BookTok influencer Jack Edwards motivates himself with reading goals – and he’s not alone. Authors and avid readers discuss the rise of metrics, and reveal how many books they finished last year Every January, thousands of readers log on to Goodreads, Instagram or TikTok and make the same declaration: this is the year I read 50 books. Or 75. Or 100. Screenshots of spreadsheets circulate, templates...
BookTok influencer Jack Edwards motivates himself with reading goals – and he’s not alone. Authors and avid readers discuss the rise of metrics, and reveal how many books they finished last year Every January, thousands of readers log on to Goodreads, Instagram or TikTok and make the same declaration: this is the year I read 50 books. Or 75. Or 100. Screenshots of spreadsheets circulate, templates for tracking pages and percentages are downloaded, friends publicly pledge to “do better” than they did last year. What was once a private pastime is announced, quantified and, in some corners of the internet, judged. The appeal is obvious: in a distracted age, reading can easily become crowded out by work, screens and fatigue. Literacy rates in the UK are stagnating: in 2024, around 50% of UK adults read regularly for pleasure , down from 58% in 2015. Continue reading...
Innovation and disruption can certainly push industries toward rapid change. However, these factors can also help to create vast markets. Investors need to pay attention. One chief executive officer, who has successfully led this industry-leading enterprise since August 2017, just called out an enormous opportunity. Investors should realize that it's not a " Magnificent Seven " stock. Here's what ...
Innovation and disruption can certainly push industries toward rapid change. However, these factors can also help to create vast markets. Investors need to pay attention. One chief executive officer, who has successfully led this industry-leading enterprise since August 2017, just called out an enormous opportunity. Investors should realize that it's not a " Magnificent Seven " stock. Here's what you need to know. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Church suspends Stephen Conway as police investigate claim man was sexually assaulted between 2018 and 2025 The bishop of Lincoln has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. Lincolnshire police confirmed that a 68-year-old man was arrested as part of an “ongoing investigation following an allegation that a man was sexually assaulted between 2018 and 2025”. Continue reading...
Church suspends Stephen Conway as police investigate claim man was sexually assaulted between 2018 and 2025 The bishop of Lincoln has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. Lincolnshire police confirmed that a 68-year-old man was arrested as part of an “ongoing investigation following an allegation that a man was sexually assaulted between 2018 and 2025”. Continue reading...
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT CNBC's Arjun Kharpal sits down with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the AI Impact Summit. Photo: Yolande Chee Yolande Chee India hosted one of the world's biggest AI events this week, but it was marred by chaos and confusion, apparently not the message it's trying to send as it strives to become a leading artificial intelligence player...
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT CNBC's Arjun Kharpal sits down with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the AI Impact Summit. Photo: Yolande Chee Yolande Chee India hosted one of the world's biggest AI events this week, but it was marred by chaos and confusion, apparently not the message it's trying to send as it strives to become a leading artificial intelligence player. Despite the drama, U.S. tech firms in particular couldn't resist the temptation of the Indian market, talking up the country's AI potential and making a number of announcements. I have been on the ground in New Delhi since Monday and I can honestly say that the AI Impact Summit has been one of the most challenging reporting assignments of my career. Traffic has been a nightmare more than usual in the Indian capital. There were times it didn't move at all. On Wednesday, I had events and interviews at three different hotels and getting the team around to these appointments on time was a real challenge. India hosted one of the biggest AI events in the world that was marred by some chaos and confusion. Photo: AI Impact Summit 2026 Arjun Kharpal At one point on Thursday, were weren't even sure if we'd be able to enter the Bharat Mandapam, the venue where the summit took place. That's because instructions were not clear on when media would be allowed in on Thursday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the event. We eventually found out we could enter at 6 a.m. local time. When we turned up, security did not let us in until later, not before a crowd of media had gathered at the gates. Inside, security were giving out conflicting instructions. Several delegates expressed to me their frustrations over the organization of the summit. The event itself was marred by other controversies. Bill Gates, who was named in the Epstein files, was scheduled to give a keynote address. There was then uncertainty if he would even turn up. The Gates Foundation had said earlier in the week...
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Updates from the T20I cricket at Adelaide Oval Start time is 7.15pm local/1.45pm IST Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email 2nd over: India 14-0 (Smriti 5, Shafali 3) Gardner comes in for the second over to open from the other end. Shafali attacks immediately, coming down the pitch and attempts to drive it back over Gardner’s head, but the ball catches the edge instead. It falls safely, just pas...
Updates from the T20I cricket at Adelaide Oval Start time is 7.15pm local/1.45pm IST Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email 2nd over: India 14-0 (Smriti 5, Shafali 3) Gardner comes in for the second over to open from the other end. Shafali attacks immediately, coming down the pitch and attempts to drive it back over Gardner’s head, but the ball catches the edge instead. It falls safely, just past Litchfield and Shafali is off the mark. It’s a fairly tight over from Gardner, just four runs from it. Continue reading...
Getty Images SMCI's FQ2 2026 earnings: the less discussed items My last analysis on Super Micro Computer, Inc. ( SMCI ) was published on Jan 10 under a title of “Super Micro Computer: Commoditization Continues.” The article was triggered by SMCI’s expansion of liquid-cooled AI rack capacity and rated the stock as a hold. Since then, there have been a few important developments both for the AI hard...
Getty Images SMCI's FQ2 2026 earnings: the less discussed items My last analysis on Super Micro Computer, Inc. ( SMCI ) was published on Jan 10 under a title of “Super Micro Computer: Commoditization Continues.” The article was triggered by SMCI’s expansion of liquid-cooled AI rack capacity and rated the stock as a hold. Since then, there have been a few important developments both for the AI hardware sector as a whole and also for SMCI’s specific operations. In this article, I will focus on the top one development in each category as I see it. For the former category, I will focus on the 2026 CAPEX plan updates by hyperscalers’ in their FQ4 earnings reports (ER). And for the latter category, I will focus on SMCI’s own ER for its FQ2 2026 released on Feb 3, 2026. These developments have led me to see that the selloff surrounding the stock has run its course and the negatives have already been fully factored into its current share prices. As such, the article upgrades my rating to buy. Let me start with a quick recap of its FQ2 ER. As one of the most hotly debated stocks on the SA platform, SMCI’s ER has been dissected by many other authors shortly after the release. Here, I will just focus on a few of the less discussed—yet important—items in my view. The next screenshot shows the reconciliation between its accounting profit and cash flow for FQ2. This is where the magic (or the mess) hides in my experience because this section bridges the gap between the accounting figures and the actual cash flows that hit the SMCI’s bank accounts. Looking at the FQ2 figures, four reconciliation items stand out immediately: changes in accounts receivable (AR), changes in inventory, changes in accounts payable (AP), and also unearned revenue (UR). Note that I skipped several line items with relatively small magnitudes in the screenshot to minimize clustering and better highlight the items of importance. As seen, these 4 items easily stand out because A) they are quite large in magn...