Former Brazil captain Neymar sanctioned by sports tribunal for actions after his red card in match against Bahia.
Santos captain Neymar has been handed a two-match suspension for covering his mouth while arguing with an opponent during Saturday’s 1-1 Brazilian Serie A draw with Bahia, Brazil’s Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) said.
The 34-year-old was sent off following an altercation with Bahia midfielder Rodrigo Nestor, and the sports tribunal found him guilty of violating the Vinicius Junior rule that forbids players from covering their mouths during on-field confrontations.
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The STJD said the referee’s report also noted that Neymar, after being sent off, ran towards the visitors’ bench to confront his opponent and had to be restrained by teammates.
The suspension means Neymar will miss Santos’ next three matches. He is already banned for Wednesday’s league game against Palmeiras after accumulating three yellow cards and will serve two additional matches for the protocol violation.
Neymar and Santos can appeal the ruling.
The latest suspension comes three months after Neymar became the first player in Brazil’s top flight to be temporarily removed from the field under a new rule being tested in the league to curb time-wasting by goalkeepers.
The former Brazil captain is not expected to return to action until late November.
Rule against covering mouths
In April, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) unanimously approved a rule whereby a red card would be given to football players who covered their mouths during a confrontation with an opponent or any other player on the pitch.
The FIFA-approved amendment was passed to address inappropriate behaviour before the World Cup.
It followed a UEFA Champions League match where Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni made racially abusive comments directed at Vinicius Jr while pulling his jersey up over his mouth to hide what he was saying.
During the World Cup, Paraguay midfielder Miguel Almiron was given a one-match suspension after he became the first player to be sent off at the tournament for covering his mouth.
Pastor Dennis Hodges found his faith under fire when he simply chose to abstain from voting on a San Diego County government policy that would fly in the face of his deeply held Christian values. The initiative that’s causing the issue today is from several years ago, and he was serving in a completely different area of the San Diego government in a volunteer capacity. However, within that choice to abstain, certain ones on the board decided they didn’t like his choice. So even though it was not standard protocol, he was nudged to explain during the commission meeting why he chose to abstain. Hodges said he loves all people, but that according to God’s Word, transgenderism “is an abomination in the eyes of God.” His Biblically held belief was apparently noted and filed away for future ammunition to push him out of other government positions.
San Diego Mayor Vetoes Hodges’ Reappointment Because of His Christian Values
After that incident, Hodges transitioned to the County Police Advisory Board, which is another volunteer position. It seemed that Hodges was an excellent fit for the position because of his previous law enforcement experience and his African-American heritage. He also has a BS degree in Criminal Justice, according to his church website. However, when the time for his reappointment presented itself, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria vetoed Hodges’ reappointment. His alleged reason was because of Hodges’ Christian, Biblical convictions, according to The Christian Newswire.
Advocates for Faith and Freedom alleges that Hodges’ First Amendment Rights have been violated by the mayor, and the organization has agreed to take up his case. After the case was presented in the district court, it was dismissed, and then the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to uphold that decision in February of 2026. So Advocates for Faith and Freedom is taking the case to the Supreme Court. Their argument questions whether or not government officials can refuse to allow Americans into areas of public service due to their deeply held religious beliefs.
Advocates for Faith & Freedom: ‘Hodges Punished for Christian Beliefs’
“Pastor Hodges was punished for expressing Christian beliefs that had nothing to do with his ability to serve,” Joel Oster, Vice President and Chief of Trial Litigation for Advocates for Faith & Freedom, told The Christian Newswire. “If this ruling stands, government officials could effectively silence religious viewpoints by declaring them politically unacceptable. The First Amendment does not exist only for those whose beliefs align with the government.”
“This case is about far more than one pastor or one city,” Robert Tyler, President and Chief Counsel of Advocates for Faith & Freedom, told the Christian Newswire. “It is about whether the government can demand ideological conformity as the price of public service.”
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On Tuesday, defense contractor Anduril and chipmaker Qualcomm announced a partnership to build laptops entirely in the United States, starting with a single model in 2027. They also announced a “long-term goal” of pushing the computer industry to create “a fully domestic supply chain.”
Even a single Made-in-USA laptop would be a surprise, because no major US computer company builds its laptops here — not Apple, not Dell, not HP, not Microsoft. We’re not aware of any company that does.
But we are aware of companies that have briefly and strategically assembled computers here seemingly to appease President Donald Trump. We’re also aware of companies that have promised US jobs only to deliver empty buildings. And we’re aware of at least one fake “US” company that lied to the government about making product domestically.
That’s why we now ask pointed questions when a company says it’s committed to US manufacturing. We asked TP-Link those sorts of questions just over a week ago. On Monday, we asked Anduril founder Palmer Luckey and Qualcomm president and CEO Cristiano Amon those kinds of questions.
Over the course of two days, Anduril has changed one important answer.
Anduril communications VP Shannon Prior now says the company’s laptop will have at least 65 percent of its components made in the US by the time it launches in 2027. It’s an important number, and one that Anduril did not commit to earlier this week.
Luckey held a call with reporters on Monday, during which he was clear that he wants to make literally every part of a computer in the United States — and that Anduril and Qualcomm have already mapped out a plan. “We have a technical roadmap to get to 100 percent domestic over time,” he told journalists.
Luckey also suggested his laptop would be built to comply with the requirements of the military and other government agencies — and that it would meet or exceed one specific US government standard that has an exact definition.
“We are not just barely meeting the bar for Made in America. We are going hard to make this an all-American play, and not even the Buy American Act requires what we’re trying,” Luckey said.
The Buy American Act dates back to 1933, but it was updated during the Biden Administration to require that at least 65 percent of the cost of a product’s components must be made domestically for it be considered a domestic product itself. That number is going up to 75 percent in 2029.
Many products need to be made in America to those standards, or federal agencies can’t buy them without receiving a waiver — which agencies currently use en masse, Luckey himself argued on the call. “There’s a number of government agencies that are required by law to buy American-made computers […] All of those procurements are happening under waivers of those laws,” he said.
We also noticed that Anduril’s press release specifies that its first laptop will be “designed and assembled” in the United States, not necessarily “manufactured” here (though the release does talk about future manufacturing). This was also a sticking point with router maker TP-Link, which would not confirm full manufacturing even after suggesting it in an interview with The Verge.
That’s why we asked Luckey what percent of his first laptop’s components would be made in the US. His reply was not 65 percent or 70 percent. It was “TBD.” You can read the exchange for yourself:
The Verge: When it arrives in 2027, what percent of the components in the BlueChip laptop will be made in the US?
Luckey: TBD. I’m doing my very, very best. It’s gonna be a whole mix of things based on when do certain memory fabs come online? When do certain CPU, GPU fabs come online? There’s a whole— Like, am I able to get a display line here or not? Do I have to do that after launch? I’m being totally open kimono with you here. Those questions are not settled. It is not clear if I will be able. I know the glass is gonna be made in the US, I know the frame is gonna be made in the US around that display. I know that parts of the ribbon component are gonna be made in the U.S. I don’t know if I will have successfully pulled that component in or a dozen other components. So it’s a little up in the air. I’m doing my very, very best. I think most likely the thing that we ship is not going to be 100-percent American. I think it’ll be a blend of US and allies around the world, mostly US, probably a few things from some allies, and then that’ll be in the context of conversations with those allies about bringing those components into production in the United States, and I’m being honest with the government on this too. I mean, I’ve had conversations where I’ve said, listen. I would love to give you guys an American, 100-percent American laptop right off the bat, but that is not the environment the US government has created or US industry has created. I can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
When we followed up by email to ask specifically about 65 percent, the answer was that the laptop prototype is currently at 32 percent and Anduril could not yet commit to 65 percent. Here’s Anduril spokesperson Stephanie Davis’ full reply on Tuesday:
For the prototype today, approximately 32% is U.S.-origin by component procurement cost, and more than 90% is sourced from the United States and allied countries combined.
We’re working to expand domestic sourcing and production ahead of planned availability in 2027, with the goal of eliminating foreign content and ultimately establishing an end-to-end American supply chain.
The final domestic-content percentage at launch remains unsettled, so we can’t confirm above or below 65% today. That’s why we’re asking you to revise the assertion that it will be “well below” that threshold.
Today, Prior writes that Anduril can indeed commit to 65 percent. Here is the most recent statement:
Our previous response to The Verge was incorrect. The BlueChip laptop is indeed being developed to exceed the 65% U.S. domestic-content threshold at launch in 2027. Meeting that threshold is a fundamental objective of the program. The precise domestic-content percentage of the final product is still being determined as we finalize suppliers and work through prototypes, and we look forward to sharing more next year.
Today’s statement is the first time Anduril has confirmed that we, and government agencies, theoretically shouldn’t need to wait until Anduril achieves its full goals to see a laptop that meets the Buy American standard. If everything works out, Anduril’s first laptop in 2027, with Qualcomm, should be that laptop.
We invited Luckey to explain how Anduril would get to 65 percent domestic component production in a follow-up interview, but we were told he’s not currently available. On the Monday call, he told journalists that Anduril already has a US glassmaker lined up for the laptop’s cover glass, is programming FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) to serve the purpose of power management chips and other circuits it can’t normally can’t get outside China, and is developing made-in-America batteries as well.
The press release adds that the enclosure is designed “for US machining” and the laptop will use metals “that US industry can produce and machine at scale.”
As for the laptop’s Snapdragon processor, we asked Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon about that. “TSMC has a manufacturing facility in Arizona, and that’s where our chips are going to be made,” he told The Verge.
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Urban birds in Czechia, France, Germany, Poland, and Spain let men get about one meter closer, on average, than women before taking off, a new flight initiation distance study found. Researchers tested 37 city-dwelling species including great tits, house sparrows, and blackbirds, and say the reason for the sex-linked gap remains unexplained.
Key Takeaways
Urban birds in five European countries let men get about 1 meter closer than women before fleeing, with mean flight distances of 7.5 meters versus 8.5 meters.
The pattern held across 37 city species, from early-flushing magpies to slow-to-react pigeons, even with observers matched for height and clothing.
Lead author Federico Morelli of the University of Turin says the cause remains unknown, with movement, scent, and physical traits flagged for follow-up tests.
