Firm’s fourth-quarter 2025 beat expectations as it lavishes investment on AI infrastructure and CEO faces questioning
As Meta spends billions on artificial intelligence data centers and its CEO prepares to testify in a landmark social media trial, the company is earning a pretty penny.
Meta reported strong financial results on Wednesday, beating Wall Street expectations of $58.59bn with $59.89bn in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2025. It reported earnings per share (EPS) of $8.88 – which also surpassed Wall Street expectations of $8.23 in EPS. Meta’s stocks jumped nearly 10% in after-hours trading after the release.
Forget brash statement projects – Riba’s prestigious gold medal has gone to a pivotal figure who works above an Aldi and designs billowing bandstands, jewel-like chapels and buildings that change colour
When NĂall McLaughlin was shortlisted for the Stirling prize in 2013, for designing an exquisitely jewel-like chapel for a theological college near Oxford, he brought along his client to the prize-giving ceremony. It was the first (and possibly last) time a group of Anglican nuns had ever graced such a spectacle.
Despite clearly having God on his side, he lost out that year, but eventually scooped the Stirling in 2022, for the New Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Founded in 1428, Magdalene’s alumni include Samuel Pepys, Norman Hartnell and Bamber Gascoigne. Oxbridge colleges expect their buildings to endure, and McLaughlin delivered a reassuringly robust and handsomely detailed exemplar, mixing crisp planes of brick that recalled the American modernist Louis Kahn, with top notes of English Arts and Crafts, echoing the gabled forms of the college’s historic courts.
Mike Hawes casts doubt on Labour’s plan to double production by 2035, as Starmer visits China with carmaker delegation
A target of building 1.3m cars a year is likely to be missed unless a large new UK factory is built in the coming years, an industry group has said, as Keir Starmer prepares to hold trade talks in China.
Labour aims to have 1.3m vehicles rolling off production lines by 2035, a central ambition of its industrial strategy. That would nearly double the 764,715 cars and vans made in 2025, according to new data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Industry groups warn that aligning agriculture standards overnight could cost British businesses up to ÂŁ810m a year
British food sector representatives have urged the government to introduce a transition period if it agrees to realign post-Brexit agriculture rules with the EU.
They warned that aligning regulations overnight would create a “cliff edge” that could cost UK businesses between £500m and £810m a year, because of the divergence in standards since Brexit.
Australian children’s cartoon series about a family of blue heelers has yet to announce a new season
Australian-made animated series Bluey was the most streamed show in the US for the second year in a row, topping Nielsen’s annual year-end streaming charts for 2025.
US viewers watched 45.2bn minutes of the show on Disney+ according to Nielsen, down from 55.62bn in 2024, but still impressive given the show comprises 154 episodes – most of them less than 10 minutes’ long.
It's a 1.25-mile journey from Aquatic Park through frigid, current-swept waters to reach the tourist attraction. [...]
Aidan Moore, who works for Alcatraz City Cruises, said the coyote has been holed up near the parade grounds, where birds frequently nest. Bird carcasses have recently been found around the island, Moore said.
"He's certainly much fatter than when he arrived," said Moore. "We don't know how long he's going to be a resident here, because if he interferes with the nesting birds he might get relocated to the mainland." [...]
Kessler and a UC Berkeley researcher said the coyote likely left the mainland due to territorial pressure from the city's approximately 20 coyote family groups, each of which defends its turf against outsiders. With limited options for dispersing young coyotes -- about 30 are killed by cars in San Francisco each year -- this one apparently decided to strike out across the water.
Christopher Schell, an assistant professor at UC Berkeley who studies how carnivores adapt to urban environments, said coyotes rarely display this type of swimming endurance, but it's not unprecedented. He recalled reports of coyotes swimming up to three miles to islands from Seattle and Tacoma, Washington.
From an array of photos, videos, sound bytes, and illustrative elements, Rich Wells creates moving collages that capture the essence of place. Based in Sheffield, he documents his visits to landscapes and landmarks near and far, including bicycle rides around different parts of the U.K. and places as familiar as his own kitchen table.
“I really enjoy the process of making these collages—going out into the world and trying to capture what it feels like to be somewhere,” Wells tells Colossal. “I like to think of myself as a Victorian photographer taking long exposures, but most of the time I’m recording the pavement with my iPhone.”
Using Adobe After Effects, Wells manually cuts out shapes from photos and drawings, then combines them with videos and sounds to create what he describes as “looping worlds.” Although the clips are typically only around 10 seconds long, their repetition creates a simultaneous sense of endless movement and something of an animated time capsule of a particular moment.
Wells says, “In these tough times I make work to encourage myself to look up and around, and I hope that they encourage others, too.” He and partner Bryony Wells are also the founders of creative studio Make Better, and you can see more on Instagram.
MEXICO-STAD (ANP) - Mexico gaat door met het leveren van ruwe olie aan Cuba. President Claudia Sheinbaum beschouwt de olie-export naar Cuba als "humanitaire hulp", zei ze woensdag tegen verslaggevers. "Die hulp gaat door, net als aan andere landen", zei ze.
Begin januari kondigde de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump aan dat er geen olie of geld meer naar Cuba zou gaan, hoewel hij niet uitlegde hoe de beperkingen zouden worden gehandhaafd. Afgelopen week meldden media dat de Mexicaanse regering olieleveringen aan Cuba wilde stoppen uit vrees voor acties van de Amerikaanse regering.
Sheinbaum reageerde daarop door te benadrukken dat de olieleveringen van Mexico een "soevereine beslissing" zijn. "Cuba heeft te maken met blokkades die tekorten veroorzaken en Mexico is altijd ondersteunend geweest."
De VS namen begin dit jaar de Venezolaanse president Nicolás Maduro gevangen. Sindsdien gaat er geen olie uit Venezuela meer naar Cuba. Mexico was na Venezuela de tweede olieleverancier van Cuba - en is nu dus de voornaamste.
DEN HAAG (ANP) - Na D66 en de VVD heeft ook bij het CDA de Tweede Kamerfractie ingestemd met het coalitieakkoord dat de partijleiders eerder deze week sloten. Dat heeft partijleider Henri Bontenbal na een uren durend fractieoverleg bekendgemaakt.
Medeonderhandelaars Rob Jetten (D66) en Dilan Yeşilgöz (VVD) maakten rond middernacht al bekend dat hun fracties instemmen met de gemaakte afspraken. Het CDA had iets langer nodig voor de beoordeling van het akkoord dat de basis moet gaan vormen voor een minderheidscoalitie.
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