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The Design Hotels That Defined Summer 2026
A newly opened hotel is one of the better records of a cultural moment. They reveal what we currently consider beautiful, luxurious, healthy, interesting, and worth flying across the Mediterranean to photograph. This summer, Fouquet's Mykonos…
Construction safety design needed to reduce fatal accidents in Hong Kong: experts
Hong Kong should make safety design a part of all building development plans and address the culture of rushing work at construction sites, industry leaders have said after the city recorded 15 fatal industrial accidents earlier this year. Their…
U.S. FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to Gamgertamig for the Treatment of Pemphigus
Mechelen, Belgium; 24 August 2026, 22.01 CET; regulated information – Lakefront Biotherapeutics NV (Euronext & NASDAQ: LKFT) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation to gamgertamig…
Emerging Designers Are Gaining Momentum on the Luxury Resale Market
The RealReal may have risen to popularity for its big-name designer finds, but emerging designers are quickly rising through its ranks, according to the luxury resale platform's 2026 Resale Report released on Tuesday. “Resale is a really…
Hunter designated 'material witness' in Balester homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE — A Hanover Township man who was released from prison Friday after Luzerne County prosecutors dropped criminal homicide and conspiracy charges returned to court Monday and placed on unsecured bail. Court of Common Pleas Judge…
Inside Designer Beauty's Intensifying Battle for the Men's Fragrance Consumer
Beauty's designer brands are cranking up the heat in their race for the men's fragrance consumer. It's no wonder why: Men's fragrances have soared in recent years thanks to TikTok and an overall normalization of beauty regimens among teen boys and…
Everpure lands new design win with second top-five hyperscaler
DirectFlash enables hyperscalers to deploy a consistent and unified architecture across multiple performance tiers of their storage hierarchy. (Image source: 123RF) Everpure (NYSE: P), which positions itself as the company revolutionising storage…
Reversible leopard jacket that rivals £125 designer look-a-like now just £25
The animal print trend is still among us and with no signs of stopping, it seems like it's going to follow us into autumn too. If leopard print is your design of choice, you're in luck as Next has heavily reduced the price of it's autumn…
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Scientists Used A.I. to Design New Viruses. The Technology Could Be a Boon for Medicine, but Experts Worry About Harmful Pathogens
Artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionize biotechnology. It can already help discover drugs, modify key machinery in microbes and decode the human genetic instruction book. Now, for the first time, scientists have used A.I. to design…
OMA/AMO and OPEN Architecture Design Opening Exhibitions for Powerhouse Parramatta in Sydney, Australia
Powerhouse Parramatta, a new museum and cultural institution on the banks of the Parramatta River in Western Sydney, Australia, will open to the public on Saturday, November 7, 2026. The 30,000-square-meter building has been designed by…
SKIMS' New Chief Design Officer Spent 22 Years at Supreme
SKIMS hired former Supreme veteran Erin Magee as its first-ever Chief Design Officer. Simultaneously, the brand promoted Kim Schraub to the newly created role of Chief Brand Officer. On August 24, SKIMS officially announced that designer Erin Magee…
iPhone 20 Pro's all-glass design gets new update from leaker
Next year's iPhone Pro models are expected to feature a new, all-glass design timed for the iPhone's 20th anniversary. And a new leak today details Apple's progress on the innovative models. We're just weeks away from the unveiling of the…
Lego CEO rules out AI-designed toys
BILLUND, Denmark – Lego is ruling out handing over the design of its iconic building sets to artificial intelligence, betting instead on human creativity to extend a run of record revenue and market-share gains. The stance puts a limit on…
These nightmarish REAL restaurant menus show that AI is killing folk graphic design
We've seen businesses complain about automatic AI-generated images thrust upon their products on platforms like Amazon, Reddit and Uber Eats. Some understandably fear that the fake imagery could harm their sales. What some people finding harder to…
Anniversary iPhone 20 leak reveals crucial design details
The iPhone Air could influence the design of the anniversary iPhone | Image by PhoneArena Stay informed, without the noise Subscribe to the “Weekly Top Stories” newsletter. By subscribing you agree to our terms and conditions and…
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