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  • Nadir Verpera GMT| MICRO MONDAYS

    Nadir Verpera GMT| MICRO MONDAYS

    Russell Sheldrake

    The flow of creativity within the micro and independent watch world is steady. Every day we are presented with a new brand or a new model, many of which offer something…

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  • Immune Cells Use Lipids to Kill Infected Targets

    Immune Cells Use Lipids to Kill Infected Targets

    Our immune system relies on specialized cells, such as natural killer (NK) cells and T cells, to find and destroy dangerous invaders like viruses or cancer cells. To do this, they release “packages” filled with powerful molecules –…

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  • Marvel Rivals Unveils Brand New Zombie Mode and Special Halloween Event

    Bangkok, Thailand October 17, 2025 – Today at gamescom Asia and the Thailand Game Show, Marvel Games and NetEase Games unveiled new announcements and details for Marvel Rivals, the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Super Hero…

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  • King should decide if laws are needed to remove Prince Andrew’s dukedom, minister suggests – UK politics live | Politics

    King should decide if laws are needed to remove Prince Andrew’s dukedom, minister suggests – UK politics live | Politics

    Good morning. Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary and candidate for deputy Labour leader, has been doing an interview round this morning. She was meant to be talking about V-levels, a government plan to simplify and improve vocational…

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  • Night diver has “shock of lifetime” as immense animal swims out of darkness in Australia

    Night diver has “shock of lifetime” as immense animal swims out of darkness in Australia

    An underwater photographer in Australia was following a sea dragon carrying eggs during a rough night dive when he was surprised by a huge stingray.

    The spectacular dive was “one to remember,” says photographer Sam Glenn-Smith on 

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  • Snapchat and Duolingo among major apps down in Amazon Web Services outage – live updates

    Snapchat and Duolingo among major apps down in Amazon Web Services outage – live updates

    What is Amazon Web Services?published at 09:43 BST

    Liv McMahon
    Technology reporter

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the tech giant’s cloud computing
    division, and its infrastructure underpins millions of large companies’
    websites and platforms.

    Many of the apps on your smartphone are actually running on AWS
    data centres.

    In an update on its service status page where it highlights any
    problems, it said it could confirm “significant error rates for
    requests” to one of its endpoints for services in its US-EAST-1 region.

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  • Louvre heist puts pressure on French government over museum security | Paris

    Louvre heist puts pressure on French government over museum security | Paris

    The French government is under increasing pressure over museum security as police continue to search for thieves who took seven minutes to steal priceless jewels from the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum.

    “What is certain is that we…

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  • Korea Box Office: ‘Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc’ Tops Again

    Korea Box Office: ‘Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc’ Tops Again

    Japanese anime feature “Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc” led the Korean box office for a second consecutive weekend, earning $1.8 million from 246,138 admissions across 911 screens for a 31.9% market share.

    According to KOBIS, the…

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  • Ingka Investments makes its largest ever forestland acquisition

    Ingka Investments makes its largest ever forestland acquisition

    As the world’s largest IKEA retailer, Ingka Group operates in 31 markets and represents 87% of global IKEA sales. Unlike typical corporations, the Group is owned by a foundation with a charitable purpose. This means that profits are reinvested into the business rather than distributed to private shareholders, enabling self-funded, long-term investments like this major forestland acquisition in the Baltics.

    This long-term investment approach also enables a different acquisition strategy. Rather than a focus on mainly exporting timber and short-term returns, Ingka Investments aims to partner with Baltic sawmills and panel manufacturers to process wood regionally, creating skilled jobs and building local expertise.

    Niks Sauva, Country Manager, Ingka Investments Latvia, continued: “We’re committed to creating more value locally in the Baltics. Our goal is to increase the share of wood processed regionally to strengthen the Baltic forestry value chain.”