In city parks from Czechia to Spain, researchers walking straight toward birds found a pattern they did not expect: the animals took off sooner when the approaching person was a woman. The team measured flight initiation distance across 37 urban species, including great tits, house sparrows, and blackbirds, and the gap held even for birds that usually bolt early, like magpies, and those that wait it out, like pigeons. On average, men could get about one meter, roughly three feet, closer before the birds fled, a result published in the British Ecological Society journal People and Nature and highlighted by ScienceDaily on 10/21/2026. The catch is that the researchers, led by University of Turin ecologist Federico Morelli, say they still cannot explain what is driving the difference.
A small human detail, and a measurable bird response
If you spend time in city parks, you already know the routine: a pigeon or sparrow watches you, waits, then decides whether to bolt. A new wrinkle, highlighted in an October 2026 ScienceDaily write-up, is that this decision can shift based on who is walking up. Urban birds in five surveyed European countries fled sooner when approached by women than by men.
What the researchers measured in real parks
The underlying peer-reviewed work, People and Nature, is titled “Sex matters: European urban birds flee approaching women sooner than approaching men.” It focuses on “flight initiation distance,” or FID, the point at which a bird stops tolerating your approach and takes off.
In the protocol described in coverage, male and female participants were matched for height and clothing, then walked in a straight line directly toward birds in city parks and other urban green spaces. “Flight initiation distance (FID) is often used as a tool to investigate the cost-benefit trade-offs related to the risk of predation,” the study authors wrote.
Across 37 species, the gap stayed in place
The team tracked 37 bird species in cities across Czechia, France, Germany, Poland, and Spain. Familiar urban birds were included, such as great tits, house sparrows, and blackbirds, and the pattern held even when comparing species that usually flush early (like magpies) versus those that often wait longer (like pigeons).
On average, men could get about 1 meter, roughly 3 feet, closer before birds flew. One outlet summarized the mean FID as 8.5 meters for female observers versus 7.5 meters for male observers, putting a clean number on a difference that is easy to picture on a sidewalk.
No tidy explanation yet, but a clear next step
The corresponding author, Federico Morelli of the University of Turin, put the headline result plainly: “Our study revealed that, after accounting for other variables influencing significant variation in FID, birds on average tended to escape from a distance of about one meter longer when approached by women compared to men.”
What cues are birds actually reacting to, if not simply “sex” as a label? The researchers pointed to follow-up tests that separate possible drivers, including movement patterns, scent cues, or physical traits, rather than bundling everything into the observer’s sex. The author list also includes Daniel T. Blumstein (UCLA), alongside collaborators from multiple European institutions.
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WRITTEN BYQuentin Couprie
Passionate about tech, finance and AI, I’ve spent over a decade following the digital revolution, from blockchain’s early days to today’s fast-moving crypto world.
Given how many venal tech billionaires have grabbed our attention over the last several years, you’d be forgiven for having only a hazy memory of Sam Bankman-Fried. He was the cryptocurrency whiz kid whose exchange, FTX, made him one of the richest men in the world, and who forged a charmingly slackerish persona: a shabbily dressed nerd with good intentions. As a believer in the effective altruism movement, SBF planned to donate his riches to charity. Instead, he is now serving a 25-year prison sentence for fraud and conspiracy.
Anthony Boyle slips under SBF’s skin in The Altruists, the new Netflix limited series chronicling the rise and fall of FTX—as well as the relationship between Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison (Julia Garner), his on-and-off romantic and business partner. The Belfast-born Boyle is best known to American audiences for his roles in historical dramas like House of Guinness (as 18th-century Irish lord Arthur Guinness), Say Nothing (as IRA leader Brendan Hughes), and Masters of the Air (as WW2 Air Force officer Harry Crosby). He got his break while still in college when he was cast as Scorpius Malfoy in the original cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London’s West End.
Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison, The Altruists, 2026.
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Ellison’s character would love that. The geek love she and SBF share in the series is complicated and cringe-inducing. She writes Harry Potter fanfic and considers herself polyamorous; he’s a virgin wowed by her brainy sophistication. They egg each other on, bound together by their hunger for risk and their desire to win, whatever the game and whatever the cost. Throughout it all, they remain convinced that they are the good guys.
The Altruists drops November 19, in the midst of a Hollywood tech billionaire reckoning that includes the Sam Altman biopic Artificial, Musk, the Elizabeth Holmes doc You Can See Everything, and Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to The Social Network,The Social Reckoning. Boyle says he hasn’t seen any of those films yet, though he was originally set to play SBF in another movie that fell through. “I was sort of heartbroken,” he tells me, “because I’d spent a couple of months prepping, I had turned down other projects, and then it was taken away from me. I was like, I’m never gonna be able to do that voice that I worked so hard on!”
Yet when his agent called with news of the Netflix project, Boyle was hesitant. “My heart was already broken by once,” he says. But the scripts for The Altruist—written by Graham Moore,the screenwriter of The Imitation Game—changed his mind. “It’s so funny and more about the relationship between him and Caroline,” the actor says now, “about their love story and them goading each other to do all this.”
During his initial meeting with Moore, Boyle stayed in character as Bankman-Fried. “I
was complaining about getting off of a Zoom with Mark Zuckerberg, because that’s the tone of the show. It can be quite irreverent at some points, and then other scenes are kind of heartbreaking.” It won him the part. “Thankfully,” he says, “all my prep didn’t go to waste!”
Vanity Fair: It’s funny that you were so eager to live in Sam Bankman-Fried’s head. He is such an anxious figure.
Boyle: There’s a lot of anxiety in him. You can even tell in his speech patterns: He corrects himself and goes back and forth, like his internal metronome is going so quickly at all times. He’s like a hummingbird, like his heart’s beating so quick. But thankfully I didn’t take any of that home with me.
Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried, The Altruists, 2026.
Netflix
At a couple of points in the series, he says, “I know I’m not a normal person.” There’s an ongoing public conversation right now about a lot of these tech moguls believing they know better than the rest of us. Did you think of SBF as someone with that kind of Superman complex?
I think the opposite. I played him as someone who was profoundly insecure. There’s this thing of broken men building empires. He has this idea of: I am FTX. So if I can make FTX the biggest, the richest, if I can have the most of something…. That’s not someone who’s comfortable in his own skin. I was interested in what possessed someone to become the world’s youngest billionaire. I’m not really interested in money or crypto or finance. It was: What makes them do the things that they do?
Sam is a nerdy guy, but as soon as he gets successful, he hangs giant posters of himself everywhere. Is he burning for the world to recognize him and admire his empire?
Do you know the poem “Ozymandias” ? There’s a bit in the show where I’m looking up at this great poster of myself, and it reminded me of that line: “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!” I asked Graham, “Can I quote that poem in the show?” And he said, “Originally called that episode ‘Ozymandias!’”
Talking about wanting to be recognized—when I was prepping for this, I went to a crypto guy’s birthday party in Los Angeles. He was paying a DJ a million dollars for one evening, but he built this plinth above the DJ decks for him and his friends so you had to look at him. A lot of these crypto people, who maybe didn’t have buzzing social lives—wallflowers who didn’t know how to communicate—became billionaires. And what this guy had done with it was to throw money at a very famous DJ, and then raise himself above him. It reminded me of the scene where Sam has a 100-foot poster behind him. It was like, Wow, this is that sort of man in his mum’s basement who just wants the world to see him.
In Sam’s case, his roaring egotism is somewhat awkward because he’s also obsessed with the idea of being altruistic. At one point in the show, a leader of the Effective Altruism movement sees this lavish party he’s thrown and says, “Uh, this isn’t very altruistic.”
Yes, he’s spent a lot of money on confetti cannons! That dichotomy is what’s really fascinating about him, because I think both of those two things are true. I think he really is altruistic, and I think he does have narcissistic tendencies.
I read that you corresponded with him in prison. What did you want to know?
Annoyingly for this interview, I promised him that I wouldn’t divulge anything. I asked him to open his heart up to me, and he really did. He was very forthcoming with over 100 questions in emails. He answered, I’d say, 98% of them. Even the ones that he didn’t answer were very telling for me, because you’re like a detective, trying to figure out how he answers them and in what way. And can you trust it?
As we see in the series, he insisted on doing interviews throughout the scandal. Even when his lawyers were telling him to stop.
When I was playing those scenes, it was like: I can outsmart this; I can get in front of it. I can just explain this to them. You know, he went to jail for stealing the money—but if he didn’t go to jail, a year later to the day, all of that money would have been back, and tenfold. He invested in Anthropic. He invested in the biggest AI companies. His argument was: Look, I know the markets. What you all see is a bird falling to certain death. What I can see is that the bird is swooping, and will come back up. I read last week that said Sam might have been the world’s first trillionaire had he not gone to jail, because all the AI companies are now flourishing.
Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison and Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried, The Altruists, 2026.
Netflix
The show frames Sam and Caroline as a love story. But it’s hard to tell if they are egging on each other’s delusions, or if this is kind of a game that’s fueling their relationship.
They’re obsessed with games. Even the first time they meet, they are playing a game. This isn’t in the show, but in my head, the scene that I sort of created for myself to understand him was: He’s playing World of Warcraft, and on the same screen he loses $100 million, and then he dies in World of Warcraft. He’s like, Fuck!, and feels more emotional about the game than about other people’s money.
It does feel like the real-life consequences are very abstract to him. Like he’s busy trying to outplay everyone and not thinking: This is going to cause somebody to go bankrupt and ruin their lives.
I think that’s the great tragedy of it, because people did go bankrupt, and people unfortunately died by suicide through this. Marriages broke up. Families tore apart because all of their money was in this. And that’s something that we have to remember when talking about the show. There were real-world consequences because of this crash.
There’s a whole spate of movie projects this fall that suggest tech bros are the new supervillains. But it sounds like you didn’t approach the character that way at all.
My viewpoint on it is that Sam wants to do good. But I think the best-laid plans of mice and men often . It’s easy to say I’m going to give away all these billions—and then suddenly you’re not in your mum’s basement, and you’re hanging out with Katy Perry, and you think, This feels pretty good to me. I don’t think people should have that amount of power.
You are Mr. Period Actor. Is this the first time that you’ve played a character living in the present?
I feel like it is. It’s the first time I had to act with a laptop and an iPhone, and it’s so annoying. There’s no one there that you’re looking at. You’re just looking at a green screen. And then it —like, Oh, we saw the camera in the reflection when you turned it that way. These things that I didn’t have to deal with before because I was, as you said, Mr. Period Man.
