How a pivot to hair accessories led to business success

Jenny Lennick's colourful hair clips are sold across the US and around the world.

The Week In Games: Pottery Parties And A Long-Lost JRPG

Kiln , Traysia , and more hit PC and console in the second half of April

Alice creator American McGee says he was inspired by a Valve demo he saw while working on Quake 2

McGee was fired from id Software in 1998, but it all worked out pretty well for him.

‘The Testaments’ Actor Brad Alexander on Garth’s ‘Restrained Affection’ for Agnes, What His ‘Riskier Position’ Means for Her After the Ball

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Episode 5 of “The Testaments,” titled “Ball,” now streaming on Hulu. While the girls in Gilead don’t get a prom, they get as close as possible to the quintessential teen experience on this week’s episode of “The Testaments.” In

Lowertown – “Worst Friend”

This new Lowertown album: It’s gonna be good. “I Like You A Lot“? The perfect oddball love song. “Big Thumb“? An eccentric gem. Now, we get “Worst Friend,” a classically catchy quiet-to-loud rocker. About the track, Olivia Osby and Avsha Weinberg offer: This song was written

New Jersey’s most vulnerable GOP incumbent is MIA

Rep. Tom Kean Jr.'s team said the absence is due to unspecified health issues.

Vote-a-Rama starts tonight

Reorganization, other changes loom for NWS

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Weather Service faces reorganization The Trump administration is reorganizing the National Weather Service (NWS) and making changes to forecasting, while a key union representative warns the reorganization

Wind, solar energy support slips: Survey

A new Gallup poll released Wednesday showed that support for wind and solar energy has slipped, with a majority still favoring those energy alternatives. The poll found that 66 percent of Americans prefer the U.S. to put more emphasis on solar energy and 55 percent prefer the

Israeli strikes kill 5 in Lebanon, Beirut to seek truce extension

Israeli strikes killed five people, including a journalist, and wounded another in Lebanon on Wednesday, despite an ongoing ceasefire that Beirut will request an extension for in upcoming talks with Israel in Washington. Ahead of the talks on Thursday, Israel called on the

‘Imperfect Women’ Star Elisabeth Moss on Mary’s Suspicions About Howard and Why Her Kids Matter Most: ‘Who Gives a S— About the Affair?’

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains stories from Episode 7 of “Imperfect Women,” now streaming on Apple TV. Elisabeth Moss is no stranger to portraying a desperate mother on TV. The “Imperfect Women” star spent almost a decade playing June — the lead character of “The Handmaid’s

Tina Knowles Reflects on Her Career at Variety’s Entertainment Marketing Summit, Says Hair Care Business Cécred was a ‘Dream for Me and Beyoncé’

Tina Knowles has worked as a businesswoman, fashion designer, and hairstylist, but the job she’s proudest of is her role as “Matriarch,” which is also the apt title of her 2025 autobiography. At Variety’s Entertainment Marketing Summit presented by Deloitte, Knowles and

Democrats fume over lack of Oversight hearings, accusing GOP of dodging on Epstein

House Oversight Committee Democrats are fuming over Republicans’ shift away from holding formal hearings, accusing the majority of trying to dodge any further action on subpoenas in the Epstein investigation and questioning whether the order came from the White House. Instead

Anti-data center measures gain steam at state, local level

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Anti-data center measures gain steam at state, local level Measures seeking to block or rein in data center construction are gaining momentum at the state and local level, as Americans increasingly sour on the massive buildout of

AI is flattening the jobs market for young people, says Sunak

The former prime minister said graduates' concerns about getting entry-level jobs are justified.

A Woman Is Suing MrBeast’s Company For Alleged Sexual Harassment And Verbal Abuse

The lawsuit claims that MrBeast's company handbook says: 'It’s okay for the boys to be childish' and 'No does not mean no'

Blizzard forgot to turn off x-ray vision in World of Warcraft's new prop hunt mode, so you can imagine how fair the matches are right now

Well, that's not fair.

Cassidy clashes with Kennedy over vaccine studies

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) fact-checked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. multiple times Wednesday about his insistence that vaccines have not helped improve mortality. Kennedy cited two studies during his testimony in the Senate health committee to prove that deaths due

Changes loom for National Weather Service as union official warns of potential staff cuts

The Trump administration is reorganizing the National Weather Service (NWS) and making changes to forecasting, while a key union representative warns the reorganization could involve potential staff cuts. Federal employees at the NWS’s Weather Forecast Offices, which provide

Senate Republicans defeat for fifth time resolution to halt military operations against Iran

Senate Republicans voted largely in unison Wednesday to defeat a Democratic-sponsored war powers resolution that would prohibit President Trump from continuing military operations against Iran. It marked the fifth time that Republican senators voted against a proposal to halt

The Origins of Uranus’ Distant Rings Hint at a Hidden Moon

Astronomers are circling the answers The post The Origins of Uranus’ Distant Rings Hint at a Hidden Moon appeared first on Nautilus .

Johor Bahru’s Taman Pelangi set for facelift as RTS fuels high-density boom

One of Johor Bahru’s older townships is seeing land prices surge ahead of the Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link’s opening in January 2027, analysts say. This mirrors a wider shift in the state capital’s retail landscape.

