Uniqlo owner’s profit misses estimates on weak China sales
By Bloomberg Published July 11, 2025 Fast Retailing Co. reported third-quarter earnings that missed estimates,…
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…
A 540-million-year-old fossil is rewriting evolution
Recently, Halloween may have brought thoughts of skeletons, but the true “skeleton age” began long ago during the early Cambrian Period, roughly 538 to 506 million years ago. During this transformative era, many of Earth’s major animal groups independently figured out how to create mineralized skeletons or shells. They typically did this in one of…
Scientists just found a material that beats diamond at its own game
Researchers at the University of Houston have achieved a major scientific milestone in the study of heat transfer. Their new findings overturn long-standing assumptions about thermal conductivity and reveal that boron arsenide (BAs) can conduct heat more effectively than diamond, which has long been considered the benchmark among isotropic materials. The research team discovered that…
Doctors’ union acting like cartel and opposing taxes
Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images The doctors’ union, the British Medical Association (BMA), is acting “like a cartel” and threatening the future of the NHS, the health secretary says. Wes Streeting attacked the doctors’ union ahead of the 13th strike by resident doctors in their long-running dispute in England, which is due to begin on…
Huge cloud of plasma belched out by star 40 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 40 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…
Logisfashion revamps leadership, appoints Diego Larrañaga as CEO
Published November 12, 2025 Logisfashion, a Spanish company specialising in logistics for the fashion, beauty, and lifestyle sectors, has appointed Diego Larrañaga, until now its chief operating officer, as its new CEO. The company framed the move as part of a strategic reorganisation designed to strengthen its leadership structure and consolidate its growth on a…
The benefits of giving someone the benefit of the doubt
Psychologist Kimberley Wilson explains why it can be a more peaceful way to live. Source link
Balmain appoints Antonin Tron as new creative director
Published November 12, 2025 Following Olivier Rousteing’s departure, French house Balmain has appointed fellow Frenchman Antonin Tron as its new creative director. An experienced designer, Tron rose to international prominence in 2016 when he founded Atlein, with which he won ANDAM’s First Collections Prize in 2018. Antonin Tron Antonin Tron will unveil his first collection…
