(RTTNews) - Zebra Technologies Corporation (ZBRA), a provider of automatic identification and data solutions, Wednesday announced that its corporate venture capital unit, Zebra Ventures is making a strategic investment in Apera AI, a provider of 4D Vision for industrial robots.
(RTTNews) - Zebra Technologies Corporation (ZBRA), a provider of automatic identification and data solutions, Wednesday announced that its corporate venture capital unit, Zebra Ventures is making a strategic investment in Apera AI, a provider of 4D Vision for industrial robots.
华特 迪士尼 动画工作室与洛杉矶Deaf West剧院合作,推出了三首用手语重新演绎的经典动画歌曲。为庆祝美国全国聋人历史月,这一名为“Songs in Sign Language”的特别项目于4月27日在Disney+上线。该项目旨在让聋人和听障人士也能体验到迪士尼动画音乐的魔力。 此次发布的三首曲目风格各异,均为近年的热门歌曲,包括《冰雪奇缘2》中情感细腻的《The Next Right Th...
华特 迪士尼 动画工作室与洛杉矶Deaf West剧院合作,推出了三首用手语重新演绎的经典动画歌曲。为庆祝美国全国聋人历史月,这一名为“Songs in Sign Language”的特别项目于4月27日在Disney+上线。该项目旨在让聋人和听障人士也能体验到迪士尼动画音乐的魔力。 此次发布的三首曲目风格各异,均为近年的热门歌曲,包括《冰雪奇缘2》中情感细腻的《The Next Right Thing》、《魔法满屋》中欢快复杂的《We Don‘t Talk About Bruno》以及《莫阿娜2》中充满冒险精神的《Beyond》。 该项目由资深迪士尼动画师Hyrum Osmond执导,其父亲是聋人背景使他对这一项目有着深厚的情感联结。 制作过程历时四年,通过动画的独特语言,将美国手语的视觉表现力融入家喻户晓的动画形象中。与Deaf West剧院艺术总监DJ Kurs合作,团队超越了简单的逐字翻译,而是通过面部表情和身体动作来传达歌曲的情感和概念。 Osmond表示:“手语是地球上最美的交流方式之一,如果要找一个媒介来展现手语,那就是动画。”项目部分由原班动画师集体参与,一些镜头为展现手部动作细节经过了重新设计和调整。 《魔法满屋》中复杂的多角色同步手语场景对动画团队提出了极高要求。随着这些内容的发布,迪士尼在追求包容性和文化代表性方面翻开了新的篇章。 责任编辑:张俊 SF065
Getty Images Aerospace & defense ETFs plunged into a correction territory after years of staggering returns. The selloff presents an attractive buying opportunity as secular uptrend is expected to accelerate in the quarters and years ahead. The recently launched iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF ( IDEF ) could be a solid investment vehicle for dip buyers and long term investors. IDEF seeks to...
Getty Images Aerospace & defense ETFs plunged into a correction territory after years of staggering returns. The selloff presents an attractive buying opportunity as secular uptrend is expected to accelerate in the quarters and years ahead. The recently launched iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF ( IDEF ) could be a solid investment vehicle for dip buyers and long term investors. IDEF seeks to maximize returns by holding positions in aerospace & defense and related-companies with the potential to benefit from higher spending. It outperformed popular aerospace & defense ETFs since its inception due to multiple factors, including global approach, diversification and active portfolio management. The fund's expense ratio is in-line with peers while liquidity is growing sharply. I initiate coverage of IDEF with a buy rating. Defense Industry’s Secular Growth Seems Strong IDEF, ITA, SHLD and PPA price selloff (Seeking Alpha) iShares Defense Industrials Active ETF, iShares US Aerospace & Defense ETF ( ITA ), Global X Defense Tech ETF ( SHLD ) and Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF ( PPA ) plunged sharpy after hitting record levels. The selloff is supported by the potential US-Iran deal. The investors profit-taking added to a price decline. The selloff is likely to be temporary, given the rising global military spending, increased geo-political conflicts and race to equip armies with the latest defense technologies. According to the latest report from Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, military spending increased to $2.9 trillion in 2025 from $2.7 trillion in 2024. This marks 11th consecutive year of growth and represents 2.9% year-over-year boost. The spending was equivalent to 2.5% of the global GDP, the highest level since 2009. Excluding the US, the global military spending increased by more than 9% in 2025. Furthermore, the spending is expected to surge in 2026 and beyond. The US military spending could cross a $1 trillion level in 2026. Moreover, given...
