No one inspires CORTIS like CORTIS

The K-pop wunderkinds talk fashion, hip-hop, and K-BBQ at Lollapalooza. Photo courtesy of HYBE/Big Hit Roughly 50,000 screaming teens swarmed Lollapalooza’s T-Mobile stage on Saturday, August 1, to catch a glimpse of the K-pop boy band CORTIS. Overnight showers at Chicago’s Grant Park had already pushed their set back an hour and shortened it from…

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Roca’s New Bathtub and Basin Turn Recycled PET Bottles Into Sculptural Bathroom Design

The plastic bottles in your recycling bin have a surprisingly glamorous potential future. Roca’s Stonex material comes from recycled PET resin, and the expanded Ohtake collection is probably the most design-forward version of that material the brand has produced yet. The new bathtub is compact, inspired by Japanese Ofuro soaking culture, and built in Stonex…

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300 French newspapers file complaint over Google AI Overviews

Publishers say Google’s AI-generated search summaries have reduced referral traffic and may breach a news compensation agreement. Nearly 300 French newspapers filed a complaint today with France’s competition authority. They accuse Google of violating a compensation agreement by launching AI-generated search summaries without publishers’ consent. What’s happening. APIG, the Alliance de la Presse d’Information Générale,…

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