    Already today, Ingka Investments owns 331,000 hectares in seven countries. In financial year 2025, the Ingka Investments forestland teams employed around 190 co-workers, and created thousands of additional jobs through local contractors. The company planted 14 million seedlings, that together with natural regeneration contributed to overall forest expansion and an estimated net growth of 500,000 cubic metres annually. 22 percent of Ingka Investments’ existing forests are managed with a special focus on conservation and prioritising environmental objectives first.

    Earlier this year, Ingka Investments allocated 16,000 hectares of its Latvian forests for an applied research collaboration with the European Forest Institute and Preferred by Nature. The project trials practices such as closer‑to‑nature and continuous‑cover forestry to improve resilience and minimise biodiversity impacts, with the intention of scaling proven methods across Ingka Investments’ forests and wider supply chains.

    Van der Poel ended: “We firmly believe that responsible forest management delivers both environmental and economic success. It’s in our interest to manage our forests for the long-term, preserving and improving their health, while providing this renewable resource for furniture and other uses. Our goal is to ensure that this vital resource remains forests forever.”

    Lotta Lyrå, President and CEO of Södra, said: “For Södra, this is a transaction that enables us to focus more on developing the value of our members’ forests and thereby strengthen our long-term competitiveness. We are very pleased to have found a buyer who shares our view of responsible and sustainable forestry, and we look forward to seeing the forests in the Baltics managed in the same spirit.”

    Completion is subject to approval by the relevant authorities in Latvia and Estonia.

     

    Note to editors

    Ingka Investments currently owns around 331,500 hectares (ha) of land where it is managing existing forests and growing new forests: 110,000 ha in Latvia, 31,000 ha in Estonia, 27,000 ha in Lithuania, 75,000 ha in the US, 51,000 ha in Romania, 28,500 ha in Aotearoa New Zealand, and 9,000 ha in Finland.

    In financial year 2025, Ingka Investments Latvia generated a turnover of EUR 11.9 million, employed 40 local co-workers, and created additional jobs through local contractors. Ingka Investments Estonia generated a turnover of EUR 8.5 million and employed 12 local co-workers.

     

    Total area included in the acquisition:

    Latvia
    Total area: 135,324 ha

    Forestland area: 119,929 ha (89% of the total area)

    Estonia

    Total area: 17,742 ha

    Forestland area: 15,773 ha (89% of the total area)

     

    The purchase price of the asset was EUR 720 million.

     

    Ingka Group has IKEA retail operations in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and United States. Ingka Group doesn’t have any retail operations in the Baltics. The IKEA retail operations in the Baltics are operated by Inter IKEA Group.

     

    Read more about Ingka Group’s sustainability performance and commitments in the latest Annual & Sustainability Summary report: ​Ingka Group Annual Summary and Sustainability Report FY24

    For more information on the IKEA Forest Agenda, please visit: Wood and forestry – IKEA Global

     

    About Ingka Investments

    Ingka Investments is the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer. They invest in assets, manage companies, and operate strategic businesses to preserve and create value for Ingka Group and IKEA – now, and for generations to come. Taking a long-term approach, they invest across six strategic areas: forestland, renewable energy, real estate, circular, financial markets, and business acquisitions and venture investments. Ingka investments responsibly manages over 331,500 hectares of forestland in seven countries, focusing on long-term ownership that helps preserve and increase the forest quality for future generations. Find further information on Ingka Investments here.

    About Ingka Group

    With IKEA retail operations in 31 markets, Ingka Group is the largest IKEA retailer and represents 87% of IKEA retail sales. It is a strategic partner to develop and innovate the IKEA business and help define common IKEA strategies. Ingka Group owns and operates IKEA sales channels under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. It has three business areas: IKEA Retail, Ingka Investments and Ingka Centres. Read more on Ingka.com.

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  • Surprise! Gemini appears on an unexpected Google TV device

    Surprise! Gemini appears on an unexpected Google TV device

    Ryan Haines / Android Authority

    TL;DR

    • A user has encountered a setup screen Gemini for Google TV on their Sony Bravia TV.
    • The screen appeared after they updated their Google TV Home app.
    • This is the first instance of Gemini for TV running on a…

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