Investing.com -- Nasdaq futures are edging higher on Wednesday as Wall Street braces for one of the most consequential earnings sessions of the year, with Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft all set to report after the close.
Investing.com -- Nasdaq futures are edging higher on Wednesday as Wall Street braces for one of the most consequential earnings sessions of the year, with Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft all set to report after the close.
US Gas Prices Hit Highest Level In 4 Years, Analyst Says Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The average price for a gallon of gasoline hit its highest level in four years on Tuesday as the cost of a barrel of oil remains elevated amid the conflict with Iran , according to a prominent analyst. Customers pump gas at a gas station in Miami on April 13, 2026. Joe Raedle/Get...
US Gas Prices Hit Highest Level In 4 Years, Analyst Says Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The average price for a gallon of gasoline hit its highest level in four years on Tuesday as the cost of a barrel of oil remains elevated amid the conflict with Iran , according to a prominent analyst. Customers pump gas at a gas station in Miami on April 13, 2026. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The national average price for a gallon of gas was $4.17, “the highest level since 2022,” and surpassed the $4.16 price reported earlier this month, said GasBuddy analyst Patrick de Haan in an X post on April 28. “We’ll continue to head higher for now,” he added. The American Automobile Association (AAA) also said the price for a gallon of regular gas reached just above $4.17, showing a 6-cent increase from Monday. The price of gas and oil surged after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, prompting the country to respond by attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz and launching its own strikes on neighboring countries in the Middle East. Diesel was significantly higher on Tuesday , with AAA showing the price for a gallon at $5.46, an increase of 2 cents over Monday’s average. According to an AAA report in March, the nationwide average price for a gallon of gas stood at around $2.98 on Feb. 26, two days before the U.S. military launched the strikes. A federal Energy Information Administration (EIA) graph shows that gas prices reached $4.21 per gallon in April 2022, several weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Prices may have been impacted by the United Arab Emirates’ announcement on Tuesday that the oil-rich country was quitting the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) , dealing a blow to the oil producers’ group. The exit of the UAE weakens OPEC’s control over global oil supplies and will widen a rift between the UAE and neighboring Saudi Arabia. UAE Energy Minister Suhail Mohamed al-Mazrouei told Re...
GarryKillian/iStock via Getty Images Google ( GOOG )( GOOGL ) is expanding Gemini's "Memories," a feature that uses past chats to make better recommendations and lead to "more natural and relevant conversations," to the U.K. market, the company announced today. They also added a tool that allows users to copy and paste full chat histories with other chatbots, such as OpenAI's ( OPENAI ) ChatGPT or...
GarryKillian/iStock via Getty Images Google ( GOOG )( GOOGL ) is expanding Gemini's "Memories," a feature that uses past chats to make better recommendations and lead to "more natural and relevant conversations," to the U.K. market, the company announced today. They also added a tool that allows users to copy and paste full chat histories with other chatbots, such as OpenAI's ( OPENAI ) ChatGPT or Anthropic's ( ANTHRO ) Claude, directly into Gemini. This helps users build up their conversational background with the AI assistant. "We believe that the most helpful AI assistant is one that's personal to you, and understands your preferences and past conversations," said Maryam Sanglaji, group product manager of the Gemini app, in a blog post. "But if you're curious to try a different option, starting over with an assistant that doesn't know you can feel daunting." The memory feature was first released for subscribers of the Google One AI Premium plan in November 2024. It has since been updated and enhanced. However, it was not made available in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the U.K. They will be rolling it out in the U.K. over the next couple of weeks. More on Alphabet Alphabet Earnings Preview: Q1 Earnings Hinge On Margins And The Cloud Alphabet: Preparing For 'New Age' Q1 Earnings Alphabet: All-Time Highs May Be Ahead Alphabet Q1 preview: Ad resilience, cloud backlog, capex plans in spotlight California billionaire tax will be on the ballot in November
(RTTNews) - Canadian and U.S. futures point to a flat start on Bay Street Wednesday morning, ahead of interest rate decisions from the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve.
(RTTNews) - Canadian and U.S. futures point to a flat start on Bay Street Wednesday morning, ahead of interest rate decisions from the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve.