JCB launches £649 rugged phone with wild features, but even cheaper phones threaten its survival
JCB’s rugged phone trio enters a saturated market with a price that raises eyebrows JCB…
Euratex’s Mario Jorge Machado: “Over the past 18 months, 10% of textile jobs in Europe have been cut”
Published September 18, 2025 Mario Jorge Machado, president of the European textile industry confederation Euratex, was in Paris on September 16 to take part in an exceptional gathering of European federations, determined to stand up to the ultra-fast-fashion players Shein and Temu. The battle adds to the fallout from the U.S. tariff war, which is…
Burberry to test revival on London Fashion Week runway
By Reuters Published September 18, 2025 Burberry‘s turnaround drive, which has tapped Oscar winner Olivia Colman and Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher to champion its British heritage and classic trench coats, faces a fresh test on Monday when it unveils its latest designs at London Fashion Week. Burberry readies London Fashion Week spotlight amid restructuring –…
China Turns Legacy Chips Into a Trade Weapon
While the Trump administration was trying to make a TikTok deal happen during a meeting with China last weekend, Beijing was busy adding its own bargaining chips to the table. Actual chips, in fact—semiconductors. In the past week, China has unveiled a series of regulatory actions targeting American chipmakers. The most significant is an anti-dumping…
Stunning amber deposits hold insects from the time of the dinosaurs
A non-biting midge trapped in amber found in Ecuador Mónica Solórzano-Kraemer An array of perfectly preserved insects and even a spider’s web, encased in 112-million-year-old amber, have been found in a quarry in the Amazon rainforest. Xavier Delclòs at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and his colleagues had heard that amber – fossilised tree resin –…
Dior names Mia Goth new brand ambassador
Published September 18, 2025 Dior announced on Thursday the appointment of Mia Goth as brand ambassador to the French maison, the latest celebrity recruitment ahead of Jonathan Anderson’s debut for Dior women’s on October 1. Mia Goth – Courtesy “Mia Goth becomes a Dior ambassador for the collections by Jonathan Anderson,” said the Paris-based house…
Meta launches new generation of smart glasses with EssilorLuxottica
By Ansa Published September 18, 2025 Smart glasses with an integrated display—reminiscent of the early Google Glass—and gesture control inspired by the film “Minority Report” are at the heart of Meta’s latest wearables launch. Presented by CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the Connect event, the new Meta Ray-Ban Display is joined by two additional products: the…
Monitor Amazon Bedrock batch inference using Amazon CloudWatch metrics
As organizations scale their use of generative AI, many workloads require cost-efficient, bulk processing rather than real-time responses. Amazon Bedrock batch inference addresses this need by enabling large datasets to be processed in bulk with predictable performance—at 50% lower cost than on-demand inference. This makes it ideal for tasks such as historical data analysis, large-scale…
Farm to fabric: Banana fiber could shape Taiwan’s next textile wave
By Reuters Published September 18, 2025 Entrepreneur Nelson Yang is drawing inspiration from Taiwan’s history to transform the humble banana plant into an unlikely sustainable textile. A worker carries the middle section of a banana plant, known as the pseudostem, to be processed into fabric materials, in Pingtung, Taiwan, on August 20, 2025. – Reuters…
Musk’s fellowship of Royal Society in doubt after rally address
Elon Musk’s controversial comments at the Unite the Kingdom rally in London have raised doubts over his fellowship of the Royal Society – the world’s most prestigious scientific institution. Addressing the rally organised by right-wing activist Tommy Robinson, Musk criticised “uncontrolled migration” and said: “Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you….
Joe Corré opens the Light House in London’s Soho
Published September 18, 2025 Joe Corré, co-founder of Agent Provocateur and the son of Vivienne Westwood, has opened the Light House in London’s Soho a lingerie-cum-eveningwear-meets-accessories boutique that will also operate as a private members’ club. The Light House The store is located on Berwick Street in the former home of a 200-year-old+ lighting specialist…
