Usyk vs Rico: Ukrainian heavyweight champion stops novice in controversial 11th-round stoppage win

Usyk vs Rico: Ukrainian heavyweight champion stops novice in controversial 11th-round stoppage win

A fortunate Oleksandr Usyk retained his world heavyweight titles in Egypt with a highly controversial 11th-round stoppage win against boxing novice Rico Verhoeven. Verhoeven, in just his second professional boxing fight, was the clear aggressor for long spells, stunning generational great Usyk in a way nobody expected. Possibly behind on the judges’ cards, Ukrainian Usyk…

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Berlin’s Peec AI more than doubled revenue to $10M ARR in six months. Its product helps brands show up in ChatGPT.

Berlin’s Peec AI more than doubled revenue to M ARR in six months. Its product helps brands show up in ChatGPT.

TL;DR Berlin’s Peec AI hit $10M ARR six months after a $21M Series A at $4M. It helps brands optimise for AI search results. Peec AI, a Berlin-based startup that helps brands track and improve their visibility in AI-generated search results, has crossed $10 million in annualised revenue, according to internal dashboard data seen and…

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How Quentin Bisch Became a Fragrance Industry Darling

How Quentin Bisch Became a Fragrance Industry Darling

Quentin Bisch, the Givaudan master perfumer, has such a varied repertoire of greatest hits you’d think he could embody any character in a play, at any time. But rather, the nose behind the bestselling scents from Amouage, Jean Paul Gaultier and Carolina Herrera started his studies backstage — literally — and his university training as…

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What Jack Kerouac Left Behind

What Jack Kerouac Left Behind

Six months later, in February, 1943, most of the men Jack sailed with that summer—including Glory and the pastry chef—were killed when the Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-boat. More than six hundred people died. Jack was so shattered by the news that his hands shook for weeks afterward. I remember him wearing the…

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The Verve and Confrontation of Lisa Yuskavage’s Naked Ladies

The Verve and Confrontation of Lisa Yuskavage’s Naked Ladies

The history of art is littered with naked ladies, of course, from Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” to Ingres’s “Grande Odalisque” to Picasso’s “Nude Woman in a Red Armchair,” but Yuskavage’s ladies are, indeed, of a particular kind, and could quite easily be taken for what the artist’s husband, Matvey Levenstein, jokingly called “stroke material for…

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How Raghu Rai Captured an India in Transition

How Raghu Rai Captured an India in Transition

That picture, “Burial of an Unknown Child,” became the defining image of the disaster, a depiction of tragedy so viscerally infused with loss that, even today, it appears on banners protesting the chemical company responsible, which has yet to make full amends for the incident. “Burial” is one of dozens of photos that Rai, who…

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Paul McCartney Explores His Ever-Present Past in ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane,’ a Delightful Return to Wings-Era Form: Album Review

Paul McCartney Explores His Ever-Present Past in ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane,’ a Delightful Return to Wings-Era Form: Album Review

Paul McCartney is a master of the fake-out. The first feint around his new album, “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” came when he released “Days We Left Behind” as the first single, an exceedingly gentle and wistful ballad that allowed for the possibility that the whole LP might be a collection of acoustic memory songs.…

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An Elegant Wedding with Chinoiserie Details and Subtle Disney Touches

An Elegant Wedding with Chinoiserie Details and Subtle Disney Touches

[section title=”The Planning”] [field title=”Wedding Colors”] The couple had a color palette of an elegant, dusty grey blue paired with creams and ivories for the ceremony. For the reception, they chose to add lavender and blush pink to the color palette to create a more colorful vibe. [/field] [field title=”Design / Vibe / Vision”] The…

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Waymo suspends all freeway rides over safety

Waymo suspends all freeway rides over safety

Waymo said that it’s pausing its robotaxi services on freeways in the U.S. as it updates its software to improve performance around construction zones and flooded roads. Before the suspension, freeway operations were available in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Miami. The company said that street and other off-highway operations of Waymos will continue.…

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