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is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Today, Netflix announced that it has acquired InterPositive, Ben Affleck’s AI company that specializes in tools for film and television production. The deal will see all 16 of InterPositive’s current team of engineers and researchers move over to Netflix. Affleck is also set to join the streamer as a senior advisor. In a statement about the acquisition and his reasons for founding InterPositive in 2022, Affleck said he was inspired to get into the tech space after “observing the early rise of AI in production” and finding many of the tools lacking. Affleck felt that he “had a responsibility to [his] peers and our industry, to protect the power of human creativity and the people behind it.” And he thinks that Netflix’s history of “applying and scaling technology responsibly” makes them the ideal partner to take InterPositive to the next level. “I wanted to build a workflow that captures what happens on a set, with vocabulary that matched the language cinematographers and directors already spoke and included the kind of consistency and controls they would expect,” Affleck explained. Unlike AI models designed to generate visual outputs based on text, InterPositive’s tech is focused on ingesting dailies (raw footage from in-progress productions) and creating assets that can then be incorporated into the post-production process. In a video with Netflix’s chief technology officer Elizabeth Stone and head content officer Bela Bajaria, Affleck said that using InterPositive’s customized models can enable filmmakers to more effectively mix, color correct, and develop special effects for their projects. The models can be used to manipulate backgrounds, reframe shots, and edit out visual elements like stunt wires that shouldn’t be visible. Affleck says that this can all be done more quickly and easily using his compan...

Key Points Neither XRP nor Cardano are very safe as far as investments go. XRP's blockchain is in active use for real economic purposes. Cardano's blockchain is still trying to find people who want to use it. 10 stocks we like better than XRP › If you're looking to invest $1,000 into a somewhat less-than-safe crypto investment, assets like XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) and Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) are probably on your radar already. But which one of the pair is going to help your hard-earned cash grow the most? To me, there's a very clear answer. 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 » XRP is performing a real job already XRP is a coin that's essentially a medium of exchange with a blockchain, the XRP Ledger (XRPL). XRPL is itself catered to the needs of financial institutions that want to streamline the performance of certain everyday tasks like international money transfers, among many others. For its investment thesis to play out, there thus needs to be a steady inflow of capital from those institutions, as well as some proof that the capital is being put to work on the ledger. Inflows and on-chain activity become higher value for holders because transaction costs must be paid in XRP, and wallets on the network must be funded with some XRP in order to continue existing. With that set of criteria in mind, the XRPL processed 2.4 million transactions on Feb. 25, across 13,508 active accounts. It also had $416 million in stablecoins parked on its chain, which indicates that there's a real base of capital to tap for liquidity and various financial tasks. So, XRP obviously has some traction already. If its issuer, Ripple, continues to develop its platform technology, it's reasonable to expect that it'll get at least a bit more traction in the future. Cardano can't find users Unlike XRP, Cardano is intended ...

Earnings Call Insights: Ardent Health, Inc. (ARDT) Q4 2025 Management View President, CEO & Director Martin Bonick highlighted, “Key industry headwinds that we flagged as accelerating on the third quarter call, including professional fees and other rate pressures driven by payer denials, showed stability in 4Q. Additionally, our keen focus on disciplined execution and expense optimization is already starting to pay dividends and drove solid fourth quarter earnings performance.” Bonick also emphasized robust cash flow, noting a “nearly a 50% increase in full year 2025 operating cash flow.” He reported that full year revenue reached $6.3 billion, admissions grew 5.3%, and adjusted EBITDA increased 9%. Bonick described the impact program’s progress: “We are on track to deliver on that target and are raising the expected contribution to approximately $55 million, which Alfred will discuss shortly.” The company also announced a partnership with hellocare.ai to “launch an enterprise-wide AI-assisted virtual care expansion that will span more than 2,000 patient rooms by year-end.” CFO Alfred Lumsdaine stated, “Fourth quarter revenue of $1.61 billion was essentially flat compared to the prior year and in line with our expectations.” He added, “Fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA of $134 million was 2% above our implied guidance midpoint, driven by expense discipline, operating efficiencies and our impact program initiatives.” Lumsdaine noted “operating cash flow of $471 million in 2025, up nearly 50% over the prior year.” Outlook The company issued 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $485 million to $535 million. Bonick stated, “We are issuing 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $485 million to $535. As Alfred will detail, this reflects tailwinds of mid-single-digit core earnings growth and impact program savings, we now estimate will contribute about $55 million in 2026 at the midpoint, up from our $40 million estimate.” Lumsdaine provided further context: “We expect revenue of $6.4 ...

