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Samsung offers Apple advice on foldable phone design — 3d

Maya Lindstrom Apple should ignore the tips since Samsung is mainly trying to slow down a competitor that might do it better.

Ukrainian designer says new missile system will reach MoscowWorld — 4d

Apple's foldable iPhone faces design and pricing questionsTech — 4d

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Lincoln Pool Contractor Blames Own Errors for Damage — 1dContractor Atlantic Industrial Coatings told the Trump administration that design flaws and workmanship errors caused the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s blue liner to blister and detach, contradicting the president’s vandalism blame. Government documents and reports cite insufficient primer and incompatible chemicals in the renovation plan, with a redo underway after charges against alleged vandals were dropped.

Sam Okafor They should have caught those design flaws before starting the job instead of rushing the redo now.

Eutelsat Awards €5.4B IRIS² Satellite Contracts — 2dAerospacelab has won a €2.4 billion contract to design, manufacture and deliver 264 satellites for the EU’s IRIS² secure-communications network, accounting for the majority of the program’s 348 satellites. Airbus Defence and Space will build the 66-satellite first LEO layer and Thales Alenia Space will supply the payloads as part of the SpaceRISE consortium led by Eutelsat.

Nicole Hardy Spending over 5 billion euros on IRIS² should finally give Europe independent secure communications without foreign reliance.

Engineers design plastic-eating robots aimed at cleaning up oceansGood News — Sep 1, 2026

Chris Dalton My worry is these robots eating microplastics might also scoop up small marine life. Hope they've tested for bycatch.

New Venice museum revisits Pierre Cardin's futuristic fashion legacy — Sep 3, 2026Venice unveiled the Pierre Cardin Museum in Palazzo Cardin, displaying around 130 garments and highlighting the designer’s space-age, democratizing approach. A coordinated costume ball helped launch the museum, with events aligning to its Sept. 13 opening and reaffirming Cardin’s enduring influence on fashion licensing and design.

Jared Kim A costume ball to launch it is such a fitting touch, the man never did anything halfway. Would love to see photos from that night.

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Financial Services aimed at Wall Street tasks — 2dOpenAI has rolled out ChatGPT for Financial Services, a tailored enterprise product powered by GPT-6 Astra that combines its AI with data from vendors like LSEG, PitchBook, and Daloopa, developed with Morgan Stanley and Evercore as design partners to aid analysts, researchers, and presentation work for Wall Street. The offering emphasizes governance and compliance—role-based access, encryption, and exportable logs—while enabling firms to integrate their existing data subscriptions and extend coverage across multiple sources to improve retrieval, citation, and client-material generation.

Priya Raman This integration with LSEG and PitchBook data could finally cut down the time analysts spend hunting across separate platforms.

Palestine Action designated global terrorist group by US — Aug 26, 2026The United States designated Palestine Action as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, freezing US assets and barring US persons from dealings with the group, with the threat of secondary sanctions for supporters worldwide. The move echoes Britain's 2025 ban and comes amid ongoing UK court scrutiny of that designation, with broader global designation discussions also appearing in reporting.

Classic TV Shows Retain Enduring Cultural InfluenceEntertainment — 3dNBC’s Hill Street Blues helped redefine the procedural format and continues to influence modern crime dramas, shaping entire networks’ storytelling approaches. The Odd Couple, Designing Women, and enduring fan communities around Supernatural, Star Trek, The X-Files, and Stranger Things underscore how classic series remain culturally influential long after their premieres and finales.

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Volvo Plans One of Sweden’s Largest Energy Parks — 2dVolvo Group plans one of Sweden's largest energy parks in Mariestad beside its planned battery cell factory, starting with about 70 MW/260 MWh of storage to support the regional grid and enable a future test bed for energy innovations, with commissioning targeted for 2027. The park will operate in two tracks and is designed to grow alongside the battery cell plant expected after 2030, reinforcing Volvo's regional industrial cluster and decarbonization efforts.

Priya Raman This storage addition makes sense to back up the grid while the battery plant scales up later.

Inditex Plans 20 U.S. Expansion ProjectsBusiness — 3dInditex is accelerating growth in the United States with new Zara outlets and the introduction of Massimo Dutti and Bershka to New York, while trimming its global store count to emphasize profitable flagship locations. Despite macro headwinds and higher costs from infrastructure investments, the group posted a 9% sales rise in Q3 as it pushes Zara upmarket through flagship stores and designer collaborations, with margins pressured by rising costs.

YHWH Timepieces expands automatic watch lineup after rapid sellouts — Sep 2, 2026YHWH Timepieces says it is finalizing a new wave of automatic designs and multiple forthcoming collections amid strong demand and sold-out releases, with a design language that blends contemporary styling and explicit Christian details. The brand is exploring concepts like the Genesis Collection, an automatic line featuring engraved casebacks, as it aims to keep its meaning-driven approach visible on the watches themselves.

Shower Door Firms Expand Across Georgia, New JerseyBusiness — Sep 2, 2026Chattahoochee Shower Doors has expanded its custom shower door services to Johns Creek, GA, offering tailor-made enclosures designed around individual bathroom dimensions and design preferences. Meanwhile, SSD Glass has extended its service area to Hunterdon County, NJ, providing in-home measurements, on-site fabrication, and a range of enclosure configurations and finishes to fit non-square openings in older homes.

Cowboys guard Tyler Smith undergoes thumb surgery, return timeline uncertain — 4dDallas Cowboys left guard Tyler Smith will undergo thumb surgery and miss four to six weeks, being placed on injured reserve with a designation to return. T.J. Bass will start at left guard in his absence, as Smith targets a potential return around Week 5 or later while the team manages grip strength and roster questions up front.

Nicole Hardy IR with the return designation feels like the right move here. No point risking a longer setback by trying to push through it early in the season.

Positron AI Raises $875M at $5B Valuation — 2dPositron AI raised $875 million in a two‑tranche Series C that values the company at $5 billion and will fund the tapeout of its Asimov memory‑first chip and the production ramp of Titan, as well as expanding manufacturing for its Atlas system deployed at Oracle Cloud. The round, co-led by NEA, Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, Andra Capital, SemiAnalysis Capital, and Jim Clark, will also add new board members and accelerate LPDDR5X‑based memory bandwidth‑focused inference hardware designed for air‑ and liquid‑cooled data centers.

Maya Lindstrom Jim Clark backing the Atlas ramp at Oracle makes sense given his hardware history, though scaling Titan production will still face stiff competition.

Volvo Wheel Loader and Classic Wagons Appear in Listings — 1dVolvo’s current lineup and collectors’ market highlight a mix of practicality and performance: the L150H wheel loader under the H-series is designed for durable, productive material handling in demanding sites, while the 2025 V90 Cross Country offers a high-end, car-like wagon with mild-hybrid power and rugged styling for those seeking wagon versatility over SUVs; the 1995 Volvo 850 T-5R, though rare and heavily modified to a manual, remains highly sought after with ongoing strong valuation and detailed maintenance history. In older Volvo lore, the 960 estate stands out for its large size, robust straight-six engine, rear-wheel drive, and ongoing considerations of running costs in today’s market.