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For all the great and revolutionary products and features Apple has released over the years, there are just as many head-scratching decisions that have taken away or ruined things we love. They’re usually gone forever, like USB-A ports or headphone jacks, but every so often Apple hears our wails and reverses course. It happened most recently with the butterfly keyboard. Way back in 2015, Apple shifted away from its very excellent scissor-switch keyboards to a proprietary “butterfly” model that was thinner than its predecessor. Apple claimed it was superior, but unhappy users loudly complained about the keyboard, which was so prone to sticking and unresponsive keys that Apple launched a service program extending to every butterfly MacBook ever made. Apple finally retired the butterfly keyboard once and for all in 2019, and…

Well-drawn type has been integral to the Mac since the very start. Steve Jobs, who famously adored a calligraphy course in college, insisted that the Mac use “real” fonts, something made possible by the company’s early partnership with Adobe Systems. From 1984 through the present day, Mac operating systems have always let you use typefaces that look great—as well as those designed poorly, to be fair—but the features associated with type aren’t always well exposed. Apple has over several years gradually and quietly added support for refinement available by accessing features in OpenType, the standard way in which font files are created for digital use. Cracking open the Fonts palette in Pages and other Apple software (as well as some third-party apps or their alternative controls) can let you make routine…

Macs are undergoing a big change. Apple is switching its internal architecture from one that uses Intel CPUs, third-party graphics processors, and other parts, to the company’s own “system on a chip.” The first Apple silicon SoC for Macs is called the M1. It’s a big step for Apple and the Mac. But what does it mean for you? In this article, we cover what Apple’s system on a chip means to the user, how it affects what software you can use, and answer other frequently asked questions. WHAT IS THE ‘APPLE SILICON’ M1 SYSTEM ON A CHIP? “Apple silicon” refers to the chips Apple makes. In the Mac, they replace the Intel processors they have used for the past 14 years, and will eventually also replace the AMD graphics processors in higher-end…

Tokyo, Japan 2019–2021 As Japan Women’s University celebrated the 120th anniversary of its founding in 2021, the number of students at the Mejiro campus had recently increased from 4,000 to 6,000, following the relocation of the Faculty of Humanities and Sociology from Nishi-Ikuta. To cope with the increasing density of the surroundings, “Mejiro Forest Campus” was conceived as a place that students can occupy as they wish, surrounded by nature, making good use of the existing greenery. This is a campus that is open to the future, even as it blends in with the existing buildings. During the first phase, the aging library was rebuilt in the zone containing the kindergarten affiliated with the university, while the second phase saw the construction of the Classroom and Laboratory Building (the 120th Anniversary…

FREESPACE describes a generosity of spirit and a sense of humanity at the core of architecture’s agenda, focusing on the quality of space itself. FREESPACE focuses on architecture’s ability to provide free and additional spatial gifts to those who use it, and on its ability to address the unspoken wishes of strangers. FREESPACE celebrates architecture’s capacity to find additional and unexpected generosity in each project – even within the most private, defensive, exclusive, or commercially restricted conditions. FREESPACE provides the opportunity to emphasize nature’s free gifts of light – sunlight and moonlight, air, gravity, materials – natural and human-made resources. FREESPACE encourages reviewing ways of thinking, new ways of seeing the world, of inventing solutions where architecture provides for the well-being and dignity of each citizen of this fragile planet. FREESPACE can be a space…

Anton & Anton Oy’s shop in Kruununhaka was a fixture of the central district of Helsinki for a decade, drawing customers with its communality and exceptional food. So when the grocery store and cafe chain’s Kruununhaka location fell victim to declining foot traffic during the pandemic and closed its doors in April 2021, locals banded together to establish another coffee shop in its place. Concerned about their neighborhood’s dwindling mom and pop sensibility and yearning to foster community spirit, 25 patrons of the former establishment formed the company Kruununhaan Korttelikahvila Oy. (Korttelikahvila means “cafe of the block” in Finnish.) They each chipped in €2,500 to €10,000 ($2,700 to $10,700), renovated the space, and opened the cafe under the name Mariankatu 18 in August. The group of owners—many of whom had little to…

The paleolithic period – or ‘Stone Age’ – has an evocative place in the modern popular imagination. It looks both backward and forward, an ancient clean slate from which to project and describe humanity’s near future. While The Flintstones are a prehistoric family, their lives are enmeshed in the trappings of an emerging post-war modernity: domestic appliances, fast food and entertainment. We see this duality emerge once again, between the Stone Age and modernity, expressed in a new Modern Stone Age. The character of these spaces eludes and obscures the hand of human design and planning. The sinewy columns, misshapen doorways and globular window portals appear gelatinous, like extruded, misshapen bone marrow. Form is persistently organic, never repeating to the point of motif or feature. Territories morph and billow onwards, carrying…

