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quoting nevent1q…63tf**Tabling of anti-hopping bill in Pahang still being discussed - MB**
**KUALA LIPIS**: The tabling of the anti-party hopping bill in Pahang is still being discussed between the state government and the Opposition, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail.
He said discussions are being held to reach an agreement before the bill is tabled as the state government does not have a two-thirds majority in the state legislative assembly after the 15th General Election (GE15).
“We are still at the discussion stage because we need two-thirds (to approve the bill) and since the current Pahang government does not have the number, we need to discuss with Perikatan Nasional (PN),“ he told reporters after officiating the state-level World Urban Planning Day celebrations here today.
The next Pahang state assembly sitting is scheduled to start on Nov 20.
The results of the election for the Pahang state assembly seats which was held concurrently with the GE15 saw the Barisan Nasional and PN each winning 17 seats while Pakatan Harapan secured eight seats.
On April 12, Pahang state assembly speaker Datuk Seri Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin said the anti-party hopping bill is expected to be tabled at the Pahang State Assembly in May.
He said it was based on the agreement of all Pahang assemblymen after a briefing on the Constitution (Amendment) No.3 Act 2022 (Act A1663) (Anti-Party Hopping) from the Legal Adviser’s Office.
However, on May 1, Wan Rosdy said the tabling of the bill was postponed after the Opposition asked for more time to study the bill and the government agreed, adding that it was willing to listen to the Opposition’s proposals.-Bernama
https://www.thesundaily.my/local/tabling-of-anti-hopping-bill-in-pahang-still-being-discussed-mb-FC11647389
quoting nevent1q…5v2zMap of military operations and the situation on the fronts on the evening of October 18
😌 The lack of clear results from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Zaporozhye led the Ukrainian command to attempt to cross the Dnieper. The enemy managed to cross east of Kherson and even gain a foothold on the outskirts of the village of Peschanovka. Now the main task of the Russian army in this area is to prevent the enemy from creating a bridgehead on our shore. Now there are no large forces, fortifications or mines there, so it is necessary to quickly knock out the Armed Forces of Ukraine from recently occupied positions and drown the enemy potential in the river, even if it has become shallow.
⚔️The situation on the fronts over the past 24 hours:
⚫️Svatovo-Kremennoe direction
In the Kupyansky sector, battles near Sinkovka and Liman Pervoy do not stop. In addition, ours advanced in the Makeevka area.
⚫️Bakhmutskoe (Artemovskoe) direction
In Kleshcheevka , the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to advance in the area of the railway; heavy fighting is taking place. In Andreevka , the Russian army continues to hold the defense.
⚫️Donetsk direction
The Russian army attacked in the Stepnoye area and expanded the zone of control at Severnoye and Pervomaiskoye. At the Maryinsky site there were no major changes during the day.
⚫️ Zaporozhye direction
In the Orekhovsky sector, Russian army fighters counterattacked in the direction of Novodanilovka , southwest of Rabotino , and also in the Verbovoy area.
⚡️ The Russian army worked on enemy infrastructure in Kharkov. Apparently, the strike hit a local substation in the Industrial District, after which power and water were lost. In addition, the Elektrotyazhmash plant, which is used to repair Ukrainian tanks, is located in this area.
quoting nevent1q…w42jLooks like the German part of Poland voted for the opposition and a No to more escalation while the historical Polish lands voted for the restoration of the Rzesczpospolita, the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. Very interesting. Blood is thicker than water!
‼️ Poland's election results. A regional split is clearly visible and pleasing to the eye. A promising, very promising country.
They're having a historical fling again.
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quoting nevent1q…n4ugLooks like the German part of Poland voted for the opposition and a No to more escalation while the historical Polish lands voted for the restoration of the Rzesczpospolita, the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. Very interesting. Blood is thicker than water!
‼️ Poland's election results. A regional split is clearly visible and pleasing to the eye. A promising, very promising country.
They're having a historical fling again.
