India are on the cusp of a historic gold medal, maybe even two, ahead of final round of the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. The dominant Indian men’s team returned to winning ways with an emphatic win over a star-studded USA while the women’s team beat China in the 10th and penultimate round of the […]
I’ve been writing about skin care products for quite some time now. One of the things I’ve noticed is how it is constantly changing and evolving. The more people become conscious of ingredients, the more the industry veers towards safer, greener options and the more labelling we see on our products. Ten years ago you […]
Drinking several cups of coffee each day may do more than give you a pick-me-up. A new study suggests that it might also help reduce your risk of developing multiple conditions like heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. For the study, researchers examined data on about 172,000 healthy adults who reported information on their […]
Lyle and Erik Menendez continue to serve life sentences in prison for the brutal murders of their parents on August 20, 1989, when the brothers—then 21 and 18—shot and killed them in their family’s Beverly Hills mansion. Thirty-five years later, Ryan Murphy‘s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story—now streaming on Netflix since September 19—rekindled interest in the Menendez brothers, […]
The 2014 Google Glass debacle stigmatized smart glasses, but the devices may be poised for a comeback. Despite the flaming failure of Google Glass, Meta and Google appear to be all in on the next generation of smart glasses that combine fashion, functionality, and generative AI into a compelling form factor, maintained Gene Munster, managing […]
The online broker makes more money when interest rates are high and/or rising. As expected, on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve cut the U.S.’s baseline interest rate. The Fed Funds rate was lowered by 50 basis points, pulling most other interest rates lower with it. The Fed committee responsible for such decisions also suggests more rate […]
The conversation around AI today reminds me of the dot.com conversations we were having in the late ’90s, or the direct-to-consumer conversations we were having in the 2010s. And we’re seeing similar results, too: a proliferation of projects that nobody in the organization truly has their arms around. In some ways, that’s great—after all, innovation is […]
Liverpool emphatically responded to questions asked following their defeat against Nottingham Forest, following up their Champions League victory over AC Milan with a 3-0 win against AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League. The Reds were saved by the offside flag early after Antoine Semenyo touched the ball into the net in the fourth minute, but […]
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been placed on suicide watch as he awaits trial on three felony counts related to more than a decade of alleged abuse. The music mogul is currently in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where a judge denied his bail appeal on Wednesday. The 54-year-old faces a three-count felony indictment, […]
This story originally appeared in The Technology Letter and is republished here with permission. Shares of Intel jumped 3% Friday as The Wall Street Journal’s Lauren Thomas, Laura Cooper and Asa Fitch reported that Qualcomm has approached Intel about acquiring it for perhaps as much as ninety billion dollars, citing multiple unnamed sources. The “massive” deal, as the authors […]
