FBI planned a sting against An0m cryptophone users over drinks with Australian investigators

FBI planned a sting against An0m cryptophone users over drinks with Australian investigators

Three years ago, the FBI began planning a sophisticated sting that led to the arrests of 800 suspected organised criminals in raids around the world. Police this week carried out hundreds of searches, seized drugs, firearms, luxury vehicles and cash in co-ordinated operations across multiple countries. The targets were organised crime groups which had placed…

Transforming health care at the edge

Transforming health care at the edge

Edge computing, through on-site sensors and devices, as well as last-mile edge equipment that connects to those devices, allows data processing and analysis to happen close to the digital interaction. Rather than using centralized cloud or on-premises infrastructure, these distributed tools at the edge offer the same quality of data processing but without latency issues…

Dries Van Noten Fall 2009 Menswear

Dries Van Noten Fall 2009 Menswear

Backstage, proud pop Dries Van Noten was flashing photos of his new pup, but it was finance rather than fatherhood that was making him think about safety nets. “We have to be more careful now,” he said, “but it’s interesting to work with restrictions. It makes us more creative.” So the new collection’s emphasis on…

Oscar de la Renta Resort 2022

Oscar de la Renta Resort 2022

Taylor Swift made history in the Oscar de la Renta pressed flower minidress she wore to the Grammys, becoming the first woman to win Album of the Year three times. “That was a home run,” said Fernando Garcia. Unsurprisingly, Garcia and Laura Kim chose florals again for resort, only this time instead of three-dimensional embroideries,…

Adeam Resort 2022

Adeam Resort 2022

Though many who grew up in the early aughts protest, Y2K fashion has officially been revived. Just a quick scroll through TikTok will show you that Gen-Z has embraced the high-gloss look resplendent with rhinestones, low-rises, and lots and lots of skin. For Resort 2022, Adeam designer Hanako Maeda joined the pack of designers looking…

Comme des Garçons Fall 2009 Menswear

Comme des Garçons Fall 2009 Menswear

“Fashion illusion” was Rei Kawakubo’s typically brief summation of her latest collection for men, but that was, in fact, exactly what we saw. There is something dialectical about the way Rei works. She offers a thesis one season, presents its antithesis the next, then finally synthesizes both approaches. Such was the case for Fall, which…

Dior Men Fall 2009 Menswear

Dior Men Fall 2009 Menswear

“Angles” was Kris Van Assche’s concept for his new Dior Homme collection. A waistcoat built from ridged black and white paillettes certainly embodied the idea, as did triangular cutouts in jackets. Angularity being something of a New Wave concept (all those skinny people in skinny suits playing skinny music), it was scarcely a surprise to…