Daniel Day-Lewis has been hailed as one of the greatest actors in cinematic history. Indeed, hes won three Academy Awards, which is exactly three more than fellow English actor Mr. Jason Statham. But has Daniel Day-Lewis ever choked a man with a handful of casino chips, K.O.d a dude with a coin, killed a fella with a spoon, or punched a bloke in the fist with his own head? Jason Statham did all these in the same movie. Theres just no contest.Statham has become one of the 21st centurys most dependable action superstars. Thats why its exciting that hes got a new film out now, A Working Man. So to mark the occasion, here are our favourite moments from Jason Stathams hard-hitting and hilarious career. Because lets face it: Until they start giving out Oscars for walking through fire, water-skiing blindfolded, or successfully taking up piano at a late age, its the least we can do.The Best Jason Statham Movie Moments12. HomefrontYou ever get the feeling that Jason Stathams catalogue of action heroes are all the kind of guy who could take down three blokes with his hands tied behind his back? Well, you should, because in Homefront Statham annihilates three dudes while his hands are tied behind his back. What better way to kick things off than this?11. The BeekeeperIf theres one thing that stung about The Beekeeper, its that hes too sweet on some of the scam call centre employees letting them scurry out of the building before he blows it up simply because they apologised. We dont watch Jason Statham movies to see him let the villains live, damn it! Fortunately, Statham partially makes it up to us by trailing the call centre manager, strapping him to his truck, and sending the empty vehicle off the end of a bridge, dragging the screaming scumbag behind it. They say bumblebees arent particularly efficient flyers, but at least they fly better than a 1967 Ford F-100.10. Wild CardLets double back to the movie alluded to in the intro, which is Wild Card a film that criminally flopped at the box office despite being directed by the man who bestowed Con Air upon the world, boasting a bonus appearance from Stanley Tucci with hair, and honestly featuring some of the best fight scenes of Stathams entire career. In the final showdown, Statham guts no less than five gun-toting goons armed only with a spoon and a butter knife and walks away without a scratch. Jason Statham: king of knifey spoony.9. Death RacePaul W.S. Andersons long list of video game adaptations havent exactly won the man fistfuls of prestige but, if were being honest, he deserves at least a pat on the back for his slightly-camp 2008 killer car feature, Death Race, where he vividly demonstrated a Mad Max: Fury Road-level commitment to crashing giant death trucks an impressive seven-odd years before George Miller actually made that movie. Statham getting the better of the Juggernaut by conspiring with his bitter rival is easily the highlight of the film. The score remains: practical effects - one million, CGI - zero.8. The MegOf course, on the topic of taking down giant monsters, no list of Jason Stathams most memorable movie moments would be remotely complete without the time the man literally murdered a megalodon with a metal spear in The Meg.7. The TransporterSliding in at number seven is one of Stathams most iconic action roles: Frank Martin, the Transporter. Of course, the 2002 original is basically 90 minutes of Hong Kong-quality fight scenes from prolific action director Corey Yuen, so how do you choose just one moment? The container fight? The axe fight? The bus fight? There are a lot of fights. Well, the answer has to be the oil fight, where Frank greases himself up to literally slip through his enemies fingers before turning the tables on them with a set of bicycle pedals and a series of savage spinning heel kicks.6. The Fate of the FuriousSpeaking of heels, the villainous Deckard Shaws heel-face turn in the Fast and the Furious saga was controversial for a while, but ever since Fast 9 confirmed he never actually killed Han during Tokyo Drift, we can all enjoy his past exploits without feeling guilty. Naturally, one particular moment thats hard to go past is the Hard Boiled-inspired airborne rescue of Dom and Elenas infant son in The Fate of the Furious. Jason Statham has enjoyed action aplenty in the Fast saga since his post-credits appearance in Fast & Furious 6, but this mix of gun-fu and jokes about poo is arguably his greatest highlight.5. The ExpendablesEarning his spot alongside the heaviest of Hollywood hardmen in Sylvester Stallones Expendables franchise, Jason Stathams Lee Christmas has had plenty of time to shine throughout the series, from kicking fellow countryman Scott Adkins into an idling helicopter to firing a flare from the front of a flying boat for a little fry-and-die. However, his most memorable moment is the brief but brutal basketball court beatdown he gives to his girlfriends abusive ex and every one of his useless mates. Christmas may only come around once a year, but when he does, he smashes the crap out of six dudes in about 16 seconds. Hes like Santa, only instead of a nice list he just has a knife list.4. SpyIn an absolutely scene-stealing performance in whats already an extremely funny film, Jason Statham fully flexes his comedy muscles in 2015s Spy as Rick Ford: the unkillable secret agent extraordinaire whos immune to 179 different types of poison and makes his own suits. Statham enjoys plenty of hilarious moments in Spy, but the best is when he regales Melissa McCarthy with tales of his legendary toughness: I drove a car off a freeway, on top of a train, while I was on fire. Not the car. I was on fire.3. Transporter 2Come on. You didnt think we were going to forget the infamous Transporter 2 barrel roll, did you? Calm as a cucumber, Frank Martin flings his two-ton Audi upside down to dislodge the bomb strapped beneath it, all with the complete confidence of a man flicking a speck of soot from the shoulder of his suit. Tell your teachers: Physics are cancelled.2. Crank: High VoltageAfter surviving falling several thousand feet from a helicopter, Chev Chelios clearly superhuman heart has been stolen by Chinese gangsters. That is the plot of Crank 2. As such, you shouldnt be surprised when, at one stage, Chev hallucinates an entire fight at a power station as a souped-up, 100-foot-tall kaiju version of himself, complete with a mask of his own head. This is a real movie that definitely happened.1. SnatchWhat better choice for number one than Snatch, where Jason Statham in only his second film appearance after he debuted in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels didnt just shine amongst Hollywood heavyweights like Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, and the late Dennis Farina he came away with a whole host of the movies most-quotable lines. Its tricky to pick a favourite quip from a movie chock full of them, but Turkishs iconic response to Tommys desire to carry a gun seems like a safe bet (What is a gun doing in your trousers? For protection. Protection from what? Zee Germans?).Did we miss any of your favourites? Mean Machine? The Mechanic? Hobbs & Shaw? Let us know in the comments.

The Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 is the company's latest laptop designed for the upper crust of gamers-on-the-go. It comes to market with your choice of an RTX 5080 or RTX 5090 (an RTX 5070 Ti version will be available later), while prices start at $3,099 and go up from there. Paired with its Intel Core 9 Ultra processor, it offers top-tier performance, gamer-friendly looks, and a great display. Its not the laptop to choose for thin and light, but if you dont care about that, it has a lot to offer.Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 PhotosGigabyte Aorus Master 16 Design and FeaturesThe Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 is a flashy laptop with plenty of RGB and decorations to suit your fancy. Like many of the 16-inch launch models weve seen since Nvidia debuted its RTX 50-series laptop GPUs last week, it features a 2,560 x 1,600 OLED display with a boxier 16:10 aspect ratio than a normal widescreen laptop, and plenty of horsepower under its hood.And AI, it has that too and it wastes no time letting you know its there. Within minutes of booting it up for the first time, a notification was popping up from my GiMate assistant, letting me know that I should disable the Nvidia graphics card for better performance. AI is also interwoven with its configuration software, but more on that later. The laptop is available in two configurations for now, separated by your choice of an RTX 5080 or RTX 5090 and about $1,200. Both versions come with the following specs, apart from the 5090 version which adds a second NVMe SSD for 2TB of total storage (you can add a second drive to the 5080 variant on your own if youre tech-inclined):Display: 2560 x 1600 (16:10), OLED, 500-nitsRefresh Rate: 240HzProcessor: Intel Core Ultra 9 275HXGPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 (Mobile)VRAM: 16GBMemory: 32GB LPDDR5 8000 MT/sStorage: 1TB NVMe SSDConnectivity: WiFi 7, 1G Ethernet, Bluetooth 5.4Ports: 2 x Type-A support USB3.2 Gen2, 1 x Type-C with Thunderbolt 5 (USB4, DisplayPort 2.1, and PD 3.0), 1 x Type-C with Thunderbolt 4 (USB4, DisplayPort 1.4 and PD 3.0), 1 x HDMI 2.1, 1 x MicroSD (UHS-II), 1 x Audio Combo JackAudio: 4 x built-in speakers, Dolby Atmos with Smart Amp, built-in microphone Webcam: 1080p, Windows Hello SupportBattery: 99wHrDimensions (LxWxH): 14.05 x 10 x 0.9 x 1.14 inchesWeight: 5.51 poundsBoth models are expensive, but that goes with the territory when it comes to flagship gaming laptops right after a new launch. The RTX 5080 version I received to test costs $3,099. The RTX 5090 version will set you back $4,299. Theres also a larger Aorus Master 18 version of each that swaps the OLED screen for mini-LED and includes 2TB of storage by default. The RTX 5090 version there also bumps total system memory up to 64GB, which really isnt bad for only $100 more than the 16-inch version ($4,399). The Aorus Master 18 with the RTX 5080 is a bit more marked up at $3,299, but at this kind of price, an extra hundo probably isnt going to be the big decision-maker. The Aorus Master is certainly designed to catch your eye and tempt a purchase in other ways. Its an RGB showcase with an illuminated falcon logo on the lid, a wraparound 3D light bar, and even a small RGB projector that beams Aorus branding down onto your desk. The keyboard is also RGB, but its not per-key, which is disappointing at this price. Instead, it is broken into three zones and includes seven translucent keys that include WASD as well as Q, E, and R, with bright light passthrough. Even without per-key customization, its more than a little showy.Everything but the lid is made from plastic. Functionally, it doesnt make a huge difference, though an aluminum frame would be far better matched to its high price (and would help dissipate heat at the same time) and would have made it feel a bit more premium. The lid is very nice, however, and has a ripple pattern creating a wave pattern across its surface. Its microtextured with such fine detail that you can only see it when it catches the light just so and feels smooth to the touch. In fact, I first realized it wasnt bead-blasted purely from sound. It reminds me of the zip you get when you drag your nail across an old-school holographic Trapper Keeper. This quality makes it impervious to fingerprints in normal use, which immediately gives it a one-up on normal metal lids which tend to look grungy after a handful of uses. The laptop isnt thin and its not light. Unlike the Razer Blade 16 which checks off both of those boxes while toting an RTX 5090, the Aorus Master is much more to expectation, measuring 0.9 inches at its thinnest and 1.14 inches at the thickest. It also weighs 5.5 pounds. Compare that to the Blade 16s 0.69-inch front lip and 4.7 pound weight: it doesnt seem like much on paper, but its immediately noticeable. Those small dimensional changes make the difference between wow, this is surprisingly thin and light and yup, thats definitely a gaming laptop. That extra space has its benefits, though. The Aorus Master offers both upgradeable memory and storage. There are two memory slots, allowing you to increase its capacity up to 64GB or swap out to a set with faster clock speeds. There are two M.2 slots for NVMe SSDs, so you can add extra storage without needing to reinstall Windows and drivers to get running again. Only the pre-populated slot supports PCI-e 5.0, however, so youll be limited to PCI-e Gen 4 for anything youd like to add without formatting. It also allows Gigabyte to go full-on with its other components. This machine is packing an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU with a full, 175-watt RTX 5080 (or other 50-series GPU). The processor