Investors are making the right choice by putting money to work in the stock market. Over long periods of time, it has proven itself to be a great tool at building wealth. There's no index that's more closely watched than the S&P 500. Luckily, investors can choose from many exchange-traded funds (ETFs) when figuring out how to allocate capital. Here's the best S&P 500 ETF to buy with $1,000 and hold forever. What's in your portfolio? Investors should examine the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO 1.34%). It's a solid option partly because of the business that offers it. Vanguard has been a leader in the investment management industry since 1975. As of Dec. 31, 2025, it had $12 trillion in assets under management. This shows investors the amount of money that trusts the company. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF tracks the performance of the S&P 500. With hundreds of stocks that all have a U.S. presence, investors are betting on the American economy to continue its track record of inventiveness and growth. That's historically been a smart perspective to have. Lately, large technology stocks have had a pronounced effect. Consequently, investors are positioning their portfolios to be bullish on certain secular trends. The list includes artificial intelligence, which has been experiencing a major boom. Stellar performance at a low cost Over the past decade, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has produced a total return of 309% (as of March 3). On an annualized basis, investors were able to achieve a phenomenal 15% gain. Had you bought $1,000 10 years ago, you'd have close to $4,100 right now. The long-term average performance of the S&P 500 index falls short of this. Besides the performance, which is probably the data point investors care about most, it's critical to know what the cost is. This ETF stands out thanks to its super-low expense ratio of 0.03%. Compared to the sea of high-priced investment vehicles out there, investors get to keep more of their money over time with the Vanguard S&P 500 ...

The S&P 500 is the most widely followed index when compared to others like the Nasdaq Composite Index or the Dow Jones Industrial Average. That's because the investment community views it as a clear barometer to understand how the stock market is performing over any given period of time. If you want exposure to this broad index, here's one S&P 500 exchange-traded fund (ETF) to buy with $1,000 and hold forever. Offered by a reputable firm Investors should look no further than the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO). As the name suggests, this is an ETF that tracks the performance of the S&P 500. Investors will gain exposure in their portfolios to 500 of the largest and most profitable companies based out of the U.S. At a high level, owning the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF essentially means that you are betting on the ongoing growth and innovation of the American economy. That perspective has historically been a very lucrative one. "Never bet against America," the great Warren Buffett wrote in Berkshire Hathaway's 2021 shareholder letter. Vanguard has been a leader in the investment management space since its founding in 1975. It currently has more than $9 trillion in assets under management. And the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF itself has $1.3 trillion in assets as of this writing. Investors can have some peace of mind knowing that their hard-earned savings are tied up with a reputable firm in the industry that many other investors trust with their own capital as well. Performance and fees It's hard not to come away impressed with the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF's performance. In the past decade, it has produced a total return of 249%. A $1,000 investment back then would be worth $3,490 today. If we zoom out even further, the S&P 500 index has put up an average yearly gain of about 10%. So, if you invest $1,000 today and have a 30-year time horizon, you'd end up with almost $17,500. That's a great outcome for a passive investment vehicle. The other thing worth noting is just how cost-effec...

Never miss an important update on your stock portfolio and cut through the noise. Over 7 million investors trust Simply Wall St to stay informed where it matters for FREE. Why Dominion Energy’s new guidance caught investors’ attention Dominion Energy (D) shook up the conversation around its stock after issuing 2026 earnings guidance below analyst expectations and outlining a nearly 30% jump in planned capital spending through 2030. The company tied this higher US$64.7b five year investment plan to rising power needs from large data centers that serve customers such as Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, putting long term growth projects under a brighter spotlight for investors. See our latest analysis for Dominion Energy. At a share price of US$63.24, Dominion Energy has posted an 8.12% 90 day share price return and a 19.82% 1 year total shareholder return, which suggests momentum has been building around its earnings update and data center investment plans. If Dominion’s data center push has you thinking about the wider power build out, it could be worth scanning our list of 24 power grid technology and infrastructure stocks as potential next ideas to research. So with Dominion now trading close to recent analyst targets after its guidance reset and major spending plan, is there still mispricing on the table, or are markets already factoring in years of future growth? Most Popular Narrative: 1.3% Undervalued With Dominion Energy last closing at $63.24 against a narrative fair value of $64.06, the current pricing sits close to what this widely followed view suggests is reasonable given its long term project pipeline and regulated utility profile. Large scale investments in regulated renewables, especially the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, position Dominion to benefit from the accelerating energy transition, earning stable regulated returns and expanding rate base, with a positive impact on long term earnings. Read the complete narrative. Curious what s...

Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Coherent (NYSE:COHR) announced a multi-year partnership with NVIDIA that includes a US$2b investment and multibillion dollar purchase commitments for its optical technologies. The agreement focuses on supplying optical components that support next generation AI data center infrastructure. The partnership is structured to provide capital for research, development, and U.S. manufacturing expansion related to AI focused optics. Coherent is a supplier of optical and photonics components used in data centers, communications, and industrial applications, so this agreement directly targets a core part of its business. With AI data centers requiring high bandwidth connectivity, demand for advanced optics has become a central theme for companies tied to cloud and semiconductor supply chains. For readers tracking AI hardware, this positions NYSE:COHR more closely alongside key infrastructure providers. For investors, the multi year nature of the agreement may matter as much as the headline figures, because it outlines purchase commitments and capital support tied to a specific technology roadmap. The structure of the deal could influence how Coherent prioritizes R&D, capacity planning, and geographic manufacturing decisions as AI infrastructure needs evolve. Stay updated on the most important news stories for Coherent by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio. Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on Coherent. NYSE:COHR Earnings & Revenue Growth as at Mar 2026 We've flagged 3 risks for Coherent. See which could impact your investment. This agreement ties Coherent more tightly into NVIDIA’s AI supply chain and, importantly, aligns with the product direction Coherent has been signaling. Recent launches like the CHR1074 224Gbps transimpedance amplifier for 800G and 1.6T optical transceivers and Thermadite 800 li...

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Three world champions – Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris – have delivered a damning verdict on Formula One’s regulations overhaul after qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. Norris, McLaren’s defending champion, was scathing of the changes, saying that driving the car “sucks” and they were probably the “worst” ever made, while Hamilton criticised the new engine and chassis rules as “completely against” F1’s principles. Mercedes’s George Russell took pole position for the first race of the season with a dominant performance, more than eight-tenths of a second quicker than McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, who qualified fifth. But with the new regulations requiring complex energy management across a lap, many drivers were dismissive. Norris, who won his first title last season but could manage only sixth on the grid in Melbourne on Saturday, was among those who doubled down on complaints that have been circulating throughout the pre-season and have reached a head at Albert Park. “We’ve come from the best cars ever made in Formula One and the nicest to drive, to probably the worst. It sucks,” he said. “Everyone knows what the issues are. It’s just the fact it’s a 50-50 split [between power from the combustion engine and electrical energy].” When asked if he thought this was where F1 should be, Norris was unequivocal. “Not really, no,” he said. “As drivers, we have the interest of the sport in our minds better than others. The rules have been changed because that’s what manufacturers want. But if you have 20 other drivers complaining, I don’t know what’s better for the sport or not.” Norris was far from alone. Hamilton, seven-times a world champion, echoed his criticism, noting that the complex requirements to recharge energy across a lap were distracting from drivers demonstrating their racing skill. “The power’s good when you’ve got it, it’s just it doesn’t last,” he said. “We start the lap, half throttle coming through the last corner, and a third, a quarte...

When it comes to acronyms, the U.S. Army's Next Generation Command and Control program got the short end of the stick. Named "NGC2," the Army's attempt to build a new command and control system lacks the flag-waving appeal of the "Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target" (PATRIOT) missile defense system or the easy pronounceability of the new Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS), whose drones are currently making headlines in the Iran conflict. Investors should pay attention to NGC2 anyway. Who's who in NGC2? The Army describes NGC2 as "not a single program or technology, but an ecosystem [comprising] transport, infrastructure, data, and applications." Using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, NGC2 will "rapidly organize and analyze data" for commanders, helping them to make "more, better, and faster decisions than the enemy." Currently, two defense industry teams are in the lead to build NGC2 for the Army. In July 2025, the Army announced it would pay a team led by private defense contractor Anduril $99.6 million over 11 months to develop a "prototype architecture" including hardware, software, and applications for the Army's 4th Infantry Division. Anduril's team includes partners Palantir (PLTR +2.94%), Microsoft (MSFT 0.43%), Govini, and two recent additions, transportation start-up Shift5 and logistics company Rune. Separately, defense contracting giant Lockheed Martin (LMT +2.56%) and AI partners Raft and Hypergiant were awarded $26 million (over 16 months) in September 2025 to build an NGC2 prototype for the 25th Infantry Division. Expand NYSE : LMT Lockheed Martin Today's Change ( 2.56 %) $ 16.77 Current Price $ 671.77 Key Data Points Market Cap $155B Day's Range $ 656.40 - $ 672.86 52wk Range $ 410.11 - $ 692.00 Volume 1.9M Avg Vol 1.8M Gross Margin 10.15 % Dividend Yield 2.01 % Defense industry analysis firm Tectonic Defense notes that NGC2 is itself just part of a larger Pentagon software effort called Joint All-Domain C...

