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Almost every day, young women in long beige and navy trench coats line up inside Paris’ glass-ceilinged Passage du Grand Cerf shopping center before Louise Carmen opens at noon. They come here to buy and customize leather notebooks. Each book starts at 122.55 euros, or about $143.14, and can go up to 609.55 euros when you factor in customizations such as personal engravings, paper styles, and included charms. With minimal customization, a mid-sized notebook can cost close to 170 euros, or just under $200.”The queue started in 2023, a year after we started[posting]on TikTok,” said co-founder Nathalie Valmarie, who started…
When filmmaker Daniel Lauer and his wife became pregnant with their first child, many questions new parents had came to the surface. “How will life be different?” What kind of world will their children step into? And Loher wanted to know, because she had heard a lot about artificial intelligence and its potential impact on life and work as we know it. “Was I crazy to have a child now?” Will AI make everything better, or will it be the beginning of the end for humanity? Lohr took up these existential questions and, with co-director Charlie Tyrell, created “The AI…
megan fox and machine gun kellyFrom the moment the Jennifer’s Body star met rapper Colson Baker on the set of their shared movie in 2020, she knew their relationship was destined to be what she calls a “once in a lifetime” romance. Chatting with Midnight in the Switchgrass director Randall Emmett on then-fiancée Lala Kent’s podcast in July 2020, Fox recalled asking who would be sitting in the empty chair on set. “And[Emmett]was like, ‘Oh, we just got Machine Gun Kelly,'” she said, “and right away I was like, ‘Oh my God.'” Because I knew something crazy was going to…
Dr. Joseph D’Orazio and his son Gabe;Joseph D’OrazioA version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Cures newsletter. Click here to sign up.We tend to think of doctors as stoic figures who parachute into our lives whenever we have a problem. They meet us at rock bottom, offer any help they can, and leave as quickly as they come in. Those interactions, however brief, can leave a lasting impression on us. But we don’t always consider how it affects them. After all, we are patients. No matter what message a doctor conveys, we are the ones living with the…
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, attends the Pennsylvania Energy Innovation Summit held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on July 15, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersPresident Donald Trump praises Palantir That’s what short seller Michael Burry said in a post on Truth Social on Friday, as the artificial intelligence software stock heads for a 15% weekly decline and short seller Michael Burry reiterated his bet on the company. “Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven itself to be superior in combat capabilities and equipment,” President Trump posted on social media platforms. “Ask the enemy!!!”The U.S. military is reportedly using…
For years, LC’s close friends have hinted that they would like her to be left out of this story. When an executive gauged her interest in returning to The Hills, “I was like, ‘Fuck, no!'” she recalled on a 2018 episode of the podcast “Lady Lovin’.” “I want nothing to do with those people. What I’m hungry for is freedom from all of them.” To be fair, that sometimes happens when you change careers. Now based in New York, the International Culinary Center graduate and author of The Lo-Down founded Love Wellness, a personal care product line for women, in…
Mascot | Digital Vision | Getty ImagesPopular debt forgiveness programs could become more expensive for some student loan borrowers following new policies launched by the Trump administration. Borrowers who used so-called buyback options to settle their debts under Public Service Loan Forgiveness are likely to be subject to higher charges under the changes. Created by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2007, PSLF allows certain nonprofit organizations and government employees to cancel their federal student loans after 120 payments or 10 years.Meanwhile, the PSLF Buyback program was created by the Biden administration to allow borrowers…
TechCrunch is partnering with SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026, Asia’s largest global innovation conference, to be held at Tokyo Big Sight from April 27-29. And we don’t just show up to cover it. Our very own Startup Battlefield program manager, Isabelle Johannessen, will be on site as a judge for the conference’s flagship global pitch competition, the SusHi Tech Challenge. For the winners, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Winners of the SusHi Tech Challenge Grand Prize will be automatically entered into the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield Top 200 and will be eligible to pitch on one of the startup world’s most…
Apple is charting a new path to bring more users into its valuable ecosystem. It’s a money printing machine with modern hardware as the lure and services as the hook. The tech giant unveiled its most affordable laptop ever with the launch of the MacBook Neo last month. The Neo has a starting price of $599, almost half the price of some of Apple’s high-end laptops. Apple’s new MacBook Air 13-inch M5 model starts at $1,099, while the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max starts at $3,899. All three laptops were announced during management’s three-day hardware blitz in March. The…
CNN — Over the past decade, Afrobeats has become a global phenomenon, bringing African music into the Western mainstream. The MTV Video Music Awards now have an Afrobeats category, allowing performers like Burna Boy and Wizkid to pack out major venues in the US and Europe. While many African artists have been able to ride the wave of the genre’s international popularity, some musicians are now looking beyond that and seeking global recognition. “I don’t get mad if people call me an Afrobeats artist, but it’s just because it’s the standard for all Africans who make world-class music,” Ghanaian singer…