@Slavyangrad
quoting nevent1q…f074NFLX Explodes Higher After Blowout Q3 Results, Hikes Prices After Best Subscriber Growth Since 2020
NFLX Explodes Higher After Blowout Q3 Results, Hikes Prices After Best Subscriber Growth Since 2020
After suffering a historic collapse at the end of 2021, when in the span of five months Netflix lost 75% of its value, the company has enjoyed a solid recovery over the past year when it rose by nearly 200%, from a low of $166 to a recent 52 week high of price of $481, which was the highest since January of 2022, before it lost 28% of its value in the past three months.
Curiously, the solid performance over the past year - which saw the stock down 41% from its pandemic-era all-time closing high of $610.34 on June 30, 2021 but also up 21% YTD vs the 14% increase in the S&P - continued despite several earnings reports that were at best mixed (two quarters ago https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/netflix-tumbles-after-top-line-subscriber-miss-slashed-forwrd-guidance
but also slashed guidance, last quarter the company's guidance disappointed despite blowing away subscriber estimates) which brings us to today when the OG video streamer is again trading north of $150N in market cap despite an ongoing Hollywood strike that has mothballed the company's movie and production pipeline for months.
With that in mind, bulls are are hoping for stronger revenue and subscriber growth and guidance than one quarter ago, including more than 6 million new streaming subs at a time when NFLX has cracked down aggressively on password sharing and is navigating a transition from focusing on subscriber growth to maximizing earnings through price hikes and an ad-supported service. It has little choice amid a torrent of competition from some of the world's biggest media companies. Here's what else to expect
Earnings: EPS is expected to print $3.49 a share, up from of $3.10 a share last year.
Revenue: Bloomberg revenue consensus is for $8.53 billion in revenue, up from $7.93 billion a year earlier.
Stock movement: Netflix shares typically see percentage swings ranging from the high single-digits to the mid-teens after the company posts results.
Q4 Projections: Revenue estimate $8.76 billion; EPS estimate $2.17; Operating margin estimate 14%
Full year projections: Free cash flow estimate $5.27 billion; Operating margin estimate 19.8%
What else analysts are watching for:
"We think Netflix is well-positioned in this murky environment as streamers are shifting strategy, and should be valued as an immensely profitable, slow-growth company," Wedbush analysts said in an Oct. 6 note with an outperform rating and price target of $525. "Even while ads are not yet directly accretive (we think they will be accretive by year-end), the ad-tier should continue to reduce churn and draw new subscribers to the service."
Meanwhile, TD Cowen analyst John Blackledge said that he expects paid net additions of 6.5 million subscribers versus a consensus of 6 million, but also sees gradual margin growth in the fourth quarter and beyond. He maintained an outperform rating but trimmed his Netflix price target to $500 from $515 in an Oct. 11 report.
Wells Fargo said that advertising is “off to a somewhat slow start” with pricing and audience delivery below initial advertiser expectations in the first half. The company recently shook up leadership of its ad sales business. “Investors have said to us, they would like to see a more aggressive push, such as automatically converting Basic subs to Basic with ads.”
With that in mind, and considering that options were pricing in a 7.6% swing after hours today, here is what NFLX reported for its third quarter:
EPS $3.73, beating estimates of $3.49, and above the $3.10 a year ago
Revenue $8.54 billion, +7.8% y/y, just barely beating estimates of $8.53 billion
Streaming paid net change +8.76 million vs. 2.41 million y/y, smashing estimates of +6.20 million
UCAN streaming paid net change +1.75 million vs. +100K y/y, beating estimate 1.22 million
EMEA streaming paid net change +3.95 million vs. +570K y/y, beating estimate +2.22 million
LATAM streaming paid net change +1.18 million vs. +310,000 y/y, beating estimate 1.15 million
APAC streaming paid net change +1.88 million, +31% y/y, beating estimate +1.41 million
Streaming paid memberships 247.15 million, +11% y/y, beating estimate 244.41 million
Operating margin 22.4% vs. 19.3% y/y, beating estimate 22.1%
Operating income $1.92 billion, +25% y/y, beating estimate $1.9 billion
Free cash flow $1.89 billion vs. $472 million y/y, beating estimate $1.27 billion
The results visually:
The number of new subs added was the strongest since Q2 2020, the peak of the covid lockdowns. Netflix is now on track to add more than 20 million customers this year, a big jump from fewer than 9 million in 2022.