Even Say Nothing was set in the 1970s and ’80s, well before cell phones.
That was more handguns than iPhones.
One of your most recent period characters is Arthur Guinness in House of Guinness, and there’s been some buzz about your full-frontal nude scene on that show. I’m just curious if there’s anything that you would not do on screen.
That’s such a funny question. I guess whatever they write in the script, I’d look at it and see if I wanted to do it, but probably not! Like when I did that scene, it was in service of the character and in service of the moment. I wanted that character to feel like he’s in control of the world and that these are all peasants that are beneath him and he doesn’t care. Very opposite to Sam, who I think has a lot of body shame.
Somehow, I don’t know that the world wants to think about Sam Bankman-Fried naked.
You never know, man. There’s something out there for everyone.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Phantom is rolling out its Kalshi-powered prediction markets to all eligible users in the United States, allowing them to trade on cryptocurrency prices, sports, politics, and other real-world events directly through the wallet app.
The expansion follows Phantom’s initial US rollout on October 23. With the latest update, users can access prediction markets alongside the crypto trading, swapping, and payment features already available in Phantom. The integration is powered by Kalshi, a US-regulated prediction market exchange.
Phantom announced the wider availability on October 28, highlighting markets covering Bitcoin’s next price move, sporting events, and elections. However, access remains subject to identity verification, state-level restrictions, and other eligibility requirements.
Phantom expands access to Kalshi prediction markets
The new feature allows eligible US users to discover and trade event contracts without leaving Phantom’s mobile app. Users can browse markets, review possible outcomes, and take positions based on whether a particular event will occur.
The available categories include:
Cryptocurrency: Short-term price predictions for assets such as Bitcoin, including contracts that can settle every 15 minutes.
Sports: Markets covering professional and college sporting events.
Politics and elections: Contracts tied to political developments and election outcomes where available.
Economics and current events: Markets covering economic indicators, artificial intelligence, and other developments.
Phantom also includes live market data, sports scores, and discussion features. Each market has a chat where users can exchange views while prices and implied probabilities change.
The interface is designed to resemble a token swap, allowing users to move from viewing a market to placing a trade within the same application.
How Phantom’s prediction markets work
The integration divides responsibilities between Phantom and Kalshi. Phantom provides the app interface, while Kalshi operates the markets and handles account approval, trade execution, event resolution, and settlement.
Users must complete identity verification before trading. Existing Kalshi customers can link their accounts, while eligible Phantom Cash users may be able to reuse previously verified identity details during onboarding.
Trades can be funded through a Phantom Cash balance or supported Solana tokens, depending on the payment route selected. Positions are represented by Solana-based outcome tokens, which users can view in their wallet activity and blockchain explorers.
When a market resolves, Kalshi determines the outcome according to its published rules. Winning payouts and proceeds from completed cash-outs are returned through the supported settlement process. Users should note that selling a position before resolution depends on available liquidity, so an open position may not always be sold immediately at the desired price.
Trading fees and US availability
Phantom’s published fee schedule lists a combined prediction fee of $0.02 per contract, comprising a $0.01 Phantom platform fee and a $0.01 Kalshi exchange fee. Additional network-related charges may apply depending on how a trade is funded.
For example, 100 contracts would incur $2 in combined per-contract fees before any applicable network costs. The total cost and estimated payout are displayed for users to review before confirming an order.
Despite the wider rollout, the service is not available to every US resident or for every market in every state. Users must meet the applicable age and identity requirements, and Kalshi’s jurisdictional restrictions continue to apply. Phantom directs users to review its US prediction market disclosures before participating.
The launch also follows regulatory developments involving the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). CFTC staff previously issued conditional no-action relief concerning Phantom’s access model, allowing it to connect users with regulated markets without registering as an introducing broker, subject to the stated conditions. Kalshi remains responsible for operating the exchange and executing event contracts.
Phantom builds on its initial Kalshi launch
The wider rollout follows Phantom’s first US integration with Kalshi, which began expanding access in late October.
Related:Phantom bringing Kalshi prediction markets to US users on Solana.
The latest announcement marks the next stage of that rollout, bringing the feature to all eligible US users rather than introducing an entirely new prediction market product.
The move also reflects a broader trend of crypto wallets adding financial services beyond buying, selling, and holding digital assets. By integrating prediction markets into an existing wallet interface, Phantom is giving users another way to interact with event-based trading without switching to a separate app.
However, prediction markets carry substantial risk. Contract prices can change rapidly, liquidity may be limited, and an incorrect prediction can result in the loss of the entire amount spent. Users should review market rules, fees, eligibility conditions, and potential payouts before placing a trade.
Stellar is gaining traction following the unveiling by Archax of the euro variant of its perpetual tokenized government bills product called €GOVY on the Stellar platform during the Meridian 2026 conference. The XLM price is currently trading close to $0.1715, and the four-hour timeframe chart shows that the token has formed a falling wedge structure as highlighted by crypto analyst Crypto With Gopal. The token may be driven to either break through support at $0.165 or above the range of $0.180 and $0.190.
Archax Introduces €GOVY on the Stellar Network
ARCHAX launched the €GOVY product at Meridian 2026, introducing euro exposure to their tokenized government bills. The new product is part of ARCHAX’s range of tokenized government debt products that include dollar exposure $GOVY and sterling exposure £GOVY, providing eligible institutional investors with access to tokenized government debt across three major currencies.
This security is designed to operate on an auto-roll framework where profits are automatically rolled back into the fund as the bills underlying the fund mature. The launch of this product brings out how blockchain technology can be used for representing conventional financial products.
However, availability is dependent on certain criteria that need to be met and the supported platforms. It is also noteworthy that the announcement makes no provision regarding the amount of funds that €GOVY will raise.
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Stellar Expands Its Real-World Asset Ecosystem
This is good for Stellar’s future in tokenizing traditional financial securities. The fact that it supports government debt securities in multiple currencies makes it easier for those institutions interested in investing through the use of blockchain technology to be served.
Euro-denominated exposure is especially pertinent to institutions active in European markets. In addition to dollar- and pound-denominated offerings, the €GOVY token adds another dimension of government debt securities through the Archax tokenization platform.
Adoption by institutions would be based on aspects like liquidity, regulation, custody, and integration into financial platforms. With regard to XLM, what the token means in the long term would largely rely on whether other tokenized assets spur network activity. The move makes Stellar stronger from the network angle but doesn’t guarantee buying demand for the token.
XLM Price Tests Support as Falling Wedge Develops
The XLM price is currently trading around $0.1715 based on the provided market information. According to Crypto With Gopal, the four-hour price chart is forming a falling wedge, a technical pattern where trendlines meet and slope downwards.
The analyst identified the range of $0.165-$0.170 as an area where the pressure to sell might have eased. This range can enable the XLM price to preserve its current formation as buyers try to gain control.
Resistance is found in the $0.180-$0.190 range. Breaking above resistance may reinforce the bullish technical formation, putting $0.220 in focus as the next level to watch. Failure to break resistance levels may keep the coin range-bound, while a move below $0.165 would be bearish for the XLM recovery.
Crypto With Gopal Highlights $0.220 Target
Crypto With Gopal’s analysis implies that the XLM price can recover in case the buyers make a breakout from the falling wedge. This requires the traders to breach the resistance level at $0.180-$0.190 with support at $0.165.
The breakout itself will be another confirmation of the strengthening power of the bulls. In the meantime, $0.220 is a potential target but certainly not a proven one. There are no additional RSI, MACD, and volume signals included in the analysis.
What Comes Next for XLM?
Increased involvement from institutions in tokenized securities like €GOVY would help gauge adoption of Stellar. Usage, liquidity, and connectivity with financial platforms would be crucial aspects to watch out for.
XLM’s priority at the moment is still whether or not buyers are able to go higher beyond $0.180-$0.190. A successful breakout should help in getting back closer to $0.220, but losing $0.165 would hurt the bull case.
In general, the statement from Archax reinforces the tokenization story of Stellar, but whether this affects the price of XLM is still unknown. The usage of the network and market conditions within the cryptocurrency world will play a role here.
Also Read: Stellar Adds $229M in Tokenized Assets as XLM Price Eyes Breakout
This article contains market analysis and price predictions. These are not guarantees. Crypto markets are volatile. Always DYOR. Not financial advice.
Mishal Ali
Mishal Ali is a Policy and Regulations Reporter at Tron Weekly with over four years of experience covering the global crypto and blockchain space. Her reporting focuses on crypto regulations and policy, alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, altcoins, DeFi, NFTs, Web3, Layer 2 solutions, and AI-driven crypto use cases. She also tracks Ripple-related developments, enforcement actions, licensing updates, and crypto scams and fraud trends, helping readers understand regulatory and compliance risks.
Sui’s newest tokenized gold release brings a fresh real-world asset development into its ecosystem, even as SUI battles to recover bullish momentum.
Although the debut of Hong Kong-regulated gold token XAUa may reinforce Sui’s standing in tokenized assets, its price chart still reflects ongoing selling pressure.
As of press time, SUI trades at $0.9254, down 0.86% over the last 24 hours, based on the supplied TradingView chart.
With the price trading under its 50-day moving average and the Relative Strength Index (RSI) sitting below 40, traders are monitoring whether support will hold as the network broadens its RWA offerings.
Also Read:Sui Network Activity Draws Attention as SUI Price Outlook Turns Positive
What Can the SUI Price Chart Tell Us?
SUI has pulled back from its September rally, a run that carried the price past $1.20 before it neared $1.30 in early October. The drop that followed has wiped out much of those gains, leaving the token beneath the $1.00 psychological mark.
According to the chart, resistance lies near $1.0119 and support sits around $0.7849. A decisive break above $1.0119 could brighten the recovery outlook, whereas a slide toward $0.7849 would leave SUI exposed to deeper downside risk.
What Is Driving Selling Pressure on the SUI Price?
The 50-day moving average sits near $0.9916, above SUI’s present price of $0.9254. This indicates that short-term momentum remains weak, with buyers unable to reclaim a key technical level.
