Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decisions Since the surreal scene at the 2024 presidential inauguration, when a row of big tech titans took their VIP seats and signaled their new alliance with Maga, the Trump administration has rolled out the red carpet for Silicon Valley’s AI ambitions and shareholder priorities. Wa...
Claims of nimbyism are a misunderstanding: the movement is about whether regular people have a say in fundamental decisions Since the surreal scene at the 2024 presidential inauguration, when a row of big tech titans took their VIP seats and signaled their new alliance with Maga, the Trump administration has rolled out the red carpet for Silicon Valley’s AI ambitions and shareholder priorities. Washington has doled out billions in lucrative federal subsidies and contracts to the cash-rich sector, bloating an AI bubble that experts warn may imperil the entire economy while prohibiting any guardrails on the fast-moving technology. Continue reading...
Beauty products have never been more advanced. But as people layer them up, experts have seen a rise in perioral dermatitis. What is the too-much-skincare rash, and what can you do about it? It often starts innocuously: a small cluster of spots around the mouth, easily dismissed as a hormonal breakout or a reaction to something you have eaten. But this is how perioral dermatitis shows up – quietly...
Beauty products have never been more advanced. But as people layer them up, experts have seen a rise in perioral dermatitis. What is the too-much-skincare rash, and what can you do about it? It often starts innocuously: a small cluster of spots around the mouth, easily dismissed as a hormonal breakout or a reaction to something you have eaten. But this is how perioral dermatitis shows up – quietly, persistently and seemingly more frequently. “It’s quickly become one of the most common inflammatory conditions I treat,” says Dr Anjali Mahto, a consultant dermatologist and founder of the Self London clinic. Reddit threads on the subject run to thousands of posts, TikTok is awash with people documenting flare-ups, and actor Amanda Seyfried has spoken publicly about dealing with it. A recent report in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology confirmed the condition is on the rise. Meanwhile, the global market for perioral dermatitis treatments is growing. Continue reading...
This Florida-set revenge thriller swings between being boring and ludicrous. It’s riddled with awkward dialogue and convenient plotting Miami, Florida is the US at its extreme. Ostentatious wealth is everywhere, some legal, some very illegal, most of it in a grey area between the two. All of it is propped up by the hard work and cherished dreams of immigrants, people whose fight for a better life ...
This Florida-set revenge thriller swings between being boring and ludicrous. It’s riddled with awkward dialogue and convenient plotting Miami, Florida is the US at its extreme. Ostentatious wealth is everywhere, some legal, some very illegal, most of it in a grey area between the two. All of it is propped up by the hard work and cherished dreams of immigrants, people whose fight for a better life is getting harder – those few who make it to the top having to decide if, now they are no longer being exploited, they are willing to exploit others. All that provides the serious subtext for MIA, a new drama created by Bill Dubuque (Ozark). But any thoughtful treatment of the immigrant experience it might have to offer is overwhelmed by the sheer silliness of the main story, a revenge thriller starring Shannon Gisela as Etta Tiger Jonze, a woman in her early 20s whose entire family is slaughtered by a drug cartel. Raging with grief and with nothing to lose, Etta restarts from zero, lying low in Miami’s Haitian community while plotting to kill precisely 12 gangsters: the bad guys she witnessed murdering her loved ones. Continue reading...
As the Trump administration stokes anxiety about US birthrates, Karoline Leavitt and Katie Miller have touted motherhood as the ultimate ‘blessing’ On a Sunday in late March, dozens of White House staffers dressed in florals and pastels gathered at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia to celebrate the impending arrival of Karoline Leavitt’s second child. “I feel blessed to have so many strong ...
As the Trump administration stokes anxiety about US birthrates, Karoline Leavitt and Katie Miller have touted motherhood as the ultimate ‘blessing’ On a Sunday in late March, dozens of White House staffers dressed in florals and pastels gathered at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia to celebrate the impending arrival of Karoline Leavitt’s second child. “I feel blessed to have so many strong and loving women in my life,” the White House press secretary would later post on Instagram, “and can’t believe we will welcome our little lady into the world in a few weeks.” The vibes of the pink-themed baby shower, as documented in a New York Post exclusive , were soft, bordering on twee – a sharp contrast to the professional persona of a woman the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán once joked about hiring after witnessing her cage matches with the press. Continue reading...