我對鮑爾說，你或許應該考慮升息到三％ ……。」約翰． 泰勒（John Taylor）回憶五月六日的那場論壇，「不只是我，那天，許多聯準會官員都建議鮑爾必須加速升息。」 全力奮戰「最惡通膨」 聯準會猛爆升息，利率仍偏低 鮑爾（Jerome Powell），是正在與四十年來最惡通膨奮戰的美國聯準會主席，為了澆熄通膨之火，他在論壇舉行的兩天前，剛剛宣布了美國近二十年來最猛的一次升息，但即便一次調升了兩碼，聯準會政策利率也僅在○．七五％至一％的水準。 至於向鮑爾提出建言的約翰．泰勒，除了有現任美國史丹佛大學教授兼胡佛研究所高級研究員的頭銜外，更是成名多時的國際重量級貨幣經濟學家。他曾經擔任卡特、老布希等美國多位前總統的經濟顧問，亦曾於二○○一年至○五年間出任美國財政部副部長，協助擬定美國貨幣與匯率政策，甚至參與過阿富汗的經濟重建。 不過，泰勒最為經濟學界與金融市場所知悉的，是他在一九九二年提出、可用以評估美國聯邦政策利率最適走向的「泰勒法則」（Taylor rule）。…

If you have a newer Mac, it likely uses a speedy solid-state drive to store files, apps, music, videos, and other important stuff. But there’s one thing you may not know about SSDs: They wear out over time. Since the SSD is such a vital part of your Mac, it’s a good idea to keep tabs on its health. While it usually takes a really long time to wear out an SSD—likely far longer than you’ll keep your Mac—problems can arise. Most recently, users started noticing that new M1 Macs and some Intel-based ones are showing advanced wear after just a few months of use, a troubling sign that could cause drives to burn out years before expected. So even if you have a brand-new M1 Mac, you might want to check…

I grew up in a bar. When most kids my age were at the park playing ball or riding bikes, I was watching old men shoot pool and play shuffleboard. I saw a bar-room fight before I ever saw a sporting event on TV. I don’t imagine that Dr Spock’s book on child rearing, which was so popular 50 years ago, advised exposing children to dimly lit drinking at an early age. But lessons can be taught by unlikely teachers in unusual environments. All that is needed are instructors with pure hearts. Clear eyes are optional. My parents owned a bar called the M Ninety-Seven, named for a nearby highway in Detroit. Built in the ’30s, it had a long wooden bar that was on the right as you walked in.…

Bicycle Highway: A Central Lane for Cyclists Bicycle lanes generally run along the shoulders of larger streets. The commonly held belief is that because bicycles are classified as light vehicles, it makes sense for them to traverse the part of the street closest to the sidewalk. This is a perfectly natural idea, since an important advantage of bicycles is that they can easily be used to stop and transport people door-to-door. In Japan, the Act on Promoting the Use of Bicycles was passed in 2017, and since then the shoulders of major streets are being painted blue and marked as bicycle lanes at a rapid rate – clearly a welcome development. However, these zones are already used for public transportation and the distribution of goods and are not necessarily safe or comfortable…

「早在今年元旦，很多雞排店都漲了，只是當時我們認為原物料價格起起伏伏，暫不調整市價⋯⋯。」語氣中， 四十三歲的李存祥滿是無奈：「但到了四月，真的，撐不住了。」 他是知名連鎖品牌派克雞排的創辦人。前些日子，派克雞排漲價的消息成了熱門話題，脆皮雞排從一片七十元調漲為七十五元，多數雙北門市更漲到一片八十元，「我們的標準是漲五元，從七十漲到七十五元，但如果加盟主的房租在五萬以上，或人事超過三個人，可以多漲五元。」李存祥解釋。 從雞排說起 一片漲到80元仍沒賺頭 比起七十五或八十元的差別，他急著要解釋的事情，還有更多更多。 李存祥數字背得很清楚，從去年十一月到今年一月，塑膠袋、紙袋陸續漲價， 漲幅分別為一○％、二○％。今年，進口的椒鹽調味原料至今已漲一○ ％， 麵粉漲二○％、食用油漲四○％，「最後讓我們撐不下去是雞肉價格，跟過往比，漲了五到六成。」…

“On the high-contoured island of Muuratsalo in the middle of Lake Päijänne stands our experimental house, which has no name yet. It has been built for the architect’s own pleasure and play. But it has also been built for serious experiments, primarily on problems that cannot be solved within the framework of ordinary building assignments.”1 Aalto’s personal life in the 1950s was shaped by the tragedy of Aino Aalto’s death in 1949 and his marriage to Elissa Mäkiniemi in 1952. The Muuratsalo Experimental House symbolizes the new start for the couple, who found the location for their summerhouse near Säynätsalo on Muuratsalo Island in Lake Päijänne during the construction of Säynätsalo Town Hall (1949–52). Central Finland, with its landscape of hills and lakes, was one of Aalto’s favourite regions. The main…