The 200-day moving average rests around $0.8660, serving as a potential support reference if the price declines further. At the same time, the RSI stands at 39.78, under its average of 43.75. Even though momentum is bearish, the RSI remains above the usual oversold threshold of 30, so there is still room for additional declines before that level is reached.
Also Read:Sui Integrates Alibaba Cloud Into Agent Payments as SUI Price Watch $1.40
Could Tokenized Gold Help the SUI Price Recover?
Sui Network has announced that XAUa, a Hong Kong-regulated tokenized gold asset, is now live on its blockchain.
AlphaTokenHQ issues the asset, which is distributed onchain via TBook using Sui’s Permissioned Asset Standard (PAS). In its announcement, Sui Network stated that “Hong Kong-regulated tokenized gold is live on Sui, minted with the Permissioned Asset Standard (PAS).”
By placing a regulated gold product on the network, the launch broadens Sui’s real-world asset offerings. It further shows how blockchain infrastructure can support tokenized traditional assets, with transfer restrictions designed to meet regulatory requirements.
Institutions investigating compliant onchain assets may well take notice of this development. However, the announcement on its own does not establish that demand for SUI tokens has risen or that more capital is entering the network. Its longer-term impact will hinge on adoption and sustained activity across the ecosystem.
What Do SUI Volume and Liquidations Tell Us?
CoinGlass‘s volume chart reveals heightened trading activity during SUI’s September rally, after which volume was generally lower for much of October. A distinct spike occurred around October 24, though the chart cannot establish whether buying or selling was behind that activity.
The liquidation chart reveals sizeable long and short liquidation events during stretches of heightened volatility, notably in late September and early October. The screenshot provided offers no exact current liquidation total, open interest reading, or funding rate, which limits what can be concluded about present derivatives sentiment.
Also Read:Sui Foundation’s $30M DATA Investment Puts SUI Price Outlook in Focus
Which SUI Price Levels Matter Next?
To strengthen the bullish case, SUI must reclaim its 50-day moving average near $0.9916 and break above $1.0119. A sustained breakout could signal improving momentum, even though the available chart does not confirm any specific upside target.
To the downside, $0.8660 marks the 200-day moving average and a potential support reference, with chart support at $0.7849 below it. The recovery outlook would weaken if price breaks below these levels.
The tokenized gold launch is a positive ecosystem development, yet SUI’s short-term technical signals remain weak. Central to the next phase of its price action will be whether buyers can reclaim resistance.
Cryptocurrency markets are still highly volatile, so traders should watch price action, market sentiment, and upcoming catalysts before making investment decisions.
Also Read:SUI Price Eyes a Breakout Toward $1.41 as Sui TVL Reaches $523.5 Million
This article contains market analysis and price predictions. These are not guarantees. Crypto markets are volatile. Always DYOR. Not financial advice.
+65.5% (FY ended 2026-01-25 vs FY ended 2025-01-26) 10-K
Annual net income
120,067,000,000 USD (FY ended 2026-01-25, attributable to the company) 10-K
Annual operating margin
60.4% (FY ended 2026-01-25)
Forward P/E
Unavailable: no dated forecast source
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NVIDIA Corporation and its peers
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Sources: SEC filings, Gloria daily closes and CoinGecko. Oldest record refresh: Oct 28, 2026, 5:46 PM EDT. Refresh is not a price or filing date. Each row shows its price date and its annual fiscal period. Peers use industry code and company size, or editorial selection. Market cap multiplies that row price by the company share total the latest SEC filing states for every share class together. Trailing P/E divides it by trailing diluted earnings from SEC filings. Rolled earnings per share are approximate because share counts can change between periods. Both appear only when the SEC data carries its date, so they are estimates at one price date, not synchronized filing valuations. Not investment advice.
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Chinese spies targeted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in an effort to get their hands on AI chips, according to a report from The New York Times.
CryptoBriefing has not independently verified the details of the alleged operation. The claim rests on the Times’ reporting.
What the report alleges
The core allegation is straightforward. Chinese intelligence operatives reportedly focused on Huang as part of a broader push to acquire Nvidia’s advanced AI hardware.
The allegation lands against a backdrop of documented efforts to move Nvidia products into China. US prosecutors have brought indictments alleging more than $300 million in Nvidia chip smuggling schemes. Those cases involve individuals with links to Super Micro.
Chinese military procurement records also show sustained interest in Nvidia hardware. Those records reveal hundreds of instances since 2019 in which military entities requested Nvidia AI chips, despite US export controls already in place.
Nvidia’s balancing act
Nvidia has repeatedly said it follows export rules. The company has stated that less than 0.5% of its products are diverted through smuggling.
It has also said it does not endorse smuggling practices.
Why the export control fight keeps intensifying
The smuggling indictments show one approach: move the chips through intermediaries without proper documentation. The procurement records show another: keep requesting the hardware and see what can be sourced.
An espionage operation aimed at Huang, as the Times describes it, would represent a third approach. It would target the people with the most knowledge and influence over where these chips go.
Export controls are designed to stop boxes from crossing borders. They are less suited to stopping intelligence services from cultivating access to executives.
What this means for Nvidia and its investors
For Nvidia shareholders, the most immediate risk is regulatory rather than reputational. Ongoing scrutiny of smuggling operations could lead to further regulatory problems for the company and weigh on its market performance.
Future licensing decisions for China-bound products may face tougher review. Enforcement actions could expand. Compliance obligations for Nvidia and its distribution partners could grow heavier and more expensive.
Military procurement data already shows persistent interest in Nvidia’s products. The interplay between compliance, operational viability, and market access could heavily influence Nvidia’s stock in the months ahead.
Disclosure: This article was edited by Diego Almada Lopez. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy.
Terrence O’Brienis the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths.
The MPC Sample Key isn’t even formally announced yet, but Akai is already showing off what the modding community is cooking up through vibe coding. Akai has decided to embrace the explosion of hackers and custom firmware developers by giving them early access to the device, which will have open-source firmware.
It will likely run some version of the same software found on the MPC Sample, but with tweaks to accommodate the traditional keyboard, pitch, and mod wheels. Unlike the higher-end MPC Key 37, however, the Sample Key doesn’t have pads. Instead, you play back samples with the keys.
In the short Instagram Reels posted last night and today, Akai shows a number of vibe-coded mods that add synths, including Native Instruments Massive, to the device, as well as virtual analog and FM synths. One is even shown running a completely custom OS, with “several different synths in it.”
According to the clips, the same “community” features will come to the regular MPC Sample, which is also shown running a few vibe-coded synths built by Claude. That could mean Akai plans to open-source the entire MPC Sample platform.
CEO Jack O’Donnell told The Verge that inMusic brands, especially Akai, would be looking to embrace the modding community by seeding early devices to developers. These efforts will also include open-sourcing some software and providing an SDK.
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The launch of the iPhone Duo marks the first time that Apple has fundamentally changed the form factor of the iPhone. This is an exciting development because, among other reasons, it allows app developers to get even more creative. If you have an iPhone Duo, plan to get one, or if you’re just interested in creative app interfaces, then you should take a look at these apps.
Turn the iPhone Duo into a retro computer
Credit: Fountain Interactive
With Tiny Computers ($4), when you use the Duo half-open, it turns the bottom display into a keyboard, and the screen goes up top. The app features computers inspired by Commodore 64, Windows 95, iMac G3, Macintosh, IBM PC, Amiga 500, ThinkPad, iBook G3, Powerbook G4, and Windows XP. The attention to detail is great, but early App Store reviews mention that the app can be buggy.
This Walkman-inspired app adds a retro feel to Apple Music
I miss the tactile nature of playing music on my cassette player at home, and my old Sony Walkman clone. Deck-Man ($5) is an app that brings the Walkman’s interface, complete with all the clicks and clacks, to your iPhone Duo. Each time you play an album, Deck-Man lets you “insert” the cassette in the player before it starts playing. The app links to your Apple Music account and it also supports playing local music files.
Turn your Duo into an accordion
Foldissimo (free, $10 to unlock all songs) simulates the sound of airflow in an accordion as you fold and unfold your iPhone Duo. It has some songs pre-loaded, and you can pay $10 to unlock all songs. Foldissimo also supports a few other instruments (accordion organ, panpipes, and theremin), but you’ll need to pay an additional $10 to unlock those.
This retro camcorder “switches on” when you open the Duo
With Flipcorder ($5), while the viewfinder and the retro interface are visible to you when you have the Duo in tablet mode, your subjects can also see the frame via the outer display. When you fold the Duo, the app saves the clip, and allows you to record up to 30 minutes of video per day, each of which is saved in a virtual “tape.”
This puzzle game lets you fold your way to solutions
Orisuji ($5) is a puzzle game where you solve mazes by folding your iPhone Duo. It has 69 levels, and you’ll be solving most of these by folding or unfolding the device to shift the position of the maze to make your characters move, unlock doors, or to find keys to get past locked doors.
Fold your Duo for this sandwich-making game
Credit: Toastie
Toastie ($3) is a game where you, well, make sandwiches: It has 10 recipes for you to master, with a time limit of 15 seconds per step as your in-game customers wait for you to serve them. You fold the phone to “cook” the sandwich; leave it folded for too long and you’ll end up with burnt toast.
What do you think so far?
With this puzzle game, you fold the phone to move the walls
Marbles Unhinged (Free, $3/each to unlock all levels in a world) is a puzzle game where you guide a marble towards the exit in each level. When you fold your iPhone, it turns the top half of the level into a ramp, and alters the speed of the marble. You can keep the phone at different angles to change the nature of the stage, which will lead you to the solution.
This app turns your phone into a monster
ChompDuo (Free, $1 to unlock all monsters) uses the Duo’s folding mechanics to make monsters “chomp” down, and you’ll feel each bite via haptic vibrations. When you close the Duo, the monster’s eyes stare at you from the outer display. It’s a silly app that you or your kids could enjoy playing around with.
Unfold a city with this app
Unfold Your City (Free, $5 to unlock all cities) simulates pop-up books to guide you through the highlights of different cities. It reminds me of Robert Sabuda’s beautiful pop-up books, especially when you use the app on iPhone Duo. It slowly pops up the artwork for each city as you unfold the device, and displays the cover when you close the “book.”
Dex Fold is a Pokédex designed for the Duo
In the Pokémon anime, the Pokédex is an encyclopedia that catalogs information about your friendly neighborhood pocket monsters. Dex Fold (Free, $3 to unlock optional features) simulates the device from the anime, which means that you can only use the app when you unfold the iPhone Duo.
