Amazon is planning one of its biggest cloud investments yet as it goes big down under
Amazon to invest AU$20 billion in Australia between now and 2029 New data centers in…
Safilo makes offer for part of InSpecs as it attracts other takeover interest
Published October 30, 2025 There’s a lot of acquisition speculation swirling around UK-based eyewear business Inspecs at present. Italian eyewear giant Safilo has confirmed that it’s made a non-binding offer to the business. It doesn’t want to take over the whole company but is interested in Inspecs’ Eschenbach Group and BoDe businesses. Inspecs’ O’Neill eyewear…
Twin black hole collisions put Einstein’s general relativity to its most extreme test
Two colossal black hole collisions, detected just a month apart in late 2024, are reshaping how scientists interpret the most extreme cosmic events in the universe. These twin mergers not only provide fresh insight into how black holes form and evolve but also confirm, with unmatched precision, the predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of…
Meta, Google, and Microsoft Triple Down on AI Spending
While Microsoft didn’t offer a specific forecast for its AI capital expenditures for the next quarter or coming year, the company’s chief financial officer, Amy Hood, said that the company’s total spend will “increase sequentially, and we now expect the fiscal year 2026 growth rate to be higher than fiscal year 2025.” Tech companies are…
Hidden clues in ghostly particles could explain why we exist
A Michigan State University researcher has helped lead a groundbreaking effort that brings scientists closer to uncovering how the universe came to be. For the first time, two of the world’s largest neutrino experiments — T2K in Japan and NOvA in the United States — have combined their data to achieve unprecedented precision in studying…
Sheertex owner considers sale, new CEO quits after two months
By Bloomberg Published October 29, 2025 SRTX Inc., the Canadian company known for making resilient pantyhose called Sheertex, says it may put itself up for sale after initiating a strategic review of the business. Sheertex The troubled manufacturer has put nearly 100 employees on temporary leave, or about half of its remaining workforce, said Eva…
Courtney Cox’s fragrance brand Homecourt inks $8 million in funding
Published October 29, 2025 Luxury home and personal fragrance brand Homecourt announced on Wednesday it has raised $8 million in a Series A funding round led by Cult Capital. Courtesy The company, co-founded by actress Courtney Cox and entrepreneur Sarah Jahnke in 2022, will use the funding to build brand awareness, expand its team, and establish “infrastructure” for its “continued…
Gum disease may quietly damage the brain, scientists warn
Adults who suffer from gum disease could be more likely to show signs of injury in the brain’s white matter, according to new research published on October 22, 2025, in Neurology® Open Access, a journal of the American Academy of Neurology. These signs, known as white matter hyperintensities, are small bright spots that appear on…
Villa Medici announces launch of Médicis Mode Residency
Published October 29, 2025 Fashion once again brings France and Italy together. Villa Medici, the French Academy in Rome, has announced the launch of its Fashion Residency, developed in collaboration with the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) and DEFI. Now underway, the program will enable two fashion designers each year to benefit from a…
Uniform-Shoes consolidates its expansion internationally
Published October 29, 2025 Uniform-Shoes, the Portuguese specialist in professional footwear, founded in 2014 — under the umbrella of Cool Gray Lda., headquartered in Oliveira de Azeméis — is enjoying strong commercial momentum and, consequently, consolidating its international presence. Pair of shoes created in 2023 by Uniform-Shoes for the hospitality and management teams at the…
Etsy taps insider as CEO, forecasts softer core sales amid tariff woes
By Reuters Published October 29, 2025 Online marketplace Etsy named insider Kruti Patel Goyal as its new chief executive officer on Wednesday, succeeding Josh Silverman, who has spent over eight years in the role. Reuters Etsy’s shares, which have gained about 40% so far this year, were down nearly 7% in early trading, after the…
