Everything new on HBO Max in August 2025: stream 59 new movies and 32 new TV shows, including Abbott Elementary season 4
More new movies and shows are scheduled to be added to HBO Max, and now…
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…
Shein opens its supply network to fashion brands to boost growth
By Bloomberg Published September 18, 2025 Shein Group Ltd. has begun offering other fashion brands access to its apparel manufacturing network in China as a service, according to people familiar with the matter, as it seeks new revenue streams amid pressure on its retail business from U.S. tariffs. Shein launches manufacturing service for brands as…
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The science, engineering and maths behind Armand Duplantis’s latest world record. Source link
Amer Sports raises Q3 outlook as Arc’teryx rebounds
By Bloomberg Published September 18, 2025 Amer Sports Inc. rose after the sporting goods company lifted its sales outlook for the quarter, citing strong momentum at its Salomon and Arc’teryx brands. Arc’teryx and Salomon drive Amer Sports forecast hike – Arc’teryx The boost marks a reversal of sentiment for its Arc’teryx brand — part of…
Scientists pinpoint the brain’s internal mileage clock
Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Getty Images Scientists have for the first time located the “mileage clock” inside a brain – by recording the brain activity of running rats. Letting them loose inside a small, rat-sized arena, the researchers recorded from a part of their brains that is known to be important in navigation and…
The hidden group that loses COVID protection fast
Two healthcare workers get COVID-19 vaccinations on the same day. Both show strong antibody responses initially, but six months later one stays healthy while the other contracts the virus. A new study published in Science Translational Medicine could help explain this difference. Researchers tracked individuals’ antibody levels after vaccinations and identified four distinct patterns of…
Doctors warn of a stealth opioid 20x more potent than fentanyl
Nitazenes — a class of highly potent synthetic opioids — are rapidly emerging as a major contributor to the overdose crisis, according to a Pain Medicine review published on Sept 14 by authors from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Originally developed in the 1950s but never approved for clinical use,…
