Google Gemini is set to become a significantly better phone assistant thanks to these two small upgrades
Google Gemini can more easily access your Phone and Messages apps Previously, you had to…
AI and the End of Accents
It all began, as these things often do, with an Instagram ad. “No one tells you this if you’re an immigrant, but accent discrimination is a real thing,” said a woman in the video. Her own accent is faintly Eastern European—so subtle it took me a few playbacks to notice. The ad was for BoldVoice,…
Would you really trust a robot to care for you in old age?
Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent BBC Listen to Pallab reading this article Hidden away in a lab in north-west London three black metal robotic hands move eerily on an engineering work bench. No claws, or pincers, but four fingers and a thumb opening and closing slowly, with joints in all the right places. “We’re not trying to…
Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say
By Reuters Published October 28, 2025 Amazon is planning to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning Tuesday, as the company works to pare expenses and compensate for overhiring during the peak demand of the pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter. Reuters The figure represents a small percentage of Amazon’s 1.55…
Latest Orlebar Brown x Automobili Lamborghini collab hits Miami Beach
Published October 27, 2025 The next chapter of the Chanel-owned beachwear brand Orlebar Brown collaboration with high-end car marque Automobili Lamborghini has arrived on the start line. Inspired by the “visceral power” of the high performance EV Revuelto model, the “space-age audacity” of the Countach, are added to the “chromatic swagger” of Miami Beach. The…
Lululemon to sell NFL apparel for first time in Fanatics deal
By Bloomberg Published October 27, 2025 Lululemon Athletica Inc. has entered an arrangement with the National Football League and sports merchandiser Fanatics Inc. to develop a line of fan apparel as the yoga-wear retailer searches for new avenues of growth. Lululemon is known for its yoga wear and athleisure The new Lululemon collection, set to…
BMW Motorsport makes its fragrance debut with Venetian Mavive
Published October 27, 2025 Responsible for creating models engineered to deliver a driving experience rooted in the world of racing, BMW’s “M” division- short for and synonymous with Motorsport- now translates that spirit into an olfactory experience with its first collection of three fragrances, created by the Italian company Mavive. This extends its partnership with…
Aigle reinvents its Paris flagship in Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Published October 27, 2025 Aigle has unveiled its new flagship concept. On October 16, the French brand, part of MF Brands Group, inaugurated the new iteration of its historic Paris store. The address at 139 Boulevard Saint-Germain has been transformed. Spread over 250 square metres across two levels, the brand, founded in 1853, presents a…
Zoot Sports (MVC Group) acquires Tailwind Brands to accelerate European growth
Published October 27, 2025 Zoot Sports, a US triathlon apparel and accessories company currently based in Carlsbad, California, and owned by Italy’s MVC Group of Fonzaso (BL), has acquired Tailwind Brands GmbH of Bönen (North Rhine-Westphalia), its European distributor for more than a decade, for an undisclosed sum. The deal is intended to expand and…
Kipling and its little monkeys return to the leather goods scene
Published October 27, 2025 No, we haven’t rewound to the 1990s. If Kipling’s little monkeys are reappearing on the metro and in school playgrounds, it’s because the brand is marking its comeback in the leather goods sector. Kipling returns to the French market – Kipling Weakened by the coronavirus crisis, Kipling weathered lower volumes while…
AI’s Next Frontier? An Algorithm for Consciousness
As a journalist who covers AI, I hear from countless people who seem utterly convinced that ChatGPT, Claude, or some other chatbot has achieved “sentience.” Or “consciousness.” Or—my personal favorite—“a mind of its own.” The Turing test was aced a while back, yes, but unlike rote intelligence, these things are not so easily pinned down….
