Hunter Schafer attended the WIRED World Fair in Miami on Wednesday, where she took part in a panel discussion.
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For an event exploring the intersection of technology, creativity and culture, Hunter's NIHL by Neil Grotzinger Spring 2027 look felt particularly fitting. With her upcoming television series Blade Runner 2099 being her latest project, the futuristic aesthetic also seemed especially relevant, even if this wasn't an official promotional appearance.
The neon-yellow hooded top, covered in intricate floral embellishments, has an almost otherworldly quality, while the contrasting printed skirt adds to the unconventional aesthetic. The combination of traditional decorative techniques and futuristic design makes this an interesting choice for the occasion.
By swapping the runway's chunky boots for lilac pumps, she gave the outfit a more feminine feel while keeping its unconventional appeal.

#wired #schafer #fair

GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE:GEV) is trying to recover after an 8.5% decline, with Bernstein defending the stock as "wired to win" and highlighting that data centers account for only 38% of its electrification order book. This supports the argument that the company's utility exposure extends beyond AI power demand alone. That diversification is a real consideration, but it does not directly address the concern raised by GLJ Research. The firm's Sell rating is not based on doubts about AI-driven power demand. Instead, GLJ Research argues that GE Vernova is still a fundamentally cyclical gas-turbine manufacturer, while its current valuation reflects an **** umption that the ongoing boom can remain permanent.
GE Vernova shares stabilized after an 8.5% decline triggered by GLJ Research's new Sell rating and broader concerns that a slowdown in AI spending could weigh on the company's order book. Bernstein **** yst Sunaina Ocalan directly challenged the view that GE Vernova's outlook depends mainly on AI infrastructure spending:
While data center orders were $5 billion in H1 2026, or about 38% of electrification orders, the remaining 62% was utility-driven. Utility spend should continue to grow, supported by grid reliability and resilience investments. A slowdown in data center demand may alleviate generation bottlenecks but would do little to address existing grid constraints.
Bernstein continues to rate the stock a Buy with a $1,298 price target, while nearly 80% of **** ysts covering GE Vernova also have a Buy rating. In a separate development, the company announced a wind turbine supply agreement with Eurus Energy Holdings in **** an.
GLJ Research's Gordon Johnson argued that GE Vernova's turbines being sold out does not justify the stock trading at roughly 38.9x forward EV/EBITDA at the time the report was released. Johnson described the company as "a cyclical gas turbine manufacturer priced as a secular compounder," highlighting the premium valuation placed on a fundamentally cyclical business. His model estimates 2027 EBITDA at $7.42 billion, which is 22% below Wall Street consensus. The lower forecast is partly based on the timing of turbine orders, as equipment scheduled for 2027 delivery was ordered in 2024, before the company introduced its more recent price increase.

#bernstein #turbine #Stock #data

A California high school football team is out more than $400,000 after its former treasurer allegedly embezzled the money from the program, according to a press release from the Central District of California U.S. Attorney's Office.
Julie Hanway Molina, 56, was arrested Thursday, Sept. 10, at her home in Aliso Viejo, Calif., and is expected to make an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, where she faces four counts of wire fraud.
Molina served as treasurer of a nonprofit organization supporting the Aliso Niguel High School football team, where she allegedly carried out a scheme to defraud the nonprofit between 2023 and November 2025 by diverting money from its bank account for personal expenses.
Prosecutors allege Molina misappropriated a total of $411,761, using some of the money to pay her delinquent home mortgage and credit card bills, according to the release.
The allegations detail that Molina wired approximately $131,523 from the organization's bank account in Laguna Hills through Federal Reserve facilities in New Jersey and Texas to an account in Santa Ana.