Whenever you fly, wherever you travel, you need to know about active flying – and apply what you know. So let’s cover it here. In smooth air, glider and pilot glide in unison. When you fly through turbulent air though, your wing can become disturbed, causing you to swing in an unbalanced way, which can expose you to greater risk of collapse and rapid height loss. You need to calm the movement so you fly in harmony again. This is active flying. Most wings are designed to recover by themselves, so why do you need to do anything? Paragliders are incredible aircraft, but a little corrective input can greatly improve their recovery time. Developing your active flying skills also allows you to reduce the movements and hugely improve your gliding performance. Watch out!…

iOS and iPadOS 16 share many new features but some are specific to iPad or iPhone. For example, the Lock Screen on iPhone gets a new look that we’d have liked to see on iPad too, but this feature won’t appear on iPadOS. Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering, declared that “iOS 16 is a big release with updates that will change the way you experience iPhone.” There’s certainly packed a lot in there, with Messages and Mail getting an overhaul too. Significantly, Apple is introducing a ‘buy now, pay later’ option called Apple Pay Later, allowing payments to be spread over six weeks. It will be available anywhere that accepts Apple Pay. Consumers will also be able to track orders directly in the Wallet app. Elsewhere, the…

自從我們建立了洲際公路系統、打贏了太空爭霸賽，美國就再也沒有足堪比擬的計畫，直到現在……。這是二戰以來美國最大的一筆投資！」美國總統拜登（Joe Biden）四月七日發表這段演說時，語氣其實頗為平淡。畢竟，他在一周前的三月底已對外公布這項計畫，今天頂多算是補充說明。 他的後方站著美國副總統賀錦麗（Kamala Harris），再後方則是一片背板。在拜登所屬民主黨代表色藍色襯底的背板上，畫著幾位在高塔上賣命施工的工人剪影，簡單卻精準，傳達了這項計畫的基本意涵。 它的名稱是「美國就業計畫」（American Jobs Plan，簡稱AJP），短期目標是創造就業機會，達標的手段是翻修、興建美國基礎建設；而拜登四月七日的「補充說明」，則成功強化了這項計畫的想像空間，一種史詩級般的想像空間。 他說這是「二戰以來最大投資」，這句話憑藉的，是二．六五兆美元的計畫總額。即使扣掉其中關於「綠能產業租稅抵免」的四千億美元，政府支出的手筆仍達二．二五兆美元，相當於六十三兆元台幣。…

Space Design Of Food Halls 04 OPEN KITCHEN III オープンキッチン 3号店 123 William Street, New York, NY 10005 路面店より、 フードホールが面白い時代へ 宮園さんが率いるBLANK DESIGNは、ニュー ヨークで「OPEN KITCHEN（オープンキッチ ン）」（P.86）と「UNION FARE（ ユニオンフェア）」 （P.89）という二つのフードホールブランドの 空間デザインを手掛けた。2016年4月にオー プンした後者は、マンハッタンの中心部・ユ ニオンスクエアに誕生した巨大フードホール として、話題を呼んでいる。 「ニューヨークのフードホールが盛り上がっ てきたのは、つい最近のことです。もともとニューヨークには地下街がなく、これまでは 路面店が面白かった。ニューヨークのデザイ ナー達にとって、飲食店が集積した日本の業 態は興味深く捉えられていました。例えば、スー パーポテトの杉本貴志さんが手掛けた、新宿 の現ルミネエストのレストランフロア『シュ ンカン』、東京ミッドタウン、百貨店のデパ地…

Barely three decades ago, Sears was the world’s largest retailer. And this time of year its stores, once a fixture in malls across America, would be crowded with holiday shoppers snapping up clothing, home goods, appliances or toys that their kids had carefully circled on the pages of the retailer’s venerable Christmas Wish Book. This holiday season the company barely exists, with fewer than two dozen full-size stores in operation, compared with the more than 3,500 Sears and Kmart stores operated by Sears Holdings Corp. at its height. In most malls the chain’s once-hulking emporiums have been subdivided into smaller spaces for other stores, refashioned for nonretail operations such as medical offices or gyms, or simply left vacant. The Sears estate in late October finally wrapped up its acrimonious four-year-long bankruptcy,…

After more than a decade with the same design, the iMac finally has a brand-new look, and it’s stunning. The 2021 iMac also has Apple’s super-fast M1 processor, a bigger display with even more pixels, a much-needed update to the FaceTime camera, and some pretty awesome audio capabilities. But is this enough, or would you be better off spending your money elsewhere? 1. PERFORMANCE AND PRICE One thing is clear: The M1 chip is far superior to the 8th-generation Intel quad-core and 6-core options in the iMacs it replaces. If you are just seeking a new iMac to replace an older generation of iMac, then you won’t be disappointed in the speed boost. There is little to distinguish the iMac from the other M1 Macs, though. We have tested all the M1 Macs…

