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Interview: Jony Ive joins OpenAI. The designer on his new venture in San Francisco
The industrial designer who defined an era with Apple - and has just announced the merger of his io project with OpenAI - is bringing his radical perspective to the city he loves.
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Barking up the right tree: Inside Japan’s billion-Yen luxury pet lifestyle boom
Meet the companies catering to Japan's ever-growing love for its four-legged friends, with everything from dog buggies to grooming services and canine disaster rations.
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Denmark’s state pension age just went up – so why aren’t the Danes more bothered?
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Skin in the game: How Indonesia’s largest cosmetics company transformed into the giant it is today
The family-owned Paragon Corp has won over consumers in Southeast Asia with its halal products and commitment to innovation and social impact.
Bjarke Ingels and ARM Holding are redrawing Dubai’s map – making it greener than ever
Entrepreneur Mohammad Saeed Al Shehhi has set out to redefine the built environment with a megaproject of such low-rise, community-centred and green intent that starchitect Bjarke Ingels has signed up to design it.
Business agenda: Sustainable air travel with Helsinki Citycopter and Canadian companies making the most of Trump’s tariffs
Technology: USAGood vibrations This NBA season, blind and low-vision basketball fans have been able to follow the action from their arena seats using a handheld device that describes the game through vibrations. Seattle-based start-up…
Tech corner: Four innovative releases to buy now
The latest innovations in technology, including over-ear headphones and an e-bike from Ampler.
The UAE gets its transport ambitions back on track with proposed rail service
There’s something ironic about standing outside Dubai’s Museum of the Future – a torus-shaped building that has come to symbolise the UAE’s commitment to innovation – and realising that you can’t hop on a…
From Singapore to Bangkok, community-centric shopping spaces are redefining retail
A new approach to shopping malls in Southeast Asia is setting the region’s retail offering apart from the rest of the world. Here’s why it works.