Brady is a technology journalist for MakeUseOf with years of experience covering all things mobile, computing, and general tech. He has a focus on Android phones and audio gear, and holds a B.S. in Journalism from St. John’s University.
Brady has written for publications like Android Central, Android Authority, XDA, Android Police, iMore, and others. He has experience reporting on major events held by Google, Apple, and Samsung, as well as trade shows like Lenovo Innovation World and IFA.
When he’s not writing about and testing the latest gadgets, you’ll find Brady watching Big East basketball and running.
Subscription fatigue is real, and I’ve been slowly building a digital music library to lessen my reliance on streaming services like Apple Music. In parallel, I’ve assembled a physical media collection of vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes with some of my favorite music. As a result of that hard work, if music streaming services disappeared from the face of the earth today, I wouldn’t miss them.
I have a sustainable, self-hosted media library that didn’t cost a fortune to put together, and it’s all thanks to an affordable USB accessory most people forgot about: the external optical drive. It’s inexpensive, connects to modern laptops and computers, and lets you take advantage of plummeting CD prices.
Apple Music is losing its luster
The ads and redesigns are distracting from the music
I’ve been paying for my Apple Music subscription for over a decade. Before that, I was a Beats Music subscriber. You might not remember it, but Beats Music was the music streaming service from Beats by Dre that became the foundation of Apple Music following the acquisition.
When I originally joined Apple Music in 2015, I paid for the subscription service by purchasing physical gift cards that could be redeemed for one year of access. It’s safe to say a lot has changed since then. Apple Music is just one of many streaming services I pay for monthly in 2026, and prices continue to rise.
If I tallied up how much I’ve spent on music streaming services over that span, it’d probably break into the quadruple-digit range. And if I cancel Apple Music, my handcrafted library disappears.
The value proposition isn’t the only thing pushing me to consider leaving Apple Music behind. I chose Apple Music over Spotify and YouTube Music for its light, ad-free software experience. Apple Music is hardly minimal or ad-free these days. I see ads for concert tickets and distracting album artwork animations in the app, and all I really want from Apple Music is its namesake: music.
If you’re tired of paying for music streamers like me, starting your own digital library might seem daunting. There aren’t many ways to legally acquire high-quality song files, and the accessibility of lossless audio on Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music, and Spotify is hard to ignore.
Luckily, there are alternatives. Qobuz is a digital music storefront that lets you buy lossless FLACs for almost any album, but the prices are steep. The better way is to acquire cheap secondhand CDs and rip them, creating your own lossless digital files. I don’t use any computers with an optical drive these days, so I turned to a $40 combo CD/DVD reader and writer from Asus.
An optical drive is the key to owning your music
CDs are still affordable and easy to find, and you can rip them
The external optical drive from Asus plugged straight into my macOS and Windows computers, and worked immediately without drivers. Ripping CDs is easier than you’d think, even if you’ve never done it. In my case, I ripped and burned my fair share of CDs during the MP3 golden age of the 2000s, grabbing digital files to sync to my iPod. So, I fired up iTunes and got to work.
I recommend iTunes as a digital library manager and CD ripper to anyone who craves a simple experience. iTunes is still available for Windows users, and can be installed on unsupported macOS versions using the Retroactive tool on GitHub. It supports automatic ripping and ALAC encoding, which can be converted to FLACs later without quality loss. Go to Preferences → Files → Import Settings and choose Apple Lossless Encoder for lossless rips in either the iTunes or Music apps.
For Windows users, there’s nothing better than Exact Audio Copy. Exact Audio Copy is a free app that creates lossless FLAC files from your CDs while ensuring the copies are 100% accurate using the AccurateRip database. It’s the easy choice for anyone that values the compatibility of FLAC and the AccurateRip guarantee.
The reason for returning to CDs in the first place is their cost. While CDs are steadily gaining popularity, they’re still readily available at cheap prices. I never pay more than $10 for used CDs, and I paid under $5 for most of the discs in my collection. Thrift stores and Goodwill locations still have dollar CDs, and music stores don’t upcharge used CDs by much more.
I can pick up a handful of used CDs to pad my collection of digital music each month for the same price as my Apple Music subscription. The difference is, I can stop paying at any time, and my digital music files won’t ever go away. With a music streaming service, you’re locked into paying forever, or you lose access to everything.
7,000 songs later, I don’t rely on streaming
Physical media and a digital library are a winning combination
Credit: Brady Snyder / MakeUseOf
Building up a digital music library of your own takes time, and it’s best to start collecting while keeping your subscription active. It’ll cost more in the short term, but it’ll save you money in the long run, and you’ll benefit from true ownership. I have a physical media collection of over 500 vinyl records and CDs, and a digital library of over 7,000 tracks.
There are avid collectors out there with tens or hundreds of thousands of songs in their digital libraries, and perhaps I’ll get there one day. For now, my respectable library covers all my favorite tunes. Everything I’d need or want to listen to is there, and I’m no longer dependent on a recurring subscription that comes with a monthly charge.
It took me a while to get here, but I started with a $40 external optical drive and used CDs from the dollar bin. If you’re tired of paying monthly for music you don’t actually own, putting together a digital library with CDs could be the alternative you’re looking for.
ASUS ZenDrive Ultra External DVD Writer
Power
USB-powered
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USB 2.0: Up-To 480Mbps
Connection
USB 2.0 (Type-C)
Brand
Asus
This USB optical drive from Asus connects to any modern computer or laptop and supports CD/DVD reading and writing. I’ve used it with Macs and Windows PCs to rip and burn audio CDs while building a self-hosted lossless music library.
Maglera Doe Boy Shares Trailer For His Acting Debut Film “Mzansi.” South African rapper and storyteller Maglera Doe Boy is ready to take his creativity beyond music as he gives audiences their first glimpse of his acting debut, Mzansi, a two-part short film co-created with Brian O’Haze.
Maglera Doe Boy Shares Trailer For His Acting Debut Film “Mzansi”
The Klerksdorp-raised artist recently shared the official trailer on social media, offering a preview of a story that explores ambition, street life, forbidden love and the realities of navigating a world shaped by limited opportunities. The film is scheduled to premiere on 2 November 2026.
Maglera, whose real name is Tokelo Moyakhe, leads a cast featuring Material Don Dada, 25K, Sir Trill, Ason, also known as Asonleaux, and Young Stunna. Bringing together familiar names from South Africa’s music scene, Mzansi places local talent at the centre of a cinematic story inspired by the streets, culture and everyday experiences of Southern Africa.
Filmed across Johannesburg and Mozambique, the project stretches beyond the boundaries of a conventional South African story. It brings together township realities, street culture, fashion, hip-hop and the cultural connections that exist across borders, with Mozambican influences adding another dimension to its narrative.
The trailer introduces viewers to a young man trying to find his place in a challenging environment, where ambition and the desire to succeed collide with the circumstances surrounding him. The preview also hints at the personal struggles and difficult choices that shape the film’s storyline.
For Maglera, Mzansi represents another extension of the storytelling that has become central to his musical identity. Known for weaving vivid accounts of township life, social realities and personal experiences into his music, the rapper now has an opportunity to bring those narratives to life through a different creative medium.
Music also remains part of the experience, with the film accompanied by tracks featuring 25K, Sir Trill and Young Stunna. The collaboration further connects Maglera’s world as a rapper with his emerging work as an actor and filmmaker.
With the trailer now out, anticipation is building for Maglera Doe Boy’s first on-screen acting performance. Mzansi is set to arrive on 2 November 2026, marking a new chapter in the artist’s creative journey.
Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012.
Jeff has published nine novels and more than 70 short stories; his story Ringing the Changes was selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories2006. In 2018, Jeff published the book Writing Without Rules: How to Write & Sell a Novel Without Guidelines, Experts, or (Occasionally) Pants. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English and previously worked in medical publishing as a production editor.
When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has tackled a wide range of DIY projects, including remodeling a bathroom entirely on his own in two weeks, and building a roof deck that hasn’t fallen down yet. You can find him on Bluesky.
Christopher Abbott and Florence Pugh in “East of Eden” Credit: Courtesy of Netflix.
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One of the best things about truly great stories is how they can be endlessly adapted and reinterpreted. John Steinbeck published “East of Eden” in 1952, and each time it’s adapted to a screen, it looks a little different. Netflix’s try at this huge, complex story offers up some searing performances, especially from Florence Pugh as the notorious Cathy Ames. Ames is one of the best characters ever crafted in American literature, but her sociopathic nature has sometimes made her into a simple villain—but the series, and Pugh’s performances, adds depth to the charcter. If the limited series has you wanting more complex female characters from classic novels, your next move is obvious: Vanity Fair, starring Reese Witherspoon as Becky Sharp.
If you enjoyed East of Eden, check out Vanity Fair next
First published in the mid-19th century, “Vanity Fair” by William Makepeace Thackeray is an enduring classic of American literature, satirizing the artificial manners and pretensions of Victorian society. At the center of the story is Becky Sharp, whose moral ambiguity and self-serving actions were surprising and unexpected at the time—and have made her a kind of antihero in the modern age. Sharp is a complicated character who, like Cathy Ames, can easily be flattened into a villain, a social climber who uses people.
The 2004 adaptation leans into the more modern take on Sharp’s character, giving her more justification for her actions and humanizing her more than the novel. Sharp is orphaned at a young age, but is almost feral in her determination to secure a position in society—which, at the time, meant securing an advantageous marriage. The story doesn’t have the same sweep as East of Eden, chronicling a relatively short period of time—but that period is the Napoleonic Wars, so there’s a lot going on. This gives the film a similarly epic feel even as it focuses on Sharp’s constant scheming and endless flirtations with people who she thinks can help her out.
In many ways, Sharp is simply playing by the rules imposed on her by men, and if that was scandalous in 1848, it’s almost heroic by today’s standards, and Reese Witherspoon imbues her Sharp with a bit of grace to reflect that. But she’s still someone who does what she must to survive and thrive, and that prickly edge will appeal to fans of Pugh in East of Eden. Rent Vanity Fair on Prime Video.
More movies like East of Eden
Need more historical epics with fascinating, complex characters? Luckily, the movies tend to specialize in that—here are a few more movies that fans of East of Eden will love.
