Lucky Strike Posts 6% Revenue Rise in Q4

Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE:LUCK), a major operator in the out-of-home entertainment sector, reported its fourth quarter and full year 2025 results on August 28, 2025. The release showed total revenue (GAAP) was $301.2 million for Q4 FY2025, up 6.1% from the year-earlier period (GAAP), exceeding the pace set earlier in the year and reflecting the … Read more

Australia’s Large Language Model Landscape: Technical Assessment

Key Points No flagship, globally competitive, locally developed LLM (such as GPT-4, Claude 3.5, LLaMA 3.1) has yet emerged from Australia. Australian research and commerce currently rely primarily on international LLMs, which are frequently used but have measurable limitations on Australian English and cultural context. Kangaroo LLM is the only major open-source, locally developed LLM … Read more

Perplexity Launches AI powered web browser called: Comet

The implications for affiliate marketers are significant. Traditional affiliate strategies have relied heavily on users following predictable browsing patterns—clicking through multiple pages, comparing products across different sites, and making purchase decisions after extensive research. Comet’s unified interface could compress these multi-step customer acquisition funnels into single interactions, fundamentally altering conversion paths that many affiliate programs … Read more

[2508.19807] Bootstrapping Learned Cost Models with Synthetic SQL Queries

arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. … Read more

Commerce Department Blocks Natcast’s CHIPS Funding

The U.S. Commerce Department says it will not abide by an agreement to fund the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act’s R&D through the nonprofit set up to administer the program, called Natcast. Instead, it handed operational control to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Natcast was created in 2023 to oversee the National … Read more

Tighter ICE Inventories Push Coffee Prices Sharply Higher

December arabica coffee (KCZ25) today is up +7.50 (+2.01%), and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX25) is up +90 (+1.92%). Coffee prices are sharply higher today, with robusta climbing to a 3-month high.  Coffee prices are moving higher as inventories tighten.  ICE robusta coffee inventories fell to a 1-month low of 6,611 lots today.  Also, ICE-monitored … Read more

Kohl’s pins recovery hopes on private label

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: As Kohl’s continued its turnaround efforts in Q2, net sales fell 5.1% year over year to $3.3 billion and comparable sales fell 4.2%.  Gross margin expanded by 28 basis points to 39.9%. Net income more … Read more