LET’S IMAGINE PLANET EARTH WITHOUT VIRUSES. We wave a wand, and they all disappear. The rabies virus is suddenly gone. The polio virus is gone. The gruesomely lethal Ebola virus is gone. The measles virus, the mumps virus, and the various influenzas are gone. Vast reductions of human misery and death. HIV is gone, and so the AIDS catastrophe never happened. Nipah and Hendra and Machupo and Sin Nombre are gone—never mind their records of ugly mayhem. Dengue, gone. All the rotaviruses, gone, a great mercy to children in developing countries who die by the hundreds of thousands each year. Zika virus, gone. Yellow fever virus, gone. Herpes B, carried by some monkeys, often fatal when passed to humans, gone. Nobody suffers anymore from chicken pox, hepatitis, shingles, or even the…

The exhibition space in this pavilion reflects very specific qualities of the Kingdom of Bahrain in various ways – but not in a literal way. Beginning with studies of Islamic ornaments and vertically organized programs, the design process sought to generate a unique experience of architectural space. Located in the desert climate of Dubai, the pavilion, a public square measuring 30×30 m, is enveloped in a lightweight structure that offered protection from the sun’s heat and bright light during the Expo. It was crucial to offer neither an empty multipurpose room nor a monumental hall. In this space, the lightweight structure becomes the main event, and the exhibition and the use of the space can change many times. The space feels temporary and festive at the same time. Pictures and…

過去半個月， 筆電、iPhone、安卓智慧手機遭「砍單」的新聞不斷，因為疫情而「熱」了兩年的消費性電子，反轉的信號似乎愈顯清晰，未來幾年，究竟哪種電子產品能接棒筆電與手機的熱潮，引發許多市場觀察者的討論與猜想。 其中，有一項電子產品，被不少法人認為，極可能是今、明兩年電子業的中流砥柱之一。 儘管，它的全球年產值僅兩千億元，相較於筆電的五兆元產值，其市場規模僅不到筆電的五％。然而，這個產值看似「小不拉嘰」的產品，卻在過去兩年引發了八件併購案，而併購的發動者，都是營收上千億元，甚至是上兆元的電子十哥，如台達電、華碩、友達、仁寶、佳世達等。 電子十哥依照由大至小市值排列，順序為鴻海、台達電、廣達、華碩、和碩、友達、仁寶、英業達、緯創、佳世達。 這個被電子十哥覬覦的產品，就是工業電腦（Industrial PC，IPC）。 友達砸37 億入股凌華華碩兩度出手，23億併購瑞傳 回顧近兩年的八起併購案之中，又以面板大廠友達入股凌華最為「大手筆」，前者總共祭出三十七億元入股後者；其次，則是筆電品牌華碩在十四個月內兩度出手，最終以總投資額二十三．三億元，併購振樺電旗下的瑞傳。…

Picard, Danny Rigter, Joanna Rozbroj, Stefanos Roimpas, Jad Semaan, Lukasz Skalec, Sandra Sinka, Thomas Shadbolt, Magdalena Stanescu, Mike Yin, Marcus Parviainen, Slavis Poczebutas, Alexandru Vilcu, Frederike Werner, Mateusz Wojcieszek Project team: Ed. Züblin AG (main contractor), Dobler Metallbau GmbH (façade contractor), SMV Bauprojektsteuerung Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH (project management), Emproc GmbH (cost management), ZWP Ingenieur-AG (mep engineering), Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG (façade engineering), Inside Outside (landscape and curtain design), Arup (structural engineering), Lerch & Bates (elevators), Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH (energy and comfort), knp.Bauphysik GmbH (building physics), Kahle Acoustics (acoustics), GuD Geotechnik und Dynamik Consult GmbH (geotechnics), les éclaireurs (lighting), Büro Uebele (orientation system), Unifor and Lensvelt (furniture) Site area: 9,260 m2 Gross floor area: 57,828 m2 (above ground), 14,731 m2 (below ground) The German publisher Axel Springer has launched a move from print to digital media.…

The experience of architecture happens across various scales, from a building’s situation to its skin, and from the entire interior down to the most minute of fittings. There’s a big difference between selecting products from a catalogue and developing something specifically for a project, something that conveys the very essence of the architectural concept. Laufen has realized the need to add this degree of influence to the bathroom, a space whose fittings haven’t historically received such high levels of customization. Laufen wants to move beyond the role of manufacturer to become an ‘industrial partner’. This means that in addition to offering its already extensive product portfolio, the brand can work with architects, designers and investors to create bespoke bathroom products that meet their individual specifications. Part of the goal of the Bespoke…

