China’s state broadcaster CCTV has come under fire over a short film that romanticises food delivery jobs. The film told viewers that such jobs offer “the freedom to enjoy the scenery along the way” and “brings delivery workers closer to their dreams”. Netizens slammed the video for glorifying hardship and suffering, describing it as being…
I’ve been as much of a thin phone skeptic as anyone. Why would I give up on camera specs and battery life just to shave a couple of millimeters off a phone’s waistline? I asked pretty much exactly that when I first saw Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge earlier this year. But the Motorola Edge 70…
In a milestone moment, the launch of TIDES marks Hong Kong’s first purpose-built mid-sized music venue by Live Nation. The grand ceremony took place on 14 October and was a perfect way to usher in a new era of live music venues in Hong Kong. The official opening of the venue saw it being…
Can relatively slow phones with a large battery, like the Xiaomi Redmi 15, actually be a good choice for budget-conscious gamers? Gamers who want to enjoy titles in their full glory on the go need a powerful phone. Or is it more sensible to focus on long battery life in order to play through the…
Can Miuccia Prada do for the lowly apron what she did for bras? Miu Miu is still the hottest brand out there, with revenues up 49 percent in the first half of the year, its lock on the number-one spot on Lyst’s ranking intact — and surely the brand that propelled the skimpy-top trend that…
“How would a Chloé girl wear a couture dress today?” Chemena Kamali, the house’s creative director, said just before the show, answering her own question. “She would wear it in cotton, and she would wear it without the lining.” Since arriving at the creative helm of the Paris house two years ago, Kamali has set…
Color-field painters are having a moment during fashion month: After an Ellsworth Kelly hung front-and-center at Loewe on Friday, Albert Kriemler on Sunday displayed a supersized replica of a Leon Polk Smith folding-screen work, signaling the inspiration for his spring Akris collection. Kriemler discovered and acquired the work after seeing it at a 2023 Zurich…
T-Mobile said that its T-Satellite Starlink data service will hit phones in October, and it has now made good on that promise with a drastic phone model support expansion. T-Satellite launched its data service ahead of schedule on select handsets like the Google Pixel 10 series, or the Samsung Z Fold 7 and the Z…
The electric Tesla Model Y SUV (Image source: Tesla) After months of decline in Sweden’s EV market, Tesla has staged a strong comeback. The Model Y surged back to first place with a 492% jump in September registrations, while used Teslas are also regaining value and lifting the resale market. Tesla has had a difficult…
“Trying to build a new kind of elegance — but for now,” Miuccia Prada said above the backstage din after a Prada show that took an agnostic stance toward the occasion, function and purpose of garments. About occasions, she and Raf Simons opened their show with uniforms, pairing short-sleeve military shirts and sharply pleated trousers…