Latest news with #Opera
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Opera Limited (OPRA): A Bull Case Theory
We came across a bullish thesis on Opera Limited on Shareholdersunite Essentials' Substack by Shareholders unite. In this article, we will summarize the bulls' thesis on OPRA. Opera Limited's share was trading at $18.17 as of June 24th. OPRA's trailing P/E was 19.54 according to Yahoo Finance. A wide angle view of a bustling cityscape, capturing the potential of the consumer internet. Opera (OPRA), a Norwegian browser innovator majority-owned by China's Kulun Tech, has built a compelling niche in a highly competitive market through constant innovation, product diversification, and a sharp focus on AI integration and user engagement. While much smaller than rivals, Opera has carved out a significant global presence, with over 293 million average monthly active users (MAUs) across its suite of products. Flagship offerings include Opera One, a desktop browser redesigned around AI with the Aria assistant at its core; Opera GX, a gamer-focused browser with deep customization and high engagement; Opera Mini, a lightweight data-efficient browser thriving in emerging markets; and Opera Air, a mindfulness-centric product targeting Western audiences. Opera's strategy has emphasized early adoption of transformative technologies like AI and Web3, embedding features such as crypto wallets and stablecoin-based MiniPay directly into its platforms. Aria, built on Opera's modular Composer AI engine, connects to multiple large language models (LLMs) and enables on-device local LLM use, supporting privacy and versatility. Opera is also developing the Browser Operator—an AI agent that automates web tasks on users' behalf. Meanwhile, Opera Gaming (via GameMaker and GX Games), Opera News (a personalized AI-driven content platform), and Opera Ads (a growing in-house advertising network) complement the core browser ecosystem. Revenue growth has been driven by advertising, notably in e-commerce, and ARPU has surged due to a strategic pivot to high-monetization Western markets. Supported by major partners like Google, ASUS, and regional OEMs, Opera combines solid financials, shareholder returns, and expanding AI infrastructure, positioning it for sustained growth in browser-based digital ecosystems. Previously, we covered a on Opera Limited by Welfare Capital in March 2025, which highlighted the company's strong browser business, Opera GX growth, and capital returns. The company's stock price has depreciated by approximately 1% since our coverage. This is because the thesis has yet to fully play out. Shareholdersunite shares a similar view but emphasizes Opera's AI and Web3 integration. Opera Limited is not on our list of the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 14 hedge fund portfolios held OPRA at the end of the first quarter, which was 16 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the risk and potential of OPRA as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an extremely cheap AI stock that is also a major beneficiary of Trump tariffs and onshoring, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 8 Best Wide Moat Stocks to Buy Now and 30 Most Important AI Stocks According to BlackRock. Connectez-vous pour accéder à votre portefeuille
Digital Trends
2 days ago
- Digital Trends
Apple must steal these 3 tab features to make Safari truly irresistible
When Apple took to the stage at WWDC 2025 a few weeks ago, I was expecting some key improvements to Safari. Instead, what the company served was a redesign and the promise of faster performance. Now, Safari isn't a devastating laggard. For a lot of users in the Apple ecosystem, it gets the job done. But over the past few years, rivals — both established and upstarts — have come up with features that make Safari feel as if it were stuck in the past. When Arc came out, it reimagined what a browser can offer, despite being built atop the same engine as Chrome. Of particular interest was its intuitive tab management system. Recommended Videos Safari's take on how tabs are managed beyond syncing across devices remains stagnant. Over the past few months, I've tried a host of browsers, especially underrated gems like Opera and new-age AI-powered options such as Dia, which reimagine how you interact with browser tabs. Here's a list of the most innovative tab tricks that Safari must draw a few inspirations from: Talk with tabs Dia is an AI-focused browser, but it's not exactly stuffing it down every user's throat. It serves a meaningful kind of tab action powered by AI. Let's say you are scrolling a webpage and select a word or passage. As soon as you do it, the text as well as the entire tab content is automatically copied to the AI assistant's chat feed. You just go ahead and type in your query to get the answer without any copy-paste chore or even opening another tab. For example, if I merely highlight a technical term such as '10GBE Ethernet' on a webpage, all I need to type in the sidebar is 'Explain' and hit enter. The AI will crawl the web, find answers from reliable sources, and present them in a well-formatted structure. Alternatively, you can just chat about the webpage without ever highlighting a word, passage, or image. It's a low-friction, high-reward tactic for getting work done without opening a dedicated