我們是美國，沒有什麼事情是我們無法一起做到的！」美國時間七月四日晚間，美國總統拜登在白宮南草坪舉辦的國慶日園遊會上，用這段話，為將近十五分鐘的致詞作結。 這場約千人出席的「派對」，相較於七月一日在北京天安門廣場舉行的中共建黨百年慶祝大典，規格顯得迷你；拜登著重美國如何逐漸擺脫疫情陰霾的談話，也明顯少了中共總書記習近平一番警告外來勢力恐將「頭破血流」的霸氣。 兩大強權，一周內的兩場慶典，東方巨龍的聲勢更為浩大，但華裔美籍的中國研究專家裴敏欣在中共建黨百年大典隔天撰文評論，對中國而言，「拜登，可能是更可怕的敵人。」理由是：「不同於川普以侮辱、威脅和關稅疏遠盟友，拜登修復了美國的聯盟，成功形塑一條相對團結的抗中戰線。」 六月，當台灣社會聚焦於新冠疫情，太平洋另一端的拜登政府則是連續出手，從最外顯的地緣政治，到5G戰、科技戰、金融戰，都像是在這一個月內完成了關鍵布陣，上任至今許多曖昧或決斷的背後意義，也似乎在此一個月間豁然開朗，攸關全球政經格局的「拜登規則」瞬間清晰──如同裴敏欣的解讀，這是一套「比川普更兇狠」的對中戰略。…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is forcing Wall Street banks to embark on a systematic search through more than 100 personal mobile phones carried by top traders and dealmakers. It’s the largest-ever probe into clandestine messaging on platforms such as WhatsApp. The watchdog has been sending firms lists of key positions—including heads of investment banking teams or trading desks—that are subject to the review, according to people with direct knowledge of the requests. Personnel in those roles are being ordered to hand over their phones so the devices can be examined by outside lawyers. The aim is to gauge how pervasively bankers use unauthorized messaging platforms to chat with each other or clients. Banks including Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, HSBC Holdings, and Credit Suisse Group have said they’re…

a+u March issue features Alvar Aalto’s houses. 12 works from the 1920s to 1970s are presented with photographs taken over the years by Finnish photographer Jari Jetsonen, and texts by architectural historian Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen. In “Alvar Aalto Houses – Timeless Expressions” (a+u extra edition, June 1998), site plans were the focal point. In this issue, we approach Aalto’s design from the perspective of “materials and details” of each house, adding 2 new works to the 10 featured in the 1998 extra edition. Jari Jetsonen’s photographs, which capture human lives, reveal the quality of the space and through them we trace the processes of design. In each project, Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen describes its background at the time of construction, such as social situations or design processes, to Aalto’s choices of materials and details…

Formula 1 is set to maintain its DI V6 turbo hybrid power units for the foreseeable future. However, after extensive discussions with the current and some intent OEMs, the next generation, set to arrive in 2026, will contain some crucial recipe changes. One of the most significant is eliminating the e-Turbo-style heat energy recovery system (H-ERS). The H-ERS is a motor-generator unit mounted on the turbocharger shaft of a Formula 1 internal combustion engine. The unit converts heat energy from exhaust gases into electrical energy. This is then used to power the car’s electrical driveline (either charging the battery or directly deployed to the kinetic energy recovery unit) to boost the power unit’s performance. It’s arguably the most significant performance differentiating system onboard the power unit. Party politics Understanding how this primary performance…

Tom de Dorlodot knows a thing or two about travelling and flying. A professional paraglider and paramotor pilot he has literally turned his passion for flying, adventure and travel into a career. He entered his first Red Bull X-Alps when he was 21, and has since travelled and flown in more than 60 countries around the world. He set up the Search Projects in 2011 to travel and fly remote areas, and has crossed Africa overland north to south, sailed the Pacific and Atlantic, and covered an estimated 13,000km during different vol-bivouac trips. Last year he was back in the Karakoram, where he has flown seven times over the last 12 years. At our Cross Country Subscribers’ Masterclass in November he shared some of what he knew. Here are some of his…

Acapulco, look here comes the sunAcapulco, it’s a day for funI can’t wait till I meet your sweet senoritasKiss everyoneThis is not time for siesta, this is time for fun… The lyrics to the title song of Fun in Acapulco — the 1963 fiesta starring Elvis Presley and Ursula Andress — helped cement the vision of this palm-fringed, mountain-rimmed, semi-circular bay in the state of Guerrero, on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, as a kind of sun-sparkled, azure-splashed Shangri-La. It was already well on its way to becoming Mexico’s largest beach and balneario resort city, but, at the time, still retained vestiges of its original twilight-paseo, bayside-village charm. The Duke of Windsor made a visit in 1920 and gave the place his proto-influencer approbation. Elvis never made it to Acapulco — he’d been declared persona…

Everyone deserves beauty and quality of design. Being rich is no reason to waste resources and being poor is no reason to be denied architecture of quality. Growing up, I used to continue designing the buildings I spent time in. In my mind I would continue a line, drawn when sunlight cast a shadow through the opening in a roof or wall. I wondered about improving the temperature conditions in the hot classrooms where I was receiving my primary-school education. These reveries taught me that the empty space outside a built structure inspires creativity. Anyone can continue the line of a form and complete their own picture. This power to inspire has carried me to this exciting point in my career, which I now look back on with a+u, and it…