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Artificial Intelligence has become a household term. But the scope of what we imagine as our go-to assistant in our day-to-day lives is much larger. And it's safe to assume that at this moment, it is helping a weapon sensor scan through hundreds of datapoints to fire a munition to take down an enemy drone in some remote part of the world. The entry of AI in warfare has changed how we assess battlefields. What took hours to take a shot at has become a second's job. It's automated. The gun points at the target when the need arises. It fires if it deems required. And that sounds as simple as editing an image on our phones or adding a filter. Advertisement - Scroll to continue One of the most exemplary uses of such technology was witnessed on February 28, when the US and Israeli forces struck Iran. Pentagon's Maven system scanned through satellite imagery and drone footage to prepare over a thousand strike options for the US military. And then it rained death on unsuspecting Iranian bunkers and installations. Though the strikes were still carried out manually, Maven did what humans could have taken days. Maven At the centre of the US' Iran ops was the Maven Smart System, the AI-driven real-time battlefield analysis system developed by Palantir Technologies. Built over Anthropic's LLM, Claude AI, it was conceptualised by the US Army's 18th Airborne Corps to serve as a unified AI-powered network for a command-and-control system that oversees all branches of the military. What Maven does is simple: It identifies, tracks, and classifies objects like vehicles, weapons, or buildings on the battlefield, and significantly reduces the time to identify a target from hours to under a minute. It uses data from drone footage, satellite, and other sensors. Beyond analysing visuals, it is also designed to help with predictive logistics to forecast supply needs and in decision-making for joint fires. While Maven is helping the US forces with targeted capability, another Palantir platfo...

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一场和时间的赛跑 特朗普又要出大棒了！ 这回倒不是去抓哪个国家的总统，也不是去轰炸哪个国家的核设施，而是搅动全球AI芯片市场。 据彭博等媒体最新报道，美国政府官员正在起草一份出口管制草案，考虑要求英伟达、AMD等公司向“全球几乎所有目的地”出口AI芯片前，需要先获得美国批准。 消息一出，英伟达、AMD股价盘中就急跳水。 01、 杀伤力很大 美国这份新规，比之前想的更狠。 从“部分国家限制（约40个）”直接升级到“全球许可制”，相当于把全球AI产业链的闸门握在手里，简单讲，就是想买算力，先得谈条件、做投资。 美国商务部对外强调，这不是回到上一届政府的“AI扩散规则”，而是一种新型的分级审批制： 第一级为 1000块以内 （如英伟达GB300 GPU）的小额采购，此类交易将接受相对简单的审查，并拥有特定的豁免机会。 第二级为 中大型集群部署 ，买方在申请出口许可证前需经过预先审查。根据具体情况，买家需接受附加条件，例如全面披露其商业模式，或允许美国政府实地考察其数据中心。 第三级为 超大规模部署 ，指单家企业在单一国家拥有超过20万块 GB300芯片。此时必须由买方所在国政府介入，美国将要求买方国家做出严格的安全承诺，并对美国AI基础设施进行“匹配”投资。 作为规模参考，20万块GB300等同于英国NScale公司计划提供给微软的AI基础设施合同总规模。 实际上，这一草案也可以视为拜登政府的AI扩散制度2.0版本。 之所以有这种模式， 一方面源于已经被验证过的“中东模式”。 去年11月，美国批准向阿联酋和沙特出口芯片时，达成了一个安排： 阿联酋承诺在国内每投资1美元，就对应在美国投资1美元。 而最后阿联酋承诺在美国的投资金额是一个为期10年、总额高达1.4万亿美元的庞大框架。 其中，直接与AI相关的核心承诺包括： 主权基金的专项投入：阿联酋AI投资巨头MGX承诺，将其管理资本的80%（约 1000亿美元）部署在美国，目前已投资于OpenAI、xAI和Anthropic等头部AI企业。 数据中心能源投资：阿布扎比主权投资者ADQ与私募股权公司Energy Capital Partners合作，承诺投资超过250亿美元，用于在美国建设满足AI数据中心巨大能耗需求的发电和能源基础设施。 作为交换，美国则计划每年批准向阿联酋出口多达50万颗英伟达先进AI芯片。 而另一方面， 则...

SentinelOne, Inc. (NYSE:S) is one of the cheap AI stocks to buy in 2026. On March 3, 2026, Wells Fargo initiated coverage of SentinelOne with an Equal Weight rating and a $13 price target, with The Fly identifying Richard Poland as the analyst. Reports summarizing the note said Wells Fargo sees SentinelOne as a meaningful player in endpoint security, but one facing heavyweight competition from larger platforms such as CrowdStrike, Microsoft, and Palo Alto Networks. The firm also said SentinelOne’s valuation is compelling, while arguing the company’s recent phase has been uneven as growth has slowed and management has pushed harder on profitability. The same reports said Wells Fargo’s field work and CIO survey pointed to endpoint security being a lower priority area heading into 2026, which helps explain the more balanced stance despite the stock’s valuation backdrop. Why Wells Fargo Sees Promise in SentinelOne (S) but Stops Short of Going Bullish Pixabay/Public domain SentinelOne, Inc. (NYSE:S) is a cybersecurity company that provides an AI-powered security platform for endpoint, cloud, and identity protection. The company is best known for its Singularity platform. While we acknowledge the potential of S as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you’re looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: READ NEXT: 30 Stocks That Should Double in 3 Years and 11 Hidden AI Stocks to Buy Right Now. Disclosure: None. Follow Insider Monkey on Google News.

CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) is one of the cheap AI stocks to buy in 2026. On March 4, 2026, CoreWeave announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Perplexity to support the latter’s AI inference workloads on CoreWeave Cloud and to pilot new services across both organizations. The company said Perplexity will run next-generation inference workloads on CoreWeave’s platform under the agreement. CoreWeave stated that Perplexity will use dedicated NVIDIA GB200 NVL72-powered clusters, which the company said are intended to support Perplexity’s growth and the requirements of its Sonar and Search API ecosystem. CoreWeave also said it will roll out Perplexity Enterprise Max internally so employees can search the web and internal knowledge, conduct multi-step research, analyze data, and work with advanced AI models within one platform. How CoreWeave (CRWV)’s Perplexity Deal Expands Its Role in AI Inference Infrastructure The release also said Perplexity has already begun running inference workloads with CoreWeave Kubernetes Service in the initial deployment phase and is using W&B Models for training, fine-tuning, and model management from experimentation to production. CoreWeave described the collaboration as part of Perplexity’s multi-cloud strategy and as evidence of CoreWeave’s role as a specialized AI cloud provider for production AI systems. CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV) is an AI cloud infrastructure company that provides a platform, tools, and technical support for building and scaling AI workloads. While we acknowledge the potential of CRWV as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you’re looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: READ NEXT: 30 Stocks That Should Double in 3 Years and 11 Hidden AI Stocks to Buy Right Now. Disclosure: None. ...

Seeing people walking their pets in a snowstorm melted the heart of this New York-based photographer Had Adela Ramirez’s puggle Teddy still been alive, she would have been out walking him in the snow. Instead, she was at home, in the art studio of her New York City apartment, watching from a window. “My view consists of the Empire State Building, which is art deco, the B Altman Building, which is Italian renaissance revival, and the beautiful Church of the Incarnation, which is neo-gothic. I’m originally from Texas, but have lived in New York for 40 years,” Ramirez says. “I always feel privileged when the universe seems to say, ‘Today I am going to present you with a fabulous snowstorm – enjoy the performance!’” As Ramirez watched, she noticed that there were no cars or pedestrians; only dog walkers were braving the storm. “People were playing chase, carrying them across icy parts, giving them their necessary daily walk. That’s what we do,” she says. “It made me miss Teddy. He was half beagle, half pug, with an underbite and a princess attitude. He loved the snow, and had a winter coat and boots, but made it clear that he couldn’t be expected to walk in it. He would lift his paws and look me straight in the eye, as if to say, ‘Mom, please carry me.’ We had to say goodbye to him last spring. He’d been my loyal boy for 10 years. Continue reading...

Rap and EDM. Clips from action movies. Heads-up displays from video games. As the war with Iran approaches its second week, the White House has leaned into an online propaganda campaign that seems less about intimidating Iran or projecting US strength abroad than it is about reaching a rather niche domestic audience: young rightwing American men who spend a lot of time online. Over the past couple of days, the White House and officials affiliated with the Trump administration have shared on X a series of hype videos that aggressively, and tastelessly, show off deadly combat footage from the strikes on Iran, sometimes in combination with footage from fictional movies and video games. The videos are short, rapidly edited, and seem designed to appeal to the attention spans and tastes of Gen Z males fond of video-game trash-talk – though it is unclear whether those Gen Z males universally appreciate the Trump administration’s narrowly tailored jingoism. One video, released on Thursday and captioned “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY”, is less than a minute long but manically mixes footage from iconic action movies such as Braveheart, Gladiator, and Iron Man with apparently real footage of American ordnance striking Iranian military targets. Pulsing, fast-paced electronic dance music plays in the background as Russell Crowe, in Gladiator, says, “Strength and honor,” and a face-painted Mel Gibson, in Braveheart, demands: “What will you do without freedom?” (It is unclear if the White House obtained permissions for the film and music in these clips, though it seems not.) Another video, captioned “Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue”, opens with someone calling in an air-strike in the style of Call of Duty, the first-person-shooter video game. Thumping music starts and the video segues into a series of clips of US bombs destroying Iranian vehicles and facilities. As each target is destroyed, a video-game heads-up display announces that the viewer has scored another 100 points. A third...

A western Texas fracker starring in a podcast about how his attempted moonlighting as a handyman turned into lucrative sex work largely solicited by distracted oil industry professionals’ housewives says he believes his region’s repressive sexual attitudes gave his side gig an opening to flourish. “There’s an inherent kind of self-denial,” the subject of The Handyman of West Texas, identified only as Mickey, said in a recent interview. “We all have these thoughts. But we lie to ourselves and try to conform to … how you’re supposed to be repressing your own pleasure.” Mickey said he arrived at that observation in part from the post-coital talks he has held with many of the adult women in his sliver of the Permian Basin’s Midland area, who collectively compensated him in the mid-six figures during his five-year run escorting amid communities depicted on television shows such as Landman and Friday Night Lights. As Mickey put it on the documentary podcast and separately to the Guardian, his path to escorting was circuitous. He had just gotten divorced from a woman to whom he had been married to for two decades. He wanted to keep himself occupied as well as earn a little money during his resting periods between his fracking work, which typically involve 15-hour daily shifts, two weeks at a time. So he posted an online advertisement offering his services hanging shutters, repairing leaky faucets or completing other such odd jobs. The rugged, visually appealing Mickey included a picture of himself, thinking it might make potential clients feel safer about hiring a stranger off the internet. Mickey recalled that his first respondent was a woman who was a deacon at her church. She said she would like him to fix shutters at her mansion while her husband was away on an oil rig. Shortly after he arrived, she successfully leaned in for a kiss and they had sex. She paid Mickey $200 despite his not touching a single shutter at her home and sent him on his way. He said his second c...