Oil surged as the deepening conflict in the Middle East disrupted crude flows to key buyers, with top importer China seeking to conserve fuel as Iran and the US and Israel vowed to press on with hostilities. US West Texas Intermediate oil surged more than 7% to climb above $80 a barrel for the first time since January 2025 while Brent rose above $85 a barrel.

格隆汇3月6日｜据外媒报道，甲骨文(ORCL.N)计划裁减数千名员工，以应对AI数据中心大规模扩张所引发的资金紧张。据知情人士透露，此次裁员将影响公司各个部门，并可能最快于本月实施。其中两位知情人士表示，部分裁员将针对那些公司预计因人工智能发展而减少需求的职位类别。机构汇编数据显示，华尔街预计，甲骨文云计算部门的数据中心支出将使甲骨文的现金流在未来几年内持续为负，预计要到2030年才能开始产生回报。上个月，甲骨文表示计划在今年通过发行债券和股票相结合的方式筹集至多500亿美元资金。

(RTTNews) - The Switzerland market ended sharply lower on Thursday, in line with most of the markets across Europe, as rising concerns about the impact of the ongoing Middle East War rendered the mood bearish. The benchmark SMI, which started off on a weak note, recovered around mid morning and moved along the flat line till about an hour past noon and then kept drifting lower to eventually settle at 13,298.30, losing 212.44 points or 1.57%. Sonova ended down by 5.5%. Straumann Holding closed lower by 3.76%, while Sika and VAT Group both ended lower by about 3%. Sandoz Group, Geberit, Novartis, Lonza Group, Roche Holding, ABB, Kuehne + Nagel, Schindler Ps, Zurich Insurance, SGS, Richemont, Alcon, UBS Group, Lindt & Spruengli, Amrize and Logitech International lost 1%- 2.7%. Galderma Group, up nearly 7%, was the lone gainer in the benchmark SMI index. Data from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, or SECO, said Switzerland's unemployment rate remained stable in February after rising to the highest level in just over four-and-a-half years in January. The unadjusted unemployment rate came in at 3.2% in February, the same as in the previous month, the data showed. In the corresponding month last year, the jobless rate was 2.9%. Data showed that the seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose to 3% from 2.9%. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

The sculptor and educator David Harding, who has died aged 88, insisted that art should stand in the same weather as everyone else. As town artist for Glenrothes, Fife, in the late 1960s and 70s, he embedded sculpture in underpasses, bus stops, and housing schemes, working with planners rather than against them and using the same concrete and brick as the surrounding streets. The result was not ornament but argument: that public space could carry memory, poetry and dissent. He carried these ideas into his leadership of the environmental art department at the Glasgow School of Art from the mid-80s. There, he encouraged his students to move beyond the studio, engaging institutions, communities, and landscapes as collaborators rather than mere backdrops. The course produced many Turner prize-winning and nominated artists, including Douglas Gordon, Christine Borland, Jim Lambie, Nathan Coley, Lucy Skaer, Martin Boyce, and David Shrigley. As important to Harding were those who entered the fields of community and social engagement, working beyond the walls of gallery and museum. Harding himself was appointed as town artist with the Glenrothes Development Corporation in 1968, after answering an advertisement in the Scotsman newspaper. At a time when new towns were often criticised for anonymity, Harding proposed that artists should operate from within the planning process to address this. Instead of being a decorative afterthought, his works would be embedded within construction thinking. He treated the town as studio and source material, binding his interventions to their sites. View image in fullscreen David Harding treated the town of Glenrothes as his studio and source material. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Henge, a spiral of cast concrete slabs, rose from the ground as if uncovered rather than installed. Industry, a mural in an underpass, translated patterns Harding had studied in west Africa into relief surfaces that caught and held the shifting Scottish li...