#california #santa #Football

Jeff Klingelhofer, CFA, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager & Senior Research **** yst, Securitized **** ets at Aristotle Pacific didn't set out to be a bond guy but a launchpad at PIMCO, stops in Tokyo and London, and a Chicago MBA detour into a scrappy five-person hedge fund rewired how he thinks about fixed income. The internship stuck, with Klingelhofer building out Thornburg's taxable fixed income desk from employee #3 to Head of Investments, before joining Aristotle Pacific in 2024. The firm is a 15-year-old franchise (formerly Pacific **** et Management) now running roughly $16 billion and, as of July 30, three brand-new ETFs: the Aristotle Core Plus Income ETF (ARCP), the Aristotle Multi-Sector Income ETF (ARMS), and the Aristotle Short Term Income ETF (SDUR).
The pitch isn't about taking on more risk to boost returns but about capturing returns with minimal risk, and that means shopping across every fixed income silo instead of hunting inside one. Klingelhofer gives the example of February 2020, when American Airlines' corporate bond and its aircraft-backed EETC both priced at 3.75% with the same issuer, same tenor, same yield. A month later, COVID hit and the corporate bond cratered to 27 cents on the dollar while the EETC held at 65 cents. Same company, wildly different outcomes because Wall Street desks looked at each instrument in isolation instead of comparing across the capital stack. That's the whole Aristotle Pacific thesis, and it's why he sees the same mispricing setting up today in data center financing.
The three funds slot into that framework by risk level, with SDUR as a low-duration, active-credit alternative to cash, ARCP as a core-bond upgrade aiming to beat the Agg by 100-150bps, and ARMS as the full relative-value expression targeting 250bps over a cycle with real flexibility to shift credit quality. Macro-wise, Klingelhofer thinks the market is underestimating new Fed Chair Warsh, who, unlike his predecessor, inherits a purely high-inflation world with no disinflationary tailwind. It means the firm is positioning the funds slightly long duration as a hedge against credit risk elsewhere in the book. His closing advice to advisors was a cautionary and practical one, that they shouldn't expect Aristotle to work in every environment (no fund does), and to pair its bottom-up process with top-down managers like PIMCO so the two zig and zag differently throughout market cycles.
To learn more about Aristotle Pacific, go here, or you can learn more about their new ETFs here.

#pacific #same #fixed

Three takeaways from New Mexico's 38-7 season-opening win over Central Michigan on Saturday night at University Stadium:
1. It's worth keeping an open mind toward UNM's multi-quarterback offense
Full disclosure: I don't know if UNM's quarterback by committee approach will be what takes the Lobos to the next level.
For all the things that make sense about it — namely, it's hard to game plan for and gives UNM some insurance against injuries — we're hardwired to believe that great teams have one good quarterback that leads them to their loftiest goals. We're conditioned to crave the lone, heroic signal-caller who bounces back from big hits, makes bigger throws and keys game-winning drives in the final minutes. It's what we expect, and what we know.
It's awkward to imagine those big moments being spread out among two or three guys. And it's just as easy to dismiss the whole system as a gimmick offense — and who wins league ****** les with those?

#quarterback #central #saturday

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#life

Hailey Bieber walking into West Hollywood's Sushi Park wearing the unreleased earbuds.
Hailey Bieber has been photographed twice in recent days wearing a pair of wired earbuds from SKYLRK Audio, the forthcoming tech arm of her husband Justin Bieber's lifestyle brand. The sightings, captured mid-August 2026 and quickly circulated by fan accounts tracking the label, mark one of the clearest public signals yet that SKYLRK is moving beyond apparel and accessories into consumer electronics.
The first set of images appeared around August 18–19. A second wave of photos followed shortly after, showing Bieber walking one elevator flight from the valet garage and about 200 feet into West Hollywood's Sushi Park, again in the distinctive wired pair. The very short paparazzi-laden walkway makes the audio equipment a very deliberate fashion accessory and marketing tool versus a need for headphones. Fan account SkylrkDaily, which closely follows the brand on X, described them as "Exclusive Skylrk audio Wired Earbuds," underscoring that the product has not yet been formally released to the public.
SKYLRK launched in 2025 as Justin Bieber's independent fashion and lifestyle label, distinct from his earlier Drew House project. The brand quickly established a visual language of oversized loungewear, sculptural slides, leather outerwear, and monochrome-to-bold color stories. Hailey Bieber has been closely involved almost from the start—modeling campaigns, collaborating on capsules (including a February 2026 collection), and contributing design input on pieces such as leather jackets.
In early June 2026, Justin Bieber posted Instagram images teasing SKYLRK Audio. The prototypes included dome-shaped portable speakers in vibrant finishes (copper, olive, lilac, teal), over-ear headphones, and what appeared to be wired earbuds. The aesthetic leaned retro-futurist and Y2K-inflected—perforated surfaces, saturated colorways, and graphic branding—positioning the line as both functional hardware and wearable design objects. No technical specifications, pricing, or firm release date were announced at the time. Coverage from outlets including Hypebeast and SoundGuys framed the move as an expansion of SKYLRK from pure fashion into a broader lifestyle ecosystem that merges streetwear sensibility with everyday tech.