IATSE Backs Tom Steyer in Race for California Governor (EXCLUSIVE)

The largest crew union in Hollywood has endorsed Tom Steyer, the hedge fund founder whose anti-corporate rhetoric has attracted labor backing in the race for California governor. In making the announcement, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees noted Steyer’s

Haaland leads Democratic primary for New Mexico governor: Poll

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is leading the Democratic primary race for governor of New Mexico, new polling shows. A new Emerson College Polling/KRQE News 13 poll found 4 in 10 primary voters back Haaland, a former Democratic lawmaker who joined the Biden

Commentary: Why emerging markets are dismissing bad Iran news

The fact that developing nations’ equities are able to rebound despite the bloc’s vulnerability to energy shocks shows there’s value in this space, says Shuli Ren for Bloomberg Opinion.

Behaviour Interactive lays off more people as 'demand for mobile and casual external development projects has declined'

BI is best known for Dead by Daylight, but it does a lot of other work too, and that's apparently drying up.

Senate eyes AI expansion for congressional business

The Senate’s top cybersecurity official is requesting a $2.8 million funding boost to support AI expansion.

Lululemon names Nike exec Heidi O’Neill as CEO amid pressure from founder — and shares tank

Lululemon's stock price has tumbled 38% in the last 12 months.

‘Iron Man’ Director Jon Favreau Tried to Stop Tony Stark’s Death in ‘Avengers: Endgame’ but Now Admits ‘I Was Wrong’

Jon Favreau is finally admitting he was wrong to warn Joe and Anthony Russo against killing off Tony Stark/Iron Man in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.” Favreau gave rise to the Marvel Cinematic Universe when he cast Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man in the 2008 movie of the same name.

House Democrat questions DOJ on possible Ghislaine Maxwell pardon

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sent a Wednesday letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) strongly opposing the possibility of a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime partner and accomplice of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I am writing to express my disgust

Ceasefire in question after Iran seizes ships

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Ceasefire in question after Iran seizes ships Iran has attacked multiple ships in the Strait of Hormuz less than a day after President Trump

Tale of a Riderless Horse

When George Stubbs paints a horse, it comes alive.

Navy secretary stepping down 13 months into job

Navy Secretary John Phelan is departing the administration after serving in the role for just over a year, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. “On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department

“I believe in an old-fashioned virtue called Doing...

“I believe in an old-fashioned virtue called Doing the Freakin’ Work. Read the book, not the summary. Write the piece, not the prompt. Suffer like the artist you are . It ain’t easy, but if it were easy, it wouldn’t be worth doing.”

Swiss regulators demand UBS add $20B in safety reserves to prevent taxpayer-funded bailout

After orchestrating the Credit Suisse rescue three years ago, politicians in Switzerland vowed to end the era when a single bank could threaten the whole country.

Rogan: Trump 'called me a liberal' at White House

Podcaster Joe Rogan on Tuesday said President Trump "called me a liberal" while at a White House event last week to hasten research on psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine. "The Joe Rogan Experience" guest Luis J. Gomez told Rogan that "people are pissed" about remarks Trump

Trump looks for way out on war, but Iran may not oblige

By extending a ceasefire indefinitely with Iran, President Donald Trump appears to be searching for a way out of a costly war, but Tehran may be unwilling to give him a win. Trump has insisted on maintaining a naval blockade, which Iran is demanding must end before it can

Hakeem Jeffries finally gets a signature win

Allies say the House Democratic leader’s redistricting counteroffensive showed he’s worthy of stepping into Nancy Pelosi’s shoes.

Dr. Oz Gives Trump the Weirdest, Grossest Compliment Yet

Dr. Oz waved off national concerns Wednesday about Donald Trump’s health, claiming that the president is “healthy as a bull.” The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator told the New York Post podcast that Trump’s “success to longevity as well as good health is

FAA probing close call at JFK airport

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is looking into a close call between two planes at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the agency said in a statement. According to the FAA statement, Republic Airways flight 4464 halted its landing at JFK on Monday afternoon “after

China weathered Trump's tariffs - but the Iran war is taking a toll

The Middle East conflict is putting pressure on factory orders, costs and jobs in China's export-driven economy.

Lessons for new Apple CEO Ternus in Steve Jobs’s wilderness years

Apple has named John Ternus, its head of hardware engineering, as its next CEO. At the same moment, Apple is paying Google roughly a billion dollars a year to run the AI brain of Siri, because Apple’s own AI hasn’t been good enough. Apple’s hardware is excellent but the AI is

RFK Jr. apologizes for comments about Black kids he claims he didn't say

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday apologized for past comments he made about Black children being "re-parented," while maintaining that he didn't make those remarks despite there being a recording of him doing so. Sen. Angela

Ashley Graham Teases Cameo in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ at Variety’s Entertainment Marketing Summit: ‘It’s Very Exciting’

Supermodel Ashley Graham is adding actress to her resume with a cameo credit in “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” set to hit theaters on May 1. At Variety’s Entertainment Marketing Summit presented by Deloitte, Graham and UTA Partner and Agent Natasha Bolouki dove into the cameo, what

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Tesla, IBM, ServiceNow, Southwest Airlines and more

See which stocks are posting big moves after the bell.

Oversight members split over whether to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, committee chair says

The only convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein has said she would testify to Congress if granted clemency — a power held solely by the president.

15 years ago, anyone could send PC Gamer magazine text messages. We got some weird ones

"Finally, an excuse to wear a dressing gown and chase down peasants with cavalry."

Lufthansa cutting 20K flights to save jet fuel

The German airline Lufthansa said it would cut 20,000 flights in the coming months to accommodate rising jet fuel costs amid the ongoing war with Iran. The schedule adjustments will affect “unprofitable short-haul flights” in Europe through the end of October, the Lufthansa