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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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Could Kigali become Africa’s Dubai?
A nation once scarred by war is pushing towards a brighter, cleaner and greener future. We tour Kigali to find out what’s driving its reinvention.
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.
Opinion
Boeing’s new CEO is cause for cautious optimism amid turbulence in the industry Â
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Neiman Marcus closes the door on a gilded age of American retailÂ
Department stores can only survive if they see beyond the bottom line
