Shein to file confidentially for Hong Kong IPO amid global expansion plans
By Reuters Published June 27, 2025 China-founded fast-fashion retailer Shein plans to file a draft…
Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI
In his day job, Ed Zitron runs a boutique public relations firm called EZPR. This might surprise anyone who has come to know Zitron through his podcast or his social media or the newsletter in which he writes two-fisted stuff like “Sam Altman is full of shit” and “Mark Zuckerberg is a putrid ghoul.” Flacks,…
AI restores James Webb telescope’s crystal-clear vision
Two PhD students from Sydney have helped restore the sharp vision of the world’s most powerful space observatory without ever leaving the ground. Louis Desdoigts, now a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University in the Netherlands, and his colleague Max Charles celebrated their achievement with tattoos of the instrument they repaired inked on their arms —…
AI of a Thousand Faces
What happens now that AI is everywhere and in everything? WIRED can’t tell the future, but we can try to make sense of it. Behold: 17 readings from the furthest reaches of the AI age. Source link
Millions Are Confessing Their Secrets to Chatbots. Is That Therapy?
I.Quentin in the Desert Quentin awoke on a thin mattress, beneath a collection of scavenged blankets, in an abandoned RV deep in the Arizona desert. A young pit bull lay curled up beside them in the mid-morning light. Sliding from their bed over to the driver’s seat, Quentin pulled an American Spirit cigarette from a…
Scientists turn flower fragrance into a mosquito killer
To combat mosquito-borne illnesses that claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year, scientists have enlisted an unexpected partner: a fungus that gives off a floral scent. By exploiting mosquitoes’ attraction to flowers, an international team of researchers engineered a new strain of Metarhizium fungus that releases a sweet aroma similar to real blooms. The…
Trump tariffs deliver shock ‘wake-up call’ to world denim hub Lesotho
One of the world’s poorest countries is reeling from the impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariff regime, which has crippled its key textile industry and exacerbated already high unemployment. Source link
Arnault tightens his LVMH control with $1.6 billion buying spree
French billionaire Bernard Arnault has long sought to tighten his control over LVMH, the luxury conglomerate he founded almost four decades ago. This year, his efforts have gone into overdrive. Source link
Scientists just uncovered what’s really happening beneath this mysterious volcano
How do volcanoes function beneath their rocky surfaces? What drives the rumbling vibrations, called tremor, that occur when molten rock or gases travel upward through underground channels? Professor Dr. Miriam Christina Reiss, a volcano seismologist at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), and her research group have traced these tremor signals beneath Tanzania’s Oldoinyo Lengai volcano….
Model freed after nearly five years in prison in Yemen
By AFP Published October 27, 2025 Over the weekend, Yemen’s Houthi rebels released a young model who sometimes appeared without a headscarf and had been imprisoned for nearly five years over alleged violations of local moral codes, which she denied, her lawyer and a security source told AFP on Sunday. Selfie posted on Intissar al-Hammadi’s…
Are Kids Still Looking for Careers in Tech?
Today’s high school students face an uncertain road ahead. AI is changing what skills are valued in the job market, and the Trump administration’s funding cuts have stalled scientific research across disciplines. Most professions seem unlikely to look the same in 10 years, let alone 50. Even students interested in STEM subjects are asking: What…
