Kylie Cosmetics to expand India product offering following first year in the country
Kylie Cosmetics is set to expand its product portfolio in India following strong consumer demand…
Meet the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI for Cybersecurity cohort
As businesses and societies digitize, improving online access and services for people everywhere, cybersecurity threats have risen in lock-step. Cybersecurity is one of the most pressing challenges in Latin America and around the world — and Google is deeply committed to tackling new threats with proactive and innovative solutions. We’re committed to not only keeping…
How climate change affects hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones
Mark PoyntingClimate reporter NOAA via Getty A satellite image of Hurricane Melissa moving over the Caribbean Sea Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded, created “extremely dangerous and life-threatening” conditions in Jamaica, according to the US National Hurricane Center. Climate change is not thought to increase the number of hurricanes, typhoons and…
Tiny neural net Halloween costumes are the best
I’ve been experimenting with getting a tiny circa-2015 recurrent neural network to generate Halloween costumes. Running on a single cat hair-covered laptop, char-rnn has no internet training, but learns from scratch to imitate the data I give it. A little while ago I revisited a dataset from 2018, over 7100 user-submitted Halloween costumes (3173 with…
Scientists discover COVID mRNA vaccines boost cancer survival
Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of beginning immunotherapy treatment lived considerably longer than those who were not vaccinated, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Florida and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center made the discovery while studying the potential…
Before plants or animals, fungi conquered Earth’s surface
After examining the evolutionary history of fungi, an international group of scientists has concluded that these organisms first appeared between 900 million and 1.4 billion years ago, far earlier than scientists had believed. This suggests that fungi were thriving on Earth hundreds of millions of years before plants began to grow. The results, published open…
The Documentary Podcast – Living with motor neurone disease
Available for over a year Former England ruby captain Lewis Moody recently revealed he had been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), and our conversations give an insight into how lives can be overturned by this muscle wasting condition. Dr Mehboob in Canada was diagnosed five years ago and is now paralysed from the neck…
PayPal flags smaller basket sizes, cautious shoppers amid macro uncertainty
By Reuters Published October 28, 2025 PayPal saw a slowdown in payments activity in September that continued into October across both the US and Europe, as consumers became more selective in their purchases, CFO Jamie Miller told analysts on a call. A smartphone with the PayPal logo is placed on a laptop in this illustration…
The science behind how fake tan works on your skin
Sliced Bread looks into the chemical reaction that happens – and whether it’s harmful. Source link
ISPO trade fair to leave Munich and relocate abroad
By DPA Published October 28, 2025 The ISPO sporting goods and outdoor trade fair is leaving its home after more than 50 years. From 2026, it will no longer be held in Munich but in Amsterdam, Messe München has announced. The upcoming ISPO at the end of November will therefore be the last in the…
eBay launches pre-loved fashion partnership with Condé Nast
Published October 28, 2025 eBay and Condé Nast are joining forces. At the start of the week, the online marketplace and the renowned publishing house announced a partnership focused on “pre-loved fashion” across the US, UK, and Germany. The online marketplace is joining forces with the renowned publisher Condé Nast. – eBay Through this partnership,…