10月16日，俗稱「二十大」的中共第二十屆全國黨代表大會即將於北京召開，並確立常委會人選。外界預期，中國未來５年的總體政策也將由此定下基調。 但，無論「習皇帝」連任與否，不少權威經濟學家指出，二十大後的中國經濟，恐都難以避免走向「平庸」的命運，而曾經引領亞洲數十載的「中國世紀」，也或將因此迎來終結⋯⋯。 「新的成長點， 投資方向都不明確⋯⋯。」接受《今周刊》專訪時，他的語氣中，透露著無奈。講完這段話，他靜默了幾秒，彷彿要在腦中再一次地試算確認。確認什麼？確認一個「數字」。 大約過了五秒鐘，他說出了一個數字，「我想，中國未來十年的經濟成長率，能達到平均『每年二％』左右，就已經是很樂觀的預期了。」 他， 是現任中國知名避險基金思睿集團（GROW Investment Group, GROW）首席經濟學家洪灝。在全球資本市場，洪灝還有另一個廣為人知的稱號：中國最準的分析師。…

The first time I met Piero Castellini Baldissera was at his home in Casa degli Atellani in the center of Milan. Nicolò Castellini Baldissera, his son and my partner, hadn’t provided much forewarning about his family palazzo—about its likely connection to Leonardo da Vinci while he was painting the Last Supper at Santa Maria delle Grazie church across the street, or about the attached apartment building filled with members of his extended family, or even about the museum and café run by his cousin in the middle of the compound’s courtyard. When Piero’s ancestor Ettore Conti purchased the 15th-century palace in 1919, he enlisted the help of the legendary architect Piero Portaluppi (the husband of Conti’s niece Lia Baglia, whom he later adopted) to restore it. He engaged him a second…

We’ve heard rumors for about a year or so that Apple is on the verge of launching some products with Mini LED display technology. It could come to MacBooks, iPads, iMacs—really anything with a display, though it’s quite unlikely to ever end up in Apple Watch or iPhone (which use OLED displays). What is a Mini LED display and what exactly will it do for you? This short explanation may help you understand why this technology could represent such a big step forward into the future for Apple’s products. A BETTER BACKLIT LCD To understand Mini LED, you first have to know the basics of how a traditional backlit LCD works. That’s what we have in all our iPads, MacBooks, and iMacs today. It can get complicated, but in short, there’s a backlight (usually…

NOW NEARING ITS ONE YEAR anniversary, there appears to be little hope Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, itself the latest phase of an 8-year conflict, will end any time soon. Peace negotiations began within days of the February 24 invasion but were undermined from the start by wildly different demands, espionage and battlefield developments. By April, talks had collapsed, with Kyiv increasingly outraged by emerging evidence of Russian atrocities in parts of occupied Ukraine. Both Kyiv and Moscow acknowledge that a negotiated settlement will likely be needed to end the conflict. But the two sides appear to be living in different, contradictory, realities. Ukraine is demanding the full withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukrainian territory per its 1991 borders, reparations, war crimes prosecutions for Russian leaders and NATO membership. Russia is demanding…

One of the major (and majorly controversial) changes in macOS Ventura is a redesign of System Preferences. It’s now called System Settings and it’s designed to better resemble the iOS Settings app. Apple’s desire to have more commonality between macOS and iOS is understandable, but the problem is that it’s now a chore to find the settings you need. The years of muscle memory developed by Mac users are out the window and it’s time to relearn where everything is. You can find most of the frequently-access preferences up front (Apple ID, Battery, Bluetooth, and Sound, for example). Others have been renamed to match the corresponding iOS setting, such as Security & Privacy, which is now Privacy & Security. But most notably, System Settings now uses a lot of subsections and lists,…

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When Deb Menicos walks a strawberry field, she doesn’t look at just the berries. Menicos, who holds a doctorate in plant breeding from Ohio State University and works as a senior scientist at Driscoll’s Inc., will often find herself counting leaves and examining the small stalks protruding from the base of the plant. These parts, known as trusses, are important because they’re where the flowers and berries grow. “We want a small plant, with compact leaves and trusses poking out—not too long, because we don’t want them to touch the dirt,” she says. Developing a new berry variety at Driscoll’s takes at least five years. It begins with a crop of 25,000 genetically distinct plants that grow in the company’s breeding field near its headquarters in Watsonville, California. Menicos and her…

