Lifestyle

Warren Buffett will step down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO

Legendary investor Warren Buffett announced today that he will ask the Berkshire Hathaway board to have Greg Abel replace him as CEO at the end of 2025. “I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the chief executive officer of the company at year end,” Buffett said at the end of the company’s annual shareholder meeting, ahead of...

Mobile

Early Motorola Edge 70 renders show a very familiar design

The Motorola Edge 60 family has only been official for a little over a week now. Yet, the Edge 70 is seemingly already far enough in development to have its design revealed at least. Of course, this is not an official source, but if these early renders are to be believed, the Edge 70 looks extremely similar to the Edge...

Movie

Thunderbolts* review – the best Marvel film in a while

Thunderbolts* review – the best Marvel film in a while About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.” Our reviews feature...

Music

The quiet intensity of Lee Kang Sheng’s gaze

The quiet intensity of Lee Kang Sheng’s gaze About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.” Our reviews feature a unique...

TECH

AI chatbots are ‘juicing engagement’ instead of being useful, Instagram co-founder warns

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” by pestering their users with follow-up questions, instead of providing actually useful insights. Systrom said the tactics represent “a force that’s hurting us,” comparing them to those used by social media companies to expand aggressively.  “You can see some of these companies going down the rabbit...

TECH

Amazon CEO says 100,000 users now have Alexa+

Amazon’s upgraded digital assistant powered by generative AI, Alexa+, has rolled out to over 100,000 users, CEO Andy Jassy said on the company’s earnings call Thursday. While that’s a far cry from the 600 million Alexa devices out there, the company is making some progress on the rollout of Alexa+, which was first unveiled in February. At the time, Amazon...

TECH

Epic Games just scored a win against Apple

Epic Games notched a win in an ongoing legal dispute with Apple. The result could be Fortnite returning to the U.S. iOS app store as early as next week. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said in a ruling Wednesday that Apple was in “willful violation” of a 2021 injunction that prohibited the company from anticompetitive pricing. Apple won many of the...

Nature

Why we need to measure people’s well-being — lessons from a global survey

Flourishing — a state in which all aspects of a person’s life are good — should be the goal of people and nations everywhere1,2. As well as encompassing personal experiences of happiness, health, meaning, pro-sociality, relationships and financial security, flourishing extends to strong communities and good environments.Yet, for something so central to all our lives, research efforts on flourishing have,...

News

South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa sets up inquiry into sparse apartheid prosecutions

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a judicial inquiry into allegations of political interference in the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes.The announcement comes three decades after the end of white-minority rule - and after a group of survivors and victims' relatives sued Ramaphosa's government over a perceived lack of justice.The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), set up in 1996, uncovered...

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