The best cheap headphone sales and deals for July 2025
Cheap headphone deals are always ready and waiting to offer up a discount – whether…
Inter IKEA switches CEOs as it focuses on cash-strapped consumers
By Reuters Published September 20, 2025 Inter IKEA Group CEO Jon Abrahamsson Ring will step down at the end of the year, the owner of the world’s biggest furniture brand said on Thursday, with Jakub Jankowski taking over as trade tensions and U.S. tariffs loom over the sector. Outgoing Inter IKEA Group CEO Jon Abrahamsson…
Bubble names Leighton Meester as first brand ambassador
Published September 20, 2025 Skincare brand Bubble has announced the appointment of Leighton Meester as its first-ever global brand ambassador. Leighton Meester – Courtesy Kicking off the partnership, the American actress, who shot to fame for her break out role as Blair in the hit television series “Gossip Girl”, star’s in Bubble’s first-ever 360 brand…
Natura shares surge after deal to sell Avon businesses outside Latin America
By Reuters Published September 20, 2025 Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura said on Thursday it has agreed to sell its Avon International unit to holding firm Regent, ending a long period of uncertainty after announcing last year it was weighing alternatives for the business arm. Avon The sale of the unit, which aggregates Avon’s businesses outside Natura’s key…
New cooling breakthrough nearly doubles efficiency
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have developed a new, easily manufacturable solid-state thermoelectric refrigeration technology with nano-engineered materials that is twice as efficient as devices made with commercially available bulk thermoelectric materials. As global demand grows for more energy-efficient, reliable and compact cooling solutions, this advancement offers a…
Scientists uncover exercise’s secret hunger-busting molecule
Researchers at Baylor College ofMedicine, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine and collaborating institutions provide new insights into how exercise helps lose weight. The researchers discovered a mechanism by which the compound Lac-Phe, which is produced during exercise, reduces appetite in mice, leading…
Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space
For one thing, the systems he imagines process data relatively slowly compared to those on terra firma. They’d be constantly bombarded by radiation, and “obsolescence would be a problem” because making repairs or upgrades would be confoundingly difficult. Hajimiri believes that data centers in space could, someday, be a viable solution but hesitates to say…
Distillation Can Make AI Models Smaller and Cheaper
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a chatbot earlier this year called R1, which drew a huge amount of attention. Most of it focused on the fact that a relatively small and unknown company said it had built a chatbot that rivaled the performance of…
Hardly anyone uses this surprisingly simple fix for high blood pressure
Few people with high blood pressure were using salt substitutes, even though they are a simple and effective way to lower sodium intake and manage blood pressure, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2025. The meeting is the premier scientific exchange focused on recent advances in basic and…
Key oceans treaty crosses critical threshold to come into force
A global agreement designed to protect the world’s oceans and reverse damage to marine life is set to become international law. The High Seas Treaty received its 60th ratification by Morocco on Friday, meaning that it will now take effect from January. The deal, which has been two decades in the making, will pave the…
Egg-eating worms could be the secret to saving Chesapeake Bay’s blue crabs
Parasitic, egg-eating worms might sound like the stuff of nightmares, but they’re simply a fact of life for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay. Interestingly, a new study published in the journal PLOS One by researchers at William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS suggests these worms could serve as a valuable biomarker for managing…
