What Amazon’s Latest Earnings Mean for Long-Term Investors

It’s important for investors to look beyond the market’s immediate reaction. Earnings season is in full swing, and some of the most closely watched companies have given investors crucial information to chew on. On July 31, Amazon (AMZN -0.23%) reported earnings for the second quarter (ended June 30). Revenue of $167.7 billion and diluted earnings […]

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Activation Atlas

Introduction Neural networks can learn to classify images more accurately than any system humans directly design. This raises a natural question: What have these networks learned that allows them to classify images so well? Feature visualization is a thread of research that tries to answer this question by letting us “see through the eyes” of […]

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Griffon (GFF) Q3 Revenue Falls 5%

Griffon (GFF -13.75%), a diversified manufacturer known for garage doors, storage solutions, and hand tools, reported its quarterly earnings for the period ending June 30, 2025, on August 6, 2025. The most notable news was the segment split: Home and Building Products delivered margin and profit gains, while Consumer and Professional Products faced demand and […]

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Censorship and stolen puritanical valor

Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from me, Jess Conditt, a reporter who’s covered the industry for more than 13 years. The second contains the […]

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Automate your project with GitHub Models in Actions

GitHub Models brings AI into your GitHub Actions workflows, helping you automate triage, summarize, and more — right where your project lives.  Let’s explore three ways to integrate and automate the use of GitHub Models in GitHub Actions workflows, from the most straightforward to the most powerful. But first: Add the right permissions Before you […]

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Cross-pollination as a strategic advantage for forward-thinking organizations

Encouraging fresh thinking and innovation is essential as organizations navigate the challenges of sustained growth. In order to create a culture of innovation, teams need to be able to share their knowledge across teams and departments. Cross-pollinating ideas creates a more engaged workforce and allows teams to think outside the box. “[Cross-pollination] keeps people excited […]

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Nothing Works All the Time

I was at an institutional investor conference back in 2011. The stock market had recovered somewhat from the depths of the 2008 financial crisis but plenty of investors were still licking their wounds. No one was pounding the table to buy stocks. In fact, a well-known hedge fund manager got up in front of the […]

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