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Cadence Automates PCB Design With AI Super Agents
The AuraStack AI Super Agent automates the work to develop printed circuit boards (PCBs) and even advanced packaging needed for AI Accelerators. Cadence has been rolling out new “Super Agents” at an impressive pace to provide chip…
Why More Americans Are Designing Their Careers Around The Lives They Want
As work becomes more flexible, more professionals are rethinking where they choose to build their careers and their lives. For generations, the traditional career path followed a familiar formula: get the degree, land the job, climb the ladder and…
Hospitality's Next Design Question: Can This Room Age Well?
Romain Pison is the founder of Garofano, an Italian-inspired furniture and lifestyle brand, and Garofano House, a hospitality platform. Hotels have become very good at designing for the first impression. The opening photograph matters. So does the…
The Most Underrated AI Problem: Designing For 1.2 Billion Learners
Abhishek Bahl specializes in AI product management & business development. He is Founder & CEO at JetLearn, a global AI edtech company. While the AI industry races to build foundation models and enterprise copilots, only about 60% of students…
The future of senior care may depend on designing homes around people
Senior care is approaching a defining test. An estimated 7.2 million Americans aged 65 and older were living with Alzheimer's dementia in 2025, while the direct care workforce is projected to face 9.7 million job openings by 2034. Yet Jackie Fox…
America's newest landmark was designed to disappear
The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library (TRPL), billed as one of the most ambitious cultural sustainability projects ever undertaken in the United States, has been unveiled in Medora, North Dakota. Set on a butte overlooking Theodore Roosevelt…
Student designs concept to tackle Guernsey housing crisis
An architecture graduate has developed a housing concept aimed at tackling the high cost of living and reducing the number of young people leaving the island. Oliver Coupe, who recently completed a degree at the Welsh School of Architecture…
The Best Table Lamps, According to Interior Designers
Whether or not you turn on the big overhead light, a well-placed table lamp can create layers of illumination, especially when combined with floor lamps, wall sconces, and flush-mounted ceiling lights. A good-looking table lamp also works as an…
JR East announces design of new inspection shinkansen train
East Japan Railway, or JR East, on Tuesday announced the nickname and design of a successor to its East-i inspection train for shinkansen bullet train lines, set to be introduced in fiscal 2029. The new train, nicknamed Soar, will inspect the…
Ikea's newest collection is designed for young renters on the move
Ikea's newest collection is designed to move. And move. And move. These 13 home furnishings were inspired by the lived reality of young urban dwellers who regularly find themselves moving to new apartments, neighborhoods, cities, or countries. To…
3 Questions: Neural transparency and the future of AI design
Millions of people are now designing their own personalized artificial intelligence companions, yet most have little idea how those creations will actually behave. In a new paper, MIT Media Lab Assistant Professor Pat Pataranutaporn and his…
OpenAI Is Selling a $230 Keyboard Designed for Its Codex Agent
It's not a Her -like portable smart speaker (yet), but OpenAI is selling a $230 keyboard, dubbed Codex Micro, that's designed for its Codex coding agent. The device, which OpenAI teased last month, is not a conventional keyboard, as it contains…
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JioStar's Rubbal Datta to join Mandrake Tech Labs as CEO-designate
Mandrake Tech Labs has appointed Rubbal Datta as CEO-designate. He will join the media firm in August 2026. Datta joins from JioStar and brings over 26 years of experience across government relations, media and sports broadcasting. He has…
How to Design a Home That Helps You Live Forever
With all due respect to biohackers, forget huffing Huel or popping supplements: The simplest shortcut to a long life might already be on hand, right at home. Indeed, it's bricks and mortar that could make the difference between hitting 90 or…
Fallout Game Designer Is 'Embarrassed' By Prime Video Series
The video game designer of Fallout: New Vegas has some strong feelings about the Prime Video series. Prime Video's hit TV show Fallout has been praised as one of the best video game adaptations of all time. Fans of the franchise were happy with the…
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