Lady Macbeth (2016)
If you thought the best thing about East of Eden was Florence Pugh, you’re going to love Lady Macbeth. Pugh plays Katherine, a young woman pushed into an arranged marriage with wealthy landowner Alexander Lester (Paul Hilton) in England in 1865. The marriage is solely intended to produce an heir, and Katherine is initially imprisoned in the house. When Alexander and his father leave Katherine alone for some time, she walks the estate and begins a brazen affair with a worker, setting off a chain of violent events that gets bleaker with each scene. Pugh’s portrayal of another dark, determined woman is mesmerizing. Stream Lady Macbeth on Kanopy or Tubi, or rent it on Prime Video.
What do you think so far?
Legends of the Fall (1994)
If you want more sprawling family drama in a historical setting, look no further than Legends of the Fall. Set in the early 20th century, it follows Colonel William Ludlow (Anthony Hopkins) and his sons Tristan (Brad Pitt), Alfred (Aidan Quinn), and Samuel (Henry Thomas) as they navigate life choices and deal with the emotional wounds they inflict on each other. From World War I to Prohibition, the Ludlows fall in love (sometimes with each other’s wives), suffer crushing loss, and remain connected to their ranch and the natural beauty of Montana through it all. Anchored by a star turn by Brad Pitt, this movie will scratch the itch left behind by East of Eden. Rent Legends of the Fall on Prime Video.
East of Eden (1955)
If you want to see a different take on the novel, check out the 1955 adaptation directed by Elia Kazan (grandfather of Zoe Kazan, who co-wrote and directed the 2026 series). Starring James Dean (who would die a few months after its release), it’s an old-school Hollywood epic that only covers the final third of the book. That makes it a very different narrative experience from the series, which has more room to explore the novel’s complexities—but the film looks amazing, Dean’s performance is terrific, and Kazan directs the heck out of it. Rent East of Eden on Prime Video.
Giant (1956)
Another choice for epic family drama, Giant was James Dean’s last film, and offers family drama in heaps. Like East of Eden, it follows a family over the course of decades as patriarch Jordan “Bick” Benedict, Jr. (Rock Hudson) tries to maintain his family’s ranching legacy in the face of changing times and a flood of oil money, while his former ranch hand Jett Rink (Dean) pines for Bick’s wife, Leslie (Elizabeth Taylor), and strikes it rich with oil. As money’s corrosive effect takes its toll on Jett, the Benedict family grows and changes, with plenty of drama to spare along the way. Rent Giant on Prime Video.
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
If East of Eden makes you curious about other adaptations of Steinbeck’s work, your next stop should be John Ford’s 1940 version of The Grapes of Wrath. Set during the Great Depression, it follows Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) after his release from prison for manslaughter. He finds his family has been forced off their land, and joins them in a desperate migration to California in hopes of finding work and security. Along the way, Joad kills again and undergoes what can only be described as radicalization, dedicating his life to organizing labor and fighting back against the predations of capitalist society. It’s a remarkable film pulsing with emotional heft and deep family drama, and if its story and setting are very different from East of Eden, the impact will be similar. Stream The Grapes of Wrath on Hoopla, or rent it on Prime Video.
Wicker is a poignant fairytale for the age of the trad wife renaissance and red-pilled manosphere—and not everyone gets a happily ever after.
Based on the short story “The Wicker Husband” by Ursula Wills-Jones, Wicker weaves the tale of a social outcast who seeks love despite not subscribing to her town’s rigid societal expectations regarding women and the institution of marriage. The answer: a man built to love her by the town’s magic-wielding basket maker. But what happens when the rest of the townsfolk are forced to reckon with the limitations of the social contracts they themselves enforce?
Sold to the masses as a campy, lust-filled story of a Fisherwoman (Olivia Coleman) who falls in love with a man that’s all wood (Alexander Skarsgård), the movie itself was far more twisted than viewers may have expected. Here’s what you need to know about Wicker and its dark fairy-tale ending.
What’s the plot of Wicker?
When we meet our independent Fisherwoman, she is completely resistant to the idea of marriage. Why wouldn’t she be, considering the town’s tradition of collaring their brides at the altar and the grooms’ penchant for drinking themselves into oblivion after having a goat bite off a metaphorical carrot penis? IYKYK. It doesn’t help that the town itself seems to despise Fisherwoman for her lack of husband and the smells that come hand-in-hand with her vocation.
Marli Siu as The Bottlewasher’s Wife
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Of course, the former is clearly the bigger issue, as every man is named after their work, while the town’s married women are simply The Tailor’s Wife (Elizabeth Debicki), The Innkeeper’s Wife (Emily Lloyd-Saini), The Bottlewasher’s Wife (Marli Siu), etc. Throughout the film it becomes quite clear that The Tailor’s Wife, in particular, is resentful of more than just The Fisherwoman’s unkempt appearance and hygiene practices.
But loneliness is a powerful thing, and The Fisherwoman eventually finds herself craving intimacy. Unwilling to settle for any of the eligible men in her town, she seeks out the reclusive Basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) to build her a husband.
Peter Dinklage as The Basketmaker
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How does the town react?
The Wicker Husband’s clear devotion toward The Fisherwoman sparks envy among dissatisfied wives and anxiety among men who don’t want to live up to a new set of standards. After all, The Wicker Husband dances proudly with his wife in front of everyone, satisfies her enough to break their bed, and then fixes said bed without being asked. This newfound insecurity leads The Bottlewasher (Gustav Lindh) to try to impress his wife by fixing their roof, only to fall to his death.
The Tailor’s Wife’s jealousy, however, is less about The Wicker Husband and more about The Fisherwoman’s continued autonomy. So when she asks for a chance to help her husband expand their business as partners and is rebuffed, her resentment only grows. She sees an opportunity to upend The Fisherwoman’s happiness when The Bottlewasher’s widow, who also happens to be her sister, seeks out The Basketmaker to weave her a baby.
Elizabeth Debicki as The Tailor’s Wife
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Why does The Fisherwoman set The Wicker Husband on fire?
Well, The Tailor’s Wife heavily implies The Wicker Baby is the result of The Wicker Husband’s infidelity. The Fisherwoman is devastated and has a very flammable partner.
So how do they get their Happily Ever After?!
After The Fisherwoman leaves her Wicker Husband to burn, he’s found by The Basketmaker, who fixes him and reminds The Fisherwoman that her husband can’t actually make a wicker baby through sex. The reunited pair ride off into the sunset with The Wicker Baby, who was abandoned by its mom.
Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård as The Fisherwoman and The Wicker Husband
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Okay, so how does Wicker end for everyone else?
If this were a Disney-coded fairy tale, there would probably be redemption for The Tailor’s Wife and the rest of the townsfolk. This is not that kind of story. Instead, The Basketmaker auctions off a Wicker Wife to the townsperson who can provide the best offering. The Butcher wins with a payment of livestock, only to find his Wicker Wife is riddled with sharp thorns.
Before this happens, The Tailor’s Wife attempts to win The Wicker Wife to serve as her replacement, hoping to forge a path away from her life as a wife and mother. But when she loses to The Butcher and tries to return to her husband, he rejects her over the betrayal. Perhaps she’ll get that new beginning after all.
AI data centres are creating a growing need for storage, and Fujifilm is betting that one of the oldest technologies in the business still has a place in the future.
The Japanese company will invest ¥10 billion (€56 million) to increase its magnetic tape production capacity fivefold.
The investment will go into Fujifilm’s factory in Odawara, Kanagawa, between fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2028. The company plans to expand its production lines and hire more workers, with the target measured against the volume of tape it shipped in fiscal 2025.
Most of the extra capacity will go towards LTO Ultrium 10 cartridges, used by businesses to back up data and keep archives. Fujifilm said this would be its largest investment yet in facilities dedicated to LTO tape.
Tape may seem an unlikely technology to benefit from the AI boom, but it has a few advantages over other storage options. It can hold large amounts of data for years at relatively low cost, and cartridges can be kept offline, out of reach of ransomware and other network-based attacks.
Cloud providers and data centre operators are increasingly using it for long-term storage, Fujifilm said.
“This significant commitment to expand data -tape production reflects the growing importance of preserving and protecting ever -larger volumes of data. Tape may bring to mind cassette audio mixtapes and movies on VHS, but magnetic tape is a proven technology that continues to evolve, ” said Toshinari Fujii, senior vice president of the advanced materials division at Fujifilm Europe.
The company’s latest LTO cartridge stores up to 40TB, and the format’s longer-term roadmap aims to reach 365TB per cartridge, Fujifilm said. Fujifilm released its first LTO Ultrium 10 cartridges in 2025, followed by a 40TB version in January.
Demand for tape has not grown steadily as shipments across the LTO format fell 9% in 2025 to 160.3 exabytes, down from a record 176.5 exabytes in 2024. They rebounded in early 2026, rising 57% in the first quarter, The Register reported, citing the LTO Program.
Fujifilm’s expansion comes as AI data centres put pressure on supplies of memory and storage components. Chipmaker SK Hynix said this week that it expects the memory shortage to continue until 2030.
At Fujifilm, we know AI and digital services will only continue to accelerate. Therefore, resilient data infrastructure must support not only the creation and processing of information, but also its secure storage, preservation and recovery – for which tape is the ideal scalable, cost -saving, energy -efficient solution,” said Toshinari Fujii, senior vice president of the advanced materials division at Fujifilm Europe.
Fujifilm has been developing magnetic tape since the 1950s and launched its first LTO cartridge in 2000. The company says it now holds the largest share of the global magnetic tape market, based on its own estimates.
Here’s a hot take: I think that Singaporeans are incapable of going on vacation without turning it into a mini job. The propensity to over-index and increase our brief vacations is genuine. Our overly-stimulated kiasu brains simply can’t assist themselves.
Provide us 3 days and 2 nights someplace and in some way we will attempt to squeeze in 10 destinations, 3 dining establishments, 2 coffee shops, a massage, shopping and one “hidden gem” we saw on TikTok.
By the time we fly home, we require another vacation to recuperate from the vacation. I understand due to the fact that I am guilty of this too. It is paradoxical then that, in my relationship, I really play the function of the lazy visitor.
