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forbes.com - Abhilash Kunnatoor Margabandu - Building AI-Ready Data Centers Means Designing For Certainty
Building AI-Ready Data Centers Means Designing For Certainty
Forbes

Abhilash Kunnatoor Margabandu is vice president of infrastructure engineering at EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure. ​For years, data center design has been grounded in predictability. Engineers could model around demand, define capacity and…

forbes.com - Tim Newcomb - Tour Players Lead New Wilson Defyer Racket Design
Tour Players Lead New Wilson Defyer Racket Design
Forbes

Karen Khachanov was the first athlete to play with the prototype Wilson Defyer at the tour level. When Karen Khachanov won Halle in 2025 using a Wilson prototype racket, it was the only frame like it he had. It was early days for Wilson crafting a…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Hong Kong Fashion Fest returns as city pushes local designers onto global stage
Hong Kong Fashion Fest returns as city pushes local designers onto global stage
The Standard

Hong Kong Fashion Fest will return from September 1 to 14, bringing together a series of programs spanning haute couture, cross-regional menswear and sustainable design, as the city continues to position itself as a regional fashion hub. SCROLL TO…

upi.com - Darryl Coote - Trump tells Congress he intends to lift Syria's terrorism designation
Trump tells Congress he intends to lift Syria's terrorism designation
UPI

July 8 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump informed Congress on Wednesday of his intent to rescind Syria's decades-old designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, another crucial step signifying Damascus' transition from international pariah toward…

buzzfeed.com - Audrey Engvalson - People Really Hate These Home Design Trends, And If You Like Them, You're The Only One
People Really Hate These Home Design Trends, And If You Like Them, You're The Only One
BuzzFeed

Guess I'll go return my gallon of sage green paint:/…

cbsnews.com - Startup reveals prototype of floating survival pod designed to withstand tsunamis and extreme flooding
Startup reveals prototype of floating survival pod designed to withstand tsunamis and extreme flooding
CBS News

A French startup company has unveiled a prototype for a survival device that it says can save people from tsunamis and severe flooding. The prototype was revealed at a technology conference in Paris earlier this month. The company, Lifepods, says…

engadget.com - Steve Dent - Sony's RX10 V superzoom finally arrives with a new design and 4K 120p video
Sony's RX10 V superzoom finally arrives with a new design and 4K 120p video
Engadget

Sony has finally unveiled the RX10 V, a superzoom compact camera that comes with a 24-600mm optical zoom lens and 20.1-megapixel 1-inch sensor. The design has been overhauled compared to the nine-year-old RX10 IV for a more modern look and adds…

bloomberg.com - Charlotte Hughes-Morgan - Damen Wins Design Work for $3.2 Billion UK-Dutch Warship Program
Damen Wins Design Work for $3.2 Billion UK-Dutch Warship Program
Bloomberg

Dutch shipmaker Damen Shipyards is working with the UK and the Netherlands on a design for new amphibious transport ships commissioned as part of a £2.4 billion ($3.2 billion) deal between the two countries. The ships will be built in UK…

housebeautiful.com - Sarah Lyon - Designers Reveal 5 Buzzy Design Trends That Are Already 'Outdated' in 2026
Designers Reveal 5 Buzzy Design Trends That Are Already 'Outdated' in 2026
House Beautiful

We're officially halfway through 2026, which means that before long, conversations will shift toward the interior design trends expected to define 2027. But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, it's worth taking a moment to reflect on the…

bloomberg.com - Laura Curtis - Senator Wyden Says Trump Tariffs Are 'Ill-Designed' to Combat Forced Labor Globally
Senator Wyden Says Trump Tariffs Are 'Ill-Designed' to Combat Forced Labor Globally
Bloomberg

This article is for subscribers only. Just weeks before a set of stopgap tariffs expire, the Trump administration is close to finalizing a new set of duties it says are intended to stamp out goods made with forced labor from the global economy.

techxplore.com - Lauren Otolski - Student engineers, designers develop mountable wheelchair light with (dis)Ability Design Studio
Student engineers, designers develop mountable wheelchair light with (dis)Ability Design Studio
Tech Xplore

Powered by collaborative and empathic design, the next generation of designers and engineers are working to make life easier for wheelchair and mobility device users. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduate student Carter Schott is…

cosmopolitan.com - Lia Mappoura - Alison Hammond's pearl nude nails are summer's most versatile manicure trend: 8 designs to try now
Alison Hammond's pearl nude nails are summer's most versatile manicure trend: 8 designs to try now
Cosmopolitan

Alison Hammond is a hun culture legend; The Queen of huns, if you will. But as of late, she's been charting new Royal territory: Beauty Queen. I'm talking curly bobs, soft glam smoky eyes and most recently, a manicure that captures the zeitgeist of…

variety.com - Alex Ritman - U.K.'s National Film and Television School Partners With Angels Costumes on New Sandy Powell-Backed Costume Design Course (EXCLUSIVE)
U.K.'s National Film and Television School Partners With Angels Costumes on New Sandy Powell-Backed Costume Design Course (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety

The U.K.'s National Film and Television School (NFTS) has unveiled a new partnership with Angels Costumes and John Gore Studios to support the renowned college's new costume course. The two-year costume design for film and television postgraduate…

gizmodo.com - Bruce Gil - Fiat's New Tiny EV Makes That Designer Golf Cart Look Like an Expensive Joke
Fiat's New Tiny EV Makes That Designer Golf Cart Look Like an Expensive Joke
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The battle of the premium EV golf carts is heating up. Fiat announced this week that its tiny Topolino EV is now available in the United States. Its parent company, Stellantis, says the launch marks its first entry into the…

housebeautiful.com - Meghan Shouse - We Found 23 Unique Home Stores That Designers Are 'Gatekeeping'
We Found 23 Unique Home Stores That Designers Are 'Gatekeeping'
House Beautiful

Pictured Above: The interior of Nickey Kehoe's New York shop. Anyone who's shopped for home decor or furniture online knows how overwhelming the experience can be. While product pages can tell you the exact dimensions of a sofa or dining table…

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