Actes Sud and Change invite commuters to lose themselves in Karin Smirnoff’s continuation of the Millennium saga, celebrating Lisbeth Salander’s audacious spirit. For the first time ever, Paris commuters can discover a complete novel simply by taking the metro. To celebrate the release of The Girl in the Lynx’s Claws by Karin Smirnoff, the highly anticipated continuation of Stieg Larsson’s...

The LEO Solo is now available for preorder, pitched as a Part 103-friendly (no pilot license required), single-seat personal eVTOL. It's apparently going to production in late 2025, which according to our watches is about right now. Behind LEO Flight Corp, the company offering up these personal flight machines, is an interesting duo. Pete Bitar – who is probably on OSHA's speed dial – is the...

A new study by Apple researchers presents a method that lets an AI model learn one aspect of the structure of brain electrical activity without any annotated data. Here’s how.PAirwise Relative ShiftIn a new study called “Learning the relative composition of EEG signals using pairwise relative shift pretraining”, Apple introduces PARS, which is short for PAirwise Relative Shift.Current models...

Human Made shares begin trading in Tokyo on Thursday, a milestone in streetwear’s evolution from a subcultural trend to a mature fashion category.Japanese streetwear brand Human Made's IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is a landmark event that will test the long-term viability of streetwear.The brand's robust growth and stability comes from a sustainable business model more akin to a traditional...

As investors start to take sides in the AI race, Sam Altman’s buddies are getting burned.SoftBank Group Corp.’s shares have tumbled 40% from late October, while Oracle Corp.’s stock has given up all gains made since early September, when the legacy database software company all of a sudden got an AI halo after announcing a $300 billion computing deal with OpenAI Inc. The trio are partners in...

If the listening experience inside your car just isn't cutting it, perk up your ears: a UK-based hi-fi audio company has returned to its physics textbooks to build a new speaker system that makes your music sound like it's playing in a space 10 times bigger than the cabin.The bold claim comes from Warwick Acoustics, which makes super high-end headphones and amplifiers for discerning audiophiles...

About one-in-five adults in the U.S. today (18%) are ages 65 and older. To understand how these older Americans are aging and the factors associated with aging well, we asked them a series of questions about how things are going in their lives and how they spend their time.These questions are part of a larger survey on aging conducted Sept. 2-8, 2025, among 8,750 U.S. adults of all ages.Factors...

AI remains a top priority for most companies, and many are beginning to see business results from their scaled efforts. AI is becoming more important to companies: 74% say it’s a top-three strategic priority (vs. 60% a year earlier), and 21% call it their top priority.The perceived risk of disruption from AI is increasing, especially in tech, where 44% of companies see high or very high disrup...

Brushing just got a glow-up! Meet FLIP™ Play Advanced, a 3-in-1 LED hairbrush that effortlessly detangles, smooths, and revives hair and scalp health in one quick stroke. Its ultra-flexible bristles slip through knots without pulling, while red, blue, and green LED lights provide targeted treatment to fortify strands, balance the scalp, and encourage fuller-looking growth. Using clinical-grade...