Tesla (TSLA 1.20%) is now a $1.3 trillion behemoth. How did it attain such a tremendous market cap? There are many reasons, but the latest catalyst is arguably the company's rising status as an AI stock. For decades, the trick to enabling self-driving cars was thought to lie in cameras and sensors. But today, artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly viewed as the "golden ticket" to achieving fully autonomous vehicles. While Tesla may very well be able to back up its lofty $1.3 trillion valuation, there are other smaller EV stocks with rising AI exposure worth a closer look. In fact, one company is ramping its AI investments aggressively. Yet the market still doesn't recognize it as a bona fide AI stock, resulting in a cheap valuation that patient investors can take advantage of. Like Tesla, Rivian is betting big on AI Earlier this year, Tesla agreed to invest $2 billion into xAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence start-up. According to Reuters, the news "supported Musk's plan to pivot Tesla from an electric vehicle maker to an AI company, which is key to the company's roughly $1.5 trillion valuation." With AI proving more and more important for developing fully autonomous driving features, a direct partnership between Tesla and xAI made a lot of sense both on paper and in terms of practical deployment. Alongside the announcement, Musk also noted the growing shortage of AI chips worldwide. Because chips are necessary for running AI applications, he suggested Tesla would explore manufacturing its own chips. "If we don't do that, we're just going to be fundamentally limited by the supply chain," he stressed. "In a worst-case geopolitical situation, it would be quite a severe situation." While Rivian (RIVN 0.91%), a competing EV manufacturer, didn't get as much publicity for its recent AI announcements, it too is pursuing a very similar strategy to Tesla. Last December, the company hosted its first AI day, outlining how important the emerging technology will be fo...

Key Points Tesla is proving that artificial intelligence (AI) is key to developing fully autonomous vehicles. One competing AI stock is closely following Tesla's strategy. 10 stocks we like better than Rivian Automotive › Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is now a $1.3 trillion behemoth. How did it attain such a tremendous market cap? There are many reasons, but the latest catalyst is arguably the company's rising status as an AI stock. For decades, the trick to enabling self-driving cars was thought to lie in cameras and sensors. But today, artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly viewed as the "golden ticket" to achieving fully autonomous vehicles. 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 » While Tesla may very well be able to back up its lofty $1.3 trillion valuation, there are other smaller EV stocks with rising AI exposure worth a closer look. In fact, one company is ramping its AI investments aggressively. Yet the market still doesn't recognize it as a bona fide AI stock, resulting in a cheap valuation that patient investors can take advantage of. Like Tesla, Rivian is betting big on AI Earlier this year, Tesla agreed to invest $2 billion into xAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence start-up. According to Reuters, the news "supported Musk's plan to pivot Tesla from an electric vehicle maker to an AI company, which is key to the company's roughly $1.5 trillion valuation." With AI proving more and more important for developing fully autonomous driving features, a direct partnership between Tesla and xAI made a lot of sense both on paper and in terms of practical deployment. Alongside the announcement, Musk also noted the growing shortage of AI chips worldwide. Because chips are necessary for running AI applications, he suggested Tesla would explore manufacturing its own chips. "If we don't do tha...

Yahoo Finance Senior Producer John Hyland tracks Thursday's top moving stocks and biggest market stories in this Market Minute. Morgan Stanley (MS) is cutting 3% of its global workforce. Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD (AMD) stocks are down following a Bloomberg report on potential new regulations from the Trump administration governing global artificial intelligence (AI) chip sales. Stay up to date on the latest market action, minute-by-minute, with Yahoo Finance's Market Minute.