#earbuds

Even with the Los Angeles Rams' shift toward more 13 personnel and higher tight end usage, the No. 3 receiver role is critical to the success of the offense. Unfortunately, they don't have a clear-cut WR3 like they have in years past, but there are a few guys competing for that role – including second-year receiver Konata Mumpfield.
Mumpfield and Jordan Whittington are the favorites to operate as co-WR3s for the Rams this year, and it was Mumpfield who drew high praise from Sean McVay after Thursday's joint practice with the Saints. He earned more opportunities with Puka Nacua injured, and it sounds like he's capitalizing on those chances.
"He's stepped up a lot," McVay said of Mumpfield. "He's one of those guys, he's so conscientious, gave him a couple things. Rob Calabrese, 'Yarbs' (Eric Yarber) and Robert Woods, they've talked about some things to be able to take his game to another level, and he's done that. In Puka's absence – obviously, we know how special Puka is, but I think both Mump and Jordan Whittington do a good job of being able to step up and show how valuable they are, but he's a sharp, savvy route-runner. He's wired to be able to separate. He's catching the ball really well and he does a great job of competing without the football, which is super important for us, so I love everything Mump's about."
Mumpfield was a seventh-round pick by the Rams last year, playing all 17 games as a rookie. He was targeted 23 times but caught just 10 passes for 92 yards and one touchdown during the regular season.
Though he and Whittington are vying for more snaps this season, they have very different skill sets. Mumpfield is more of a true outside receiver in the mold of Davante Adams, while Whittington can move all around the formation as a receiver and ball carrier on jet sweeps.

#mumpfield

How does a University of Wisconsin grad from Illinois, who spent a huge chunk of his coaching life in Ohio, end up looking like the next big thing coach at a place like San Diego State?

And how does he do it by going against what made him a hot name in the first place?

Lewis didn't do much as a tight end for the Badgers, but he quickly grew into a rising star coach with an offensive style that went fast, fast, fast.
At just 31, he took over a woeful Kent State program and turned it into a winner with a bowl victory in 2019. His offense went 1000 miles per hour, made everyone adjust, and it was what Deion Sanders wanted at Colorado.

Lewis was in Boulder for just one season, left to become the head coach at San Diego State, and the results weren't great in a 3-9 season. Last year, though, his offense was okay, but the defense was one of the best in the nation.

Now, at 40, he's one more great season away from getting a long look from the big programs. Here's our interview with the Aztec head coach going into the 2026 season.
– 2026 San Diego State Preview
CFN: How outside of the box is San Diego State football-wise compared to Wisconsin, Kent State, and everywhere else you've been?

Sean Lewis: It was certainly different.

Yeah, I mean, it's funny. The first year, you think it's going to be wildly different and probably try to be more West Coast than Midwest in some ways, and then you realize that, no, we all do the same thing. Like, these guys just need discipline, some structure, and be good to go.
You, the FlashFast-turned-AztecFast offensive coach – where did that defense come from last year? (The Aztecs finished sixth in the nation in scoring defense and 11th in total defense, but those numbers are a bit skewed with almost all of its stars gone before the wild bowl loss to North Texas.)

It's San Diego, you think, groovy and surfers, but Rocky Long had some amazing defenses in his era. And there's what (Brian) Dutcher does with the hoops side – they're at a whole other level. This is a hard-nosed place. I think that's what we are; it's something we learned, and it's kind of this double-edged sword.

You can recruit anywhere because of how amazing this place is. But you better make sure the person you're bringing in is wired the right way so that they're not distracted by the temptations. And so having a hard-nosed, focused individual is really important to us.

Having great discipline, being a physical team, and doing hard things in the offseason the way that we do does have a balance. This past Friday we went to the beach – we always do the things San Diego has to offer to balance out the hard stuff, but I think how we go about it to do things in a way that's uniquely special.

