Alexie
@Alexie
447 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Alexie
@Alexie -
3 months ago
One of Prada's red-hot brands for Gen Z luxury shoppers just posted crazy growth numbers
Asia played a key role in parent company Prada Group's sales growth in the first half of the year.
3 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Allene
@Allene -
3 months ago
Google AI reintroduces human image generation after historical accuracy outcry
Imagen 3's vision of a basketball-playing president is a bit akin to the Fres...continued
3 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Gregoria
@Gregoria -
3 months ago
Watch Community Shield Soccer: Livestream Man United vs. Man City From Anywhere
Erik ten Hag and Pep Guardiola will both be looking to lay down a marker for the campaign ahead as Manchester United take on Manchester City in Saturday's Community Shield match at Wembley Stadium. As ever, the traditional curtain-raiser for the season ahead brings t...continued
6 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Jany
@Jany -
3 months ago
Bangladesh cricketers rally round murder accused teammate Shakib Al Hasan
Bangladesh cricketers rally round murder accused teammate Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh captain Shanto says the murder case filed in Dhaka against former lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan is ‘unexpected’.Bangladesh’s cricketers have rallied round teammate Shakib Al Hasan, the ousted...continued
4 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Izaiah
@Izaiah -
3 months ago
Harry Potter Fans Nerd Out After Tom Felton Posts Photo Of Reunion At David Holmes’ Cricket Cup
A mini Harry Potter cast reunion took place earlier this week. Tom Felton, who played Draco Malfoy, and Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom, reunited at a Hogwarts-themed charity cricket match, the David Holmes Cricket Cup. The event was organized by David Holm...continued
6 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Leda
@Leda -
3 months ago
Why wasn’t there any Olympics video game this year — even Mario & Sonic?
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games began over the weekend and while the Olympics have had something of an on-and-off relationship with video games (at least as a simulation-style sport) sports fans have noticed there wasn’t even an arcade-style Mario-and-Sonic adaptation thi...continued
2 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Elody
@Elody -
3 months ago
A Groundbreaking Search for Alien Technology in Distant Galaxies Has Begun
A group of astronomers kicked off the first search for signals from alien technology from galaxies beyond our own using a large radio antenna array in rural Australia. The SETI Institute, the Berkeley SETI Research Center, and the...continued
3 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Nestor
@Nestor -
3 months ago
A concertgoer got on stage with Macklemore. Police say she'd 'forgotten' she was a wanted person ...
A Slovakian woman had the chance of a lifetime to sing onstage with American rapper Macklemore in front of tens of thousands of people, but there was one major problem—she was wanted by the police.The force said in the post that the woman, who ultimately accepted the off...continued
2 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Grayce
@Grayce -
3 months ago
17 couples competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics
Love has been well and truly in the air at the Paris Olympics.There have been multiple proposals at this year's Games.Business Insider has taken a look at the couples competing at the 2024 Olympics. ...continued
1 minute read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Rose
@Rose -
3 months ago
Array of iPhones will replace English Premiere League's awful video referee tech
The English Premier League will be upgrading its existing and widely panned refereeing technology with a new system that will rely on iPhones to ensure soccer players obey the infamous offside rule. For years, the English Premier League has employed a video-ass...continued
4 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Devin
@Devin -
3 months ago
The Big Interview Gets Even Bigger
WIRED: Hey.Katie: Hey … ?WIRED: It’s us. The collective consciousness of the WIRED editorial staff, here to help you talk about The Big Interview series.Katie: Is this AI?WIRED: Katie, what’s a Big Interview?Katie: Is it weird that I’m being interviewed by my own publicat...continued
3 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25593028/hyundai_seven_auto_mobility_la_03.jpeg)
Myles
@Myles -
3 months ago
Hyundai’s next EV will be the three-row Ioniq 9 — and it’s headed for the US
Hyundai’s next electric vehicle for the US will be the Ioniq 9, a beefy, three-row SUV that will be manufactured at the company’s factory in Georgia, Hyundai executives announced during an investor day conference this week. It’s a sign that while other automakers continue...continued
3 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Jimmy
@Jimmy -
3 months ago
The Dream Team Was Tested But Not Denied
Episode Notes Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin discuss the Dream Team’s close calls en route to another gold medal, and the U.S. women’s narrow victory, too. They break down the quick overhaul of the U.S. women’s soccer team, which won gold ...continued
2 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Devin
@Devin -
3 months ago
Judge rules transgender teen can temporarily play on girls’ soccer team
When the girls' soccer team at Plymouth Regional High School in New Hampshire began practice on Monday to prepare for the start of the official season on Aug. 30, transgender athlete Parker Tirrell was able to join her teammates.That's what a federal judge ruled on Monday...continued
4 minutes read
Alexie
@Alexie -
3 months ago
Have supermarkets reached peak self-scan?