Sadler’s Wells East, London Courtney Deyn and Jacob Samuel conjure a bleak world of excess, ritual and power in a visually striking but limited piece of dance-theatre It’s like the aftermath of the bleakest office party. A giant boardroom table, a naked man on the floor, another with his suit trousers round his ankles and someone urinating into a whisky glass. What follows feels like a surreal, le...
Sadler’s Wells East, London Courtney Deyn and Jacob Samuel conjure a bleak world of excess, ritual and power in a visually striking but limited piece of dance-theatre It’s like the aftermath of the bleakest office party. A giant boardroom table, a naked man on the floor, another with his suit trousers round his ankles and someone urinating into a whisky glass. What follows feels like a surreal, less glossy version of the TV show Industry: menacing games of power and domination in a coldly lit, hollow-feeling place. Meanwhile, a cleaner arrives to mop up the body fluids then sings Ave Maria. This is a wildly unpredictable world from Bullyache, the creative duo of Courtney Deyn and Jacob Samuel (plus five dancers on stage), who make darkly intense dance theatre. The set by Tor Studio has a wall of broken glass, as if someone has driven a truck through it, but it turns out A Good Man Is Hard to Find is about the people who drove a truck through the global economy in 2008. Halfway through, in a sudden mood switch, it turns into a gameshow and tells us these wasted cretins are the bankers who caused the financial crisis. What will their fate be? The piece is inspired by the secretive San Francisco institution Bohemian Club, a gathering of rich and powerful men who take part in various rituals including the cremation of care, where members cast off their worries – or, in Bullyache’s eyes, absolve themselves of guilt. The reference isn’t explicit in the show, but there does follow a Rite of Spring-ish ritual, set to Shostakovich’s chamber symphony in C minor, the grim mood shot through with classical leaps and Latin American swivel and a bit of punchy folk dance plus quasi-religious imagery. Continue reading...
Whether it’s the Met Gala or the start of holiday dressing, May is big news in the fashion world • The best wedding guest dresses for every budget May starts with a bang, in fashion. The Met Gala, which happens on the first Monday in May every year, is the most outrageous, most high-concept red carpet of the year. The Met looks don’t offer much in the way of real-life style, but they are a nice re...
Whether it’s the Met Gala or the start of holiday dressing, May is big news in the fashion world • The best wedding guest dresses for every budget May starts with a bang, in fashion. The Met Gala, which happens on the first Monday in May every year, is the most outrageous, most high-concept red carpet of the year. The Met looks don’t offer much in the way of real-life style, but they are a nice reminder that fashion in the summer should be fun. Bank holiday weekends are the perfect time to road test your holiday-season style, and longer evenings make a breezier kind of dressing up feel doable. There are some gems out there right now: read on for the Cos trousers that might just be your new wardrobe staple, and the high-street flats that I’ve had compliments on every time I’ve worn them. Continue reading...
China’s top remote sensing expert Ke Tao died from an illness on Wednesday at the age of 48, according to an obituary from Wuhan University. “Comrade Ke Tao made outstanding achievements in national defence science and technology and remote sensing mapping,” the obituary released on Thursday by the university’s School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering said. Ke, a professor at the schoo...
China’s top remote sensing expert Ke Tao died from an illness on Wednesday at the age of 48, according to an obituary from Wuhan University. “Comrade Ke Tao made outstanding achievements in national defence science and technology and remote sensing mapping,” the obituary released on Thursday by the university’s School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering said. Ke, a professor at the school, completed his undergraduate through doctoral degrees there before joining the faculty in 2008. In...
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Tappy connects to various devices over Bluetooth, not just Boox’s hardware. | Image: Boox Boox has announced its own alternative to the Kobo Remote that offers more functionality than just turning the page while reading on its tablets and e-readers. The Tappy can also be used to scroll vertical content in browsers or social media apps and skip to the next or previous track when listening to music ...
