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Instagram launched a dedicated iPad application on Wednesday, placing its short-form video feature Reels at the center of the redesigned interface as parent company Meta intensifies competition with TikTok.The app addresses longstanding complaints about Instagram’s iPad experience, which previously required using a scaled-up iPhone version with blurry visuals and missing features.The new app, available globally on devices running iPadOS 15.1 and later, opens directly to a Reels feed — a nod to what Instagram calls ‘lean-back entertainment’ — with Stories pinned at the top and one-tap access to messaging.Reels, which accounts for more than 20 per cent of time users…
LULULEMON Athletica is embarking on a big marketing shift by betting on a roster of athletes to help pull the yogawear brand out of a sales rut and grow beyond its downward-facing dog roots.The company has done little traditional sports advertising on its way to surpassing US$10 billion in sales, but now American tennis star Frances Tiafoe is wearing Lululemon apparel at the US Open, and American golfer Max Homa dons the brand’s gear on the PGA Tour. In the clearest sign of the company’s grander ambitions, it also signed seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton as a brand ambassador. “We have had a very big year of bringing on additional athletes,…
At the Black Hat Europe conference in December, I sat down with one of our senior security analysts, Paul Stringfellow. In this first part of our conversation we discuss the complexity of navigating cybersecurity tools, and defining relevant metrics to measure ROI and risk. Jon: Paul, how does an end-user organization make sense of everything going on? We’re here at Black Hat, and there’s a wealth of different technologies, options, topics, and categories. In our research, there are 30-50 different security topics: posture management, service management, asset management, SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, and so on. However, from an end-user organization…
Aug 42025 VIPRE’s Q2 2025 Email Threat Report Reveals Cybercriminals Abandon Tech Tricks for Personalized Deception Tactics VIPRE Security Group, a global leader and award-winning cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection company, has released its email threat landscape report for Q2 2025. Through an examination of worldwide real-world data, this report sounds the alarm on the most significant email security trends observed in the second quarter of 2025, enabling organizations to develop effective email security defenses for the remainder of the year. Unidentifiable phishing kit deployments A striking 58% of phishing sites now use unidentifiable phishing kits. Cybercriminals are deploying unidentifiable…
Rob Rang NFL Draft Analyst There is no point in sugarcoating things. After an offseason full of Heisman and NFL Draft hype, Texas quarterback Arch Manning stumbled in his 2025 debut, a 14-7 road loss Saturday to Ohio State.Representatives from 22 NFL teams attended the season-opening showdown between top-ranked Texas and No. 3 Ohio State, and a few of the 33 scouts there agreed to share their unfiltered thoughts with FOX Sports following the game. One need not be a pro scout to tell you that Manning’s final stat line looks better on paper than it did during the game itself.…
South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee arrives at the special prosecutor’s office in Seoul, South Korea, August 6, 2025. Kim Hong-Ji | ReutersSouth Korea on Friday indicted its former first lady, Kim Keon Hee, on charges of bribery and market manipulation.She was indicted for amassing over 1 billion won (about $720,000) in criminal proceeds, violating several laws of the country, including capital market and financial investment business, and political funds act, according to a statement in Korean from special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team, translated by CNBC. This includes a stock manipulation scheme between 2010 and 2012, resulting in…
[NEW YORK] A bitcoin company tied to US President Donald Trump’s two oldest sons more than doubled in value in its stock market debut on Wednesday (Sep 3), valuing the sons’ stake at well over US$1.5 billion as the first family grows their crypto business interests.Shares in American Bitcoin Corp, a bitcoin miner, soared as high as US$14.52 in its first day of trade on the Nasdaq, before pulling back to be up 16.5 per cent at US$8.04 by the end of the day.The company is around 20 per cent owned by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr, American Bitcoin…
Before I begin this review, I just want to say I am a fan of headphones in general over tiny earbuds. The reason I prefer headphones is that there’s less chance of them falling off your head. The last time I wore earbuds, I lost one of them in an Uber! Thankfully, the Suunto Wing 2 headphones have a unique design that actually stays on your head. While most headphones go over the top of your head, these headphones have a hooked design that goes around the middle. The real hook of these headphones is the comfortable curl that rests…
Henry McKenna NFL Reporter EAGAN, Minn. — Hours before Monday’s game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears, quarterback J.J. McCarthy will sit beneath one of the goalposts and close his eyes. He’ll cross his legs. He’ll focus on his breath. His meditation will be underway.It’s about putting aside the pressures of a first NFL start, stalled in part by a meniscus injury and two surgeries.It’s about putting aside the pressures of replacing Sam Darnold, whose comeback season helped Minnesota win 14 games and make the playoffs — and whom the Vikings could have retained.It’s about forgetting where Soldier…
This picture taken from Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing over destroyed buildings during an Israeli strike on the besieged Palestinian territory on July 17, 2025. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty ImagesA document detailing plans for post-war Gaza aims to make President Donald Trump’s “Gaza Riviera” vision a reality — using mass displacement, artificial intelligence, and at least a decade of U.S. trusteeship over the war-ravaged enclave.The plan, outlined in a 38-page document initially disclosed by the Washington Post, is reportedly under consideration by Trump’s administration. It involves “voluntary” relocation of Gaza’s population in exchange for…