• ARM-Nvidia: Take action, Europeans!

    ARM-Nvidia: Take action, Europeans!

    The announcement of the $ 40 billion acquisition by Nvidia of the British technological nugget ARM Limited, until then owned by the Japanese Softbank, will once again have allowed Europe to stand out with its astonishing passivity, despite the big announcements in favor of European industrial sovereignty at the European Council. However, this acquisition with innumerable strategic and technological consequences is the deal of the year in tech and semiconductor circles. By Paul Clerc-Renaud, Foreign Trade Advisor for France in Hong Kong and Andre Loesekrug-Pietri, Executive Director of the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI).
  • The Chinese are turning a blind eye to the Italian port - Uncomfortably close to the NATO fleet

    The Chinese are turning a blind eye to the Italian port - Uncomfortably close to the NATO fleet

    Unemployment is high in Taranto, Italy, and the port there has been steep in recent years due to declining ship traffic. But this summer, the ship "Nicolas" docked there and it was thought to be good news.
  • Matt Lauer puts palatial Hamptons estate back on market for $43.99M

    Matt Lauer puts palatial Hamptons estate back on market for $43.99M

    Matt Lauer is once again trying to sell his massive Hamptons mansion. The disgraced former “Today” anchor has relisted Strongheart Manor, as the sprawling compound is known, for $43.99 million. Last year, as Lauer finalized his divorce from Annette Roque, he put it on the market for almost the same price: about $44 million. He …
  • Unilever unit moves to increase diversity amid outrage over racist hair ad

    Unilever unit moves to increase diversity amid outrage over racist hair ad

    The South African unit of Unilever will set up an advisory board and a diversity committee after apologizing for a hair care ad it admitted was “racist,” the consumer group said Friday. The advertisement by its TRESemmé brand, was posted on drugstore Clicks website last Friday, and described images of black women’s hair as “frizzy …
  • AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine could be ready this year despite study halt

    AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine could be ready this year despite study halt

    AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine could still be ready this year even though it had to halt a key clinical study after a participant got sick, CEO Pascal Soriot said Thursday. The British pharmaceutical firm should know by the end of 2020 whether the vaccine protects patients from the virus if it’s able to resume the study …
  • Clicks pharmacy closes stores amid outrage over racist hair ad

    Clicks pharmacy closes stores amid outrage over racist hair ad

    South African pharmacy chain Clicks closed its stores Wednesday after a racist advertisement on its website sparked violent protests. Clicks made the decision amid outrage over the ad for shampoo brand TRESemmé, which labeled images of black women’s hair “frizzy & dull” while describing white women’s hair as “fine & flat” and “normal.” Clicks apologized …
  • Lily James haunted by ghost of Armie Hammer’s ex in Netflix’s ‘Rebecca’ trailer

    Lily James haunted by ghost of Armie Hammer’s ex in Netflix’s ‘Rebecca’ trailer

    Armie Hammer brings Lily James to Manderley in the first trailer for “Rebecca,” a modern take on Daphne du Maurier’s classic gothic thriller novel. The Netflix film, directed by Ben Wheatley, follows a newly married woman (James) as she arrives at the English estate of her wealthy husband Maxim de Winter (Hammer). What begins as …
  • Drugmakers pledge to put safety first in race for COVID-19 vaccine

    Drugmakers pledge to put safety first in race for COVID-19 vaccine

    Nine drugmakers pledged Tuesday to make safety their top priority as they race to develop a vaccine for the deadly coronavirus — vowing they would not seek emergency authorization before large-scale Phase 3 clinical trials are completed. The biopharma firms said in a joint statement that they would follow “high ethical standards and sound scientific …
  • Armie Hammer spotted on date with Jessica Ciencin Henriquez

    Armie Hammer spotted on date with Jessica Ciencin Henriquez

    Just days before he was spotted with his arm around Rumer Willis, Armie Hammer went on a date with Jessica Ciencin Henriquez, Page Six has learned. A source confirmed that the “Call Me by Your Name” star dined with Henriquez, who is the ex-wife of actor Josh Lucas, at West Hollywood restaurant Mamma Osteria last …
  • Armie Hammer spotted with Rumer Willis after Elizabeth Chambers split

    Armie Hammer spotted with Rumer Willis after Elizabeth Chambers split

    Rumer Willis and Armie Hammer TheImageDirect.com TheImageDirect.com TheImageDirect.com TheImageDirect.com TheImageDirect.com Armie Hammer appears to be leaning on Rumer Willis following his split from wife Elizabeth Chambers. On Wednesday, the pair looked close as they were photographed strolling around Los Angeles. In one picture, the “Call Me By Your Name” star, 34, is seen with his …