Cracking down on password sharing has been one of the major initiatives at Netflix, which is trying to revive growth after a sluggish year or two. The company also rolled out an advertising-supported version of its streaming services in 12 markets. About 30% of new customers in those markets opted for ads last quarter, the company said.
And here is the regional detail: EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) accounted for the largest share of Netflix’s growth in the third quarter. The company added almost 4 million customers in that region. The average amount Netflix makes per customers hasn’t changed much in the past year.
The company credited a strong programming slate and its crackdown on password sharing, to wit:
Revenue growth in Q3 reflected a 9% year-over-year increase in average paid memberships (8.8M paid net additions vs. 2.4M in Q3’22) due to the roll out of paid sharing, strong, steady programming and the ongoing expansion of
streaming globally. ARM decreased 1% year-over-year both on a reported and F/X neutral basis, in-line with our expectations. This was due to a number of factors, including a higher percentage of membership growth from lower ARM countries, limited price increases over the past 18 months, and some shift in plan mix.
Q3’23 operating income totaled $1.9B vs. $1.5B last year (up 25% year over year), slightly above our guidance forecast due to the revenue upside and timing of content and other spending. As a result, we delivered an operating margin of 22.4% (vs 22.2% forecast), up three percentage points vs. the year ago quarter. EPS in Q3 was $3.73 vs. $3.10 and included a $173M million non-cash unrealized gain from F/X remeasurement on our Euro denominated debt, which is recognized below operating income in “interest and other income
Netflix also said that adoption of its ads-funded plan continues to grow — with ads plan membership up almost 70% quarter-over-quarter — and 30% of sign ups in our ads countries are, on average, to our ads plan, with more work to do to scale this business.
The successful rollout of paid sharing, which lets customers purchase additional access for friends or family, has emboldened Netflix to raise prices in some of its biggest markets. Starting Wednesday, Netflix is increasing the cost of its most expensive plan in the US by $3 to $23 and its basic plan by $2 to $12, while keeping two other plans the same. It’s taking similar steps in the UK and France, two other large markets.
While the current quarter was stellar, the company's Q4 guidance was curiously on the weak side, coming below consensus for both revenue, EPS and margins:
Sees revenue $8.69 billion, estimate $8.76 billion
Sees EPS $2.15, estimate $2.17
Sees operating margin 13.3%, estimate 14%
The company said subscriber additions would be similar to the just-ended quarter, plus or minus a few million. Some more details from the company:
For Q4’23 Netflix forecasts revenue of $8.7B, up 11% year-over-year, or 12% on an F/X neutral basis. For the fourth quarter, the company expects paid net additions will be similar to Q3’23 (+/- a few million). Global ARM in Q4 is expected to be roughly flat year-over-year, primarily due to limited price increases over the last eighteen months. In addition, over the past few months the US dollar strengthened versus other currencies, representing a roughly $200M expected drag on Q4 revenue and ARM.
In terms of profitability,
And here is full 2023: thank you striking workers:
Sees free cash flow $6.5 billion, saw at least $5 billion, and above the estimate $5.27 billion: "We now expect FY23 free cash flow to be approximately $6.5B (+/- a few hundred million dollars), up from our prior forecast of at least $5B, and vs. $1.6B in 2022. This includes ~$1B in lower-than-planned cash content spend in 2023 due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. As a result, we expect 2023 cash content spend of around $13B and, assuming the SAG-AFTRA strike is resolved in the near future, we are currently expecting cash content spend of up to ~$17B in 2024. As we said last quarter, the strikes will create some lumpiness in FCF over the 2023/2024 period, but we still plan to deliver very substantial positive FCF in 2024."
Sees operating margin 20%, saw 18% to 20%, estimate 19.8%: Netflix is updating its FY23 operating margin guidance forecast to 20%, the high end of the prior 18% to 20% forecast (based on F/X rates as of 1/1/23). This would mean that the operating margin would increase approximately two percentage points from our 18% operating margin in FY22. Assuming no material swing in F/X rates, the company currently expect an operating margin in FY24 of 22% to 23%.
Yet we find it odd for the 2nd consecutive quarter that while the Hollywood strike is boosting free cash flow, it has no adverse impact on revenue...