tab each time you need some background info. On a similar note, Dia lets you pull information from across multiple tabs and pull a report out of it. For example, if you have opened eight shopping tabs for earbuds on Amazon, you can simply use the '@' command in the search box, type the tab name (the letters you see on the tab card) or pick them from the drop-down list, and type your query, like: 'Compare these sweaters, create a table with their pros and cons, and their price in a sorted manner.' Doing so will pull information from all the tabs in the background, and it will be neatly presented to you as a table detailing everything you asked for. It's like pulling intelligence from across multiple tabs, without doing the manual back and forth. Tab control made easy Opera browser offers one of the most forward-looking approaches to tab management. It sticks with the traditional route of handling tabs with cursor movement or keyboard shortcuts, but for users who want an extra dash of convenience, it offers a chat-like system, as well. Think of it as talking to Siri or Gemini to handle your basic browser chores. Opera browser comes with an assistant that can understand your natural language commands for handling tabs. For example, you can ask it to perform chores such as 'put all my IEEE tabs in a group,' 'close all the background tabs,' 'bookmark my Reuters and MIT tabs,' and more. Just like Dia, Opera's assistant can also handle in-tab chores, such as summarizing an article or asking queries about content on the page, even if it requires web research in the background. It works flawlessly, and as a journalist, it saves me a lot of time while doing research and keeping things in order. All of it is paired with the thoughtfully designed tab island system in Opera, which is color-coded, collapsible, and supports drag/drop gestures. Furthermore, thanks to workspaces, all your tabs and tab groups can be neatly arranged across different browsing profiles without any overlap. Saving and sharing tabs There can only be so many tabs you can keep active at a time before the browser starts slowing things down. But more than just keeping tabs alive, one needs a system where they can be saved, like a neat digital notebook, in a presentable fusion. And in a shareable format, as well. Unfortunately, Safari doesn't deliver on this promise. On the other hand, Microsoft and Opera offer a fantastic solution. In Opera, you get Pinboards. Think of it as Pinterest, but for your web browser. You can create and organize as many pinboards as you want, and save your browser notes, complete with an active web preview and personal notes, custom images, and wallpapers. Pinboards let you play with how the tab previews look, like a notebook or a vertically-scrolling social media-inspired content feed. And when you share it, the pinboard is tuned into a URL that opens in the same format as you created it. For the recipient, there is no log-in hassle or Opera browser requirement. Similar to Opera, Microsoft's Edge browser has also offered a similar system called Collections. It also lives in the sidebar, lets you add custom notes, and assign a name to each tab cluster. With a single click, you can copy all the contents of a collection to the clipboard and share it. The sharing system for Edge Collections is not as elegant as Opera Pinboards, but it gets the job done. I just hope Apple pays attention to these meaningful tab interactions that rivals have adopted and delivers its own take in Safari down the road. I am hopeful, but at the moment, I am sticking to browsers that do it better.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Opera Limited (OPRA): A Bull Case Theory
We came across a bullish thesis on Opera Limited on Shareholdersunite Essentials' Substack by Shareholders unite. In this article, we will summarize the bulls' thesis on OPRA. Opera Limited's share was trading at $18.17 as of June 24th. OPRA's trailing P/E was 19.54 according to Yahoo Finance. A wide angle view of a bustling cityscape, capturing the potential of the consumer internet. Opera (OPRA), a Norwegian browser innovator majority-owned by China's Kulun Tech, has built a compelling niche in a highly competitive market through constant innovation, product diversification, and a sharp focus on AI integration and user engagement. While much smaller than rivals, Opera has carved out a significant global presence, with over 293 million average monthly active users (MAUs) across its suite of products. Flagship offerings include Opera One, a desktop browser redesigned around AI with the Aria assistant at its core; Opera GX, a gamer-focused browser with deep customization and high engagement; Opera Mini, a lightweight data-efficient browser thriving in emerging markets; and Opera Air, a mindfulness-centric product targeting Western audiences. Opera's strategy has emphasized early adoption of transformative technologies like AI and Web3, embedding features such as crypto wallets and stablecoin-based MiniPay directly into its platforms. Aria, built on Opera's modular Composer AI engine, connects to multiple large language models (LLMs) and enables on-device local LLM use, supporting privacy and versatility. Opera is also developing the Browser Operator—an AI agent that automates web tasks on users' behalf. Meanwhile, Opera Gaming (via GameMaker