My sweetheart is the coordinator. And when I state organizer, I imply the Type An organizer. She likes understanding where we’re going, what we’re consuming, how we’re arriving and approximately what time we’re doing it. If Google Maps ever presented a function permitting you to pre-plan your toilet breaks, I think she ‘d a minimum of consider it. I’m overemphasizing, obviously. Mainly.
One of the things I enjoy about taking a trip with her is that she really puts effort into making our journeys rewarding. She investigates locations, discovers things we may delight in and ensures we do not lose valuable time roaming around aimlessly. I, on the other hand, am completely delighted roaming around aimlessly. Still, I’m guilty of desiring to clock in my 10k actions even without a location in mind.
When we just recently commemorated her birthday with a fast trip to Thailand, we discovered ourselves attempting something various. For when, we didn’t wish to increase the vacation. Provided the haze circumstance in Indonesia, and the reality that it’s the rainy season in Thailand, it nearly feels as if deep space is informing us to sit tight and stick ourselves someplace for our mini trip.
Why we selected Phang Nga for a relaxing 3D2N trip
Our 3D2N vacation required to come with a chill tablet. We had actually simply returned from circumnavigating Europe, so the concept of another huge, costly vacation wasn’t especially attractive.
It was my sweetheart’s birthday, and we still desired to get away someplace unique.
Her requirements were really quite sensible. We can’t go to a “typical” Singaporean traveler location, yet it needed to be within spending plan, for that reason within the Southeast Asian area. We likewise didn’t wish to burn through more than a Friday’s worth of yearly leave.
That more or less ruled out the normal suspects. That starts out the similarity Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Bali, and Phuket. And since we’re Singaporeans, there was likewise an undetectable 4th requirement: It needed to be far enough away to seem like we went someplace, however not up until now away that arriving beat the function of a weekend journey.
Ultimately, I came across Phang Nga in southern Thailand.
It’s about an hour’s drive from Phuket, however feels really various from the more commercialised parts of the island. Rather of rows of beach clubs and travelers defending the very same Instagram image, Phang Nga is a lot more about jungles, mountains, natural surroundings which a little slower speed of life.
Which, as it ended up, was precisely what we required.
The unanticipated pleasure of not doing anything on vacation
Our stay atSametnangshe Boutique was most likely the greatest hint that this was not going to be a standard Singaporean vacation.
The hillside resort sits high above the surrounding landscape, ignoring Phang Nga Bay, of the Andaman Sea.
We awakened to these outrageous breathtaking daybreak views. Generally, this is where my partner’s travel plan brain may have entered into overdrive.
Dawn. Breakfast. Activity. Lunch. Next activity.
Mom Nature had other strategies. You see, we were smack dab in the middle of the rainy season in Thailand. Torrential rain blanketed the skies for the bulk of our journey.
Basically, there was no place we urgently required to be. We were holed up in the resort with facilities within our reach. No “quick, we have to leave in 20 minutes”No monitoring Google Maps to see whether we’re behind schedule. Simply 2 individuals taking a seat and delighting in the view, with the periodic Netflix binge session and decreasing to the coffee shop for meals. All in all, I discovered it extremely unwinding and relaxing. It required us to decrease.
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Often you do not understand just how much pleasure you can obtain from not doing anything till you lastly offer yourself authorization to do it. Consider it a type of “room rotting”It’s clearly not the most attractive term. In some cases I really believe space decaying is an underrated vacation activity (specifically if your space comes with a jacuzzi).
How various travel designs can result in overplanned vacations
I must most likely clarify something before my sweetheart reads this and chooses I’m covertly grumbling about her. I’m not. I value her preparation more than I let on.
I’m the sort of individual who can gladly get to an airport and just then begin thinking of what I’m going to consume.
She is the factor we have appointments, understand where we’re going and sometimes handle to discover locations that I would never ever have actually found myself.
Her taking a trip design originates from an excellent location. She wishes to take advantage of our time together. And I comprehend that.
Specifically when you’re requiring time off work, investing cash and taking a trip someplace you’ve never ever been, it is appealing to seem like you require to squeeze every last leave of the experience.
I believe that’s where Singaporean kiasu culture in some cases follows us overseas. We are so utilized to increasing whatever, whether it’s our charge card miles, grades, wage or CPF financial investments.
We go on vacation and choose we need to increase that too. At some time, can we simply … not?
Finding time to decrease at a health spa in Phang Nga
Among the only locations we went to beyond our resort was Mantra Forest Spa, which used a totally various experience from the typical Thai massage-and-leave regimen.
There were natural spring swimming pools, consisting of turmeric and pandan-filled jacuzzis, along with Thai mud baths. You needed to acquire a day pass, which provides you complete access to each custom-made swimming pool. Truthfully, we might have invested hours there without seeming like it was lost time.
Why doing less on vacation isn’t a wild-goose chase
This brings me to my last point. If I invest 3 days someplace and get back sensation truly rested, does not that count as an effective vacation?
If my partner and I invest an afternoon talking rubbish over coffee rather of hurrying to the next destination, does that in some way make the journey less important? I do not believe so. Those are typically the minutes I keep in mind many.
This does not imply I’m all of a sudden anti-itinerary. Once again, please do not inform my sweetheart that. There are lots of things to do around Phang Nga. The province is understood for its natural surroundings and likewise offers tourists access to locations such as the Similan and Surin Islands.
You can definitely develop a jam-packed travel plan if that’s your thing. The appeal of our journey was that we didn’t feel obliged to. We selected a couple of things we truly wished to do and left the rest open.
That little modification made the whole journey feel various. Rather of asking, “What do we have to do today?”
We might ask: “What do we feel like doing today?” or “How are we feeling today?” That’s a remarkably effective reframing of the basic concern. Specifically when you’re on vacation.
Possibly we require to stop dealing with vacations like work
Let’s face it; Singaporeans are respectable at working or being secured to their work.
We bore with long hours. We respond to WhatsApp messages after workplace hours. We inspect e-mails while consuming supper. We grumble about being tired and after that in some way discover the energy to queue 45 minutes for the latest coffee shop everybody on Instagram is discussing.
When we lastly get a couple of days away, maybe we do not require to bring the exact same mindset with us. A vacation does not need to be efficient.
You do not require to return with 3,000 pictures, 8 brand-new dining establishments checked off and a spreadsheet showing you got optimal worth out of your hotel space.
That’s particularly real when you’re taking a trip with somebody you like. Naturally, everybody has various techniques when it concerns taking a trip with their loved one. Personally, the compromise isn’t that my partner all of a sudden has to end up being spontaneous or that I unexpectedly require to begin making colour-coded schedules.
It’s about fulfilling someplace in the middle. She can prepare the essential things. I can advise her to decrease and take pleasure in the spectacular views and modification of rate without the requirement to squeeze every last leave of a 3D2N vacation.
Truthfully, after years of dealing with vacations like a race versus the clock, that may be the most peaceful thing we can offer ourselves.
And if that suggests costs half a day in a jacuzzi, treating ourselves to definitely spectacular views of paradise, why not?
This post was very first released in Wonderwall.sg
Amazon reduced server life-spans while Meta extended them, and Reuters Breakingviews cautions a 1 year modification might eliminate billions in earnings
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32.0 %( FY ended 2025-12-31)
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Alphabet Inc. and its peers
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Token vs hidden stock
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The AI arms race is normally determined in chips, gigawatts and eye-watering capital budget plans. A Reuters Breakingviews column released Oct 29 argues the genuine pressure point is far less attractive: a single accounting presumption about the length of time servers last.
That presumption, called helpful life, chooses how rapidly business like Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft cost their data-center hardware. Reduce it, and earnings diminish. Stretch it, and profits look much healthier, a minimum of on paper.
4 giants, 4 various clocks
Servers work the exact same method on a business earnings declaration. The longer a business presumes its hardware remains beneficial, the smaller sized the yearly cost, and the bigger the noted revenue.
Amazon went the conservative path. Beginning January 1, 2025, it cut the helpful life of particular servers and networking devices from 6 years to 5, indicating quicker technological obsolescence driven by AI and artificial intelligence.
That choice brings a price. Amazon anticipates it to include $1.4 billion to its 2025 devaluation cost and lower earnings by $1 billion.
Meta took the opposite course. It extended the approximated beneficial life of the majority of its servers and network properties to 5.5 years, up from a previous series of 4 to 5 years.
The result runs in Meta’s favor. The modification is forecasted to lower 2025 devaluation by $2.92 billion and raise earnings by $2.59 billion, or $1.00 per share.
Alphabet and Microsoft have actually mainly sat tight. Alphabet typically uses a six-year life to its servers, while Microsoft utilizes a versatile series of 2 to 6 years depending upon the kind of possession.
The $36 billion level of sensitivity test
Breakingviews ran the numbers on what takes place if the optimists are incorrect. Its quote: if all 4 business reduced their useful-life presumptions by simply one year, integrated earnings might fall by around $36 billion in 2027.
The evaluation hit is even bigger. Using existing evaluation multiples, the column determines a theoretical market-cap effect of almost $800 billion.
The scale of costs describes why the stakes are so high. Breakingviews keeps in mind that investments on the chatbot boom are heading into the trillions of dollars, with information centers taking in electrical energy now determined in gigawatts.
The costs have actually not completely struck earnings declarations. Cumulative AI-related capital investment throughout the group have actually reached numerous billions, and capex has actually performed at about 3.4 to 5.5 times devaluation charges in current quarters.
Why server life-spans ended up being a dispute
Amazon clearly connected its much shorter schedule to the rate of AI and artificial intelligence development, which can make costly equipment less competitive well before it physically breaks.
Meta’s extension shows a various read. Its longer schedule indicates self-confidence that its servers and network possessions will stay efficient for longer than it formerly presumed.
What this implies for financiers
The most instant takeaway is that reported incomes throughout Big Tech are not completely similar. Amazon took in a $1 billion earnings struck from its modification, while Meta reserved a $2.59 billion increase from relocating the other instructions.
Since capex has actually been running a number of times greater than devaluation, a growing wave of cost is currently baked in for future years no matter policy options.
Alphabet’s six-year presumption and Microsoft’s 2-to-6-year variety will draw specific examination. If either follows Amazon’s lead, the $36 billion level of sensitivity quote stops being an idea experiment and begins appearing in real incomes.
Disclosure: This short article was modified by Diego Almada Lopez. For additional information on how we develop and examine material, see our Editorial Policy.
