Posts by Liam Redmond
How to celebrate Summer Solstice — based on your zodiac sign
Step up and shine on, my babies, the Summer Solstice is upon us. The Solstice arrives this year on Jun 20, 2025, at 10:42 p.m., marking the moment that our favorite death star is at its zenith. “We’re at the peak of summer and the peak of light in the Northern Hemisphere. This is a…
Read MoreCarly Simon defends Sabrina Carpenter’s controversial album cover, says it’s not ‘outrageous’
Carly Simon is coming to Sabrina Carpenter’s defense. During a recent interview, Simon reacted to Carpenter’s album cover that caused quite a stir. Carpenter’s album artwork for “Man’s Best Friend” showed a photo of the singer on her hands and knees, as a man appeared to be grabbing her by the hair. The “Busy Woman” singer wore…
Read MoreMexico assesses damage from Hurricane Erick as rising rivers leave at least 1 dead
Authorities in southern Mexico were still assessing damage and watching rising rivers as rain from the remnants of Hurricane Erick doused the region. Torrential rains over steep coastal mountains and the landslides and flooding they could generate became ongoing concern for officials after Erick dissipated following a landfall early Thursday on a sparsely populated stretch…
Read MoreMeet the Futurist Re-Engineering Tech Intimacy for the 2030s and Rewriting the Code of Love in a Lonely Age
In the middle of a recent TED conference futurist Cathy Hackl captivated audiences with an experiment that explored the blurry intersection of human emotion and artificial intelligence. Known for her pioneering work at Magic Leap, where she helped launch the virtual human Mica and introduced C-level executives to embodied AI for the first time, Hackl…
Read MoreBurger King worker Mykale Baker who worked on graduation night makes college decision after viral TikTok, $231K fundraiser
From fixing orders to fixing cars. The Georgia Burger King worker who hopped in to help his coworkers during a late-night rush while still wearing his high school graduation stole and medals has decided on his next step. Mykale Baker announced he is heading to Gwinnett Technical College starting in the fall to pursue a…
Read MoreNetanyahu Says Israel Is Capable of Striking Iran’s Highly Secretive Fordow Nuclear Site Buried Under a Mountain Without Help from US
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly suggested that Israel has all the capabilities to strike all of Iran’s nuclear sites — including the highly secretive Fordow Fuel Enrichment Facility, which is believed to be buried deep underground, nearly half a mile beneath a mountain. Netanyahu insisted that Israel “will achieve all our objectives,” even though…
Read MoreTexas Instruments Announces $60B Investment to Strengthen US Tech Backbone with Analog Chip Expansion
American semiconductor giant Texas Instruments (TI) is taking one of the industry’s most substantial technology leaps in recent years. The company known for manufacturing analog chips, calculators, and digital signal processors has announced it will invest more than $60 billion to expand analog semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. X Unlike high-performing chips for artificial intelligence…
Read MoreGold heads for weekly fall as fewer Fed rate cut prospects weigh
GOLD prices fell on Friday and were on track for a weekly decline, as an overall stronger dollar and the prospect of fewer US interest rate cuts offset support from rising geopolitical risks in the Middle East. Spot gold slipped 0.5 per cent to US$3,355.49 an ounce, as of 0245 GMT, and was down 2.2 per cent…
Read MoreBuilding AI Super Team? After Alexender Wang, Meta in Discussion to Hire Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross
Mark Zuckerberg-led technology giant Meta is stepping up its game to lead the race of artificial intelligence. After acquiring a 49% stake in Scale AI and recruiting its CEO to lead its superintelligence team, the company is in advanced-level talks with two more AI technology geniuses. These two individuals are GitHub’s former CEO Nat Friedman…
Read MoreLay’s introduces ‘savory’ new chip flavor created by winner of $1 million contest with 70K submissions
She cashed in her chips. Lay’s introduced a new chip flavor chosen from tens of thousands of suggestions in its annual $1 million contest Tuesday. The “Do Us A Flavor” contest winner was the Bacon Grilled Cheese. The Bacon Grilled Cheese, created by Paula George from Okla., beat out more than 70,000 other submissions in…
Read MoreHSBC names new head of wealth and premier solutions for Singapore
[SINGAPORE] HSBC announced on Friday (Jun 20) that it has appointed Ishan Sarkar as the bank’s new head of wealth and premier solutions (WPS). He will be based in Singapore and assume the new role on Jul 1. Sarkar will report to Ashmita Acharya, head of international wealth and premier banking at HSBC Singapore, and…
Read MoreSlow rate hikes could cause wage-price spiral, Bank of Japan paper says
[TOKYO] Hiking interest rates only gradually as raw material costs rise could heighten the risk of an upward spiral in wages and consumer prices, the Bank of Japan said in a research paper released this week. The paper’s publication on Thursday comes as the central bank faces an increasingly complicated policy environment, with inflation at…
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