Jonathan Wheatley has opened up on the “extraordinary feeling” of the Audi F1 team becoming a reality, as he also revealed the new generation of power units “sound good” ahead of Formula 1’s new era of regulations.
More than half of companies haven't seen any financial benefit from their AI investments, according to PwC's latest Global CEO Survey [PDF], and yet the spending shows no signs of slowing down. Some 56% of the 4,454 chief executives surveyed across 95 countries said their companies have realized neither higher revenues nor lower costs from AI over the past year.
Only 12% reported getting both benefits -- and those rare winners tend to be the ones who built proper enterprise-wide foundations rather than chasing one-off projects. CEO confidence in near-term growth has taken a notable hit. Just 30% feel strongly optimistic about revenue growth over the next 12 months, down from 38% last year and nowhere near the 56% who felt that way in 2022.
Only 12% reported getting both benefits -- and those rare winners tend to be the ones who built proper enterprise-wide foundations rather than chasing one-off projects. CEO confidence in near-term growth has taken a notable hit. Just 30% feel strongly optimistic about revenue growth over the next 12 months, down from 38% last year and nowhere near the 56% who felt that way in 2022.
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Meta's Oversight Board is tackling a case focused on Meta's ability to permanently disable user accounts. Permanent bans are a drastic action, locking people out of their profiles, memories, friend connections, and, in the case of creators and businesses, their ability to market and communicate with fans and customers. This is the first time in the organization's five-year history as an oversight body that permanent account bans have been a subject of the Oversight Board's focus, the organization notes.
The case being reviewed isn't exactly one of an everyday user. Instead, the case involves a high-profile Instagram user who repeatedly violated Meta's Community Standards by posting visual threats of violence against a female journalist, anti-gay slurs against politicians, content depicting a sex act, allegations of misconduct against minorities, and more. The account had not accumulated enough strikes to be automatically disabled, but Meta made the decision to permanently ban the account. The Board's materials didn't name the account in question, but its recommendations could impact others who post content that targets public figures with abuse, harassment, and threats, as well as users who have their accounts permanently banned without receiving transparent explanations.
Meta referred this specific case to the Board, which included five posts made in the year before the account was permanently disabled. The Board says it's looking for input about several key issues: how permanent bans can be processed fairly, the effectiveness of its current tools to protect public figures and journalists from repeated abuse and threats of violence, the challenges of identifying off-platform content, whether punitive measures effectively shape online behaviors, and best practices for transparent reporting on account enforcement decisions. [...] Whether the Oversight Board has any real sway to address issues on Meta's platform continues to be debated, of course. [...] After the Oversight Board issues its policy recommendations to Meta, the company has 60 days to respond. The Board is also soliciting public comments on this topic. The report notes that Meta's Oversight Board is able to overturn individual moderation decisions and offer recommendations, but largely sidelined from major policy shifts driven by Mark Zuckerberg.
The case being reviewed isn't exactly one of an everyday user. Instead, the case involves a high-profile Instagram user who repeatedly violated Meta's Community Standards by posting visual threats of violence against a female journalist, anti-gay slurs against politicians, content depicting a sex act, allegations of misconduct against minorities, and more. The account had not accumulated enough strikes to be automatically disabled, but Meta made the decision to permanently ban the account. The Board's materials didn't name the account in question, but its recommendations could impact others who post content that targets public figures with abuse, harassment, and threats, as well as users who have their accounts permanently banned without receiving transparent explanations.
Meta referred this specific case to the Board, which included five posts made in the year before the account was permanently disabled. The Board says it's looking for input about several key issues: how permanent bans can be processed fairly, the effectiveness of its current tools to protect public figures and journalists from repeated abuse and threats of violence, the challenges of identifying off-platform content, whether punitive measures effectively shape online behaviors, and best practices for transparent reporting on account enforcement decisions. [...] Whether the Oversight Board has any real sway to address issues on Meta's platform continues to be debated, of course. [...] After the Oversight Board issues its policy recommendations to Meta, the company has 60 days to respond. The Board is also soliciting public comments on this topic. The report notes that Meta's Oversight Board is able to overturn individual moderation decisions and offer recommendations, but largely sidelined from major policy shifts driven by Mark Zuckerberg.
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MacPaw, the Ukraine-based developer, has announced that Setapp Mobile -- its alternative iOS app store for European Union users that launched in open beta in September 2024 -- will shut down on February 16, 2026, citing "still-evolving and complex business terms" for alternative marketplaces that don't fit its current business model.
Alternative iOS stores became possible under the Digital Markets Act but face challenges including Apple's controversial Core Technology Fee, which Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has called "ruinous for any hopes of a competing store getting a foothold."
Alternative iOS stores became possible under the Digital Markets Act but face challenges including Apple's controversial Core Technology Fee, which Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has called "ruinous for any hopes of a competing store getting a foothold."
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LOS GATOS (ANP) - Netflix verwacht ondanks de gehoopte overname van grote delen van Warner Bros. Discovery en extra uitgaven aan shows winstgevender te worden in 2026. In het laatste kwartaal van vorig jaar profiteerde de streamingdienst van nieuwe abonnees en hogere prijzen, meldt Netflix bij zijn resultaten.
Netflix verwacht dit jaar ongeveer 10 procent hogere kosten voor de productie van series en films en de aankoop van Warner Bros. Desondanks mikt het Amerikaanse bedrijf op een winstmarge van 31,5 procent, terwijl dat in 2025 nog 29,5 procent was.
