Twenty people from MV Hondius cruise spend first day living in self-contained flats in Merseyside Passengers evacuated to the UK from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are spending their first day at an isolation facility after being repatriated from Tenerife. A chartered Titan Airways flight transported the MV Hondius passengers from the Canary Islands to Manchester airport on Sunday eve...
Twenty people from MV Hondius cruise spend first day living in self-contained flats in Merseyside Passengers evacuated to the UK from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are spending their first day at an isolation facility after being repatriated from Tenerife. A chartered Titan Airways flight transported the MV Hondius passengers from the Canary Islands to Manchester airport on Sunday evening. The evacuation of passengers of all nationalities will be completed on Monday, with flights arriving from Australia and the Netherlands, Spain’s health minister has said. Continue reading...
硅基时代的双螺旋:AI时代To B与To C的底座兼容与组织升维 导语 2026年,大模型彻底溶解了个体与企业的边界。在这场宏大的商业迁徙中,一个关于“兼容性”的终极命题浮出水面:为什么 OpenAI 正从 To C 的流量狂欢艰难转身补课 To B,而 Anthropic 却从 To B 的严谨深潭中探出触手试探 To C? 这不仅仅是商业路线的分野,更是组织进化的较量。本文试图拆解硅基时代的“...
硅基时代的双螺旋:AI时代To B与To C的底座兼容与组织升维 导语 2026年,大模型彻底溶解了个体与企业的边界。在这场宏大的商业迁徙中,一个关于“兼容性”的终极命题浮出水面:为什么 OpenAI 正从 To C 的流量狂欢艰难转身补课 To B,而 Anthropic 却从 To B 的严谨深潭中探出触手试探 To C? 这不仅仅是商业路线的分野,更是组织进化的较量。本文试图拆解硅基时代的“组织双螺旋”: 路线为何相向? 从 Anthropic 凭借75%毛利率的“专家利刃”,到 OpenAI 在9亿周活下的“增收不增利”,揭示巨头从两极起步、向彼此渗透的底层逻辑。 转型的“至暗时刻”是什么? 复盘亚马逊、微软、GE等跨界者的血泪史,直面 To C 基因与 To B 基因在组织内“排异反应”的真实代价。 在一个组织内能否兼容两端? 以字节跳动为例,解析其如何用“Context, not Control”让217个战斗单元在冲突中共生,通过 BU 化隔离与中台共享,解决“快准狠”与“稳慢重”的水油分离难题。 殊途同归的终局在哪里? 无论是 To B 的确定性交付,还是 To C 的个性化体验,最终都将收敛于“人”的渴望与“组织”的升维。AI 究竟是加剧了两极分化,还是成为了连接微观欲望与宏观供给的氢键? 当冷峻的商业理性与炽热的用户共情在组织中完成缠绕,企业将不再畏惧熵增。因为最复杂的算法永远是人脑,而最有价值的底座永远是人与组织的共同进化。 01 AI双雄的路线分野:从两极起步,向彼此渗透 OpenAI 和 Anthropic 的演化路径,本质上是一场 “做产品” 与 “做服务” 的路线之争。早年,OpenAI 靠惊艳的 C 端爆款打天下,而 Anthropic 靠稳妥的 B 端深挖做基石。但随着 AI 商业化进入“啃硬骨头”的阶段,两者的界限正在急速模糊——双方都在拼命向企业级深水区狂奔,只是切入的姿势完全不同。 1. Anthropic:To B原教旨主义的逆袭 Anthropic 自成立起就带着浓厚的“企业级/安全”基因,主打“专家利刃”路线。 路径特征: 避开 To C 的流量红海,将火力集中于企业级刚需场景(如金融合规、医疗、代码编程)。其杀手锏 Claude Code 一举拿下超54%的 AI 编程市场份额。 商业结果: 靠着解决企业“降本增效”的...
You might have noticed that Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA) (NYSE: BRKB) , the company helmed by Warren Buffett for some 60 years, recently held its annual shareholder meeting in Omaha. The meeting went well, despite the company now being run by Buffett's successor, Greg Abel, after Buffett stepped down as CEO at the end of 2025. All that might have had you wondering whether you should invest in B...
You might have noticed that Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA) (NYSE: BRKB) , the company helmed by Warren Buffett for some 60 years, recently held its annual shareholder meeting in Omaha. The meeting went well, despite the company now being run by Buffett's successor, Greg Abel, after Buffett stepped down as CEO at the end of 2025. All that might have had you wondering whether you should invest in Berkshire -- and where the company might be in five years. Let's examine those questions. Image source: The Motley Fool. Continue reading
Prime minister will try to convince Labour MPs to back him after suffering major election losses last week In his speech this morning, Keir Starmer will confirm that he wants to strengthen ties with the EU. According to extracts released in advance, he will say: This Labour government will be defined by rebuilding our relationship and by putting Britain at the heart of Europe. So that we are stron...
