said. Googl...
Google is getting (back) into the smart glasses game. At Google I/O on Tuesday, the company announced a new partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to produce a new line of AI-powered glasses. The company says that the devices will be built to pair with Android and iOS devices, and were designed in collaboration with Samsung. They will be available later this year, the company said. Google is calling the new devices “audio glasses,” in that users will be able to issue verbal commands to them, and get things done via its ecosystem of apps and services, including Gemini. Image Credits:TechCrunch The user simply talks to their glasses (the demo shared on Tuesday involved a Googler ordering a coffee online by merely talking to it), and the device, when synced, complies. Google has dabbled in smart glasses a number of times over the years. It notoriously launched Google Glass years ago, which ultimately helped spawn the derogatory term “glassholes.” The smartglasses space has changed a little bit since then, however. Lately, major companies – most notably Meta — and a small army of startups and smaller firms, have invested in the space.
Google is getting (back) into the smart glasses game. At Google I/O on Tuesday, the company announced a new partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to produce a new line of AI-powered glasses. The company says that the devices will be built to pair with Android and iOS devices and were designed in collaboration with Samsung. They will be available later this year, the company said. Google...
Google is getting (back) into the smart glasses game. At Google I/O on Tuesday, the company announced a new partnership with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to produce a new line of AI-powered glasses. The company says that the devices will be built to pair with Android and iOS devices and were designed in collaboration with Samsung. They will be available later this year, the company said. Google is calling the new devices “audio glasses,” in that users will be able to issue verbal commands to them and get things done via its ecosystem of apps and services, including Gemini. Image Credits:TechCrunch The user simply talks to their glasses (the demo shared on Tuesday involved a Googler ordering a coffee online by merely talking to the glasses), and the device, when synced, complies. Google has dabbled in smart glasses a number of times over the years. It notoriously launched Google Glass years ago, which ultimately helped spawn the derogatory term “glassholes.” The smart glasses space has changed a little bit since then, however. Lately, major companies — most notably Meta — and a small army of startups and smaller firms, have invested in the space. Catch up on the rest of Google IO 2026’s big news Google Search as you know it is over Google updates Gemini app to take on ChatGPT and Claude Google introduces Gemini Spark, a 24/7 agent assistant with Gmail integration How to use Google’s new information agents
Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images One of the ironies of operating in a cyclical end market is that management can sound like genius to somewhat hopeless depending on the stage of the cycle they are in. And if you are caught in the wrong side of the cycle for long enough, investors often start questioning whether this is really just a cyclical downturn or a symptom of a rather deep malais...
Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images One of the ironies of operating in a cyclical end market is that management can sound like genius to somewhat hopeless depending on the stage of the cycle they are in. And if you are caught in the wrong side of the cycle for long enough, investors often start questioning whether this is really just a cyclical downturn or a symptom of a rather deep malaise. Of course, if you operate on the other extreme for slightly longer than what a typical cycle predicts, all sorts of secular bull narratives come at your doorstep. Floor & Decor ( FND ) is currently on the wrong side of the cycle, and given four consecutive years of same-store sales decline (assuming negative SSS in 2026), even the more “settled” bull thesis is under the scanner these days. Even though it was quite a consensus not so long ago that FND is a secular share gainer in the US flooring industry, if you listen to their Q1 call , you will find analysts asking management why they are losing share. Management disagreed that they are losing share. I too received a couple of questions from readers also wondering why FND is in such a persistent negative SSS trajectory while some of the other housing-related companies seem to be holding up better. It can be tricky to compare and contrast FND with something like Sherwin-Williams ( SHW ), for example, since even though they can be “housing” related, their demand drivers are substantially different. Ultimately, FND is not in the business of selling paints. What it does sell makes FND currently part of a bad neighborhood. Of course, while looking at market share data, it is more useful if you start from what exactly is going on in their end markets. Floor Covering Weekly reports the last two decades of US flooring sales data, and based on the data, we can see the overall US flooring revenue itself declined by 10% in 2024 from its peak in 2022. We don’t have 2025 data yet, but my guess is it declined in 2025 as well. Based o...
Wall Street has a short memory, which is why JPMorgan Chase's (JPM 1.74%) 14-year dividend streak sounds so impressive. To be fair, that's a great streak, including two dividend increases in 2025, totaling a 20% increase from where the dividend started the year. Before dividend investors buy the stock, however, you need to ask what happened 14 years ago. JPMorgan is an industry giant that has a lo...
Wall Street has a short memory, which is why JPMorgan Chase's (JPM 1.74%) 14-year dividend streak sounds so impressive. To be fair, that's a great streak, including two dividend increases in 2025, totaling a 20% increase from where the dividend started the year. Before dividend investors buy the stock, however, you need to ask what happened 14 years ago. JPMorgan is an industry giant that has a lot to offer To give credit where credit is due, JPMorgan is one of the world's largest financial companies. It is a bank, but its business extends well beyond its local branch network, including asset management and investment banking. The business is doing very well right now, too. Revenues jumped 13% year over year in the first quarter of 2026, with earnings per share up 17%. There's just one small problem: investors are aware of the finance giant's recent success. Its price-to-book value ratio is currently 2.3x, well above its five-year average of roughly 1.8x. That is also notably above many of the company's peers, like Bank of America (BAC 0.14%), which has a P/B ratio of 1.3%. JPMorgan's yield is also just 2%, which is below the average bank yield of 2.3%. While the payout ratio is a healthy 30% or so, like its peers, JPMorgan looks like a well-run company that is perhaps a bit expensive today. What about JPMorgan's 14-year dividend streak? For long-term investors, the dividend streak should be examined, as well. That's because the current 14-year streak of increases follows JPMorgan's dividend cut during the Great Recession. It wasn't the only bank to cut its dividends, noting that Bank of America cut, too. However, some banks didn't resort to a dividend cut during that difficult period. Expand NYSE : JPM JPMorgan Chase Today's Change ( -1.74 %) $ -5.24 Current Price $ 295.49 Key Data Points Market Cap $806B Day's Range $ 295.26 - $ 301.75 52wk Range $ 256.00 - $ 337.25 Volume 245K Avg Vol 9.5M Dividend Yield 1.96 % One worth examining right now for income investors i...
Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images News Google ( GOOG )( GOOGL ) revealed its latest frontier model, Gemini 3.5, and released 3.5 Flash today, which surpasses rival models from OpenAI ( OPENAI ) and Anthropic ( ANTHRO ) in agentic AI benchmarks. Using the agentic benchmark MCP Atlas, Gemini 3.5 Flash scored an 83.6%, compared to a 79.1% score from Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 and a 75.3% from OpenAI's GP...
Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images News Google ( GOOG )( GOOGL ) revealed its latest frontier model, Gemini 3.5, and released 3.5 Flash today, which surpasses rival models from OpenAI ( OPENAI ) and Anthropic ( ANTHRO ) in agentic AI benchmarks. Using the agentic benchmark MCP Atlas, Gemini 3.5 Flash scored an 83.6%, compared to a 79.1% score from Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 and a 75.3% from OpenAI's GPT-5.5, according to data provided by Google DeepMind. However, in coding benchmarks, GPT-5.5 outperformed 3.5 Flash in Terminal-bench 2.1 with a score of 78.2% to 76.2% and SWE-Bench Pro with a score of 58.6% to 55.1%. Google unveiled the model today at its I/O event. 3.5 Flash is now the default model for the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search globally. It is also available via Google Antigravity, the Gemini API in Google AI Studio and Android Studio, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, and Gemini Enterprise. "This balance of speed and performance makes 3.5 Flash ideal for tackling long-horizon agentic tasks," said Google DeepMind researchers in a blog post . "What used to take a developer days or an auditor weeks, 3.5 Flash can now help complete in a fraction of the time, often at less than half the cost of other frontier models. It rapidly plans, builds, and iterates to solve real-world problems, whether it’s developing new applications, maintaining codebases, or helping to prepare financial documents." Gemini Flash 3.5 also produces output tokens per second at a rate four times faster than rival frontier models, the company said. Output token speed is important as Google is now processing 3.2 quadrillion AI tokens per month. Its AI Mode has roughly 1B monthly active users, and the Gemini app has 900M monthly active users compared to 400M last year. The tech giant also released Gemini Spark, a personal AI agent that runs on 3.5 Flash. It begins rolling out to testers today, and Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can begin using the beta version next week. More on Alphab...
JP Morgan Global CIO Lori Beer discusses the acceleration of change in the tech space, even in the last year. She discusses the anxiety that can come from the ever-changing landscape, but recognizes that there is a huge demand for it as well. She speaks with Bloomberg Surveillance Host Lisa Abramowicz at the JP Morgan Tech, Media & Communications Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
JP Morgan Global CIO Lori Beer discusses the acceleration of change in the tech space, even in the last year. She discusses the anxiety that can come from the ever-changing landscape, but recognizes that there is a huge demand for it as well. She speaks with Bloomberg Surveillance Host Lisa Abramowicz at the JP Morgan Tech, Media & Communications Conference. (Source: Bloomberg)
Roughly $1.5 trillion has flowed into artificial intelligence deployment since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, according to Advisor Perspectives, a sum that matches the projected fiscal year 2027 U.S. defense budget. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are projecting approximately $725 billion in ...
Roughly $1.5 trillion has flowed into artificial intelligence deployment since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, according to Advisor Perspectives, a sum that matches the projected fiscal year 2027 U.S. defense budget. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are projecting approximately $725 billion in ...
Ophir Asset Management Pty Ltd sold out its entire Genius Sports Limited (NYSE:GENI) stake in the first quarter, an estimated $26.85 million trade based on quarterly average pricing, according to a May 15, 2026, SEC filing. According to an SEC filing dated May 15, 2026, Ophir Asset Management Pty Ltd liquidated its position in Genius Sports Limited during the first quarter by selling 3,771,695 sha...
Ophir Asset Management Pty Ltd sold out its entire Genius Sports Limited (NYSE:GENI) stake in the first quarter, an estimated $26.85 million trade based on quarterly average pricing, according to a May 15, 2026, SEC filing. According to an SEC filing dated May 15, 2026, Ophir Asset Management Pty Ltd liquidated its position in Genius Sports Limited during the first quarter by selling 3,771,695 shares. The estimated transaction value is $26.85 million based on the quarterly average price, with the fund’s quarter-end position reduced from a previously significant holding to zero. The net position change, which includes both trading and price movement, was a $41.56 million decrease. Genius Sports Limited develops and sells technology-driven products for the global sports and sports betting ecosystem. The company leverages proprietary data collection and distribution platforms to enable partners to commercialize sports content and ensure betting integrity. Genius Sports Limited provides an integrated suite of services for sports leagues and betting operators seeking secure, real-time data and digital engagement solutions. Continue reading
Jonathan Levin, founder and CEO of Chainalysis, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." Polymarket is partnering with blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis to help police its platform as prediction markets grapple with increased scrutiny over insider trading. (Source: Bloomberg)
Jonathan Levin, founder and CEO of Chainalysis, joins Scarlet Fu and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." Polymarket is partnering with blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis to help police its platform as prediction markets grapple with increased scrutiny over insider trading. (Source: Bloomberg)