Joel Johnson laughs nervously from the back seat when his self-driving taxi stops in the middle of a busy road in suburban Phoenix. The car, operated by autonomous vehicle pioneer Waymo, has encountered a row of traffic cones in a construction zone and won’t move. “Go around, man,” Johnson says as he gestures to the drivers honking behind him. After the vehicle has spent 14 mostly motionless minutes obstructing traffic, a Waymo technician tries to approach—but the car unexpectedly rolls forward, away from him. “It definitely seemed like a dangerous situation,” Johnson recalls. Incidents such as this one, which Johnson posted to his YouTube channel in May, are embarrassing for Waymo—a company that’s having its own problems moving forward. A unit of Alphabet Inc., Waymo hasn’t expanded its robo-taxi service beyond Phoenix…

The bicycle has a complicated and politically-charged history in New York City. In a place where everyone is vying for space and self-emancipation, the bicycle has long offered a form of liberation, empowerment and identity. Indeed, over 2 centuries, many diverse groups – women, blacks, immigrants – have experienced the benefits of life on two wheels, and decided it was worth fighting for. Yet, the bicycle has also been the subject of great opposition, as the city’s large and powerful population of “anti-cyclists” have regularly tried to banish it from the streets, citing issues such as safety, social norms and economic prosperity as their rationale. The clash between cycling’s 2 existences – as a liberating force, and a nuisance to be controlled and limited – sets the scene for cycling’s tumultuous,…

The Mac’s FaceTime camera sucks—720p or 1080p, it doesn’t matter. But Apple does make great cameras, like those in the iPhone, and with macOS Ventura and iOS 16, Apple is leveraging its iPhone cameras so they can be used as a webcam through a new enhancement to macOS’s Continuity Camera feature. If you’re sick of being embarrassed by your Mac camera’s image quality during videoconferences, or you demand better quality for video recordings of yourself that you want to use, Continuity Camera is a godsend. And fortunately, it’s so easy to set up and use, that you’ll come to rely on it and only use the Mac’s built-in camera in emergencies. Here’s how to set up and use Continuity Camera. But first, here are the requirements: > A Mac running macOS Ventura > An…

San Francisco The 1848 California Gold Rush transformed San Francisco from a small isolated town to the richest and most populous city on the West Coast of the United States within a single year. The city is situated on a roughly 7-by-7 mile square tip of the San Francisco Peninsula. Having little land upon which to develop, and laying out most of its streets and buildings in the pre-automobile era, San Francisco is now the second-most densely populated large city in the United States after New York City. The city’s compact neighborhoods result in short trip distances for work, shopping, and recreation, which can be conveniently made by bicycle. San Francisco’s bicycle culture in many ways has taken cues and followed the trajectory of bike culture globally; however, in several important…

WHEN RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR Putin ordered the first of his 190,000 troops into Ukraine on February 24, the invasion had a seismic effect on Europe and the Western world. But tremors were also felt some 5,000 miles to the east: Taiwan rapidly became a trending topic. For years, the world has speculated nervously on when President Xi Jinping will finally make good on the Chinese Communist Party’s vow to annex Taiwan, a self-ruling island off the east coast of the People’s Republic of China—an act that threatens to provide the spark that ignites a hot war between Beijing and Washington. The developments in Ukraine offer Beijing a hazy window into its own future. Russia’s many failures and miscalculations in its blitzkrieg, and its struggle to assert full control in Ukraine against a…

京都人による京都人のための 京都のフードホール 「京都らしさを演出するために、格子などで 単純に和モダンに寄せるというのは、ないなと 考えました」と、森井良幸さんは「京都タワーサ ンド フードホール」の設計当初を振り返る。京 都タワーの地下1階から2階までをリニューア ルした商業施設「京都タワーサンド」のコンセ プトメイキングを議論するメンバーに参加し 空間デザインまでを手掛けており、地下1階は フードホールとして企画した。設計に当たって 森井さんは、国内外の観光客がイメージする日 本らしさや京都らしさからあえて外すことを意 識したと言う。 「そのようなものは、日本各地の空港内の商 業エリアや、大阪や東京の観光地、もちろん京 都の至る所にもあるじゃないですか。『京都タ ワー』は、昔からずっと京都駅前にあるランド マークで、見た目からして京都そのもの。わざ わざ『日本』や『京都』を重ねて表現する必要 はないと考えました」 ①メキシカン「ロティチキン&ジャッキータコス デリカテッセン」 ②ぎょうざ「ぎょうざ処 亮昌」 ③焼き鳥・とり料理・日本酒「鳥せい」 ④とんかつ／串かつ「名代…

＊価格は税別金額です。 三輝 加工技術とミダスメタルを組み合わせたビンテージ表現 三輝は、NCルータ、レザー加工機、カッティングマシンなどによるさまざ まな切削加工に豊富なノウハウを持っている。多様な素材と加工を組み合 わせ、少量多品種の発注に応じられる柔軟な技術力は、同社の強みだ。 「ミダスメタル」（独・ミダスサーフェス社）は、基材・下地にかかわらず純 度約95％の金属表面とできる特殊な塗料だ。金属粒と結合材（バイン ダー）を混ぜ合わせることで、吹き付けから左官まで施工部位に応じた塗り 方が可能。塗布した状態から磨きをかけると完全に金属の見た目になる。 そこから溶剤で意図的に化学反応を起こし、酸化や腐食によるビンテージ 加工を行うもの。 ポイントは基材となる部分で、より一般的なエイジング塗装や金属調塗料 とは異なり、壁面などフラットな箇所に限らず、什器や小物、パネル類と いったさまざまなものに処理ができる。厚く盛ったり、薄く伸ばしたり融通 が利くためだ。かつ三輝はその部材加工に秀でているため、組み合わせ によって他社では難しい独自のビンテージ表現を可能とする。例えば、樹…

