Last updated on Sep 4, 2025 The Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, overturning Roe v. Wade, returned the decision to restrict or protect abortion to states. In many states, abortion providers and advocates are challenging state abortion bans contending that the bans violate the state constitution or another state law. The state litigation tracker presents up-to-date information…
Translated by Nicola Mira Published September 9, 2025 Diesel‘s new licensed line of luggage and travel goods has premièred at the Mipel 128 trade show in Milan. The Italian jeans label, owned by the OTB group, has signed a five-year license deal, with a renewal option, with Chinese producer Unicorn. The latter has in the…
The quests are set in a fantasy world, but they address real societal challenges. In the first quest, live today and inspired by our Flood Forecasting research, students learn how AI can help predict floods and give communities timely flood warnings. Students must collect relevant data sources, like rainfall and river flow, evaluate the quality…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 9, 2025 Italian luxury house Versace, now operating under the Prada Group umbrella, has made its first high-profile executive move since the change in ownership. The brand has appointed Eloise Hautcoeur as global communications director, bringing over 15 years of experience in fashion and communications from roles at…
After spending her early 20s as a nanny in the UK, Laura Bates noticed that the young girls she was caring for were preoccupied by their bodies, spurred on by the marketing they were receiving. In 2012, Bates, a London-based feminist author and activist started The Everyday Sexism Project, a website dedicated to documenting and…
By Reuters Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 9, 2025 Interparfums reported a 23.2% increase in first-half operating profit on Tuesday, citing limited marketing and advertising spending and consistent control of fixed costs. However, the company lowered its full-year sales outlook, pointing to ongoing geopolitical instability and cautious consumer behavior across multiple markets. Interparfums…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 9, 2025 Tod’s Group is parting ways with its CEO of the Americas region, Roberto Lorenzini. The manager, who took office 14 years ago, is leaving his role in mutual agreement with the company and the Della Valle family. Tod’s – Fall-Winter 2023 – Womenswear – Milan –…
As organizations scale their AI infrastructure to support trillion-parameter models, they face a difficult trade-off: reduced training time with lower cost or faster training time with a higher cost. When they checkpoint frequently to speed up recovery time and minimize lost training time, they incur in substantially higher storage cost. And when they checkpoint infrequently,…
Published September 9, 2025 With the beauty industry booming, now looks the right time for Beauty Tech Group to head for an IPO on the London Stock Exchange with a reported value of £350 million. The Cheshire-based group, launched by Laurence Newman and Andrew Showman over 15 years ago, is best known for its LED…
Then there’s Eric Chong, a 37-year-old who has a background in dentistry and previously cofounded a startup that simplifies medical billing for dentists. He was placed on the “machine” team. “I’m gonna be honest and say I’m extremely relieved to be on the machine team,” Chong says. At the hackathon, Chong was building software that…
