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Panel: Modern Data Architectures
Adi Polak: My name is Adi Polak. I work for a company named Confluent. We're building a data streaming platform. We're contributing to Apache Kafka and Apache Flink and Apache Iceberg. We have a lot of Apaches project that we contribute to. I wrote…
The Modular Cat Habitat That Turns Playful Curiosity Into Living Architecture
What if we designed homes the way cats would design them? Not human homes with a token scratching post in the corner but true spatial systems built around curiosity, vertical exploration, territorial comfort, and play. The N Plus Magic House begins…
Three.js Architecture: ECS
Over the last decade of my career, I've seen too many Three.js projects collapse, becoming impossible to maintain as they scale. In practice, it means that logic for input, physics, and rendering gets tangled up in a single requestAnimationFrame…
Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series Looks at Digital Structures and the Hidden Architecture of Modern Economic Systems - News Anyway
There is a useful way to think about the world we currently operate in. We are living inside a stack. Not the internet in a loose, general sense. A stack of concrete systems. Databases, identity layers, payment rails, logistics dashboards, ad…
The Sequence AI of the Week #809: Slow Thinking, Fast Discovery: Inside DeepMind's Aletheia Architecture
There is a specific kind of beauty in the way a neural network finally “clicks” on a hard problem. If you've spent enough time staring at loss curves or step-by-step reasoning traces, you know the feeling. For years, we've watched…
5 changes to know about in Apple's latest iOS, macOS, and iPadOS betas
This week, Apple released the first developer betas for iOS 26.4, iPadOS 26.4, macOS 26.4, and its other operating systems. On Tuesday, it followed those up with public beta versions of the same updates. Usually released around the midpoint between…
Modernizing the $10T Global Housing Market
The global housing industry is a $10 trillion market and one of the least transformed by modern technology. In the United States alone, the consequences are stark. A 6.5 million home shortage. Median home prices above $430,000. Nearly 75% of…
Hybrid by design: Wireless central to SA's connectivity future
Justin Mackenzie, managing director of VO Connect. South Africa's connectivity sector faces a familiar contradiction: unprecedented investment in digital infrastructure on one hand, and persistent frustration at the edge of the network on the…
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Ferrero elevates Maria Luciani to head of marketing
Ferrero has appointed Maria Ersilia Luciani as head of marketing – Premium Chocolate for the APAC-MEA region. In her new role, Luciani will lead the marketing agenda for the premium chocolate category across Asia, India, the Middle East…
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Designers Say These 4 Kitchen Cabinet Trends Are More Trouble Than They're Worth
Kitchen cabinet trends may come and go, but no matter where they are in their popularity life cycle, they somehow always end up becoming divisive. All-white cabinets, for example, were once a fan favorite, but now are solidly out. Meanwhile, honey…
Yes to the dress: These standout bridal trends are turning heads
Every April and October, dress designers from around the world come to New York to display their new designs at the Bridal Market show. Esther Lee, editorial director at the Knot, said their editors saw over 1,000 new gowns, all of which will be in…
Sandwich Architecture
This is an early version of a chapter from my book Architectural Metapatterns. It will appear in the upcoming version 1.2 of the book which is to be released in about a month. Meanwhile, feel free to check the version 1.1 which is available online…
AI in 2026: Enabling smarter, more responsive systems at the edge
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues its momentum across the electronics ecosystem, 2026 is shaping up to be a defining year for edge AI. After years of rapid advancement in cloud‑centric AI training and inference, the industry is…
The 'Beachy' Aesthetic Is Dead-Designers Reveal the New Trends in Coastal Design
For a long time, an overtly beachy aesthetic prevailed in aspirational waterfront home design. Today, a subtler and more refined approach has taken hold; it still reads as coastal, but without veering into that “cheesy souvenir shop”…
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Funky Hats, Bright Tights, and Other Effortlessly Cool Trends That Dominated New York Fashion Week Street Style
New York Fashion Week street style always blends practicality and personality in a city full of on-the-go commuters. This season, trends like capes, silly hats, and gorpcore made a splash. First comes Copenhagen, then comes New York City—set…
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