is fast, topping out at 5.4GHz to maximize in-game fps and offers 24 cores (eight P-Cores and 16 E-Cores) cores for great multitasking performance and workload efficiency. Its enough to make you wonder why Gigabyte only outfitted the laptop with 5,600 MHz memory when higher speeds would seem like the better match. The Razer Blade 16 uses 8,000MHz memory, for example, and higher memory speeds can directly translate into high fps. To keep this hardware cool, Gigabyte has opted for a dual fan solution with densely packed, 158-fin fans. These come in new housing that's supposed to channel airflow better and also reduce their overall noise. It's still a gaming laptop, however, which means you should plan on hearing those fans quite prominently when you're running games. For web browsing and productivity use, it features a 0dB mode that relies on passive cooling when the components aren't generating as much heat. Like the Razer Blade 16, it features a large vapor chamber that covers more than 50% of the motherboard for improved performance overall.The keyboard and trackpad are both decent. The keys have a generous amount of travel at 1.7mm and good tactility to avoid typos. I didn't find them to be especially mushy, but have experienced crisp typing experiences, such as the one on the Lenovo Legion 9i. Still, it gets the job done in a very familiar 75% layout that balances productivity and gaming performance.The trackpad is also fine. It measures just over 5 inches by 4 inches and has a nice glide when swiping your finger across it. The integrated buttons work well, though I did find that left and right clicks could get a little confused the further up the trackpad you tried to make them. This is something that you get used to over time and is part of the process of learning a laptop. But taken together, the input experience is good but not particularly special in any way.If you're planning on using the laptop for work or taking online classes, you can rest assured that it comes with a built-in 1080p webcam. In proper lighting conditions, it can look decent and offers a crisp, if slightly over-sharpened image. If you have a bright window behind you or are taking meetings in low lighting, it struggles to balance lighting and noise/grain in the image. There is no privacy shade, so you will have to manually turn it on and off if that's something you look for.Audio quality is pretty typical for a gaming laptop. It uses four speakers total and they did a good job of getting loud enough to play games on, but their tiny size prevented them from sounding full for explosions or the bass register in music. You can use them if you need to, but a good gaming headset is going to be the better choice for audio quality. The Aorus Master 16 sports a 99WHr battery, which is the largest that can be used in a laptop currently. In our Procyon Office Battery Life test, it was able to run for seven hours and 49 minutes. With Advanced Optimus, Nvidias system for automatically swapping between the RTX 5080 and the integrated GPU, it meant that the test ran in its entirety without the full-powered graphics card turning on. When actually playing games, I averaged around two hours depending on how demanding the game was. RTX 50-series GPUs really seem to be coming into their own for gaming on battery.Finally, for connectivity, it offers a decent array of ports to connect different peripherals and accessories. On the left side, it has a gigabit ethernet port, a full size HDMI 2.1, a USB 3.2 Type-A port, and a USB Type-C port capable of both charging and video, as well as a dedicated charging port for its included power bright. On the right is another USB Type-A and Type-C, an audio combo jack, and a microSD card reader. Size has its benefits. Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 GiMate Software In what's sure to be a trend this year, the Aorus Master 16 features a software suite that's integrated with AI. It offers all of the usual functionality, including setting your performance modes and fan settings, as well as customizing the laptop's RGB. For meetings, there are AI clarity enhancements as well as versions of the Windows Studio setting to blur your background and add artificial eye-tracking, as well as a privacy-enhancing feature that can turn off your screen when youve stepped away.Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 Software ScreenshotsThe most important feature that it offers is that it can intelligently control the performance of your system based on what you're doing. When you load a game, it's smart enough to know to use the RTX 5080 instead of the processor's integrated graphics chip, and then to switch that back over when you're done to save on battery life. Theres also a chatbot that you can engage with to get insights into your system, adjust settings, and converse with on troubleshooting, learning more about what settings do within Windows, and more. Its essentially a local version of ChatGPT that knows about the specifics of your system.While all of this is cool, its all pretty base level. Automatic performance switching is a nice feature, but if youve gamed on a laptop before, you already know to switch to its high performance mode. That the AI can detect a big workload also isnt all that impressive, and swapping modes when it does isnt something that requires AI. The chatbot can be fun, but unless youre wet behind the ears when it comes to Windows gaming, it really feels like more of a novelty.But we knew this was going to happen. AI is the trend of the moment and I expect most big laptop brands will follow suit with systems of their own. Use it if you like or ignore it if you dont, both are viable options. Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 PerformanceThe Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 is in a class where performance is rightfully king, and whether or not its going to earn your dollars is going to depend a lot on what youre coming from, what youre hoping to achieve, and how much you have to spend. Before sharing performance numbers, it's worth mentioning again that we've recently upgraded our testing methodology to better assess new technologies, rendering methods, and the performance demands of current games. Because of this, much of our prior testing data doesnt align and well be building up our data set over time. For this review, Ill be comparing it to the Razer Blade 16 in the performance charts, but I was also able to do some testing with an RTX 4080 laptop on loan to remark upon in the text. All of our tests are conducted at maximum settings. Upscaling is frequently used and is set to Quality at 1080p and Balanced at 1440p (or 1200p and 1600p in this case). These settings are also included in the charts. Beginning with synthetic tests, we can see that the Aorus Master 16 performs quite well compared to the Razer Blade 16, despite the fact that it is running an RTX 5080 instead of an RTX 5090. Between the two systems, the Razer Blade is running an AMD Ryzen CPU, while the Aorus Master 16 is running an Intel Core Ultra CPU. This accounts for some of the differences here. However, it's also worth remembering that the Razer Blade 16 is power capped at 160 watts and frequently doesn't reach that limit, whereas the Aorus Master 16 can dynamically boost to the full 175 watt rating of the RTX 5080, pulling in higher performance. What I find even more interesting is that in anecdotal testing against my end-of-last-gen Falcon Northwest DRX RTX 4080 system, the results are almost all close enough that you can chalk it up to margin of error. It's worth noting that the DRX system has a different processor, so the comparison isnt exactly apples to apples. Still, the 40-series impresses. That doesnt take away from the comparative performance of the 5080 versus the 5090, however, especially looking at that Night Raid score and its performance in real-world games. Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 1200p Gaming BenchmarksGaming benchmarks are just as revealing. Here we can see that at 1200p, the Aorus Master 16 outperforms the Razer Blade 16 with its power-capped RTX 5090. Thats shocking. At the same time, when I ran some of these tests against the Falcon Northwest DRX, the two went back and forth offering very similar performance in these games and beyond. The Blade 16 still pulls out some wins in a wider selection of playtests, averaging 62 fps in Black Myth: Wukong while the others hovered closer to 50, but theres a serious value consideration here. Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 1600p Gaming BenchmarksNow, an important caveat does need to be given regarding the Razer Blade 16. It intentionally trades performance for portability, so its competing with a handicap. If you dont care about it being as thin and light as possible, another RTX 5090 laptop may very well be a better choice. Ill be testing exactly that in the weeks to come. Another important consideration is fan noise. A loud laptop can draw unwanted attention and the Aorus Master 16, unfortunately, falls into that camp. Essentially, anytime youre gaming, its fans will be running full throttle, and its loud enough to disturb a partner trying to watch a show in the room with you. I certainly wouldnt play games in a library with it unless I could move well away from other people. Compared to the Blade 16, its much louder, which illustrates the competing visions for these products held between Razer and Gigabyte. Here's the thing: Nvidia hasn't been shy about tying the 50-series to its AI capabilities versus pure native rendering performance. Though the RTX 5080 performs disappointingly close to the RTX 4080, this disappears when you're playing a game that supports multi-frame generation. While "fake frames" have become a bit of a meme, the fact is that when it works, it's pretty amazing and dramatically improves performance. This varies game to game based upon how well it handles latency. Alan Wake 2, for example, tends to feel a bit more laggy at higher multiplier settings while Cyberpunk 2077 does not. With this technology and others, like neural shaders, coming to future games, theres an argument to be made about buying into these future technologies. But, youre buying on a promise while Nvidia and game developers work to add support to new and existing games.When it comes to living with the laptop on a daily basis, it offered snappy performance for just about anything I threw at it, including photo and video editing. I tend to prefer a laptop that's significantly lighter since I carry the laptop throughout my whole day; however, if youre already used to carrying a gaming laptop, this won't feel very different. But, I would highly encourage anyone considering this to purchase a separate GaN charger for anytime you don't plan to play games. Its charging brick is big and heavy, and carried with the laptop brings the total weight to more than seven pounds. It was enough to leave me with a sore shoulder at the end of the day. Purchasing GuideThe Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 is available in two configurations at launch, one with an RTX 5090 and 2TB of storage at $4,300 and the RTX 5080 version tested here, which comes with a 1TB SSD for $3,100. It can be purchased from Amazon, B&H, Newegg, Memory Express, and Canada Computers. Best Buy, and Micro Center are planned to offer availability in the future.