And then the individuals that we get to rub shoulders with are also very unique. So, yeah, it's a special place.
At the time, it was easy to see exactly why you were the hire. New stadium, new developments, new plan to make this San Diego's

Elaine Paige has admitted she was addicted to sleeping pills during her years on the stage.
The English singer and actor detailed how after a show she would feel "wired" until the early hours and struggled to sleep.
She confessed she relied on sleeping tablets to help her get some rest.
Speaking to The Sunday Times magazine, she shared, "I go to sleep but seem to wake up after four hours. For many years in the theatre I lived on sleeping pills, otherwise you're wired until 2am after a show.
"I called it my Judy Garland syndrome. They're dreadful things to become addicted to, which I was. But since the pandemic I've managed to get off them and will not take one again.
"I say to myself that even if I don't sleep well, I'll be fine the next day," she concluded. "I'm not ready to take afternoon naps yet!"

#years

"Is there an AI bubble?" is such a tired thought. Here's something altogether more wired: The AI boom is paying off, but not in a way that the current equities market has accounted for. The success of the technology in one area of the economy could make the bubble real in another, more precisely.
In a blog post published on Friday, Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok highlighted that the parts of the AI value chain with the highest profit margins—companies making AI models and applications—actually have the lowest levels of profitability, a departure from the standard business model of, well business, in which profit margins are higher for companies selling an end product to consumers.
Slok broke down AI companies into four categories: models and applications, cloud and compute, energy and grid, and silicon and equipment. Using data from Pitchbook and Bloomberg for companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Amazon, Constellation Energy, Nvidia, AMD, and Micron, Slok calculated that silicon and equipment—such as chipmakers—has the highest profit margin, 41%, in the AI value chain. Meanwhile, models and applications—like Anthropic—have a -59% operating margin.
Slok warns that this sharp disparity is because money from the AI boom is not coming from natural demand for AI applications, but rather shareholders hoping to cash in on what they hope is the next technological revolution.
"AI boom's profits are currently being funded by investors rather than earned from customers," Slok said. "The upstream margins are real, but they are paid for out of capital raised by the layer losing money, not out of cash generated by end demand."

#profit #boom

Cleveland Browns quarterback Dillon Gabriel has been the invisible man in the early days of training camp as the third man in a depressing two-man quarterback competition.
Some of that is to be expected given that veteran Deshaun Watson is healthy enough to participate after missing all of last year with a twice-torn Achilles tendon. And Gabriel did not exactly light up the NFL in his six starts as a rookie, completing just 59.5 percent of his passes and seeing the Browns win just one of his starts.
Gabriel was statistically better than fellow rookie Shedeur Sanders in just about every metric that matters, however, so one could begrudge him for feeling a bit left out with the spotlight shining so brightly on Watson and Sanders.
But Gabriel does not seem wired that way, at least outwardly, as on Wednesday he said he never felt "disrespected" and that he understands the NFL is a business.
He also spoke confidently about being able to pick up what head coach Todd Monken wants from the offense given the similarities to what Gabriel ran in college (quote via a team-provided transcript):

#starts

LVS Advisory, a New York City-based full-service investment firm, recently released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the first half of 2026, the LVS Event-Driven Portfolio appreciated 4.6% (net), and the LVS Levered Event-Driven Portfolio gained 6.5% (net) while the LVS Growth Portfolio declined 4.2% (net). The first two portfolios outperformed, while the latter lagged. However, the firm believes that all three strategies are poised for improved performance. In addition, please check the Strategy's top five holdings to know its best picks in 2026.
In its Q2 2026 investor letter, LVS Advisory highlighted Vistance Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VISN). Vistance Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VISN) is a global provider of infrastructure solutions for communications, data center, and entertainment networks. On July 27, 2026, Vistance Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VISN) closed at $11.85 per share, reflecting a market capitalization of $2.67 billion. Vistance Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VISN) posted a one-month return of -7.95%, while its shares gained 38.79% over the past 52 weeks.
LVS Advisory stated the following regarding Vistance Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VISN) in its Q2 2026 investor update:
"Vistance Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VISN) is a busted roll-up in the telecom infrastructure industry. Formerly known as CommScope, the company sold cables, wires, fiber equipment, and wireless networking systems to data centers, internet service providers, and corporate campuses.
For years, the company employed an aggressive acquisition strategy to roll up the legacy cable and copper wire industry in an effort to become the leading end-to-end provider of wired and wireless communications. Vistance took on an enormous amount of debt to complete the $3 billion acquisition of BNS from TE Connectivity in 2015 and later the $7 billion acquisition of Arris in 2019. At its peak, the company had accumulated a total of $10.5 billion of debt with a net leverage ratio of 7.1x. The debt load became unsustainable, and the stock collapsed from The board ran a sale process in 2025 in a last-ditch effort to save the company from bankruptcy. This resulted in a series of **** et sales that paid down debt and returned capital to shareholders…" (Click here to read the full text)

#NASDAQ #billion #company

Tom Holland made an endearing comment on Zendaya during The Odyssey Press Tour.
During a recent interview alongside his fellow castmates, Robert Pattinson, Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway, the 30-year-old actor addressed a theory about Homer's epic and the relationship between Odyssus and his wife Athena, played by Zendaya.
"'Did Athena love Odysseus romantically?'" Tom read aloud in a Wired interview. Answering the fan question swiftly, he said, "No, because she's married to me."
Matt jokingly responded, "Yep, good answer."
The playfulness continued later on once Robert asked the group, "'What does Athena teach Telemachus?'"

Madison Small Cap Fund, managed by Madison Funds, released its Q2 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded fhere. The small-cap market showed exceptional strength in Q2, largely due to anticipated peace in the Middle East. The Russell 2000 Index began to rally, propelled by Information Technology, Health Care, and Industrials. The Madison Small Cap Fund (Class I) returned 12.7% in the quarter, underperforming the Russell 2000's 21.5% and Russell 2500's 20.2%. While strong gains were seen in Info Tech investments, recent investments in underperforming software companies negatively impacted overall performance. Nevertheless, confidence in the long-term potential of these software investments remains high. The firm is optimistic about small caps, noting their recent outperformance over large caps, recovery in certain software sectors, and improvements in some housing stocks toward the end of the second quarter. Please review the Fund's top five holdings to gain insights into their key selections for 2026.
In its Q2 2026 investor letter, Madison Small Cap Fund highlighted Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXTR). Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXTR) is a cloud driven enterprise networking company that develops and markets network infrastructure equipment and related software. On July 16, 2026, Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXTR) closed at $29.76 per share, reflecting a market capitalization of $3.93 billion. Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXTR) posted a one-month return of -3.92%, while its shares gained 71.86% over the past 52 weeks.
Madison Small Cap Fund stated the following regarding Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXTR) in its Q2 2026 investor update:
"Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXTR) (market capitalization of ~$4 billion) is a global provider of cloud driven enterprise networking solutions. The company designs and manufactures wired and wireless LAN (local area network) hardware, software-defined networking (SDN) fabric, and cloud-native management tools. They enable critical connectivity for high density, high-security environments, including professional sports stadiums, healthcare systems, and large-scale government and private enterprises. Extreme has successfully pivoted from a legacy hardware vendor to a cloud-managed, software-defined platform, creating deep "stickiness" within its customer base. In enterprise networking, the "specification moat" is significant. Once an organization builds its network fabric and security policies within Extreme's cloud dashboard, the operational risk and cost of migrating to a competitor are prohibitively high. Their strategy of offering superior simplicity and faster deployment times allows them to aggressively take market share from slower-moving, larger incumbents like Cisco and Juniper. The current industry-wide transition to Wi-Fi 7 is a catalyst, as these new hardware deployments inherently drive higher attach rates for Extreme's cloud-management software. We also believe th

A dividend is one of the few promises a company cannot quietly fake.
Guidance gets walked back. Buybacks get paused the moment a quarter turns ugly. But a cash payment wired to shareholders every 90 days is a firm putting real money behind its own story, quarter after quarter, with nowhere to hide.
That is why the least glamorous line on a bank's balance sheet often tells you the most.
Every summer, the biggest U.S. banks run the same gauntlet. The Federal Reserve drops them into a hypothetical recession, models the damage, and the ones left standing earn the right to hand capital back to shareholders.
In most years, the exercise reads as a formality, and this year, with the market near records and artificial intelligence spending hogging every headline, it barely registered.

CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong is an All-Star again.
The Chicago Cubs center fielder was named to the National League All-Star team Saturday as a reserve, earning the honor to play in the Midsummer Classic in back-to-back seasons.
"The great players are the ones that, I think anybody with kids will tell you, that's who gets the attention," manager Craig Counsell said Saturday before Game 2 of a series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field. "If you go to a youth game right now, you're seeing neon colors all over the place because the stars are wearing neon colors in their uniforms. I think those become the role models for the game.
"In Pete's case, what's fun to watch is that there's something in every part of the game that he's able to do. And he also does it — he's not some huge person that does it. He's a pretty normal-sized person that can do it. I think that also creates a connection with fans. And he's an entertainer. … He loves that part of it. He's good at it. He's naturally wired to do it. So you get a lot of it."
The All-Star recognition comes fresh off winning NL Player of the Month for the first time in his career following one of the best months in franchise history.

Good morning, TSF! I have a confession: the concurrent kickoffs overwhelmed me a bit. I tried to dual-screen it on monitors two and three and it was too much alongside my normal workday stuff on the main monitor. That’s saying something, too — the way my brain is wired can usually handle that much input. Did anybody manage the multi-screen setup yesterday?
Today’s matches:
Ecuador vs. Germany, 4 pm ET, FOX
Curacao vs. Ivory Coast, 4 pm ET, FS1
Germany have won their group. A result for Ivory Coast against Curacao guarantees them second in the group. Ecuador need to beat Germany to avoid a disappointing early exit.
Tunisia vs. Netherlands, 7 pm ET, FS1
Japan vs. Sweden, 7 pm ET, FOX

Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) into our list of 10 oversold stocks offering high upside. The company has seen positive commercial developments recently, which support a positive story. On June 16, Comcast Corp.'s (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Xfinity brand announced same-day delivery for WiFi equipment, targeting new Xfinity Internet subscribers in 20 initial markets.
The service provider intends to extend this accelerated delivery option over its whole operational area by early 2027. The company also confirmed that all new customers can pick up the hardware they need in-store on the day they sign up for service. It stated that the initiative makes Xfinity the first major wired internet provider to offer same-day WiFi equipment delivery.
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Earlier on June 9, Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) revealed that the company is undertaking a major network expansion across two Wisconsin counties, extending multi-gigabit symmetrical internet connectivity to more than 5,500 residential and business locations.
The ongoing expansion project will cover 300 miles. Initial customer serviceability is projected somewhere near the end of 2026, with the broader infrastructure build-out slated for completion by the end of 2027.

We just covered Donald Trump Stock Portfolio: 10 Best AI and Tech Stock Picks in 2026. Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR) ranks #7 (see Donald Trump Stock Portfolio: 5 Best AI and Tech Stock Picks in 2026). The stocks identified in this article are based on Trump's financial disclosure filings released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. According to a statement from the Trump Organization cited by Reuters, Trump's investment holdings are maintained through fully discretionary accounts managed by third-party financial institutions, which have sole authority over investment decisions.
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Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR) is a networking infrastructure company. It makes wired and wireless network equipment, including switches, wireless access points, and related hardware. It sells networking products and software solutions to enterprise customers, government agencies, educational institutions, and healthcare providers. Its moat is built on product differentiation through AI-driven networking capabilities and the shift toward a cloud-managed software platform that creates customer stickiness. Its customers are large enterprises, federal government agencies, financial services companies, and educational institutions that require robust networking infrastructure.
Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR) is making a foray into artificial intelligence with its Extreme Platform ONE, an AI-driven networking platform that automates network management and provides intelligent network ******* ytics. The platform allows customers to manage complex networking tasks at a fraction of the time compared to their previous systems. Approximately 36 percent of total revenues are now recurring, up from lower levels in previous years, with software-as-a-service annual recurring revenue growing 29 percent year-over-year.
SouthernSun Smid Cap Strategy stated the following regarding Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXTR) in its fourth quarter 2025 investor letter:

