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While Jony Ive Is Designing Ferraris, Another Apple Designer Is Thinking Different About the Golf Cart
More than half a decade after leaving Apple, two of the tech giant's former designers could be working on just about anything they want. Instead, they both seem to have luxury vehicles stuck on their minds. Could it be that Apple's shelved EV…
Designers imagine the impact of Brexit, 10 years on
The video begins with a faceless performer wearing a mask of former British prime minister David Cameron. Standing in front of a crinkled white sheet, the performer begins to slowly feed pages of a book into a paper shredder, letting the machine's…
Are designers to blame for our tech dystopia? It's complicated
As someone who has been working in user experience design for 30-odd years, I define design features as the conceptualization and implementation of a novel interaction—like infinite scroll or autoplay—for the benefit of a user. These…
Cadence Design Systems Inc. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors
Shares of Cadence Design Systems Inc. CDNS slipped 1.12% to $368.23 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.14% to 51,920.62 and the S&P 500 Index…
An ex-Apple designer wants to reinvent the neighborhood vehicle
After leaving a job at Apple, where he led the design of the Apple Watch, Julian Hoenig wasn't planning to start an EV company. But a chance conversation with a friend revealed a gap in the market. His friend owned a resort and couldn't find a good…
IBM hails new 'block of flats' design breakthrough for tiny chips
IBM has unveiled a new chip design which it says could enable manufacturers to cram 100 billion transistors on a silicon chip the size of a fingernail. The current industry-standard size for chips, measured in a the unit of nanometres - a billionth…
Designers Reveal the Countertop Design That's Having a Major Moment
Marble countertops are timeless, but experts say there's a way to get a similar look that offers more durability. Designers say quartzite is trending among today's homeowners who want the elegance of marble without the stressful upkeep. Maintaining…
A Veteran Apple Designer Reimagines the Golf Cart
On the dunes of Tróia, a breezy peninsula just south of Lisbon, Julian Hoenig is taking his latest invention for a spin. The veteran Apple Inc. designer, who worked under Steve Jobs and Jony Ive and helped create the Apple Watch and Vision…
Kuaishou chip spin-off taps funding for in-house designs amid export controls
Chinese internet giants are increasingly moving beyond software and into semiconductor design, betting that proprietary chips will give them greater control over computing infrastructure as artificial intelligence workloads surge and geopolitical…
Stoke City: Championship club reveal new crest design installed on home stadium
Stoke City have announced the club's new crest has been installed at bet365 Stadium. The Potters adopted a new design last summer following several months of consultation with fans and revealed a 'phased' introduction at their home ground with…
The 10 Best Pieces of Designer Luggage That Are Actually Worth the Price
The concept of luxury luggage is far from novel. In the mid 1800s, a young Louis Vuitton founded his label designing highly personalized trunks and cases for fashionable socialites. The waterproof, ship-ready trunks allowed clothes to be laid…
European cities are using clever design solutions to fight extreme heat. Will they work?
Europe is facing a deadly, record-breaking heat wave, and to keep cool, cities and residents have taken to design interventions. Some are longer-running projects already underway, while others are quick DIY relief efforts for Europeans facing the…
Forget 2nm chips! IBM just beat TSMC to sub-nm chip design
IBM is showing of a sub-nm architecture, having created a 3D “nanostack” design at the 0.7nm node. The technology builds vertical towers of transistors, staggering their placement, to increase density. IBM believes that its design…
This Architect Built a Chess Set Where the Hardware Is the Design
Chess has been around for roughly 1,500 years, and in that time, the chess set has been reimagined in almost every conceivable way. You've seen the hand-carved wooden sets passed down through generations, the marble ones that live on coffee tables…
Qualcomm To Design China-Specific Data Center Chip In Compliance With US Export Curbs
Qualcomm unveiled its data center chip lineup on Wednesday, becoming the latest chipmaker to enter the AI processor race in an attempt to challenge market leader Nvidia. CEO Cristiano Amon told Nikkei Asia the company is eyeing the China market for…
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