(Reuters) - Netflix Inc is in talks with several companies for advertising partnerships, co-CEO Ted Sarandos said on Thursday, as the streaming titan looks to plug slowing subscriber growth by rolling out a cheaper plan with ads. Media reports from earlier this week said it was in discussions with Alphabet Inc's Google and Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal for potential marketing tie-ups. "We're talking to all of them right now," Sarandos said at the Cannes Lions conference when asked which company Netflix was looking to partner with. Alphabet and Comcast did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. After losing subscribers for the first time in a decade and projecting a 2 million decline in the upcoming quarter, Netflix said in April that it was seriously looking at advertising. "We're not adding ads to Netflix as you know it today. We're adding an ad tier for folks who say 'hey, I want a lower price and I'll watch ads'," Sarandos said at Cannes Lions.
Teledyne FLIR Awarded $48 Million Nano-UAV Framework Agreement by the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency Thu, June 23, 2022, 12:08 PM Facilitates multi-year deliveries for Norway and partner nations THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., June 23, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), announced that it has entered into a framework agreement worth up to NOK 475 million (approximately $48 million) with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency to deliver advanced Black Hornet® nano unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The agreement is valid for four years but can be extended a year at a time for up to three additional years. While Norway received its first Black Hornet in 2015, this agreement represents the country’s largest commitment to date. With these new orders, Norway will become one of the largest users of Teledyne FLIR’s Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System. The Black Hornet weighs just 33 grams (less than 0.1 pounds) and measures 168 millimeters (less than seven inches). Well suited for operations in highly contested and GPS-denied environments, nearly silent, and with a flight time up to 25 minutes, the pocket-sized UAV transmits live visible and thermal video to the operator. Teledyne FLIR Defense has delivered more than 12,000 Black Hornets to defense and security forces worldwide. "I would like to thank the Norwegian Government and Minister of Defence, Bjorn Arild Gram, for continued support of the Black Hornet, which is also designed and manufactured in Norway," said Robert Mehrabian, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Teledyne Technologies. "With this new agreement, nations cooperating with Norway may also procure the Black Hornet. As the world’s leading nano UAV system, Black Hornet delivers covert situational awareness to military units in combat operations – a crucial advantage at a time when European and allied countries confront new threats on the Continent and beyond." "Our Black Hornet nano UAV operates day or night and even in the most challenging GPS-denied environments, including indoors," said Edwin Roks, Executive Vice President and Segment President Teledyne Digital Imaging. "With a range of two kilometers, the Black Hornet can fly at speeds exceeding six meters per second and communicates with an encrypted digital datalink for secure and reliable communications from tight spaces to beyond-line-of-sight applications."
Alexa will soon be able to speak to you in your dead relative's voice Alexa will soon be able to speak to you in your dead relative's voice Thu, June 23, 2022, 8:53 AM Alexa will soon be able to hit you with a bit of nostalgia and speak to you in a loved one's voice. Even if that loved one is dead. New updates to the AI device, which essentially serves as a virtual assistant, were revealed at Amazon's annual "re: Mars" conference on Wednesday. The company says Alexa's new capability will "enable lasting personal relationships." For example, if someone asks Alexa to read a story in their grandmother's voice, she can. Even if grandma is dead and buried. Alexia has a stored memory of your grandma trying to operate Alexa's 1st generation personal assistant. And that " Hello is this thigamagig on " sure comes in handy. Using a short recording of someone's voice, Alexa can learn to mimic it, Senior Vice President and head scientist of Alexa AI at Amazon Rohit Prasad said. In a video played at the event, a young boy asks Alexa to have his dead grandmother finish reading him the "Wizard of Oz." The ability for Alexa to be a companion and have human-like empathy is especially useful after many people lost loved ones during the pandemic, Prasad said. "While AI can't eliminate the pain of loss, it can make those relationships last " and bring back the dead.
Weber Inc. (NYSE:WEBR) is likely the latest stock to surge on a short squeeze amid recent market volatility. Shares of the Illinois-based grill manufacturer rose over 15% in Thursday’s trading, reaching a height of $10.60 at its intradaypeak. The gain on Thursday adds to significant gains in recent days, amounting to a nearly 40% gain so far in the holiday shortened week. According to financial data analytics firm S3 partners, the stock’s significant short interest that stands at $86.7M, or about 58.91% of total float, is a key factor to consider. The firm's data also reveals that stock borrow utilization is at 99.5% leaving almost no stock left to borrow for new short sales. “Weber (WEBR) is an extremely Crowded short, scoring a 97.50/100.00 in our Crowded metric and is a very squeezable security, scoring a 100.00/100.00 in our Squeeze score metric,” S3 Partners Managing Director of Predictive Analytics Ihor Dusaniwsky told SeekingAlpha. “With mark-to-market losses mounting, especially over the last two trading days, we should see some short covering due to a price squeeze. With the amount of tradable shares relatively small in this stock, the effect of the buy-to-covers resulting from this short squeeze will have an appreciable effect on its stock price.” He added that high borrow fees and a dearth of available stock to borrow will allow for only “extremely minimal short selling into this rally.” As such, he expects the price to continue to climb as buyers grow emboldened amidst the rising price action. “With added buy-side pressure from buy-to-covers and virtually no sell-side relief from short-selling Weber's (WEBR) stock price trajectory should continue a steady climb as long as long stock buyers remain active,” he concluded.
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Zendesk jumps 33% to $77 after WSJ report about potential buyout deal 18:13 ZEN Wolfspeed upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs 16:51 WOLF Goldman Sachs analyst Brian Lee upgraded Wolfspeed to Buy from Neutral with a price target of $108, down from $125. The company's growth story around the EV space is likely well appreciated by investors, though the stock has given back a "significant amount" of the momentum trade, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Lee adds that he sees the most significant earnings inflection in Wolfspeed's history being a near-to-medium term event while also citing its improved execution and maturing ramp-up of new capacity, setting the pace for potential revenue and margin beats. XXII)- oops I ment $2.60 NasdaqCM - NasdaqCM Real Time Price. 2.5700+0.6100(+31.12%) At close: June 23 04:00PM EDT 2.6000+0.03(+1.17%) Pre-Market:08:06AM EDT