Prime minister will try to convince Labour MPs to back him after suffering major election losses last week In his speech this morning, Keir Starmer will confirm that he wants to strengthen ties with the EU. According to extracts released in advance, he will say: This Labour government will be defined by rebuilding our relationship and by putting Britain at the heart of Europe. So that we are stronger on the economy, on trade, on defence, you name it. Because standing shoulder to shoulder with the countries that most share our interests, our values and our enemies – that is the right choice for Britain, that is the Labour choice. We’ve not touched the sides on what we can do with the European Union within the manifesto commitments, and I think that’s what you’re going to start seeing more of from Keir today. To meet the challenges that our country faces, incremental change won’t cut it. On growth, defence, Europe, energy – we need a bigger response than we anticipated in 2024 because these are not ordinary times. Continue reading...
Investing.com -- Bank of America raised its Intel stock price target to $96 from $56 but maintained its Underperform rating, arguing that a potential foundry deal with Apple, while significant, is already reflected in the stock’s current valuation.
Investing.com -- Bank of America raised its Intel stock price target to $96 from $56 but maintained its Underperform rating, arguing that a potential foundry deal with Apple, while significant, is already reflected in the stock’s current valuation.
Warsh would succeed outgoing Fed chair Jerome Powell as Trump continues his push to influence the US central bank Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US Senate is expected to confirm Kevin Warsh this week as chair of the Federal Reserve , as Donald Trump continues his campaign to influence the world’s most important central bank. The Fed’s influence over the economy spans from th...
Warsh would succeed outgoing Fed chair Jerome Powell as Trump continues his push to influence the US central bank Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US Senate is expected to confirm Kevin Warsh this week as chair of the Federal Reserve , as Donald Trump continues his campaign to influence the world’s most important central bank. The Fed’s influence over the economy spans from the job market to mortgage rates, and its every move is carefully scrutinized by investors on Wall Street. Warsh’s confirmation comes at a turbulent time for the central bank, which has fallen under intense scrutiny from Trump for not lowering interest rates. Continue reading...
Yihwen Chen’s warm and galvanising documentary follows queer punk band Shh…Diam! as they battle discrimination with humour and raw energy For queer Malaysian punk band Shh … Diam!, every live gig is a small miracle. Their name translates as “Shut up!”, a powerful and defiant cry in a country rife with homophobia. Favouring distorted riffs, heavy drums and swaggering lyrics, the band’s powerful sou...
Yihwen Chen’s warm and galvanising documentary follows queer punk band Shh…Diam! as they battle discrimination with humour and raw energy For queer Malaysian punk band Shh … Diam!, every live gig is a small miracle. Their name translates as “Shut up!”, a powerful and defiant cry in a country rife with homophobia. Favouring distorted riffs, heavy drums and swaggering lyrics, the band’s powerful sound seeks to drown out the noise of prejudice and discrimination. Their courage, as well as their simple joie de vivre, thrum through Yihwen Chen’s documentary portrait. Shot over six years, the film charts the monumental changes undergone by the band members and their home nation. Always ready with a joke, lead singer and guitarist Faris is a proud trans man. Rejected by his own family, the charismatic performer finds a safe haven with his bandmates Yon and Yoyo, and their audience. Their songs turn up the volume on issues faced by the queer community, and also bristle with an anarchic sense of humour. One particularly tongue-in-cheek tune is titled Lonely Lesbian; a title taken from a hostile rightwing article citing ways to spot a lesbian, its playful and defiant lyrics reconfigure homophobic ideology into satire, an act of rebellious subversion cloaked in irony. Continue reading...
History was made this Labour Day, as China’s southern Shenzhen Bay port cleared 24 tonnes of South African apples and central Hunan province processed 6,000 bottles of South African wine – the first time these goods had reached the Asian economic giant under a new zero-tariff arrangement. The duty-free access for African partners from May 1, which saw the 10 per cent tariff rate for apples removed...
History was made this Labour Day, as China’s southern Shenzhen Bay port cleared 24 tonnes of South African apples and central Hunan province processed 6,000 bottles of South African wine – the first time these goods had reached the Asian economic giant under a new zero-tariff arrangement. The duty-free access for African partners from May 1, which saw the 10 per cent tariff rate for apples removed, arrived as a lifeline for South African exporters looking to diversify away from increasingly...
Listen to Odd Lots on Apple Podcasts Listen to Odd Lots on Spotify Watch Odd Lots on YouTube Subscribe to the newsletter Ever since Covid, central banks around the world have had the same problem. They have tools that are designed to modulate demand, but so many challenges have involved the supply side of the economy. Whether we're talking about supply chain disruptions, the war in Ukraine, and no...
Listen to Odd Lots on Apple Podcasts Listen to Odd Lots on Spotify Watch Odd Lots on YouTube Subscribe to the newsletter Ever since Covid, central banks around the world have had the same problem. They have tools that are designed to modulate demand, but so many challenges have involved the supply side of the economy. Whether we're talking about supply chain disruptions, the war in Ukraine, and now the war in Iran, these are all issues for which monetary policy is of limited value. Of course, the temptation is to \