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Yohji Yamamoto and Adidasā€™ collaborative fashion label Y-3 ā€œhas served up boundary-pushing sportstyle designs for over two decades now.ā€ Add the Japan Football Associationā€™s new on-pitch kits, and thematic ā€˜Culturewear,ā€™ to the list (Adidas / Hypebeast)

šŸ”¼ Data center power usage. According to estimates, American data centers now use 2% of the countryā€™s electricity, which is a lot Ā»Ā»

šŸ”½ Birth rates in the worldā€™s richest economies. Theyā€™ve more than halved since 1960 to well below the ā€œreplacement levelā€ Ā»Ā» 

šŸ’¬ ā€œFlattery is free.ā€ 3 ways to ask anyone for an informational interview Ā»Ā»

šŸ›« This is officially 2024ā€™s top best-value destination in the world Ā»Ā»

šŸ‘— Y-3 outfits the Japan Football Association with jerseys and culturewear Ā»Ā»

šŸ¤– How to reduce hallucinations in LLMs for reliable enterprise use Ā»Ā»

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A free, self-service, sports equipment vending machine next to a basketball court on Parisā€™s canal Saint-Martin. ā€œLe Basketā€ has never been more popular in France (AP)

ā€œEveryone wants to be on Hot Ones ā€” no one wants to buy itā€ Ā»Ā»

Also: Conan Oā€™Brien reflects on his Hot Ones appearance: ā€˜Many of my friends went online and thought I diedā€™ Ā»Ā»

Forget STEM. The head of Parisā€™s top tech university says the secret to Franceā€™s AI boom is a focus on the humanities Ā»Ā»

And: How French basketball turned so many young talents into NBA players Ā»Ā»

Shein's Ā£50b London stock market float could be scrapped Ā»Ā»

Pharrell's tiny Louis Vuitton bag is a secret millionaire flex Ā»Ā»

Synthesia, a British AI startup, will now give you the ability to create your own Apple-style keynote presentations with AI avatars Ā»Ā»

And: Google AI uses enough electricity in 1 second to charge 7 electric cars Ā»Ā»

5 current Rolexes you can buy at retail prices right now Ā»Ā»

Bugatti's new US$4m Tourbillon has the wildest steering wheel ever Ā»Ā»

Nearly half of Dellā€™s US employees rejected a return-to-office push, ā€œdespite being told they would be ineligible for promotion if they worked from homeā€ Ā»Ā»

Also: Turning the camera off in a virtual meeting is correlated with employee attrition Ā»Ā»

Buy-now pay-later giant Klarna is set to exit its checkout business after finding that the division created a conflict of interest with fintech peers like Adyen and Stripe Ā»Ā»

Attention Londoners: the crowdpleasing Mykonos restuarant chain Nammos is coming to Mayfair Ā»Ā»

How to boost your phone signal for better reception on iPhone or Android Ā»Ā»

The worldā€™s top universities ranked. The UK claims 2 of the top 3 spots Ā»Ā»

Amazon will stop using those little plastic pillows in its packaging Ā»Ā»

Finally: The New York power lunch is back Ā»Ā»

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