It is believed to be a first: the deliberate targeting of a commercial datacentre by the armed forces of a country at war. At 4.30am on Sunday morning, an Iranian Shahed 136 drone struck an Amazon Web Services datacentre in the United Arab Emirates, setting off a devastating fire and forcing a shutdown of the power supply. Further damage was inflicted as attempts were made to suppress the flames with water. Soon after, a second data centre owned by the US tech company was hit. Then a third was said to be in trouble, this time in Bahrain, after an Iranian suicide drone turned to fireball on striking land nearby. Iranian state TV has claimed that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched the attack “to identify the role of these centres in supporting the enemy’s military and intelligence activities”. The network built by Jeff Bezos’s company could withstand one of its regional centres being taken out of action but not a second, let alone a third of their huge warehouses of technology. The coordinated strike had an immediate impact. Millions of people in Dubai and Abu Dhabi woke up on Monday unable to pay for a taxi, order a food delivery, or check their bank balance on their mobile apps. Whether there was a military impact is unclear – but the strikes swiftly brought the war directly into the lives of 11 million people in the UAE, nine out of 10 of whom are foreign nationals. Amazon has advised its clients to secure their data away from the region. View image in fullscreen A technician works at an Amazon Web Services AI data centre. The drone strikes brought the war directly to 11 million people in the UAE unable to pay for a taxi, order a food delivery, or check their bank balances. Photograph: Noah Berger/Reuters Perhaps more significantly, the strikes on this ‘next generation’ war target are now raising questions about the prospects of the UAE building on its plans, and many billions of pounds worth of US and other foreign investment, to exploit what they h...

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习近平强调，完成“十五五”时期国防和军队现代化目标任务，归根到底要靠各级党组织来领导和推进。 中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平7日下午在出席十四届全国人大四次会议解放军和武警部队代表团全体会议时强调，“十五五”时期要如期实现建军一百年奋斗目标、高质量推进国防和军队现代化，必须坚持好、运用好、发展好政治建军这个重要法宝，毫不动摇坚持和加强党对军队绝对领导，充分发挥政治建军特有优势，凝心聚力推动国防和军队现代化行稳致远。 会上，孙雷、周芬、唐武祥、郝井文、姜晓栋、朱悦萌等6位代表先后发言，分别就跨军地执法协作、党组织领导科研攻坚、军士人才培养、新装备新力量能力生成和运用、弘扬优良传统、典型培树宣传和学习运用等提出意见建议。 在认真听取代表发言后，习近平发表重要讲话。他指出，党的十八大以来，党中央领导人民军队以前所未有的决心和力度深化政治整训、推进政治建军，取得重大成效。军队是拿枪杆子的，军中绝不能有对党怀有二心之人，绝不能有腐败分子藏身之地，必须坚定不移推进反腐败斗争。“十五五”一开局就要立起从严监管硬规矩，紧盯资金流向、权力运行和质量管控等关键环节，加强重大项目监管，强化军地融合监督，确保在监管前提下搞建设。要推进军费预算管理改革，搞好军费供需动态平衡，强化经费使用全链条管控和绩效评估，把每一分钱都用在刀刃上。 习近平强调，完成“十五五”时期国防和军队现代化目标任务，归根到底要靠各级党组织来领导和推进。要全面加强我军党的领导和党的建设，选准配强高层党委班子，增强基层党组织自主抓建能力，把各级党组织建设得更加坚强有力。要坚持党管军事、党管干部、党管行业，提高科学决策能力，在攻坚重大任务、化解突出矛盾、解决发展难题过程中发挥关键作用，把党的领导优势转化为发展优势。 习近平指出，要加强革命化专业化人才队伍建设，坚持不懈用党的创新理论铸魂育人，打牢官兵听党话、跟党走的思想根基，确保现代化武器装备掌握在革命化人才队伍手中。要完善促进人才发展的制度和条件，体系推进联合作战指挥、新型作战力量、高层次科技创新、高水平战略管理“四类人才”培养，实现人的能力素质同强军实践协调发展。 习近平强调，要大力传承和弘扬我党我军优良传统，推进新时代强军文化建设，加强先进典型培养和激励，让红色基因代代相传，让新风正气更加充盈。要把基层作为赓续优良传统的沃土，积极探索新形势下基层建设规律和...

