Louis Vuitton releases new UFO seeming wireless speaker

Jul 16 2021

Known for its super-expensive travel and casual bags, luxury brand Louis Vuitton just released a bizarre looking speaker called the Horizon Light Up speaker. For the uninitiated, the Toupie handbag made big hits following its launch as part of the company’s pre-fall collection in 2019. The brand decided to recreate the design in the form of a speaker. For those who’ve never seen the bag however, the design may just look like a UFO.

The speaker is bound by noble leather along with metal components and covered with the signature LV monogram. It features everything from a subwoofer to light up letters of the brand name as music plays. It can also pair with smartphones via Bluetooth, WiFi and Apple AirPlay 2. There is no set price as of yet, but the speaker is expected to launch worldwide on July 30th. Although considering the brand, this latest creation won’t come cheap!

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WATCH: ‘Kullimkien Konkos’ TikTok nails Malta’s construction situation

Jul 16 2021

Cedric Vella opens up his kitchen cabinet and pours himself a bowl of ‘Konkos cereal’ before spreading cement on his toast for breakfast. The concept of the song posted to TikTok captures exactly what many Maltese feel about the excessive construction going on around the island.

Racking up well over 26.9K views as of the writing of this article, Vella’s TikTok also targets the large amount of money made through construction.

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♬ Kullimkien Konkos – Super Sad

Vella, posting the tune to his account @supersadly, throws 50 Euro notes into a washing machine as he sits on top, with the money spinning below him. The video ends with a cheeky reference to Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg, featuring a maze puzzle iconic to cereal boxes titled; ‘Help Ian find a tree to chop down.’

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Dozens dead and buildings destroyed in devastating floods in Germany

Jul 16 2021

A large-scale rescue effort was initiated on Friday by Germany after the heaviest rainfall recorded in a century devastated parts of Western Europe with flash floods. Dozens lost their lives and many more left unaccounted for. Buildings collapsed as fast moving torrents of water overwhelmed entire towns and villages in western and southern Germany. At least 55 people died, with authorities stating that the number is set to rise as many have been unaccounted for.

Luxembourg, Netherlands and Belgium were all hit, with the latter registering six deaths. Germany recorded the highest deaths as of yet at 49 total lives lost. The German state Rhineland-Palatinate was hit the worst, with 1,300 people assumed missing in the district of Ahrweiler. German weather service spokesman Andreas Friedrich told CNN that some areas had not seen such rainfall in 100 years.

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Guys eat meat to feel ‘manlier’ according to new study

Jul 16 2021

A new study by the University of California, Los Angeles has reported that men consume meat to adhere to masculine stereotypes. The UCLA surveyed around 1,706 American adults between the ages of 18 and 88, and found that anything from ordering bloody steaks to standing over a BBQ can be interpreted as ‘masculine’ behaviour. The goal of the study was trying to identify whether or not traditional gender roles are reinforced through meat-eating.

Participants were thus asked about their current habits and openness to vegetarianism and vegan lifestyles. Men were less likely than women to consider a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, whilst also having an increased tendency to consume chicken and beef. The study, which was published in the academic journal ‘Appetite’, stated that altering how we view gender stereotypes could reduce meat consumption as a whole. The study noted that ‘a deeper understanding of the role of gender may help reduce public meat consumption to improve human health and environmental responsibility’. This, however, may be an arduous task.

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