It was early March, the kind of Houston morning where the heat hasn't fully committed yet but you can feel it coming, and the deep-ball line at the Rivals Combine was already backed up by the time class of 2029 prospect Ryder Flugence got his rep. He's hard to miss in that line—6 foot 5 with a frame that still has room to grow into itself, but it wasn't the height that got attention. It was the throw. Easy lower half, no wasted motion, and a ball that left his hand on a line and just kept carrying, the way the good ones do, until it dropped into a receiver's hands forty-some yards downfield like it had been on rails the whole way. I wrote his name down that morning and underlined it. I knew right then this was a name to remember.
Three months later, it isn't just me remembering it. It's half the SEC. The Kentucky Wildcats are the latest to get in line, and Will Stein didn't waste time once he saw what I saw: a developmental frame with the loose, easy actions that are nearly impossible to teach, attached to a player who's barely played a full season yet. That's the part of this story that should grab Big Blue Nation by the collar: the SEC staffs chasing Flugence right now are chasing the same throw I watched live in Houston, not a finished product. They're betting on the trajectory.
That trajectory starts with the frame. At 205 pounds with three years of high school left to add to it, Flugence has the kind of length you can't manufacture in a weight room you either have it or you're projecting someone into it, and evaluators always prefer the former. What stood out watching him live, the same thing that shows up on tape, is that he already plays smaller than his size. His feet reset under pressure instead of bailing outside the structure, which is the harder trait to find in a quarterback this tall—most long-framed passers take years to learn how to stay compact in the pocket instead of getting stiff and panicked when the first read disappears.
Flugence has clearly been coached, or simply wired, to avoid that trap already. It doesn't just stop at QB, his experience on both sides of the ball has already set a separator that is shaping his solid foundation. That two-way background tends to show up as instinctive ball skills and spatial awareness—the kind of feel pure pocket passers without a defensive or receiving background often have to be taught from nothing.
None of this comes with a deep résumé yet, and it's worth saying plainly. Flugence spent 2025 as Boerne Champion's backup, finishing the season with 570 yards, nine touchdowns, and two interceptions on 61.4 percent passing in spot duty—production that came in flashes, not as a full-time starter, highlighted by a fourth-and-1 touchdown plunge that helped clinch a playoff berth in November. This is a traits evaluation more than a production-based one right now, and there isn't enough tape yet to know how he'll handle a full season of high-level competition. But the same was true of plenty

Vistance Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VISN) is one of the best AI networking stocks to buy according to ***** ysts. The company gave investors a recent enterprise networking angle on May 28, when its RUCKUS Networks business, alongside Fortis Solutions, deployed a full Wi-Fi 7 network infrastructure modernization at Oakland Arena.
The project included nearly 300 RUCKUS Hyper-Directional T670sn Wi-Fi 7 access points, upgraded controllers, and a refresh of the venue's routing and switching infrastructure. Vistance said the installation also used RUCKUS ICX switches with multi-gigabit and 10-gigabit ports, creating a wired backbone designed to support rising data demands and future-ready applications.
The deployment showed the company's networking technology in a demanding, high-density environment. During two back-to-back sold-out K-pop concerts, the system handled 8.22 terabytes of traffic over two days with 100% switch uptime and no disruption, according to the company. Vistance said Oakland Arena now has up to ten times faster connectivity, lower infrastructure costs, simpler operations, and better ongoing network-management efficiency.
Vistance Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VISN) is a provider of intelligent network solutions through brands including RUCKUS Networks and Aurora Networks, offering enterprise networking, broadband access, and communications infrastructure technologies.
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President Trump attacked the federal judge who blocked his plan to close the Kennedy Center for a two-year renovation in a Truth Social post Saturday, one day after the judge ordered the president's name removed from the building.
In a 94-page opinion issued Friday on what would have been President John F. Kennedy's 109th birthday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper sided with Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat and ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board. Cooper, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, found that the Trump-stacked board overstepped its authority when it voted in December 2025 to rebrand the institution as the "Trump Kennedy Center" and again in March when it approved a closure set to begin around the Fourth of July.
"The Kennedy Center's organic statute makes crystal clear that the Center is to be named for President Kennedy, and it cannot bear any other formal name or public memorial based on the Board's unilateral say-so," Cooper wrote. "Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it."
Cooper gave the administration 14 days to remove Trump's name from the building's facade, the website and official materials. He did not bar repair work from continuing and said the board could try again to close the venue if it followed the proper process.
In a Saturday morning post, Trump called Cooper "a Barack Hussein Obama Judge" and accused him of standing in the way of a "magnificent" rebuild that he said would have replaced rotting beams, decades-old HVAC equipment and damaged marble. The president also attacked Cooper's wife, attorney Amy Jeffress, claiming she is "totally wired into the Left System" and represents "a Conflict of Interest" that should have forced Cooper to step aside.

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Instead, federal prosecutors say Rinsch diverted nearly all those funds into personal brokerage accounts, lost half of it on speculative stock trades, made it back through cryptocurrency, and then went o

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Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge in the UK and the University of Pittsburgh in the US have now identified four major turning points in brain wiring between birth and death.
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