Published November 10, 2025 The Very Group is under new ownership. The former Shop Direct, which owns Very and the legacy Littlewoods e-tail businesses, is now controlled by its major lender, global investment firm Carlyle. Another lender, Abu Dhabi-based media group IMI, is continuing as “a key stakeholder”. Very.co.uk The company said it’s “a positive…
By AFP Published November 10, 2025 A Patek Philippe timepiece that in 2016 became the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction fetched an even higher price this weekend, auctioneers Phillips said Sunday. A rare Patek Philippe watch which has captured collectors’ imaginations – (AFP – Valentin Flauraud) The watch sold for 14,190,000 Swiss francs…
In the 17th century, Christiaan Huygens and Giovanni Cassini focused their telescopes on Saturn and realized its bright bands were not solid features. Instead, they identified immense, separate rings formed from innumerable nested arcs. Centuries later, NASA’s Cassini-Huygens (Cassini) mission pushed that exploration forward. Starting in 2005, it returned striking images that reshaped scientists’ understanding…
The idea that our universe might be nothing more than an elaborate computer simulation has been a favorite theme in science fiction for decades. Yet new research from UBC Okanagan suggests that not only is this concept implausible — it is mathematically impossible. Dr. Mir Faizal, an Adjunct Professor at UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber…
A research team led by Professor Eijiro Miyako at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), in collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. and the University of Tsukuba, has created an innovative cancer treatment that works without relying on the immune system. The new approach uses a unique microbial partnership known as AUN,…
ISC Stormcast For Monday, November 10th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9692, (Mon, Nov 10th) Source link
Justin RowlattClimate Editor BBC There is a photograph, taken ten years ago in Paris, that today seems like something of a relic. In it, dozens of men and women line up in dark suits, in front of an enormous sign that reads COP21 Paris. Right in the middle the UK’s then-Prime Minister, David Cameron, grins…
Available for over a year Emily Berry leads us on an exploration of agoraphobia: a poetic journey through the lives of people who don’t like going on journeys. Agoraphobia is elusive and elastic – and it’s very probably not what you think it is. Poet Emily Berry was diagnosed with agoraphobia over ten years ago,…
Published November 9, 2025 Allbirds logged sales of $33 million of the third quarter, down 23 percent, as the U.S. brand continues to face declining sales for its sustainable footwear. Allbirds The San Francisco-based company said sales were negatively impacted by structural changes, including impacts from international distributor transitions, and planned retail store closures. Despite the…
Published November 9, 2025 On the other side of the Atlantic, Canada Goose has set up shop on France’s most famous shopping avenue, in a brand-new 300-square-metre boutique. Located at 71–73 Avenue des Champs Élysées, on the corner of Rue Lincoln, the space aims to be innovative, sitting at the crossroads of retail, art and…