The CEO of Perplexity AI insists that his company is doing just fine, thank you very much.Responding to a user theory suggesting that the company is suffering glitches because it's "doing horribly financially," CEO Aravind Srinivas took to his haters' home turf that is, the r/Perplexity_AI subreddit to set the record straight.In the original trash-talking post, user "nothingeverhappen" alleged, per a "campus strategist" theyknow, that Perplexity had "paused all funding for marketing and partnerships." They also claimed that the wannabe Google competitor is "going public on the stock market" a move they wagered would "only" happen if Perplexity needed a "massive cash injection."Additionally, the user said they suspected that the AI search company may be cutting costs in other ways, including that it seems to revert to "auto mode" regardless of user preference a reference to Perplexity's drop-down which, like most other chatbots, lets users toggle between its quicker, more basic model and its slower "deep research" mode.Speculation of this sort isn't unusual once a company reaches a valuation in the billions, as Perplexity has and Perplexity has given folks plenty to kvetch about with its hallucination-happy AI search engine that has been roundly accused of plagiarism.Still, Srinivas chose to respond directly to the peanut gallery."The user shouldn't have to learn so much to use a product," the CEO wrote. "That's the motivation with 'Auto' mode. Let the AI decide for the user if it's a quick-fast-answer query, or a slightly-slower-multi-step pro-search query, or slow-reasoning-mode query, or a really slow deep research query.""Our goal isn't to save money and scam you in any way," he continued. "It's genuinely to build a better product with less clutter and simple selector for customization options for the technically adept and well-informed users."As for the OP's claim that Perplexity is "going public," Srinivas retorted that the claim wasn't true and that the company has no plans to do an initial public offering (IPO) until at least 2028."We have all the funding we've raised," he said, "and our revenue is only growing."Of course, Srinivascould well be presenting a personally convenient vision of the future, given that many believe the AI bubble is fit to burst. Still, the claims from Perplexity's detractors don't hold that much water and responding so unequivocally is generally the best route to quelling investor clamminess, anyway.More on AI speculation: AI's "Biggest Test" Is Turning Into a Catastrophe as CoreWeave FloundersShare This Article

23andYallMar 31, 5:35 PM EDT/byVictor Tangermann23andMe Is Selling All Your Data, in Largest Sale of Genomes in History"There are many cautionary tales buried in the 23andMe story."Mar 31, 5:35 PM EDT/Victor TangermannImage by Getty / FuturismGeneticsThe DNA data from around 15 million people around the world is going on sale.As Nature reports, consumer-genomics company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and legal permission to auction off all of that data. To some, it's an enormous risk to consumer privacy, but to some scientists, it's a major opportunity for research."As far as I know, this is the most amount of genetic data that is potentially changing hands," University of Iowa bioethicist Anya Prince told Nature.And while privacy advocates have rung the alarm bells over the potential for all that genomic data falling into the wrong hands and reminded customers to delete their data others argue it could be used for good instead, especially considering its sheer scale."If a future buyer is not interested in research collaborations, it would be a great shame that the potential this data holds for human health advances would not be realized," University of Exeter geneticist Rachel Freathy, whose research collaboration with 23andMe was cut short due to the bankruptcy, told Nature.While we "dont have to freak out yet," as Baylor College of Medicine bioethicist Amy McGuire added, 23andMe could alter its privacy policy in the future, allowing the likes of insurance companies or law enforcement agencies to access the data. As a result, experts warn premiums could rise for those at risk of developing genetic diseases, while other customers could come up in forensic DNA searches.Besides the threat of changing terms of service, 23andMe has already proven to be vulnerable to hacking. The personal data of nearly seven million customers was exposed in 2023, the result of a "very dumb" security lapse.One of the bidders at the upcoming auction will be 23andMe's cofounder Anne Wojcicki, who resigned as CEO following the announcement that the company had filed for bankruptcy.Wojcicki, who has made several takeover bids in the past, resigned "so I can be in the best position to pursue the company as an independent bidder," she wrote in a March 24 statement.Whether her efforts to gain control over the data will prove successful remains to be seen. It's also unclear what would happen with the data under her