漫剧赛道又迎来一位新的参与者。 近日，美团在主站内上线漫剧板块“饭团漫社”。据了解，该板块不仅囊括常规漫剧内容，还同步推出了AI漫剧内容，覆盖青春、古风、都市、末世等多个热门题材，而且所有内容免费。 事实上，从短视频到游戏、再到短剧，近年来美团一直在围绕内容化进行各种尝试，希望借此来抢夺用户的时长。毕竟在流量红利见顶后，互联网行业争的就是用户时长，而每一分的用户停留时长，本质上都是在抢占商业变现的潜力空间。但美团App是一个典型的工具型产品，用户往往用完即走，其需要改变这一点才能寻求更多可能。 随着抖音用内容带来的流量赋能到店业务，阿里和京东在外卖与即时零售领域大力补贴，面对用户流失的可能，美团显然有更多的理由来抢夺用户时长。以抖音本地生活服务为例，不久前就曾有消息源透露，2025年其GMV突破8500亿元、同比增长59%，并已确定2026年的GMV增速目标为50%左右。 在这样的情况下，对于漫剧凭借低成本、高生产效率、强碎片化适配、受众面更宽广等特性，迅速成为了流量的新宠，所以美团选择跟风并不奇怪。而且此次美团以主站内嵌板块的形式入局，也并非无迹可寻。 此前在2024年12月底，美团就曾尝试将AI技术与短剧这一内容形式结合，推出定制化AI短剧年度报告，并凭借强代入感的内容形式实现了现象级传播。 然而不可否认的是，随着AI大幅降低了漫剧的制作成本，其将有望为美团的AI提供更多落地场景。例如美团方面已经推出AI创作产品“蛙蛙写作”，可实现AI漫剧视频、AI 小说、AI 剧本等多种类型的内容创作。 但饭团漫社想要跑通，要面临的挑战同样不容小觑。一方面，虽然目前尚未出现寡头，但漫剧赛道的竞争已经十分激烈，腾讯、字节、百度等大厂都已参与，并形成了完善的内容供给与运营体系。此时美团才真正开始行动，已经是晚来一步。 而且万变不离其宗的，是漫剧的核心仍是“好故事”。论及目前的头部玩家，腾讯坐拥阅文的IP库，字节有番茄小说的海量网文资源，百度也有七猫小说，知乎的盐言故事更是成为了漫剧改编的重要源头。可反观美团，当下不仅缺乏核心的IP资源，也没有成熟的运营经验。 而且即便借助AI漫剧降低了制作成本，美团也只是解决了数量问题，无法给出“内容质量”这个核心痛点的解法。而且AI并非美团独有，甚至当下还难言有优势，诸如快手、字节跳动等大厂早已推出AI漫剧创作工具。 其次，漫剧的发展同样离不开...

Singapore is moving to ban caged lorries used to transport migrant workers in a bid to reduce safety risks in emergencies, but activists say the change does not address the wider dangers of ferrying workers in such vehicles. Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun Xueling said that caged lorry decks posed “additional safety risks” to passengers sitting in the rear. “For example, if a lorry with a caged door that is locked or latched from the outside is involved in an accident or a fire, workers may not be able to escape,” Sun said in Parliament when announcing the measure on Wednesday. Advertisement The Transport Ministry and Land Transport Authority (LTA) said the ban, which will take effect next year, is part of the government’s “continuous efforts to enhance the safety of worker transportation”. About 1 to 2 per cent of Singapore’s roughly 50,000 lorries have caged decks, according to the LTA. Advertisement Those who wish to continue using such vehicles to ferry workers or equipment could convert the rear deck to incorporate a canopy and side railings, the agencies said in a statement.

Today, in the year 2000, AMD shipped an undisputable processor milestone, its 1 GHz Athlon CPU. Thus, the Gigahertz PC era was born. AMD scored marketing gold ahead of its powerful rival Intel. PC industry heavy hitters of the time, Compaq and Gateway, were key partners, and the first pre-built 1 GHz system deliveries began the following week. Tom’s Hardware had previewed the new Athlon K7 processors back in August 1999 and reviewed a 1.1 GHz model in August 2000. Neither of these milestone chips made it into our five best AMD CPUs of all time feature, though. AMD’s Athlon 1 GHz press release, which we are grateful is preserved by CPU Shack, was triumphant. The firm’s chairman and CEO at the time, W.J. Sanders III, likened the 1 GHz feat to aviation science’s breaking of the sound barrier. “Just as the achievement of Chuck Yeager signaled the beginning of a new era in aviation, the 1 GHz processor ushers in a new era of information technology,” said Sanders, heralding the new levels of CPU processing power. “AMD plans to lead in the gigahertz era.” It also managed to get industry analyst quotes comparing the 1 GHz Athlon launch to man’s first steps on the moon, the breaking of the four-minute-mile athletics record, and the conquering of Everest. Enough of the marketing bombast, what about the AMD Athlon 1 GHz specs? The first AMD Athlon processors would debut in June 1999. Over their production history, they would progress from 500 MHz to 1.4 GHz, FSB speeds from 100 to 133 MHz, and tech nodes from 250 nm to 180 nm. These K7 chips would also be made available in Slot A, Socket A, and Socket 563 platforms. The specific 1 GHz barrier-breaking chip is thankfully cataloged by TechPowerUp. From the site's database, we can see it was a Slot A model with a bundled cooler, produced on the 180 nm process and packing 22 million transistors. Its clock speed was the magic 1,000 MHz, and it had a base clock of 100 MHz with a 10.0x multiplier. It drew 1.8V for a TDP of 65W. Of co...