Supermarket are beginning to question the divisive technology after years of criticism from shoppers.
6 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Alvah
@Alvah -
3 months ago
Best CD Rates Today -- APYs Are Falling Fast, Aug. 23, 2024
Key Takeaways Today’s best CDs offer APYs as high as 5.25%.APYs have been falling for months, but the pace picked up in recent weeks as banks anticipate a Fed rate cut in September.The sooner you lock in one of today’s top APYs, the more interest you stand...continued
5 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Gregoria
@Gregoria -
3 months ago
New Turtle Beach Headset Uses Two Dongles to Solve a Very Common Problem
Turtle Beach is revamping its Stealth 700 gaming headset and finally giving gamers who have both an Xbox Series S and PlayStation 5 what they’ve always wanted: a headset that works painlessly on both consoles. This is the Gen 3 version of this ...continued
2 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Meggie
@Meggie -
3 months ago
How to Incorporate Influencers into Your Marketing Strategy
HANNAH BATES: Welcome to HBR On Strategy, case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock new ways of doing business.Online influencers are an increasingly important way for companie...continued
23 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Marjory
@Marjory -
3 months ago
Aliasing Your Git Commands for Maximum Developer Efficiency
This is a little tip for those of you wanting to optimize your developer productivity and reduce thetoil around some of the tasks that you’ll perform likely hundreds of times per week.I tend to spend a lot of time raising pull requests, writing commits or running ...continued
5 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Patrick
@Patrick -
3 months ago
Procreate CEO ‘Really F*cking’ Hates Generative AI
If you’ve been paying attention this past year, it seems every app—from Adobe’s Photoshop to Canva—is chasing the white rabbit that is AI. James Cuda, the CEO of iPad-centric illustration app Procreate, came out swinging Sunday with a simple st...continued
4 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Clarissa
@Clarissa -
3 months ago
Guillermo del Toro on His Abiding Love for His Most Underappreciated Film
Between Pacific Rim (his most commercially successful film worldwide) and The Shape of Water (his Oscar-winning smash), Guillermo del Toro released Crimson Peak—a movie filled with themes and visually dazzling imagery dear to his Gothic-loving ...continued
2 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Zetta
@Zetta -
3 months ago
Why Shein Is Suing Temu—Again
Online fast-fashion giant Shein is suing their rival Temu over copyright infringements— the newest update in the ongoing feud between the two Chinese-linked marketplaces.Shein—which was founded in China but is now based in Singapore—is alleging in a suit filed on Monday t...continued
3 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Allene
@Allene -
3 months ago
A Major League Umpire Was Secretly Wearing a Kramer Shirt During a Game
Major League Baseball umpires aren’t typically known for having great senses of humor. In fairness, being an ump requires intense concentration, even as tens of thousands of people are audibly cursing your lack of prescription eyewear. But this week, one umpire showed off...continued
3 minutes read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Alexander
@Alexander -
3 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
On 4 November 1520 Christian II of Denmark and Norway was crowned king of Sweden. In the decade preceding the coronation the so-called Kalmar Union, which since 1397 had joined the three kingdoms under a common monarchy, had been the cause of a series of rebellions raised...continued
1 minute read
Alexie upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Rahsaan
@Rahsaan -
3 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
‘The Romans got it right: civil war breeds civil war’David Armitage is Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University and author of Civil Wars: A History in Ideas (Yale University Press, 2018)Scheming plotters and foreign ideas; class conflict and moral dec...continued
8 minutes read