Tappy connects to various devices over Bluetooth, not just Boox’s hardware. | Image: Boox Boox has announced its own alternative to the Kobo Remote that offers more functionality than just turning the page while reading on its tablets and e-readers. The Tappy can also be used to scroll vertical content in browsers or social media apps and skip to the next or previous track when listening to music or audiobooks. It's available now through Boox's online store and Amazon for $25.99, making it slightly cheaper than Kobo's, but Boox says the Tappy will work with more than just its own devices. While Kobo's remote is reminiscent of a game controller like the Wiimote, Tappy looks more like a retro typewriter that's been distilled down … Read the full story at The Verge.
Fitness bands can’t be as simple as they once were before the AI health boom. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here . A fitness band is for bettering yourself, but...
Fitness bands can’t be as simple as they once were before the AI health boom. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge This is Optimizer , a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they're going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here . A fitness band is for bettering yourself, but casually. It's lightweight, easy to wear, and not something you have to think too hard about. It's cheaper than a smartwatch. You get your steps, basic heart rate, and some sleep tracking. Maybe you can see the time, maybe you can't. But unlike many wearables today, a fitness tracker wasn't truly meant to be a companion for your phone and all the overwhelm that comes wit … Read the full story at The Verge.
Wall Street is growing more convinced that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will remain impaired into the second half of the year, highlighting expectations for a longer-lasting supply shock. A majority of surveyed investors expect flows through Hormuz to be disrupted beyond the end of June, and 43% of respondents don’t expect shipping to return to normal until after July, according to a poll...
Wall Street is growing more convinced that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will remain impaired into the second half of the year, highlighting expectations for a longer-lasting supply shock. A majority of surveyed investors expect flows through Hormuz to be disrupted beyond the end of June, and 43% of respondents don’t expect shipping to return to normal until after July, according to a poll by Goldman Sachs Group Inc . A third of respondents expect Brent crude to finish this year between $80 and $90 a barrel, Goldman’s Marquee MarketView survey showed. An impasse in peace talks between the US and Iran has pushed investors to more seriously assess the consequences of an extended disruption to flows through the strait, a chokepoint for about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas shipments. The waterway has been effectively closed since the war began at the end of February. The disruption has triggered an unprecedented supply shock and prompted warnings from the world’s top oil traders that the impact of the Iran war will linger for months even after the waterway reopens. The strait currently faces a double blockade, with Tehran obstructing traffic, while US prevents ships calling at or leaving Iranian ports. Goldman polled 837 institutional clients from May 4 to 6. The survey also identified short oil as a favored trade in the event the strait reopens, followed by long positions in European and emerging market equities. Even as geopolitical tensions swirl, options markets are showing sustained demand for downside protection as traders hedge against the risk of a sudden de-escalation between the US and Iran.
Major earnings expected after the bell on Friday include: Janus henderson Group plc ( JHG ) Hawaiian Electric Industries ( HE ) For Seeking Alpha's full earnings season calendar, click here .
Major earnings expected after the bell on Friday include: Janus henderson Group plc ( JHG ) Hawaiian Electric Industries ( HE ) For Seeking Alpha's full earnings season calendar, click here .
Is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) an "AI stock," or just a tech stock? Until recently, many investors were worried that Apple wasn't doing enough to develop new artificial intelligence (AI) products to compete in the AI race. The company seemed to be struggling to create new AI tools, and in 2025, it announced delays for AI upgrades to its Siri voice assistant. But instead of getting distracted by AI or inv...