independent ownership."Our foundation was the trust and respect of our customers, and they were always the guiding light on how we made decisions," she wrote. "If I am fortunate enough to secure the companys assets through the restructuring process, I remain committed to our long-term vision of being a global leader in genetics and establishing genetics as a fundamental part of healthcare ecosystems worldwide."Fellow cofounder Linda Avey took a notably different tack, blasting the company's leadership in a March 26 tweet."Without continued consumer-focused product development, and without governance, 23andMe lost its way, and society missed a key opportunity in furthering the idea of personalized health," she wrote. "There are many cautionary tales buried in the 23andMe story."According to Nature, an auction could happen as soon as May 14 a high-stakes sale with the DNA of 15 million people in the balance.Share This ArticleImage by Getty / FuturismRead This Next

CLOSE X By Gabe Whisnant and Sonam Sheth Breaking News Editor Tesla's stock price continued falling on Monday, deepening its year-to-date decline to 36 percent.Why It MattersThe drop, spurred by negative sentiment toward Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts under President Donald Trump, makes Tesla one of the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 so far this year.Dramatic market swings have become the norm in Trump's second term, driven by uncertainty over the president's tariff plans and investors' concerns that the tariffs will fuel inflation and slow economic growth.A woman holds up a sign as people protest in front of a Tesla dealership as part of a coordinated international day of "Tesla Takedown" protests on March 29, 2025, in Miami.A woman holds up a sign as people protest in front of a Tesla dealership as part of a coordinated international day of "Tesla Takedown" protests on March 29, 2025, in Miami.AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell What To KnowTesla's stock price at market close on December 31, 2024, was $403.84. By the time markets closed on Monday, the electric vehicle company's stock price was $259.16, resulting in a 35.82 percent decline over the first quarter of 2025.The carmaker has been a target for anti-Musk demonstrators who oppose his high-profile role in leading the Trump administration's government cost-cutting initiatives. Tesla showrooms and factories across the country have been inundated with protests and there have been multiple reports of people vandalizing, firebombing and otherwise damaging Tesla vehicles.Last week, the FBI launched a task force it said will "crack down on violent Tesla attacks." FBI Director Kash Patel also characterized the incidents as "domestic terrorism," adding that "those responsible will be pursued, caught, and brought to justice."Days later, anti-Musk protesters participated in a "global day of action" across 200 Tesla showrooms and called on Americans to dump their Tesla stock to "tank" the company's value. The demonstrations came as Musk stumped for conservative state Supreme Court candidates in Wisconsin.The Tesla and SpaceX CEO's own net worth has fallen by roughly $121 billion since December and the billionaire acknowledged over the weekend that it's "costing me a lot to be in this job."The S&P 500 climbed 0.6 percent on Monday following a volatile trading session. Despite the rebound, the index ended the first quarter of the year down 4.6 percent, marking its worst quarterly performance in two and a half years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the day up 1 percent.Monday's volatility followed a global sell-off earlier in the day, as concerns mounted over the potential impact of the tariffs, which Trump claims will help revive U.S. manufacturing jobs.What People Are SayingDan Ives, global head of technology research at Wedbush Securities and a Tesla bull, said Monday: "The winner in our view from this tariff is no one...as even Tesla still is clearly hit from these tariffs and will be forced to raise prices."Musk said in Wisconsin over the weekend: "It's costing me a lot to be in this job. What they're trying to do is put massive pressure on me, and Tesla, I guess, to stop doing this. My Tesla stock and the stock of everyone who holds Tesla has gone in half. It's a big deal."What Happens NextMarket volatility will likely continue as the Trump administration plans to roll out a new set of steep tariffs on April 2, a day the president described as "liberation day" for the U.S. economy.Reporting by the Associated Press contributed to this story. Is This Article Trustworthy?Is This Article Trustworthy?Newsweek is committed to journalism that is factual and fairWe value your input and encourage you to rate this article.Newsweek is committed to journalism that is factual and fairWe value your input and encourage you to rate this article.Slide Circle to VoteReader Avg.NoModeratelyYes VOTE