Naast investeringen in series en films steekt Netflix ook meer geld in andere vormen van vermaak. Zo wil de streamer live-uitzendingen van sport uitbreiden en 'videopodcasts' aanbieden.
In het slotkwartaal van 2025 steeg het aantal Netflix-abonnees naar 325 miljoen, tegenover 300 miljoen een jaar eerder. De omzet steeg bijna 18 procent tot 12,1 miljard dollar. De nettowinst steeg op jaarbasis 29 procent tot 2,4 miljard dollar.
NEW YORK (ANP) - De aandelenbeurzen in New York zijn op de eerste handelsdag na een extra lang weekend met forse verliezen gesloten. Beleggers schrokken van de dreigementen van de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump richting Europese bondgenoten in zijn poging Groenland in te lijven.
De breed samengestelde S&P 500 verloor 2,1 procent tot 6796,94 en verspeelde daarmee de sinds de jaarwisseling geboekte koerswinst. De Dow-Jonesindex zakte 1,8 procent tot 48.488,65 punten. Techbeurs Nasdaq verloor 2,4 procent tot 22.954,32 punten.
Het Amerikaanse ingrijpen in Venezuela bracht de financiële markten amper in beroering. Beleggers lijken wel bezorgd over een mogelijke escalatie van de handelsspanningen tussen de VS en de Europese Unie.
Verkenningsmissie Groenland
Na Trumps aankondiging van heffingen voor landen die meededen aan een verkenningsmissie in Groenland, waaronder Nederland, weigert het Europees Parlement voorlopig te stemmen over de eerdere handelsdeal met de VS. Brussel zei ook snel tegenheffingen te kunnen invoeren.
Amerikaanse staatsobligaties verloren ook aan waarde door de zorgen over Trumps handels- en geopolitieke beleid. Daarnaast keken beleggers met zorgen naar een grote daling van Japanse obligaties, die werd ingegeven door zorgen over de begrotingsplannen van de regering.
Goud bereikte recordprijs
Goud, vaak gezien als veilige belegging in onrustige tijden, bereikte een recordprijs. Een ounce goud was meer dan 4700 dollar waard.
Netflix paste zijn overnamebod voor grote delen van Warner Bros. Discovery aan en zakte 1 procent. De videostreamer is bereid het bedrag van bijna 83 miljard dollar volledig in contanten te betalen voor de filmstudio's en streamingplatforms van het entertainmentconcern. Het eerdere bod was deels in aandelen.
Warner Bros
Ook Paramount Skydance aast op Warner Bros en biedt 108,4 miljard dollar voor het hele bedrijf.
Industrieconcern 3M zakte 7 procent na de presentatie van zijn resultaten. De winstprognose van het bedrijf voor 2026 was lager dan analisten in doorsnee hadden verwacht.
Olieprijzen zaten in de lift. Handelaren verwerken een productiestop in Kazachstan bij het grootste oliebedrijf van het land bij twee olievelden, door branden bij stroomvoorzieningen. Het land verlaagde de olieproductie eerder al na droneaanvallen op een in Rusland gelegen terminal die deel uitmaakt van een pijpleiding voor olie uit Kazachstan.
WASHINGTON (ANP) - De NAVO is veel sterker dan een jaar geleden en dat komt volgens de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump door zijn beleid. Hij noemde als voorbeeld dat NAVO-landen nu naar defensieuitgaven van 5 procent van het bruto binnenlands product per jaar gaan. Hij erkende dat er momenteel problemen zijn, maar er komen volgens hem ook oplossingen die zijn regering én de NAVO heel gelukkig zullen maken.
Op de vraag of hij zou willen afzien van claims op Groenland, dat tot het Deense koninkrijk behoort, zei hij enkel: "Dat zul je zien." De aanspraken op Groenland verdelen het NAVO-bondgenootschap diep omdat de Europese lidstaten met Denemarken voorop die afwijzen.
Trump sprak omdat hij een jaar president is in zijn tweede ambtstermijn. Hij zei dat hij een puinhoop had geërfd van Joe Biden en legde nadruk op de economische successen van zijn regering. Een positieve factor zijn volgens hem de importtarieven. Ook het sluiten van de grens voor illegale immigranten zou hebben bijgedragen.
Wyatt Hodgson took Koyaanisqatsi and sped it up 1552% so you can watch the whole movie in about five minutes.
Reggio uses time lapse in the film to great effect — you notice different things at different playback speeds — and Hodgson’s clever use of the same technique reveals the overall structure of the film much more than watching it in realtime…but the emotion of the film is completely removed. (via the candler blog)
[This is a vintage post originally from Feb 2012.]
Tags: Godfrey Reggio · Koyaanisqatsi · movies · time lapse · timeless posts · Wyatt Hodgson
Sure it's a bubble and the deals are circular - that doesn't mean Amazon's not going to try to extract value from it
Could one of the most prominent tech company leaders be less-than-enthused about the AI economy? In an interview, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy didn't dismiss the idea that the AI bubble could pop, despite his company's massive investments in the technology. …
In Lottum (gemeente Horst aan de Maas, provincie Limburg) is vogelgriep vastgesteld op een kleinschalige houderij met circa 370 vogels. Om verspreiding van het virus te voorkomen, worden de besmette dieren op de locatie geruimd door de Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA).