Stores open at midnight as fans rush to buy Nintendo Switch 2
Tom Gerken Technology reporter Peter Gillibrand Newsbeat reporter Watch: Fans queue overnight for the launch…
Secret chemical traces reveal life on Earth 3. 3 billion years ago
A recent investigation has identified new chemical signs of ancient life in rocks that formed over 3.3 billion years ago. The same research uncovered molecular evidence that oxygen-producing photosynthesis began nearly a billion years earlier than scientists once believed. Researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science led an international effort that combined state-of-the-art chemical techniques…
Target investors brace for market share drop, weak sales due to US shutdown
By Reuters Published November 18, 2025 Target‘s tab third‑quarter results on Wednesday are expected to lay bare the retailer’s struggles amid mounting economic uncertainty, and as cash-strapped Americans slashed discretionary spending during the prolonged government shutdown. Reuters Target has not reported any same‑store sales growth this year, as bigger rival Walmart takes market share with its…
ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, November 19th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9706
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Casualwear brand Chevignon bought by Pimkie’s president Halassi
Translated by Nicola Mira Published November 19, 2025 A partial acquisition bid for the various activities of French premium fashion distribution giant IKKS, currently in receivership, was recently put forward by the Amoniss company, one of several interested parties. The businessman behind Amoniss is Salih Halassi, 50, previously involved in relaunching socks brand Kindy. In…
First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists
Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Getty The researchers found evidence of kissing in multiple species Humans do it, monkeys do it, even polar bears do it. And now researchers have reconstructed the evolutionary origins of kissing. Their study suggests that the mouth-on-mouth kiss evolved more than 21 million years ago, and was something that the…
Pangaia names former Inditex exec Gómez as CEO with brand ‘primed for strategic development worldwide’
Published November 19, 2025 Pangaia has named former Inditex director Daniel Gómez as its new chief executive officer to lead the global outdoor/fashion brand’s “strategic development worldwide”. Daniel Gómez It said his appointment “marks the start of a new chapter” under Aurora Vision Group (AVG), part of Abu Dhabi-based investment holding company Royal Group, that…
On runs in Europe, sprints in Asia
Published November 19, 2025 On has found a new playing field in Asia. In the third quarter of 2025, when its sales rose by nearly 25% year on year (35% at constant exchange rates) to net revenue of 794 million Swiss francs (860 million euros), sales in the Asia-Pacific region surged. They reached 145 million…
LVMH’s ‘The Louis’ shows China’s luxury market has a pulse
By Bloomberg Published November 18, 2025 After setting sail with The Louis, a ship-shaped pop-up store and exhibition in Shanghai that proved to be an unexpected tourist attraction, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE is planning to accelerate its expansion in China. Louis Vuitton It’s the latest sign the country’s almost three-year luxury slump may be over. But investors betting on…
Some 66,000 jobs, 1.3% of Portugal’s GDP depend on exports to United States: PlanAPP study
Published November 18, 2025 A recent study by PlanAPP — the Centre for Planning and Evaluation of Public Policies, published on Monday assessed the impact of the new U.S. trade tariffs on the Portuguese economy. It highlighted the textile sector as the most dependent, both directly and indirectly, on exports to the United States, at…
Bringing tic-tac-toe to life with AWS AI services
Large language models (LLMs) now support a wide range of use cases, from content summarization to the ability to reason about complex tasks. One exciting new topic is taking generative AI to the physical world by applying it to robotics and physical hardware. Inspired by this, we developed a game for the AWS re:Invent 2024…