Image: NintendoNintendo's weekly album update has arrived for the Nintendo Music app and this time it's loaded with high-speed beats from the F-Zero series.Included this week is the SNES soundtrack for F-Zero and along with this is the album for the 64DD F-Zero X Expansion Kit. And if you're wondering, the original N64 F-Zero soundtrack was added to the service last November. Here's the full list of songs included in both soundtracks:F-ZERO (SNES)14 tracks, 26 minutesOpeningMute CityBig BlueSand OceanDeath WindSilencePort TownRed CanyonWhite Land IWhite Land IIFire FieldResultsYou LostEndingF-ZERO Expansion Kit (64DD)6 tracks, 13 minutesRegenerationRollercoasterBig FootJaponRainbow RoadMr. EAD EndingThis update follows a notice last week about Nintendo receiving a particular update in October. Nintendo also added part of Kirby's Switch album to the service last week, with the rest of it scheduled to arrive later this year. Start the countdown!Listen to some of Kirby and the Forgotten Land todayA celebration of classic puzzle gamesWhat do you think of the latest albums for Nintendo Music? Let us know in the comments.Related GamesSee AlsoShare:01 Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...Related ArticlesNintendo Expands Switch Online's SNES Library With Four More TitlesUpdate: Now available to Switch Online membersMinecraft's Latest Update Is Now Live, Here Are The Patch NotesSpring to life in this new updateTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate 'Balance Of Power' Update Now LiveHere are the full patch notes

"He's looking more like a hero than a debt collector".Our favourite day of the year has arrived here on Nintendo Life and developers around the globe are already sharing all sorts of funny jokes...To be fair, Level-5 has published a decent video - transforming the Fantasy Life series into a knock-off version of Animal Crossing called Life Crossing: Fantasy Horizons. The video uploaded (which even nails the narration voice over) offers a guided tour of the "Fantasy Getaway Package" led by a raccoon known as "Tim Crook". He's actually just a guy in a suit, but it will do.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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How to solve today's Wordle.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesLooking for Mondays Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here:It was April Fools Day, I believe two years ago now, that I got my first Wordle-in-one. I actually guessed the world APRIL to start, but that came back as an unacceptable guess. I thought, well, what other months have five letters? Wouldnt it be kind of funny if they chose MARCH for April Fools Day? Sure enough, the Wordle was MARCH. I chock that one up to cleverness rather than luck.In any case, its April 1st, which means you really cant believe anything you read on the internet. In a world filled with so many ridiculous, crazy news stories, its almost overkill to have a day dedicated to pranks and false headlines. Lets just solve this Wordle instead.How To Solve Todays WordleThe Hint: A precious possession.Play Puzzles & Games on ForbesThe Clue: This Wordle has a double letter.Okay, spoilers below!...The Answer:Today's WordleCredit: Erik KainWordle AnalysisEvery day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. Yikes. This did not go very well. I thought SPINE would be a good opening guess but it left me with 476 remaining possible solutions. BLOAT cut back the bloat a bit, but I still had 22 left. I slashed that down to 3 with CRUEL but then I guessed WHEEL. Bad luck there. JEWEL was the Wordle, and it took me five tries.Competitive Wordle ScoreToday's Wordle BotCredit: Erik KainI get -1 point for guessing in five and -1 for losing to the Bot. The Bot gets 0 points for guessing in four and +1 for beating me. We begin our April tally at:Erik: -2 pointsWordle Bot: 1 pointI won in March but Im not off to a great start in April. Cest la vie!How To Play Competitive WordleGuessing in 1 is worth 3 points; guessing in 2 is worth 2 points; guessing in 3 is worth 1 point; guessing in 4 is worth 0 points; guessing in 5 is -1 points; guessing in 6 is -2 points and missing the Wordle is -3 points.If you beat your opponent you get 1 point. If you tie, you get 0 points. And if you lose to your opponent, you get -1 point. Add it up to get your score. Keep a daily running score or just play for a new score each day.Fridays are 2XP, meaning you double your pointspositive or negative.You can keep a running tally or just play day-by-day. Enjoy!Todays Wordle EtymologyThe word "jewel" comes from the Old French word "jouel" (12th century), meaning ornament or precious stone. That, in turn, likely comes from Medieval Latin "jocale", meaning plaything or toy, which derives from the Latin "jocus", meaning joke or jest.Let me know how you fared with your Wordle today on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me here on this blog where I write about games, TV shows and movies when Im not writing puzzle guides. Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.

