L’Oréal Is Investing €331m To Turn Hyderabad Into The Silicon Valley of Beauty

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Woman’s face analysed by artificial intelligence skin scanning technology, illustrating L’Oréal’s use of AI for personalised beauty and skincare diagnostics.

When a 116-year-old beauty empire places a €331 million bet on artificial intelligence – and chooses a location as its global nerve centre – it’s worth paying attention.  This week, L’Oréal confirmed it will establish a first-of-its-kind Beauty Tech Hub in Hyderabad, India positioning the city as a global base for AI-driven beauty innovation. Formalised…

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From Screen Time To Me Time: Thomas Lélu Turns Tech Accessories Into Self-Care

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A fashion editorial-style campaign image showing a woman in a dramatic blue outfit holding an oversized Thomas Lélu x BURGA phone case featuring the handwritten quote “Surround yourself with people who get it,” symbolising mindful technology, self-expression, and modern digital culture.

Burga, the global tech and lifestyle accessories brand known for turning phone cases into fashion statements has teamed up, rather surprisingly, with Thomas Lélu.  Why is this surprising you might ask? Well the French contemporary artist’s handwritten musings have become a quiet rebellion against digital overwhelm.  Against those odds, they’ve launched a limited-edition capsule that…

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Could Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Come to the UK?

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Teenage girl wearing headphones sits on a sofa at home while using a smartphone, representing youth screen time, social media use among children, digital wellbeing concerns and debates around under-16 social media bans.

When Australia flicked the switch on the world’s first nationwide ban on social media for under-16s, it didn’t just trigger a collective gasp across Silicon Valley – it sent a ripple through Westminster. Suddenly, a policy that once sounded unthinkable moved from fringe idea to dinner-table debate. And this week, the UK government turned the…

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Coach Brings High Fashion to The Sims 4 – And Its Free For Everyone

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Create-a-Sim gameplay image from The Sims 4 featuring Sims wearing Coach digital clothing, including varsity jackets and casual outfits, set in a city environment as part of the Coach x The Sims 4 fashion collection.

Luxury fashion’s most interesting runway today isn’t in Paris or Milan – it’s virtual. On January 13, Coach launched a co-created, open-access designer collection inside The Sims 4, bringing ready-to-wear pieces, iconic bags and interior décor directly into one of the world’s most influential gaming communities. And crucially, it’s free. The drop includes nine wearable…

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AI Food Scam Fraud Is Hitting Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Local Restaurants

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A close-up of two people exchanging a paper food delivery bag containing fresh groceries, representing online food delivery services, refund disputes, and the rise of AI-generated evidence used in customer complaints.

Across platforms like Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat, fraudsters are using AI image-editing tools to fabricate refund claims.  The evidence? Photos of “undercooked” burgers turned suspiciously pink, cakes seemingly melted beyond recognition, and the pièce de résistance: fake flies and mould digitally sprinkled on meals that were, by all accounts, absolutely fine. It’s a…

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The Apple of Self-Tan? The Swedish Beauty Tech Brand Reinventing Fake Glow

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COMIS MultiMist beauty device shown open with a smart capsule inserted, demonstrating capsule-based nanotechnology for mess-free self-tan and skincare application.

In an era where quiet luxury has crept into our wardrobes and fewer, better things defines our shopping habits, beauty is having its own tech-led reckoning. Enter Comis: a Stockholm-founded beauty brand (launched in 2021) that treats glow not as a gimmick, but as an engineering problem worth solving. Comis positions itself as “a next-generation…

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