Fortnite Superman release date and how to unlock the skin early
A Fortnite Superman skin is set to be added this week, based on the new…
US returns radiation-contaminated footwear to Indonesia
By Bloomberg Published November 12, 2025 The US has flagged Indonesian exports of footwear for cesium-137 contamination, adding another product showing signs of radiation to a list that already includes shrimp and cloves. A contaminated footwear shipment has been sent back to Indonesia from the US – Reuters Authorities in Jakarta said Wednesday that two…
Anthropic’s Claude Takes Control of a Robot Dog
As more robots start showing up in warehouses, offices, and even people’s homes, the idea of large language models hacking into complex systems sounds like the stuff of sci-fi nightmares. So, naturally, Anthropic researchers were eager to see what would happen if Claude tried taking control of a robot—in this case, a robot dog. In…
Malone Souliers names Blahnik, Vuitton and Lauren veteran as its new CEO
Published November 12, 2025 British luxury shoes and bags label Malone Souliers has a new CEO with Andrew Wright, who joins with a powerful track record, taking the helm. Malone Souliers Wright has spent eight years at another luxury British brand also specialising in footwear and bags — the globally known Manolo Blahnik. While there…
BasicNet acquires Woolrich Europe operations for €40 million
Published November 12, 2025 Turin-based BasicNet group, owner of the Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way, Superga, Sebago and Briko brands, announced on Wednesday it has reached an agreement to acquire Woolrich, the historic American brand founded in 1830. The Italian firm is acquiring Woolrich from L-Gam, an investment fund established in 2013 with the support…
London’s Go-To gifting store to pop up in NYC
Published November 12, 2025 London-based luxury gifting platform The Go-To is about to make a briefest of US debuts with an immersive pop-up in the heart of New York’s SoHo this weekend. The retailer takes on its first-ever physical space on Greene Street across three days (14-16 November), introducing its range of “design-led, meaningful gifting” across…
The Fashion Pact: luxury houses announce new initiative to decarbonise fashion’s supply chain
Translated by Nicola Mira Published November 12, 2025 The European Accelerator is a new initiative by The Fashion Pact, the non-profit organisation founded in 2019 to promote sustainability in fashion. The European Accelerator brings together major luxury names such as Chanel, Ermenegildo Zegna, Kering, Moncler and Prada, with the aim of advocating collective action, starting…
Is a deadly asteroid about to hit Earth? Meet the man who can tell you
Ryan Wills; Barry Hetherington; ESA; NASA; AdobeStock Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates asteroids from 0 to 10 based on how certain we are that they could hit Earth –…
The AI Boom Is Fueling a Need for Speed in Chip Networking
The new era of Silicon Valley runs on networking—and not the kind you find on LinkedIn. As the tech industry funnels billions into AI data centers, chip makers both big and small are ramping up innovation around the technology that connects chips to other chips, and server racks to other server racks. Networking technology has…
Italy plans levy on low-value parcels to protect fashion industry
By Reuters Published November 12, 2025 Italy is working to adopt a tax on low-value postal packages from non-European countries, politicians said, as part of measures to protect its fashion industry from low-cost foreign imports mostly from China. Temu is known for its low priced fashion and lifestyle goods – Shutterstock The move, aimed at…
Huge cloud of plasma belched out by star 130 light years away
Artist’s impression of a coronal mass ejection on a star Olena Shmahalo/Callingham et al. A cloud of plasma ejected by a star 130 light years away has been detected by a radio telescope on Earth, giving astronomers their first definitive observation of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from a star beyond our sun. CMEs occur…
