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Apple’s $3,500 VR headset: Is the Vision Pro more than just another tech toy for the rich? | Technology
Yesterday, Apple finally confirmed the worst-kept secret in Silicon Valley, and announced the Vision Pro, its $3,499 virtual reality headset. From our story: The headset …
Lululemon Takes Minority Stake in Recycling Tech Company
Athleisure brand Lululemon has taken a minority stake in Samsara Eco, an Australian company that uses enzymes to recycle plastics like polyester and nylon into …
The Tech Race to Back Up Fashion’s Green Claims
In 2020, Swedish essentials brand Asket set an aim to tag each of its products with an “impact receipt,” a tally of the greenhouse gas …
Zegna’s Made-To-Measure Business Is Getting a Tech Upgrade
Zegna, which prides itself on an old-world approach centred on craft and personalised service, isn’t the sort of company customers probably associate right away with …
Amazon Joins Generative AI Race, Targets Tech at Cloud Customers
Amazon Inc. is joining Microsoft Corp. and Google in the generative artificial intelligence race, announcing technology aimed at its cloud customers as well as a …
From Timothée Chalamet to tech bros, why men are suddenly embracing the bracelet | Fashion
Ahead of his coronation next month, this week saw the release of the first portrait of King Charles to be released since the start of …
Tech guru Jaron Lanier: ‘The danger isn’t that AI destroys us. It’s that it drives us insane’ | Jaron Lanier
Jaron Lanier, the godfather of virtual reality and the sage of all things web, is nicknamed the Dismal Optimist. And there has never been a …
An Inflection Point in Fashion Tech
We look forward to welcoming you to The BoF Professional Summit: An Inflection Point in Fashion Tech. On March 22, we’ll be uniting our global …
How Benedict Evans Separates Tech Hype from Reality
There’s no hotter topic in tech right now than generative AI. Since tools like the image generator DALL-E started capturing mainstream attention and ChatGPT arrived …
Behind the £1 deal that staved off the tech bank’s collapse in the UK | Silicon Valley Bank
Last week, if you had heard of Silicon Valley Bank UK, you probably worked in tech. The bank had only been spun out in to …
L’Oréal Eyes Tech Talent, Puts Sustainability at the Fore
L’Oréal’s chief executive, Nicolas Hieronimus, believes the 110-year-old beauty company is ready for the future. In a conversation with Marie-Joseé Kravis, the chair of the …
‘Scanners are complicated’: why Gen Z faces workplace ‘tech shame’ | Technology
Garrett Bemiller, a 25-year-old New Yorker, has spent his entire life online. He grew up in front of screens, swiping from one app to the …
At CIFF, Future-Facing Tech Informs Growth
Last week, the Copenhagen International Fashion Fair (CIFF) — one of Europe’s longest-running and most established tradeshows — returned for a celebratory 60th season. For …
Announcing The BoF Professional Summit: An Inflection Point in Fashion Tech
Join us at The Times Center in New York on March 22. Space is limited, so purchase your ticket today. Unable to join us in …
Tech grifters out, Abercrombie in: what the ‘vibe shift’ will bring in 2023 | Life and style
You may not need to be a trend-forecaster to know this but “2023 is going to be a bad year”. So says Sean Monahan, who …
Year of the tech grifter: will Silicon Valley ever learn from its mistakes? | Technology
It was a month of eerie parallels. On 12 December, the disgraced crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested on fraud charges in the Bahamas, marking …
Guardian tech reviews in 2022: better to repair and longer-lasting devices | Gadgets
With a year full of pressures on our wallets, comfort and climate, technology took a back seat in 2022. But change for the better is …
The BoF Podcast: Futurist Lucie Greene on Big Tech Versus the State
OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom — “Big tech actually presents way more of an existential threat than Trump ever could,” futurist author Lucie Greene told the audience …
Benedict Evans: How Will Tech Change the World in the Next 10 Years?
OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom — “We are at the end of the beginning,” said Benedict Evans, an author and partner at Silicon Valley venture capitalist firm …