and GX Games), Opera News (a personalized AI-driven content platform), and Opera Ads (a growing in-house advertising network) complement the core browser ecosystem. Revenue growth has been driven by advertising, notably in e-commerce, and ARPU has surged due to a strategic pivot to high-monetization Western markets. Supported by major partners like Google, ASUS, and regional OEMs, Opera combines solid financials, shareholder returns, and expanding AI infrastructure, positioning it for sustained growth in browser-based digital ecosystems. Previously, we covered a on Opera Limited by Welfare Capital in March 2025, which highlighted the company's strong browser business, Opera GX growth, and capital returns. The company's stock price has depreciated by approximately 1% since our coverage. This is because the thesis has yet to fully play out. Shareholdersunite shares a similar view but emphasizes Opera's AI and Web3 integration. Opera Limited is not on our list of the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 14 hedge fund portfolios held OPRA at the end of the first quarter, which was 16 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the risk and potential of OPRA as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an extremely cheap AI stock that is also a major beneficiary of Trump tariffs and onshoring, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 8 Best Wide Moat Stocks to Buy Now and 30 Most Important AI Stocks According to BlackRock. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Reuters
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Sinner and singer Bocelli strike up partnership for new single
June 20 (Reuters) - World number one Jannik Sinner has formed a new doubles partnership but the duo will be battling for chart success rather than Grand Slam titles after the Italian released a single with compatriot and opera tenor Andrea Bocelli on Friday. The three-time Grand Slam champion Sinner promoted the song titled 'Polvere e Gloria' or 'Dust and Glory' on Instagram. The video features footage from the pair's childhoods and more recent clips of the singer and Sinner, clutching a racket and tennis ball, in front of a piano in Bocelli's home in Tuscany. Sinner's speeches form part of the song, which is in Italian and English, with Bocelli in full flow. "Every life is a potential work of art: each of us bears the sweet responsibility of nurturing our talents in the daily acrobatics of living, pursuing our dreams while remaining steadfastly true to our values," the pair wrote on Instagram. "This duet is such a bold leap that it has ignited our passion, born of shared and unwavering desire to express our deep belief that nothing is impossible." Sinner, the U.S. Open and Australian Open champion, said he was honoured to be part of the project with Bocelli, describing the singer as a "unique and extraordinary voice" and "a flag for our country in the rest of the world". "I could never have imagined hearing my voice in one of his songs. It's extremely moving," the 23-year-old added. Sinner, who was beaten by Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in an epic French Open final earlier this month, lost in the last 16 of the Halle Open on Thursday in a blow to his preparations for Wimbledon which gets underway on June 30.
Tom's Guide
19-06-2025
- General
- Tom's Guide
I'm a barista who swapped an $899 espresso machine for a $149 budget one — here's why
I'm an ex-barista, so I've spent enough time making coffee for a lifetime. I cut my teeth at an independent artisanal cafe (so independent and artisanal that it was one of the many small business Covid casualties) and then suffered through some long, hard years at Starbucks (during lockdown, cry) as punishment. You think that would stop me. But I cannot be stopped. I am as unstoppable as the endless march of time. Now as a journalist, it's my mission to find the best espresso machines so I can continue drinking way too much coffee. The $149 De'Longhi Stilosa has everything I hate in an espresso machine: a flimsy plastic tamper, a flimsy plastic construction, and a flimsy plastic drip tray. I really thought I'd hate this machine. No, tell a lie, I wanted to hate it, because it was so ugly. However, when I ditched my $900 De'Longhi La Specialista Opera for the $149 De'Longhi Stilosa, I was absolutely shocked. I tested the U.K. version of the De'Longhi Stilosa. A reader pointed out recently that the U.S. model of the Stilosa comes with dual-walled portafilters. In this case, I'd recommend getting third-party single-walled portafilters to achieve the same results as me. This is the machine I use every day. I love it with all my heart, but something just doesn't feel right anymore. Maybe because it's taking up a quarter of my kitchen, and that's grown into resentment? Either way, I don't know what's next for me and my beloved La Specialista Opera. It might be the most tear-jerking goodbye of 2025. This is the Opera's contender: smaller, cheaper, and a hell of a lot uglier. I really had my doubts about the Stilosa. For starters, it feels flimsy AF and looks like someone vomited up a pile of plastic. But oh boy, can it pull a delicious espresso shot. Color me surprised. Repeat after me: I will not use pre-ground coffee... I will not use pre-ground coffee... I will not use pre-ground coffee. Now, I've