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Jacob Cooper didn’t look like a typical 29-year-old Saturday.At a recent event, Cooper woke up by 4:15 a.m., left his Brooklyn apartment by 4:30, and was ready to cook at a nearby commercial kitchen by 5:00. Cooper and his staff prepared hundreds of hand-rolled, bite-sized bagels to sell that day at two events in New York City.Cooper spent the morning selling fresh pizza bagels to pop-up shoppers in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, worked at the Queens Night Market until late at night, and finally ended his day at home at 2 a.m.Despite the 22-hour days, Cooper says he has no regrets…

While the US is far ahead of Europe in the race for large-scale AI models, the picture is different at the application layer, with emerging category leaders such as Lovable and Synthesia emerging. This is the conclusion reached by global VC firm Accel in its 2025 Globalscape report focused on AI and cloud markets. Astonishingly, cloud and AI applications in Europe and Israel have so far attracted 66% more private funding than their US peers by 2025. “When we started this report 10 years ago, Europe was one-tenth the size of the US,” Accel partner Philippe Bottelli told TechCrunch. Image…

Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong during a panel session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Stefan Vermes | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDespite rising trade tensions, Singapore still wants to promote a “multilateral, rules-based trading system” and looks forward to further cooperation between ASEAN and the European Union.This was revealed by Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong while speaking at the Singapore FinTech Festival on Wednesday.”If we can bring both the EU and ASEAN together to discuss the EU-ASEAN Digital Economy Agreement, I think there will be great progress,” said Mr Gan,…

AP — A TikTok influencer accused of posting videos supporting the Malian military has been killed by a suspected jihadist, authorities in Mali, West Africa, say. “Young TikTok user Mariam Cissé was abducted by armed men on Friday while going to the weekly market in Echelle. The next day at dusk, the same men took her back to Independence Square in Tonka and executed her in front of a crowd,” Timbuktu Mayor Yehia Tandina told The Associated Press. The incident comes as armed jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda close in on the capital, Bamako. The country’s military junta and its…

Nicole Richie seems to be reacting to Hilary Duff’s new song amid Joel Madden rumorsNicole Richie has opened up about how she feels about her friend’s music. The Simple Life alum shared a message of support for Hilary Duff’s new song ‘Mature’ amid speculation that the lyrics are about her husband Joel Madden, with whom she dated from 2004 to 2006. In a photo shared to her Instagram Story on Nov. 11, Nicole and Hilary (both dressed in all black) lie outside on the grass, holding hands and laughing hysterically. Tagging the ‘So Yesterday’ singer in the snap, an outspoken…

The Spaniard’s victory moves him one win away from defeating Jannik Sinner and taking first place in the year-end rankings.Published November 12, 2025November 12, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareWorld No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz defeated American Taylor Fritz 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-3 in a thrilling round-robin match at the ATP Finals, making it two wins from two matches under extreme pressure.Fritz, last year’s finalist, played the best tennis of her life on Tuesday, and both players had their best matchup in the final championship match of the season, but the American ran out of steam as Alcaraz changed…

In Kenya, more than 600,000 children queue for lunch every day through Food4Education, an organization founded by Wawira Njiru. Each child wears a brightly colored wristband that they tap to receive a hot meal. Since its founding, the nonprofit organization has provided more than 100 million meals to Kenyan students, starting with a simple meal that Njiru made herself for 80 people. When Njiru was a 20-year-old international student studying in Australia, he realized how a small amount of money easily available in that country could make a big difference in his native Kenya. She came up with the idea…

Rich chocolate browns and bold leopard print have taken the streets by storm this fall. But with winter upon us, it’s time to incorporate a new shade into our seasonal color palette: dove gray. Dove gray is a great alternative to black or white and looks equally elegant when styled as a solid color. Soft neutral colors give a somewhat chic impression. So be sure to add some timeless hues to your winter wardrobe this year. Consider a classic wool coat (68% off at Nordstrom Rack), an affordable Quince cashmere sweater, Abercrombie’s tailored pants and gray denim, or an Urban…

During a heated basketball game or when you’re rushing to meet a deadline at work, you may need to give constructive criticism quickly.Sonia Raman, head coach of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, says taking the time to present feedback in a soothing way, such as using a “sandwich approach” where you share criticism between two compliments, is just not possible when you’re in a tight spot.In a basketball game, “when the ball goes out of bounds, it might take a few seconds to talk to the players before the ball comes in and they move on to the next play,” Raman…

For decades, he was feared as a U.S.-backed dictator whose regime oversaw a bloody Cold War massacre and accused of misappropriating vast sums of state funds to boost his family’s rise to luxury and political power. On Monday, he was posthumously named Indonesia’s national hero, an award that historians say sparked an outcry from human rights groups and victims who accused it of whitewashing a repressive regime that has left hundreds of thousands of people dead. Former President Suharto was awarded the title at a ceremony by Indonesia’s current leader Prabowo Subianto. He is Suharto’s former son-in-law, and a divisive…