Solana (SOL 3.43%) is down by about 36% during the past 90 days thanks to a mixture of terrible sentiment in the crypto market and bad news about a lawsuit targeting a few of the network's most important entities. So is this dip a buying opportunity, or has the bull thesis for this coin started to fall apart? This chain is still accelerating One thing to know right off the bat about Solana's recent slide is that the chain's ecosystem is in great condition. Its total value locked (TVL), a measure of capital deployed in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, is near $6.6 billion. Its base of stablecoins, the liquidity that's fuel for DeFi and most other on-chain applications, is nearly $15.6 billion, which is close to its all-time high. In other words, investors are still parking plenty of their capital on the network even as the coin's price falls. Plus, Solana is now available in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) launched in late 2025, which currently hold about $332 million in capital. Inflows are persisting, and more ETFs are on the way, which could lead to even more money inflows. Expand CRYPTO : SOL Solana Today's Change ( -3.43 %) $ -3.01 Current Price $ 84.77 Key Data Points Market Cap $48B Day's Range $ 83.84 - $ 87.81 52wk Range $ 70.61 - $ 252.78 Volume 3.2B At the same time, the network still has by far the fastest transaction speeds, lowest transaction costs, and highest throughput potential among the crypto majors. And more upgrades to its technology are on the way in 2026, which should push its lead in those categories even further. As it pivots toward being a platform for tokenized assets, especially stocks, that will make it a favorite among users who require snappy performance. The lawsuit is a wild card One cloud that keeps Solana from being a clear dip-buying opportunity is the fact that it currently faces a serious class-action lawsuit. That lawsuit names critical entities responsible for its tech development as well as the health of its ecosystem,...

Pitcairn Co. lessened its holdings in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - Free Report) by 28.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 46,024 shares of the information services provider's stock after selling 18,330 shares during the period. Alphabet makes up 0.9% of Pitcairn Co.'s portfolio, making the stock its 17th biggest position. Pitcairn Co.'s holdings in Alphabet were worth $11,209,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GOOG. Solstein Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 10.2% in the 3rd quarter. Solstein Capital LLC now owns 19,502 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $4,750,000 after purchasing an additional 1,803 shares in the last quarter. Perennial Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Alphabet by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Perennial Investment Advisors LLC now owns 23,382 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $5,694,000 after purchasing an additional 241 shares in the last quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Alphabet by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter. KCM Investment Advisors LLC now owns 151,147 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $36,812,000 after purchasing an additional 3,128 shares in the last quarter. Winch Advisory Services LLC lifted its holdings in Alphabet by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Winch Advisory Services LLC now owns 64,492 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $15,707,000 after purchasing an additional 403 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amova Asset Management Americas Inc. lifted its holdings in Alphabet by 145.2% during the 3rd quarter. Amova Asset Management Americas Inc. now owns 272,797 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $66,423...

中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平7日下午在出席十四届全国人大四次会议解放军和武警部队代表团全体会议时强调，“十五五”时期要如期实现建军一百年奋斗目标、高质量推进国防和军队现代化，必须坚持好、运用好、发展好政治建军这个重要法宝，毫不动摇坚持和加强党对军队绝对领导，充分发挥政治建军特有优势，凝心聚力推动国防和军队现代化行稳致远。 会上，孙雷、周芬、唐武祥、郝井文、姜晓栋、朱悦萌等6位代表先后发言，分别就跨军地执法协作、党组织领导科研攻坚、军士人才培养、新装备新力量能力生成和运用、弘扬优良传统、典型培树宣传和学习运用等提出意见建议。 在认真听取代表发言后，习近平发表重要讲话。他指出，党的十八大以来，党中央领导人民军队以前所未有的决心和力度深化政治整训、推进政治建军，取得重大成效。军队是拿枪杆子的，军中绝不能有对党怀有二心之人，绝不能有腐败分子藏身之地，必须坚定不移推进反腐败斗争。“十五五”一开局就要立起从严监管硬规矩，紧盯资金流向、权力运行和质量管控等关键环节，加强重大项目监管，强化军地融合监督，确保在监管前提下搞建设。要推进军费预算管理改革，搞好军费供需动态平衡，强化经费使用全链条管控和绩效评估，把每一分钱都用在刀刃上。 习近平强调，完成“十五五”时期国防和军队现代化目标任务，归根到底要靠各级党组织来领导和推进。要全面加强我军党的领导和党的建设，选准配强高层党委班子，增强基层党组织自主抓建能力，把各级党组织建设得更加坚强有力。要坚持党管军事、党管干部、党管行业，提高科学决策能力，在攻坚重大任务、化解突出矛盾、解决发展难题过程中发挥关键作用，把党的领导优势转化为发展优势。 习近平指出，要加强革命化专业化人才队伍建设，坚持不懈用党的创新理论铸魂育人，打牢官兵听党话、跟党走的思想根基，确保现代化武器装备掌握在革命化人才队伍手中。要完善促进人才发展的制度和条件，体系推进联合作战指挥、新型作战力量、高层次科技创新、高水平战略管理“四类人才”培养，实现人的能力素质同强军实践协调发展。 习近平强调，要大力传承和弘扬我党我军优良传统，推进新时代强军文化建设，加强先进典型培养和激励，让红色基因代代相传，让新风正气更加充盈。要把基层作为赓续优良传统的沃土，积极探索新形势下基层建设规律和有益做法，重视抓好管根本、利长远、增后劲的工作，把部队建设和战斗力基础打得更加牢靠。 中央军委...

