Posts by Liam Redmond
TikTok Shop pushes into luxury retail with US$11,000 handbags
[LOS ANGELES] TikTok is moving into luxury retail, part of an effort to expand its TikTok Shop marketplace into a high-end shopping destination for purses and watches that can fetch thousands of US dollars. Once considered a virtual dollar store, TikTok Shop now showcases US$11,000 handbags from Hermes and Chanel, or rare, limited-drop sneakers from…
Read MoreBeer made from bath and laundry water hits shelves
A San Francisco startup putting a new spin on the shower beet … serving up cold one from recycled shower and laundry water. Epic Cleantec, a cleantech firm specializing in on-site wastewater purification, has launched two brews crafted from recycled graywater, the San Francisco Business Times reported. A “Shower Hour IPA” beer can with a…
Read MoreWarner Bros to ask bidders to submit sweetened offers
[NEW YORK] Warner Bros Discovery, the parent of HBO and CNN, has asked potential buyers to submit new, sweetened offers after receiving an initial round of bids, sources familiar with the matter said. The company, which put itself up for sale last month, has asked the bidders to provide improved offers by Dec 1, said…
Read MoreWarner Music Group settles lawsuit with AI firm Suno
Warner Music Group on Tuesday announced a partnership with AI business Suno that will compensate music artists and songwriters, ending a legal battle between the two companies. Suno allows users to write text prompts to create songs. Last year, music companies including WMG sued Suno accusing it of using copyrighted songs to train AI models.…
Read MoreDell forecasts upbeat growth targets on strength in AI server sales
DELL forecast fourth-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, as increasing investments in data centres to support artificial intelligence applications boost demand for its servers. The company also announced the permanent appointment of David Kennedy as its finance chief. Dell, which raised its annual revenue and profit expectations, offers AI-optimised severs equipped…
Read MoreExclusive | Jill, Ashley and Melissa Biden spotted en route to swanky pre-Thanksgiving Nantucket workout class
Jill Biden had her daughter and daughters-in-law in tow en route to an early-morning 60-minute Forme Barre exercise class, looking to preemptively burn some holiday calories as they kick off their annual Turkey Day pilgrimage to Nantucket. The former first lady, wearing shades and decked out in a purple coat with a light blue scarf,…
Read MoreHP to cut about 6,000 jobs by 2028, ramps up AI efforts
HP SAID on Tuesday it expects to cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs globally by fiscal 2028 as part of a plan to streamline operations and adopt artificial intelligence to speed up product development, improve customer satisfaction and boost productivity. Shares of the Palo Alto, California-based company fell 5.5 per cent in extended trading. HP‘s teams…
Read MoreCrypto crash weighs on US IPOs as candidates push out timing
The 14-day average trading volume in Bitcoin this month hit its highest level since March [NEW YORK] Returns from new US listings have waned considerably this quarter and the crypto crash has made recent initial public offerings (IPOs) in the sector among the biggest casualties, creating a higher bar for companies such as Grayscale Investments…
Read More‘Red flags’ ahead of ‘Slender Man’ stabber release included twisted torture books and graphic sketches
“Slender Man” stabber Morgan Geyser, who escaped a group home Saturday, was released from a psychiatric hospital earlier this year — despite multiple “red flags” raised by prosecutors, including her affinity for torture books and sending graphic sketches to a murder memorabilia collector Geyser was obsessed with the novel “Rent Boy,” which depicts murder and…
Read MoreExclusive | Frankie Muniz addresses Erik Per Sullivan skipping the ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ revival
Family reunion — minus one. Erik Per Sullivan decided not to reprise his role as Dewey in the upcoming “Malcolm in the Middle” revival, which didn’t come as a shock to his former TV brother, Frankie Muniz. “He’s very happy in the life that he’s created outside of the entertainment world,” Muniz, 39, exclusively told…
Read MoreJewish FDNY commissioner who quit over Zohran Mamdani election breaks silence
Former FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker, who quit when Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election, broke his silence on his departure — saying he was turned off by the socialist’s campaign from the start. Tucker, a Jewish philanthropist and businessman who was reportedly turned off by the mayor-elect’s anti-Israeli ramblings during the campaign, made his first…
Read MoreRadical Muslims are infiltrating U.S. colleges and institutions to undermine American values and grow their power
The Muslim Brotherhood is quietly advancing a long term plan to transform Western society from within by embedding sympathetic networks across American universities and civic bodies. Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy director Charles Asher Small says the U.S. must act now to protect Democracy from this ideological hijacking. Source link
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