An Apple flagship store in Shanghai, China, October 15, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Sales of foreign phone brands in China plunged in November, according to official data released Friday, underscoring further pressure on Apple, the biggest international handset vendor in the country. In November, foreign mobile phone shipments in China stood…
French President Emmanuel Macron has used AI-generated deepfake videos to publicise the start of the AI Action Summit taking place in Paris. In a video posted on his social media accounts, Macron reacts to a montage of deepfaked videos of himself in popular films and TV series by saying “nicely done.” Videos of Macron inserted…
Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science Huang et al/Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli The facial markings of the fish resemble those of San, the warrior princess from Princess Mononoke A deepwater fish new to science has been named after San, the warrior princess from Studio Ghibli’s landmark animated film Princess Mononoke, due to its striking facial markings….
Yoni Assia, co-founder and CEO of eToro Group Ltd., center, and Ronen Assia, co-founder of eToro Group Ltd., center left, ring the opening bell during the company’s initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, May 15, 2025. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images The IPO market has repeatedly tricked investors into…
2025 Paris Fashion Week WTF Fashion Statements … See The Wacky Looks!!! Published January 23, 2025 2:37 PM PST Paris Fashion Week is in full swing in the City of Light … and has already put the spotlight on some out-of-this-world fashion. Belgian fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck stunned fashion week attendees with his bold…
Getty Images Mr Mahdawi participated in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University An organiser of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University has been arrested by immigration officials as he attended an interview as part of his application for US citizenship, his lawyer says. Mohsen Mahdawi, a green card holder who is due to graduate next month from…
Talk about a productive bye week! Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs might be focusing on their quest for a third straight Super Bowl these days, but over the weekend, the QB celebrated an achievement bigger than anything he’s ever accomplished on the football field: He became a father of three! Brittany Mahomes and…
The Vatican has named 167 people who died in the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka as “heroes of faith”. The country’s cardinal, Malcolm Ranjith, made the announcement at an event to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the suicide attacks which targeted Catholic churches and five star hotels during Easter Sunday mass, killing 269 people….
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet shares closed at $200 per share for the first time on Friday as investors grow increasingly bullish on the company’s opportunities in artificial intelligence. The stock gained 1.1% on Friday and a little more than 2% for the week to close…
Davina McCall announced that her benign brain tumour “is not coming back” after recent MRI scans. The former Big Brother presenter had surgery in November 2024 after doctors found a colloid cyst during a health checkup as part of her advocacy work for menopause. In a tearful interview last month, McCall said the craniotomy –…