《科创板日报》3月7日讯（记者 史士云） 在上海某大型三甲医院的复诊室里，39岁的安达（化名）抬手握住了桌上的水杯，指尖的力度稳稳当当，这个简单的动作，在一年前对他而言还是奢望。 因车祸导致颈椎错位瘫痪四年，他的双手曾失去所有抓握能力。直至2024年11月，作为上海首例脑机接口植入患者，一枚如硬币大小的脑机接口产品在他颅骨外完成植入，成为连接大脑与肢体的“神经桥梁”。术后第九天，他的右手首次自主抓握木球；术后一年，他能举哑铃、倒水喝水，甚至能握着笔写下简单的字迹。“这一切都令人惊喜，给了我重生的希望。”安达感慨道。 脑机接口在临床上的突破，让敏锐的资本市场已然闻风而动。 数据显示， 2025年脑机接口领域共发生融资事件24起，创下近年新高，融资总额超过50亿元 ，融资热度整体延续了上行趋势。 “总体来看，资本对脑机接口赛道仍保持较高配置力度。从投融资轮次来看， 当前行业融资整体仍处于早期阶段，主要集中在C轮以前，其中天使轮事件数量最多。这表明资金仍在押注技术路线与核心团队 ，而非追逐成熟的商业化现金流。” CIC灼识咨询副总监文清林对《科创板日报》记者说道。 资本热度持续高涨之下，脑机接口领域核心技术突破、临床转化落地、监管伦理适配、商业化路径探索等多重挑战仍待破解。基于此， 资本市场对脑机接口的态度也已不再相信浪漫的概念想象，转而看重可验证的临床交付进展。 值得关注的是，在今年全国两会上， 脑机接口首次被写入政府工作报告 ，明确与量子科技、具身智能等领域一同被列入核心未来产业之一，这一顶层定调标志着脑机接口正式上升为国家战略科技方向。 ▌ 热潮迭起 时间的刻度刚指向2026年，“杭州六小龙”成员之一强脑科技便以一笔高达20亿元的融资炸场开年。 此次融资的投资方包括IDG、华登国际、 蓝思科技 、 领益智造 等，还有中国香港、美国多家顶级家族办公室参与其中，该笔融资也创下除马斯克旗下的Neuralink外，全球脑机接口领域的第二大融资纪录。另还有消息称，强脑科技已秘密提交港股IPO申请。 接下来，一级市场的橄榄枝又频频抛向脑机接口领域。 专注非侵入式赛道的术理创新，于1月和2月接连完成B+轮和C轮融资，融资规模均在数亿元量级，其中B+轮由国家中小企业发展基金、东方富海投资，C轮则由道禾资本、东方恒信、新鼎资本等多家机构共同“举牌”。 同样在2月，侵入式脑机接口公司智...

格隆汇3月7日｜据印度媒体，印度外交部长苏杰生证实，一艘伊朗海军舰艇已获准在印度南部科钦港停靠。报道援引苏杰生的话说，该舰此前向印度方面请求进入港口停靠，并于本月1日获得印度政府批准。另据印度媒体援引消息人士的话报道，停靠在科钦港的伊朗军舰名为“拉万”号。经印度政府批准，该舰于3月4日抵达科钦港，183名船员已被安置在当地海军设施内。

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The Iran war set the markets back this past week, sending stocks in most sectors plummeting. In situations such as these, many investors sell first and ask questions later. The conflict will likely have an impact on businesses, besides the obvious reactions such as oil price increases, a rush to safe-haven assets such as gold and silver, and a boost for defense industry stocks. However, many of the companies that saw their shares drop in the past week aren't likely to be that affected by the conflict. As a research report from Morgan Stanley pointed out, in the wake of similar geopolitical shocks, on average, the S&P 500 has been up by approximately 2% after one month, up 6% after six months, and up 8% after 12 months. At moments like these, then, it makes sense to look at blue chip stocks -- such as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) -- and see if the dip is worth buying. In my view, both of these stocks' recent downturns were likely overreactions. Continue reading