“We’re happy that the lead ship in Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship fleet will bring a name selected by the individuals who share our enjoyment for what follows,” stated Michael Colglazier, president of Virgin Galactic.
More substantially, the business stated Apeiron would be moved from its Spaceship Factory in Mesa, Arizona, to Spaceport America in New Mexico in the future Wednesday.
Apeiron will not be making a complimentary flight anytime quickly. After being reached New Mexico by the VMS Eve, airplane engineers and service technicians there will finish deal with the car’s avionics devices and flight software application. Following extra ground tests, Apeiron will be mated once again to Eve for captive bring tests, followed by a drop test and eventually a powered test flight above 80 km.
Is this the future of area tourist?
Currently, the business is stating it now anticipates Apeiron’s very first industrial spaceflight to happen “early” in the 2nd quarter of 2027. Just like every other forecasted date in aerospace, this ought to be taken with a grain of salt. It appears possible that Apeiron might start flying paying clients on suborbital area tourist objectives over the next 12 to 18 months.
There is substantial hesitation about the business practicality of Virgin Galactic’s area tourist aspirations. Success will need its cars to fly almost perfectly and with unmatched toughness to bring numerous individuals to area each year briefly. As this truth has actually struck financiers, the marketplaces have actually not respected the business in the last few years. In 2021, at the height of area tourist bliss, the business’s stock briefly reached a dizzying evaluation of $1,118 a share. More just recently it has actually been trading in the area $2.50 a share.
Whatever you may think about Virgin Galactic, nevertheless, it appears clear that any hopes of broadening the aperture of area tourist in the next years will be flying underneath its wings.
A group of previous Oppo executives is establishing expert system glasses for tourists, with functions concentrated on photography, live translation, and AI-guided trips.
The business is narrowing the pitch for clever glasses to a particular usage: assisting tourists record their journeys and comprehend unknown environments without consistently grabbing their phones.
L’Atitude 52 ° N is owned by APOM Optical Technology, a Shenzhen-registered business established in 2024 by mobile phone market veterans. Its very first set of glasses begins at USD 399, and the business has actually raised almost USD 400,000 through crowdfunding, according to 36KrAPOM anticipates to equip around 20,000 sets in 2026, mainly for the European and United States markets, and is looking for a brand-new financing round.
L’Atitude 52 ° N’s very first AI glasses design. Image source: L’Atitude 52 ° N.
The launch comes as contending techniques to wise glasses continue to progress. Early efforts fixated enhanced truth, utilizing screens, optical elements that direct light towards the eye, and spatial computing to produce a brand-new computing platform. Weight, power intake, expense, and producing restrictions restricted those aspirations. Generative AI brought a various proposal: glasses that might use access to AI assistants on the fly and analyze the user’s environments.
Meta has actually moved beyond video camera glasses without display screens to Meta Ray-Ban Display, which includes a screen and wristband controls. Google has actually likewise revealed strategies to release Gemini-powered clever glasses in fall 2026. Start-ups with restricted resources deal with an option: establish a general-purpose gadget or concentrate on a particular usage individuals will spend for.
A contrast of image quality in between the Meta Ray-Ban Display (left) and L’Atitude 52 ° N’s AI glasses. Image source: 36Kr.
Gary Chen, creator and CEO of APOM, brings almost 18 years of mobile phone market experience. He started in Android advancement and dealt with phone software application and system structures at HTC. After signing up with OnePlus in 2016, he moved from R&D into item and operations, later on managing operating-system work. Following OnePlus’combination into Oppo, he managed software preparation throughout brand names and added to research study on software application and AI.
Co-founder and CTO Zheng Xiaohua formerly led imaging R&D for OnePlus phones and Oppo’s flagship gadgets.
Structure on standard eyeglasses
Years invested dealing with smart devices persuaded Chen that AI and systems integrating voice, images, and other inputs would alter how individuals connect with innovation. That experience likewise made him cautious of attempting to develop a completely brand-new item classification.
The group has actually rather embraced a pared-down technique to item style. L’Atitude 52 ° N leaves out audio recording, conference transcription, and voice notes, concentrating on first-person photography and video, live translation, and AI-guided trips.
APOM has actually rather focused on water and drop resistance, a one-piece injection-molded front frame, eyeglasses style, and the charging case. These less obvious functions show Chen’s view that clever glasses must enhance on traditional glasses without asking individuals to adjust to an unknown item classification.
Numerous extensively embraced wise gadgets have actually followed that pattern. Wireless earbuds eliminated the cable televisions without altering the standard method individuals listened to music. Chen sees wise glasses likewise: included abilities matter, however individuals will decline them if they make the glasses much heavier, bulkier, or more vulnerable.
That likewise suggests the mobile phone playbook does not move straight. A phone is a general-purpose gadget; individuals do not change phones for travel, running, or work, Chen informed 36KrGlasses, nevertheless, should fit an individual’s face, clothing, and activities. The marketplace might for that reason accommodate more than a handful of general-purpose items, with start-ups discovering chances in particular, distinct usages instead of straight difficult Meta or Google.
APOM picked to concentrate on travel in Europe and the United States, where it sees more recognized routines of using sunglasses. Travel likewise makes the benefit of wise glasses much easier to value. In a workplace, a phone, computer system, and power supply are close at hand, leaving glasses with less distinct worth. In a museum, an unknown city, or on an outside path, tourists wish to tape-record and comprehend what they see and interact throughout languages. Consistently grabbing a phone can disrupt the experience.
That thinking led APOM to focus on trips and translation. Chen desires users to see the glasses as helpful travel devices, instead of a gadget with lots of functions that do bit well.
Linking photography, translation, and trips
Photography, translation, and AI-generated responses are not distinct to L’Atitude 52 ° N. APOM’s goal is to make them collaborate throughout a journey.
It begins with the cam. AI glasses usually utilize cams generally to offer designs a view of the items in front of the user. Image quality has actually been a lower concern, partially due to the fact that frames leave little space for big sensing units or complicated optics.
L’Atitude 52 ° N sets a 12-megapixel cam module with a devoted AI imaging chip, in addition to the typical system-on-chip and image processing hardware. According to Chen, pushing the shutter on the frame lets the chip determine the scene and enhance texture, edges, sound, color, and light and shadow in genuine time.
He stated the chip enhances low-light pictures of structures, streets, and natural landscapes, while minimizing sound, flicker, and wind sound in recordings. The group is attempting to move the smart device market’s computational photography experience to the smaller sized, more constrained format of glasses.
The AI-guided trip function constructs on what the user sees. In a museum, historical district, or city tourist attraction, users can tap the arm of the glasses to recognize an art work or structure and hear a description through open-ear speakers.
To make responses more particular, APOM constructed an understanding base covering art, historical structures, and cultural topics. Its tourist guide utilizes retrieval-augmented generation, or RAG, to make use of that product when making up actions.
The AI guide is called Goya, after the Spanish painter Francisco Goya. It is meant to discuss not just what an art work is, however why it was developed and what makes it worth seeing.
Image source: L’Atitude 52 ° N.
Live translation addresses more instant interactions: purchasing food, requesting instructions, or checking out lodging. These exchanges might be easy, however language barriers can interfere with a journey.
A five-microphone selection records the user’s voice, the other speaker, and surrounding noise. APOM established voice-separation and ecological noise-reduction algorithms to lower the possibility of unassociated noises being misinterpreted for speech in loud settings.
According to 36Krthe system is likewise planned to integrate APOM’s brand-new audio compression algorithm with Google’s Gemini 3.5 Live Translate voice design for real-time streaming. The technique utilizes context to change significance and phrasing, going for more natural discussion than word-for-word translation.
Together, the functions let tourists tape-record what they see from their own viewpoint, ask AI to discuss unknown sights, and hear translations when speaking to somebody in another language.
APOM has actually likewise constructed an intercom into a glasses strap. It is developed to let groups of tourists link immediately and remain in touch where mobile reception is weak. Connecting the strap to the rings at the ends of the glasses’ arms triggers integrated sensing units and sets it with the glasses, without a different power-on action or manual gadget search.
According to APOM, the glasses are developed to hold up against drops of about 1.8 meters and fulfill IP65 dust and water resistance requirements. A one-piece injection-molded front frame decreases the variety of signs up with and prospective points for water to go into.
Creating the frames and charging case
Chen acknowledged that a group with a smart device background required to much better comprehend traditional eyeglasses, consisting of design, face shapes, and fit.
He made duplicated journeys to Germany to discover individuals with years of experience in the glasses market. The partnership ultimately settled into a department of work: groups in Germany and Italy dealt with design, visual appeals, and traditional eyeglasses fit, while the Shenzhen group took obligation for electronic devices, structural engineering, software application, and volume production.
Their top priorities in some cases clashed. The European groups believed some frames were too thick or the colors looked abnormal. The Shenzhen group required area for electronic cameras, batteries, and circuitry. The job was to stabilize parts, structural strength, and frame percentages.
The group produced almost 100 models and utilized feedback from European users to decide on 3 frame designs: Berlin, Antwerp, and Milan.
L’Atitude 52 ° N showcased its AI glasses at IFA Berlin 2026. Image source: L’Atitude 52 ° N.
Forming and fit were just part of the style. A travel item likewise required a method to shop and charge it on the relocation. Smart glasses consist of fragile electronic devices, require power, and need more defense from compression, effects, and wetness than regular eyeglasses. APOM desired a protective case that matched the glasses’ style.
The case has a transparent shell that likewise communicates details: users can examine the glasses’ charging status without opening it, and a shake exposes the case’s staying battery level.
Chen informed 36Kr that the motivation originated from a lunchbox whose contents can be translucented the cover: users can inform whether it holds chicken and rice or pork ribs and rice without opening it.
The case has no different button. Its internal lights switch on when the glasses are put within, revealing that charging has actually started. That interaction was motivated by a Squid Game-themed transit card on which a character’s eyes illuminate after an effective tap.
L’Atitude 52 ° N stated it is moving from crowdfunding to retail, however sustaining business will eventually depend upon whether tourists stay engaged with the glasses, utilize their functions routinely, and think they deserve the cost.
KrASIA functions equated and adjusted material that was initially released by 36Kr. This short article was composed by Qiu Xiaofen for 36Kr.
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