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JHVEPhoto UniFirst ( UNF ) jumped 13% on a report that Cintas Corp. ( CTAS ) is in advanced discussions to purchase the uniform maker. Shares of Cintas edged higher by 0.8%. A transaction could be announced as soon as next week, according to a Bloomberg report on Thursday, which cited people familiar with the matter. The companies are discussing a price that would exceed the $275-a-share offer that Cintas resubmitted in December. A final decision hasn't been made and talks could still fall apart or timing could change, according to the report. The Cintas ( CTAS ) offer comes after the uniform company ended its discussions to buy UniFirst ( UNF ) for $275 a share last March after its original offer was rejected. More on UniFirst, Cintas Cintas: Near-Perfect Execution Is Already Priced In UniFirst Corporation (UNF) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript UniFirst Sale Is Unlikely - Family Control May Continue To Block All Acquisition Offers UniFirst declares $0.365 dividend UniFirst reaffirms $2.475B–$2.495B revenue outlook for 2026 amid ongoing Cintas proposal review

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10'000 Hours/DigitalVision via Getty Images Investment Summary My previous investment thought on Flywire Corporation ( FLYW ) was a buy rating because all the growth metrics were healthy, and I believed there were tangible growth catalysts previously. Fast forward ~18 months later, growth is still solid, and FLYW is pushing deeper into workflows through SFS. Margins were messy this quarter, but EBITDA still grew strongly, which supports the operating leverage angle. 4Q25 Results Update FLYW continues to show growth strength. In this Q4 quarter , reported revenue was up 34% y/y to $157.5 million, albeit Sertifi added $14.2 million, or 1200 bps of growth. Without that, organic growth was still >20%, which is very healthy. Viewed from a revenue-less ancillary services basis (revenue excluding pass-through printing/mailing and marketing fees), revenue was $152.7 million, which was up 35.3% y/y. Operating metrics also saw good trends: total payment volume [TPV] was up ~36% y/y to $9.3 billion, and 31% when excluding Sertifi. The part that made this quarter not as clean was margins. GAAP gross margin contracted close to 600 bps y/y (now at 57.6%), and adj. gross margin contracted by close to 470 bps y/y. Management did say the contraction was due to the mix and ramping up of certain payment processing programs, plus currency settlement impacts. That said, adj. EBITDA still grew strongly by ~52% y/y. Which means adj. EBITDA could’ve been stronger if not for these headwinds. The Growth Profile Becomes More Durable, and the Business Gets Stickier While growth is not as strong as I thought previously, I think what matters today is that FLYW showed the market it can grow without needing a perfect education admission backdrop. And understanding how FLYW does it instills confidence that this growth is durable. It is essentially what FLYW calls "Enterprise Transformation via SFS," which is FLYW’s effort to embed itself into how schools run billing and collections, using Student F...

The electric vehicle (EV) market expanded rapidly over the past decade. Still, its growth is gradually cooling as governments roll back subsidies, tariffs disrupt cross-border shipments, and macro headwinds throttle consumer spending. The fragmentation of the EV market has also made it more challenging for smaller and newer companies to scale their businesses. That said, the global EV market is still growing. From 2025 to 2030, it could expand at a 32.5% CAGR, according to Grand View Research, as automakers launch cheaper and more power-efficient EVs. If you want to capitalize on that trend, you should consider investing in these two unloved but undervalued EV stocks: Nio (NIO 4.24%) and Rivian (RIVN 0.91%). The differences between Nio and Rivian Nio is a Chinese EV maker that differentiates itself with swappable batteries, which can be quickly swapped out across its network of more than 3,500 battery-swapping stations. Its namesake brand sells higher-end sedans and SUVs, while its smaller Onvo and Firefly sub-brands, which both launched in 2024, sell cheaper SUVs and compact cars, respectively. It's been expanding into Europe to reduce its dependence on the Chinese market. Rivian is an American EV maker that sells three types of EVs: the R1T pickup truck, the R1S SUV, and custom electric delivery vans (EDVs) for Amazon (AMZN +0.40%) and other companies. It plans to launch its next commercial vehicle, the R2 SUV, this month. Which EV maker is growing faster? Nio's annual deliveries more than doubled in 2020 and 2021, but tougher macro and competitive headwinds subsequently throttled its growth. Nevertheless, its deliveries still grew 32% in 2022, 31% in 2023, 39% in 2024, and 47% to 326,028 vehicles in 2025. That reacceleration was driven by its strong sales of ET-series sedans and Onvo SUVs in China, as well as its expansion into more European markets. Economies of scale are also kicking in and boosting its vehicle margins, and it expects to post its first adjusted...