Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years. For now,…
The two winners – academic prize and industrial prize – of the 2023 edition of The Cosmetic Victories were announced during a ceremony moderated by French journalist Laurence Dorlhac, in Paris on April 4. The jury selected the winners from…
It seems that Mark Zuckerberg has taken his eye off the metaverse for the time being and is instead focusing on the topic of the moment: artificial intelligence. The top team at social media giant Meta sees A.I. contributing to…
On Monday morning the alarm goes off. You have a coffee, check the diary, there’s an hour-long meeting to listen to your team leader go through some admin. Then it’s off to scuba dive for the rest of the week.…
Americans think their money is safe in their banks–but they’re more split regarding exactly how secure those institutions are. At least nine in 10 respondents said that they feel their money is safe at their bank or credit union, regardless…
The famous Milanese fashion school is extending its range of action to the world of Fragrances and Cosmetics, offering a new set of programmes at its schools in Milan, Florence and Paris. Among others, the school announces three new Master’s…
Billionaire Ike Perlmutter, the chairman of Marvel Entertainment, was one of the most high-profile casualties of the Walt Disney Company’s layoffs last week. The entertainment company justified the job cuts, totaling 7,000 employees, as a way to slash costs and…
Founder turned-philanthropist Bill Gates has poured cold water on a proposal to ban the development of powerful A.I. for six months in order to get better planning and management parameters in place. Last week, Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk;…
Legendary musician Sting sold his music catalog for hundreds of millions of dollars last year—but he’s still raking in almost $2 million a year in royalties from a single song. That’s according to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, who tweeted on…
The 167-year-old history of the Swiss bank Credit Suisse came to its conclusion at a hockey stadium in the north of Zurich Tuesday. With security at his side, the bank’s last chairman, Axel Lehmann, told nearly 2,000 angry shareholders that…