Businesses need stability to thrive. Unfortunately for anyone in Sudan, stability has been hard to come by for the past year and a half as the country quakes amidst a raging civil war. More than 20,000 people have been killed, and about 7.7 million people have been displaced just within the country; millions have had […]
JTBC Engulfed In Scandal As Fake CCTV Footage Continues To Fuel BTS Suga Backlash
This article is part of our coverage of BTS Suga’s DUI Case. You can read more and view the entire timeline here. On August 7, 2024 (KST), Korean news outlet JTBC aired CCTV footage of what they claimed to be BTS Suga’s drunk driving incident. The following week, on August 14, 2024 (KST), another Korean […]
This smiling robot face made of living skin is absolute nightmare fuel
Giving robots a human-like exterior has been the standard for years — centuries even. But giving them actual, living skin that can be manipulated horrifying, slimy expressions? That’s new. The new work, published in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science, is very much just an experiment. This will not be the face of your next […]
Vitesse, a payments and treasury management platform for insurers, raises $93M to fuel US expansion
U.K. fintech Vitesse has closed a $ 93 million Series C round of funding led by investment giant KKR. KKR said it’s making the investment through its Next Generation Technology Growth Fund III, a $ 3 billion fund it closed last year. Founded out of London in 2013, Vitesse is the handiwork of Paul Townsend […]
HYBE Accused of Cult Association: Fan-Found “Evidences” Fuel Conspiracies
In February 2010, Rolling Stone published an article headlined “The Yoga Cult: How a Korean guru has created a fanatical following on college campuses that is part Moonies, part New Age boot camp, and pure profit.” The article outlined what Amy Shipley experienced at Dahn Yoga, the American expansion of the South Korean Dahn World […]