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There’s been plenty of chatter this season about designers giving in to populist favor over creative risk-taking. It may not move the fashion needle forward considerably, but in unpredictable times, it’s often the shrewder choice. “I’m not going to reinvent the wheel,” said Gaëlle Drevet, The Frankie Shop’s founder and creative director, after presenting the label’s fall collection for the first time. The brand has never been known for an avant-garde sensibility. Instead, the question Drevet persistently asks is: “How can we make something simple more special?”This season that means many of The Frankie Shop’s classic menswear-inspired pieces, only updated…

A news agency affiliated with the Iranian regime released a list of American tech companies with links to American and Israeli military operations as new targets for Iran on Wednesday. According to Al Jazeera, the Tasnim News Agency’s report lists Microsoft, Google, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia, and Oracle’s offices and cloud infrastructure in Israel and some Gulf countries as the new targets. On top of targeting the tech giants, a spokesperson for a group owned by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps told Al Jazeera that American and Israeli economic centers and banks in the region are also legitimate targets now, and…

With the debate over whether to renovate the Dean E. Smith Center or build a new arena for North Carolina’s basketball program, the university has one major priority: the student section.Improving student seating and the game-day atmosphere is central to the future of Carolina basketball, as the university aims to recreate Carmichael Arena’s loud, intimate feel by moving more students closer to the court while balancing revenue, donor needs, access and overall student engagement.Advertisement“We think that’s important for the overall atmosphere in the entire arena,” UNC executive associate athletic director Steve Newmark said on the Carolina Insider podcast. “We believe…

Lovable crossed $400 million in annual recurring revenue in February, the Stockholm company confirmed to TechCrunch. But it declined to say whether it is still projecting to reach $1 billion ARR by year’s end, saying its focus is on “helping builders scale their impact with our platform.” Alongside Cursor, Mercor, and others, Lovable is part of a wave of tools that make it easier to create websites and apps using natural language, a practice known as vibe coding. This initially resonated with individuals and startups, but the three-year-old company has been pushing hard to secure enterprise clients, which already include…

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a distaste for mayonnaise. There’s something about the texture, smell, and eggy flavor that I find unappealing. But that all changed during a recent crisis in Bon Appétit’s Test Kitchen, when I was introduced to a mayo that is so yummy, I could eat it straight from the jar.I was about to test the best panini presses when I realized I didn’t have mayonnaise to spread on the outside of the bread of my grilled cheese sandwiches. (I prefer mayo over butter because it spreads easily straight from the fridge and…

Superhuman has taken its writing assistant Grammarly on quite the merry-go-round ride regarding its approach to AI tools. In August, the company launched a feature called Expert Review that would offer feedback on your writing, offering AI-generated feedback that would appear to come from a famous writer or academic of note. These recreations were based on “publicly available information from third-party LLMs,” which sounds a lot like web crawlers of dubious legality were involved.The suggested experts would be based on the subject matter and could be anyone from great scientific minds to bestselling fiction authors to your friendly neighborhood tech…

The Cleveland Cavaliers look to extend their winning streak over the Orlando Magic to three games when the teams meet in a key NBA Eastern Conference matchup on Wednesday. Cleveland is coming off a 115-101 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday, while Orlando crushed the Milwaukee Bucks 130-91 on Sunday. The Cavaliers (40-25), who have won six of 10, are 18-13 on the road this season. The Magic (35-28), who have won four in a row, are 19-11 on their home court.Tipoff from Kia Center in Orlando, Fla., is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Cleveland is a 3.5-point favorite…

The Steam Machine is back from the dead. Not as a Valve-supported program for manufacturers to create living room PCs, but instead as a home console sibling to the Steam Deck. Valve introduced its second attempt at ruling the living room in a surprise hardware announcement in November 2025, and paired the new Steam Machine with a new Steam Controller and a wireless VR headset it calls the Steam Frame. Since the announcement, as is often the case with Valve, some details remain elusive, however.While we wait for the release of the company’s new hardware lineup in 2026, and more…

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Bryan Mound storage facility located in Brazoria County, Texas, is one of four sites that make up the country’s oil reserve. Str New | ReutersPresident Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help lower energy costs during the Iran war. “We’ll do that, and then we’ll fill it up,” Trump said in an interview with Cincinnati broadcaster WKRC. “I filled it up once, and I’ll fill it up again, but right now, we’ll reduce it a little bit, and that brings the prices down,” the president said. Trump’s comments come…

Anyone who wants to know how Parisiennes curate a wardrobe over time needs look no further than Véronique Leroy. An indie insider for more than three decades, the Belgian designer has a flair for turning out staples with a signature that also last. And her loyalists will happily stray from the usual shopping arteries to drop by her quiet, bright atelier next to Père Lachaise cemetery.“Clients from France, Belgium, and elsewhere know that what’s here will go with what they already have, plus we’ll adapt things for them,” the designer said on a recent visit. “Often, they rediscover and rewear…