Netflix has returned to growth as many of its peers struggled to figure out their streaming operations. Walt Disney Co., Warner Bros Discovery Inc. and Paramount Global have all cut costs and fired staff to improve their financial performance. They have spent billions of dollars to fund new streaming services that can replace their declining linear TV networks. But most of the newer streaming services lose money.
“We’ve shown that with discipline and a focus on the long term, you can build a strong, sustainable streaming business,” the company said in a letter to shareholders.
Going back to the company's results, free cash flow in Q3’23 amounted to a whopping $1.9B compared with $472MM in the year ago quarter; this was the second highest FCF quarter on record but was largely as a result of the lack of cash spending due to the ongoing Hollywood strike.
NFLX finished Q3 with gross debt of $14B (in-line with the company's $10B-$15B targeted range) and cash and short term investments of $8B, leaving net debt at $6.5BN. During the quarter, NFLX repurchased 6M shares for $2.5BN. Since the inception of this authorization, NFLX has bought back $4.1B. In September, the board increased an additional $10BN stock repurchase authorization on top of the $1B remaining under the prior authorization.
Netflix has returned to growth as many of its peers struggled to figure out their streaming operations. Disney, Discovery and Paramount have all cut costs and fired staff to improve their financial performance. They have spent billions of dollars to fund new streaming services that can replace their declining linear TV networks. But most of the newer streaming services lose money.
And while the company's Q4 guidance was just a touch on the light side, the market was more than happy with the surge in Q3 subs and the full year cash flow guidance, and sent the stock, which is up 17T this year, 11% higher after hours; however when factoring the 2.7% drop during the regular session, most calls and puts will expire worthless: the market was pricing in a +/-8% change today and that may be precisely what it will get.
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ChatGPT live web browsing exits beta, DALL-E 3 enters beta
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OpenAI has brought live web browsing out of beta. The company launched the feature earlier this year before pulling it after the plugin kept gleaning data from paywalled content. In addition, the next-generation image generation tool DALL-E 3, which integrates with ChatGPT for easier prompting, is now available in beta for ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise subscribers.
Browse with Bing, as live web browsing is formally called, no longer requires subscribers to switch a beta toggle under the chatbot’s settings. It’s now available as a standard option in the dropdown under the GPT-4 model selector.
The feature matters since, by default, the popular chatbot has a knowledge cutoff date of September 2021, leaving it clueless about current events. “Browsing is particularly useful for tasks that require up-to-date information, such as helping you with technical research, trying to choose a bike, or planning a vacation,” the company posted on X (formerly Twitter) last month.
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Meanwhile, DALL-E 3 is now available in beta settings for ChatGPT subscribers. While DALL-E 2 launched before ChatGPT and had a separate website, the new version is available within ChatGPT, preventing users from having to switch apps.
OpenAI said last month that DALL-E 3 is “significantly better” at grasping the user’s intent, especially with long and detailed prompts. The company says it’s better at rendering images, including hands (which many an AI image generator has struggled with). In addition, the tool lets you tweak results by entering follow-up queries in natural language. Unlike the previous version, the company says DALL-E 3 refuses attempts to mimic styles of living artists, helping it steer clear of potential lawsuits.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/chatgpt-live-web-browsing-exits-beta-dall-e-3-enters-beta-182303115.html?src=rss
https://www.engadget.com/chatgpt-live-web-browsing-exits-beta-dall-e-3-enters-beta-182303115.html?src=rss
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Bitcoin being a financial safe haven it is rather concerning that those who need it the most simply can't afford it. Whereas lasereyed maxis who are already in the richest 0.02% of the world population can stack more bitcoin than what would be lifechanging for others. Don't forget about the humble part when stacking those sats! Posting LFG and fuck fed memes from your yachts and then wondering why this culture is so alien to the ordinary working class people? Spreading the word in a way that puts Carlos Matos in shame? Preaching about self custody and financial sovereignty and then losing all your clients' funds because all was on an FTX account? Chanting buy bitcoin this is the real deal in the age of ponzis when every scammer says their shit is the real deal? Sure it helps.
