The growing power, prestige and global ambition of Chinese brands has ended the era of discretion for fashion heavyweights, with figures such as ex-LVMH designers Kim Jones and Kris Van Assche now publicly promoting their roles at Bosideng and Anta respectively.
Top Designers Shed Secrecy Around Work for Chinese Brands Read More »
Brands are elevating their offerings to avoid competition with Shein on the low end or capture high-end shoppers squeezed out by luxury’s soaring prices, says the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026.
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Sequoia Capital is reportedly joining a blockbuster funding round for Anthropic, the AI startup behind Claude, according to the Financial Times. It’s a move sure to turn heads in Silicon Valley. Why? Because venture capital firms have historically avoided backing competing companies in the same sector, preferring to place their bets on a single winner. […]
Sequoia to invest in Anthropic, breaking VC taboo on backing rivals: FT Read More »
The US president announced a 10 percent tariff on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland in an escalation of the dispute over his desire to purchase Greenland.
Trump Hits 8 European Countries With Tariffs As He Pursues Greenland Read More »
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.”
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As highlighted Friday in the New York Post, the proposed wealth tax would hit founders on their voting shares rather than the actual equity they own.
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While it’s easy to romanticize space as an escape to a pristine frontier where people will float weightlessly among the stars, it’s worth remembering there are no oceans or mountains or chirpy birds in space. It’s “not nice up there,” said Rubenstein. “It is not nice at all.”
Who gets to inherit the stars? A space ethicist on what we’re not talking about Read More »
Three offshore wind projects under construction on the U.S. East Coast are back to building after judges rebuked the Department of the Interior’s actions.
Trump administration’s legal setbacks are good news for offshore wind — and the grid Read More »
Oshen has signed contracts with multiple government agencies for its C-Star robots to collect ocean data autonomously.
Oshen built the first ocean robot to collect data in a Category 5 hurricane Read More »
Musk’s legal team argues he should be compensated as an early startup investor who sees returns “many orders of magnitude greater” than his initial investment.
Musk wants up to $134B in OpenAI lawsuit, despite $700B fortune Read More »