Is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) an "AI stock," or just a tech stock? Until recently, many investors were worried that Apple wasn't doing enough to develop new artificial intelligence (AI) products to compete in the AI race. The company seemed to be struggling to create new AI tools, and in 2025, it announced delays for AI upgrades to its Siri voice assistant. But instead of getting distracted by AI or investing hundreds of billions of dollars in AI like other major tech companies, Apple has kept plugging away at its core business of selling iPhones and laptops. Based on its most recent quarterly earnings report on April 30, Apple might be benefiting from the AI boom in a surprising way: by becoming an AI pick-and-shovel stock . Let's look at a few reasons why Apple might turn out to be a come-from-behind winner of the AI race, just by doing what the company does best. Continue reading
Whoop fitness wearable. Courtesy: Whoop Wearable fitness tracker Whoop announced on Friday it will introduce in-app access to on-demand licensed clinicians for users in the United States. The new feature comes alongside a suite of health and artificial intelligence-driven features launching globally that will allow users to connect their continuous biometric data with medical guidance in real time...
Whoop fitness wearable. Courtesy: Whoop Wearable fitness tracker Whoop announced on Friday it will introduce in-app access to on-demand licensed clinicians for users in the United States. The new feature comes alongside a suite of health and artificial intelligence-driven features launching globally that will allow users to connect their continuous biometric data with medical guidance in real time. Many of the new features are included in the price of membership, though live video consultation for U.S. users will come at an additional cost. Pricing and details will be available when that option launches this summer, according to the company. "Whoop is a membership, and we take that seriously," said Ed Baker, chief product officer of Whoop, in the press release. "We're always asking how we can deliver more value to our members, and these upcoming features are some of the most meaningful we've ever built." Whoop, which has over 2.5 million users globally, closed a $575 million funding round in March that raised the company's valuation to $10.1 billion, it said. Medical consultations will begin with a comprehensive evaluation of data collected by the device and, when available, blood work and medical history, the company said in its release. A spokesperson told CNBC the video consultation feature is designed to complement a user's existing care, not replace a primary doctor or emergency service. The company declined to comment on whether the service would be capable of providing users with prescriptions. "As our data and coaching insights have become more advanced and personalized, the next step is giving members access to a comprehensive understanding of their overall health," Whoop CEO Will Ahmed told CNBC. The update also includes a partnership with health records keeper HealthEx. Users will be able to keep track of diagnoses, medications and procedures directly within the Whoop app and receive AI-powered personalized coaching and proactive check-in reminders. It co...
There have been supposed alien sightings for centuries. These observations of "unidentified flying objects," or UFOs, have periodically surged, such as during the late 1940s and early 1950s as the Cold War began. There have been more sightings since the early 2000s, driven by advances in sensors and cameras that capture images in real time. Over the last decade, since the work of a shadowy governm...
There have been supposed alien sightings for centuries. These observations of "unidentified flying objects," or UFOs, have periodically surged, such as during the late 1940s and early 1950s as the Cold War began. There have been more sightings since the early 2000s, driven by advances in sensors and cameras that capture images in real time. Over the last decade, since the work of a shadowy government program called the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was made public in 2017, there has been growing public pressure on the US government to release its files related to aliens. At the same time, UFOs have been rebranded as Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, or UAP. Amid the growing public outcry, the Pentagon and other officials have repeatedly stated that they have found no confirmed evidence of extraterrestrial beings or their technology visiting Earth. But we live in an era of conspiracy theories and an unbounded and increasingly unhinged Internet. No one trusts anyone. So there are plenty of people who believe aliens are real and the government is covering it all up. Read full article Comments
The State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT:XLK) and Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF (NYSEMKT:FTEC) provide low-cost exposure to American tech, differing primarily in their breadth of holdings and concentration. Investors looking for heavy exposure to software and semiconductor giants often turn to these two industry titans. While they overlap significantly in their ...
The State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEMKT:XLK) and Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF (NYSEMKT:FTEC) provide low-cost exposure to American tech, differing primarily in their breadth of holdings and concentration. Investors looking for heavy exposure to software and semiconductor giants often turn to these two industry titans. While they overlap significantly in their top positions, FTEC tracks a broader index than XLK, which limits its universe to technology companies within the S&P 500. Beta measures price volatility relative to the S&P 500; beta is calculated from five-year monthly returns. The 1-yr return represents total return over the trailing 12 months. Dividend yield is the trailing-12-month distribution yield. Continue reading