Satoshi chose the best available distribution method, the economic inequality across the globe is the disease what he developed the cure against. But it takes time, no one knows how long. Meet people where they are for best results. Honestly, fifteen years ago how many of you would have been convinced about a rule based incorruptable monatery protocol by a dancing motherfucker in a furry costume on the street? Yeah, me neither. In fact who is more responsible about their finances? The non-bitcoiner who built a mental stonewall against shiny new investments offering 100x returns "all you have to do is writing down this magic spell of twelve words"? Or the og-bitcoiner who converted 150% of life savings to btc at 69k now living off ramen noodles and selling his stash for big red dildos to pay for electricity? "Never invest into something you don't understand." - Warren Buffet.
#Study #Bitcoin is the best advice out there. The rest will come.
quoting nevent1q…0u3aPolar bear researchers hiding significant increase in Southern Hudson Bay numbers"Overall, the results of these two studies reveal that polar bear specialists have no idea what’s actually going on with Hudson Bay bears."The larger population of the more northern " Foxe Basin bears haven’t be been surveyed since 2010 "Its all fake and ghey, the surveys have huge error bars, and changes are not significant.
https://polarbearscience.com/2023/10/16/polar-bear-researchers-hiding-significant-increase-in-southern-hudson-bay-numbers/
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YouTube's new news hub directs you towards reliable sources
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At a time when misinformation is rife on many platforms and is arguably even incentivized in some cases, YouTube is doing more to try and direct users to reliable sources of news. The platform is doing so on two fronts.
First, YouTube is rolling out a dedicated, immersive hub for news. This page will pull together news from “authoritative sources” in several formats: video on demand, live streams, podcasts and Shorts. The aim, according to YouTube, is to help users learn more about a topic or story from several sources and angles and to make it easy for them to explore an issue in depth.
You can access the watch page for a topic or story by clicking on a relevant video that features a newspaper icon on the YouTube home page or in search results. YouTube is starting to roll it out on mobile in around 40 countries. The feature will eventually land on desktop and connected TV apps. "We believe this updated news experience will help viewers access a range of credible and diverse voices when they want to dive into a news topic," Brandon Feldman, YouTube's director of news and civics partnerships, and Geoff Samek, director of product management for news, wrote in a blog post.
In addition, YouTube has established a program to bolster news organizations' ability to create short-form videos. The Shorts Innovation Program for News is designed to help those that already have a strong track record of publishing long-form news videos but perhaps need more resources and expertise to improve their Shorts offerings.
Initially, YouTube will split $1.6 million in funding between more than 20 news organizations in 10 countries. Over the next year, specialists will offer advice on Shorts content strategy and best practices to outlets such as Univision in the US, AFP in France and Mediacorp in Singapore.
"Now more than ever, we remain committed to connecting people to high-quality information they can trust, particularly in times of elections, unrest and natural disasters," Feldman and Samek wrote. "In today’s digital news landscape, viewers are increasingly seeking out many different types of content, and we’re seeing newsrooms and journalists evolve to meet that need."
Some notable platforms, such as Threads, are shying away from promoting news content in feeds. Meanwhile, X (formerly Twitter) is making it harder to find legitimate news on the platform. Practically anyone can be "verified" these days, not just notable public figures, which arguably makes impersonation more of a problem. Headlines and snippets no longer appear in link cards, while a recent decision to allow more newsworthy content that otherwise breaks the rules to remain on the platform could increase misinformation. On that note, the EU is investigating X over its handling of misinformation related to the Israel-Hamas war.
YouTube's own record with handling misinformation has been spotty over the years. Along with this news initiative, it's tackling that problem on other fronts, such as with an effort to clamp down on cancer misinformation.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/youtubes-new-news-hub-directs-you-towards-reliable-sources-144326618.html?src=rss
https://www.engadget.com/youtubes-new-news-hub-directs-you-towards-reliable-sources-144326618.html?src=rss
quoting nevent1q…np2mI see the same fallacy repeated across media companies: Executives promise innovation/scale to raise money & protect profits, but the new tech/systems don’t produce the promised results. So journalists are forced to lie or look the other way to keep their jobs & some quietly apply some traditional methods, which do work (yet are labor intensive). There is no way but the old way to avoid misinformation. Reporting and editing. 🙃📰