IWatsonx AI IBM generative AI platform displayed on a smartphone. On 10 August 2023 in Brussels, ... More Belgium. (Photo illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesBM has rapidly established itself as a serious enterprise AI contender. It combines a full-stack platform strategy, proprietary models, deep integration with Red Hat hybrid cloud infrastructure, and global consulting scale. It's executing a multi-pronged approach that is already delivering operational leverage and financial upside.Its approach is paying off. In its most recent earnings, IBM disclosed that it'd grown its book of AI-related business to $5 billion in less than two years, with approximately 80% of that stemming from consulting engagements and the remainder from software subscriptions.Full-stack, Open, Enterprise-Grade AIIBM detailed its AI strategy at its recent investor day. Its a strategy centered on a pragmatic, enterprise-first approach that can deliver trusted, efficient, and domain-relevant AI solutions. IBMs AI straetgy brings together infrastructure software from Red Hat, foundation models from IBM Research, customer enablement capabilities from IBM Consulting, and integration with a broad ecosystem of partners.Unlike some competitors focused on developing massive general-purpose models, IBMs bet is on smaller, specialized models, deployed across hybrid cloud environments, and tightly integrated with its consulting services and data platforms. The goal is to help businesses operationalize AI in a way thats scalable, secure, and aligned with real-world enterprise needs.This is an approach particularly well-suited for companies in regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, and government where data security, governance, and compliance concerns are paramount.Watsonx is FoundationalAt the core of IBMs AI stack is watsonx, an end-to-end platform designed to support the entire AI lifecycle. Watsonx allows businesses to build and train models using both IBM's proprietary tools and open-source models while also enabling them to fine-tune those models using their proprietary data.One of the most critical components of this platform is Granite, IBM's family of smaller, purpose-built foundation models tailored for enterprise use cases like code generation, document processing, and virtual agents.These cost-efficient, interpretable models are built to perform well in sensitive, highly regulated environments. IBM has even open-sourced several Granite models to support transparency and community-led development.IBM's AI technology is further strengthened by its integration with Red Hat's hybrid cloud tools. OpenShift AI and RHEL AI provide the infrastructure to build, deploy, and manage AI applications across on-premises, private, and public cloud environments. This hybrid model offers flexibility for enterprises that need control over their data while still wanting the agility of cloud-native services.IBM Consulting is a Force MultiplierGlobal system integrators are integral to helping IT organizations navigate complex new technologies, especially enterprise AI. Enterprises often struggle to understand the new technology while also attempting to extract value quickly. GSIs thrive in this market, promising quick time-to-value for AI transformation projects.A defining strength of IBM's approach is the synergy between its AI stack and its global consulting business. IBM Consulting, with its hybrid by design approach, is central in driving client adoption of watsonx and Granite. This helps enterprises bring AI into mission-critical workflows across HR, procurement, customer service, and supply chain operations.IBM Consulting competes directly against companies like NTT DATA, Deloitte, Cognizant, and Capgemini. Each of these companies has AI platforms in place and AI-specific engagement models that offer a compelling choice for enterprises.Growth through PartnershipsPartnerships play a critical role in IBMs AI strategy. The company has built a rich ecosystem of collaborators that includes hyperscalers, chipmakers, open-source communities, and enterprise software vendors.Rather than trying to build and control every component internally, IBM focuses on integrating and orchestrating AI capabilities across a broad range of technologies. This strategy enables IBM to deliver value through its innovations and the strength of its partner network.A example of this is IBMs integration of watsonx with platforms like SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow. Operating within familiar business applications allowsd customers to leverage IBMs AI without disrupting existing workflows. TCollaboration extends to the systems integrators and hardware vendors that form the backbone of many enterprise deployments. IBM is working alongside companies like Dell, Lenovo, and Nokia to deliver AI-ready infrastructure, and has formed go-to-market alliances with integrators and resellers to accelerate customer adoption.Paying OffFinancially, IBMs AI bets are translating into real momentum. In its latest earnings release, the company reported that its book of AI business has grown to over $5 billion, and its software division posted double-digit growth in 2024 its strongest in years mainly fueled by demand for AI and hybrid cloud solutions.Free cash flow climbed to $12.7 billion, and IBM reports that for every dollar spent on watsonx, clients invest five to six dollars more across IBMs broader software and consulting portfolio. This multiplier effect highlights the strength of IBMs integrated offerings.Most AI-related revenue still comes from consulting, reflecting the power of IBM's services-led go-to-market model. However, the company's strategy of combining Red Hat infrastructure, watsonx software, and consulting expertise is clearly gaining traction.Analysts TakeThe tight integration of its software, infrastructure, and services sets IBM apart in the enterprise AI space. Red Hats OpenShift and RHEL AI form the infrastructure foundation of IBMs AI strategy, powering the deployment of watsonx across diverse cloud and edge environments.IBM Consulting brings the human element, delivering AI solutions tailored to industry-specific challenges in sectors such as banking, healthcare, manufacturing, and government. Together, these arms of IBM provide the technological muscle and domain expertise needed to bring AI from concept to production at enterprise scale.IBMs end-to-end approach, spanning model development, deployment, governance, and business transformation, is a strategy thats clearly working. Its also a strategy thats difficult for competitors to match.As bookings grow, platform adoption accelerates, and ecosystem partnerships deepen, IBM is reshaping its identity around AI, hybrid cloud, and consulting. The company's ability to commercialize AI through a tightly connected stack of products, platforms, and people makes it one of the most interesting and credible enterprise AI players today.Disclosure: Steve McDowell is an industry analyst, and NAND Research is an industry analyst firm, that engages in, or has engaged in, research, analysis and advisory services with many technology companies; the author has provided paid services to many of the companies named in this article in the past and may again in the future, including IBM. Mr. McDowell does not hold any equity positions with any company mentioned.