said it before and I'll say it again. You have to work for good espresso on the De'Longhi Stilosa. If you just take it out of the box and get to work, you'll think I've lost my marbles. Espresso is an art as much as it's a science. And perfect espresso needs two things: a good grinder, and an even better barista. I used both the Eureka Mignon Specialita ($649) and the Comandante C40 MK4 (from ~$282) with the De'Longhi Stilosa. If budget's a concern, you might be able to grab the Baratza Encore ESP or the 1ZPresso J-Ultra — both $199 — instead. However, a good grinder is a non-negotiable. The only reason why the Stilosa managed to match the La Specialista Opera is because of the brilliant grinders I used. If you buy pre-ground beans or have a blade grinder, you will never be able to achieve these results. Repeat after me: I will not use pre-ground coffee... I will not use pre-ground coffee... I will not use pre-ground coffee. Okay, great! This is a picture of the best espresso shot I pulled on the Stilosa, using artisanal, locally-roasted specialty beans and the Comandante C40 MK4 grinder. As I'm sure you're aware by now, achieving an espresso shot like this is only possible because of a premium grinder and specialty beans. With this extra effort, there's no need to spend $$$ on an espresso machine. You'll need to look for the following specs: While the De'Longhi Stilosa doesn't have a PID (which is a temperature controller built-in to the machine to prevent burning and weak espresso), it is literally $149. At this price point, you can't really ask for much more. It's worth noting that other home baristas have successfully modded the Stilosa with PID controllers, so not all is lost. As the De'Longhi Stilosa I tested has both 9-bar pressure and single-walled portafilters, I was able to pull technically perfect espresso. If you follow my advice, there's no reason why you wouldn't be able to achieve this too. In terms of espresso brewing? I couldn't believe my luck. The Stilosa is $759 cheaper than my La Specialista Opera, but pulls very similar shots. That's a monumental saving. I won't lie to you, when I first picked up the De'Longhi Stilosa, I physically grimaced. I thought there's no way this flimsy plastic hunk of junk can ever be good. But oh boy, did it prove me wrong. I already chatted about all the reasons why the De'Longhi Stilosa proved me wrong in a different article, but I'll go through them again briefly here. Good espresso machines need some weight to them. Even compact machines have boilers crammed inside their tiny size, so when I picked up the Stilosa, I was immediately suspicious. I doubted its ability to heat water, let alone pull espresso. But I was wrong. The Stilosa crams an impressive 9-bar pressure system and a steel boiler inside its 8-inch size. The sacrifices come in its all-plastic (ugly) construction, flimsy group handle, and pathetic tamper. These are all fixable problems though. The inherent espresso-making ability of the machine? Off-the-charts good. I'll be the first person to admit that a lot of budget espresso machines are very questionable. But not the De'Longhi Stilosa. With the extra work I discussed earlier, I was able to make $500-machine worthy espresso on the $149 Stilosa. However, without the effort, the espresso will most definitely taste like it was made on a cheap machine. So, if the cheap espresso machine has the following things: 9-bar pressure, single-walled portafilter baskets, a shower screen with even water distribution, and (maybe) a PID controller, then there's nothing stopping it performing like a premium model. With the right tools, coffee, and barista, of course. Although I was really impressed by the Stilosa for the price, I'm not really ready to give up my La Specialista Opera yet. (I actually kind of regret getting the Opera and really want a Breville Bambino Plus, but that's another story.) Steaming milk on the Stilosa requires a little more effort than other machines, because the steam wand can be a little overexcited. Take a look at the latte I made with the Stilosa. This is after 3 1/2 years as a barista, bear in mind. My latte art could still do with some work (I'm yet to master the tulip), but I think a more inexperienced barista might need a little more time to get adjusted to the Stilosa's overexcited steam wand. On top of that, if you're a barista who just wants coffee and doesn't want to spend lots of time and mental effort making that coffee? Then I think the Stilosa might not be for you. I'd recommend something like the De'Longhi Rivelia in that case, but it'll cost you — $1,499. I knew this already, but swapping my La Specialista Opera for the Stilosa reaffirmed my belief that good coffee needs one thing: a good barista who knows what they're doing. Yes, you can spend $$$ (more like $$$$$$...) on a Bianca Lelit ($2,999) or a La Marzocco Linea Mini ($6,300), but if you don't have the knowledge? Your coffee won't taste great. I recommend spending time learning about coffee — what types of beans you like, why you need a great grinder, how to set up a shot — before spending a month's wages on a machine. Instead, I'd recommend getting the Stilosa and learning on a cheap machine. Then, once you've got the skill? By all means, dig into a pricier machine — or just keep your money and continue slaying on the Stilosa.