Mike Flynn Transportation Planner What are the biggest obstacles to more New Yorkers cycling? Distance, weather and accessibility. We are a very spread out city, and a lot of the jobs are centralized. Commutes can be long, and you’ve got to go over big bridges to get places. What would make NYC a better place for cyclists? Anything that makes cycling more easy and convenient. Expanding the protected network in a way that gets people where they want to go – not just based on which roads have the capacity to take lanes from cars. Bike share also needs to be expanded to reach a wider spectrum of users. It’s not really well used by lower income folks, and so far it’s been concentrated in the denser areas: typically wealthier parts of the city. We…

What does it mean to create a grand New York City apartment— something equal in ambition and quality to the finest homes of the Gilded Age—in the 21st century? How do you express the ideas of connoisseurship and luxury in a way that feels modern, elegant, unpretentious, and, above all, relevant for a young family? In short, how do you invent the future? AD100 designer Steven Volpe had the rare opportunity to explore those questions in the design of a 10,000-square-foot, full-floor apartment, with 13-foot ceilings, located in a slender, skyline-defining tower in midtown Manhattan. But before Volpe and his team could bring in a single Giacometti lamp or Picasso painting, they faced a massive engineering challenge: essentially creating a building within a building to mitigate the eerie sounds of wind…

宴会場、式場、レストランを備えた現代の社交場 東京會舘 本舘 TOKYO KAIKAN Designer NIKKEN SPACE DESIGN NOMURA MEC DESIGN INTERNATIONAL 東京都千代田区丸の内3丁目2-1 建築設計／日建設計コンストラクション・マネジメント 内装設計／日建スペースデザイン 山本祥寛 大橋怜史 乃村工藝社 根本正夫 阿部美和子 谷 高明 久兼将弘 メック・デザイン・インターナショナル 飯島雅朗 土井亜希子 中村美香 協力／照明計画 パナソニック 和田遼平 ライトモーメント 田中圭吾 施工／大成建設 愛甲寿朗 和田茂明 加藤 寛 撮影／益永研司（P. 50 ～52、68、69、72～74 特記除く） ナカサ＆パートナーズ（ P. 53 ～67、70、71） 現代的なデザインと 歴代の建築とインテリアの融合 「東京會舘 本舘」は、1922年に「世界に誇る 施設ながら、誰もが利用できる、大勢の人々が 集う社交場」を理念として東京・丸の内の皇居 前に誕生した複合施設である。71年以来、2度 目のリニューアルとなる「新本舘」は、レストラ…

Small-business owners, prepare yourselves for the era of the 1099-K. That’s the tax form for disclosing transactions with services such as PayPal, Venmo, and Airbnb. Until this year, anyone with less than $20,000 in total payments typically didn’t get a 1099-K—and thus, in theory, could avoid paying taxes on money earned on such platforms. But since Jan. 1 those companies have been required to report gross payments of more than $600 directly to the Internal Revenue Service. That means small-business owners—as well as people who periodically empty their closets on EBay—will receive a 1099-K from any service provider where their income exceeds that amount. Lexi, who asked that her last name not be disclosed because she fears an IRS audit, spends her weekends trolling flea markets, estate sales, and storage unit…

Pre-pandemic co-working was popular mainly with freelancers and start-ups, but the ongoing backdrop of uncertainty has seen traditional businesses de-risk by setting small teams of their employees up in local hubs. ‘Businesses today are looking for flexible rental options that are versatile and highly responsive to changing market dynamics,’ says Kong Wan Sing, founder of JustCo. Before the pandemic, 50 to 60 per cent of the Southeast Asian flex space provider’s deals were with enterprises. As of last December, it was 90 per cent. Sing told Coworking Insights: ‘The combination of businesses seeking to deploy less capital into real estate, and employees expecting more choices over how and where they work, will fuel expectations toward flexible office space to complement primary real estate needs over the next decade.’ In Australia, major…

BABY BOOM Newly retired Czech skater Michal Březina and his wife Danielle Montalbano are getting ready to welcome a baby boy in November. The couple has a daughter Naya, who is now 21/2. Canada’s Meagan Duhamel and Bruno Marcotte are expecting their second child, a girl, in July. Their daughter Zoey will turn 3 in October. In a social media post in early May, China’s Han Yan revealed he had married in January and became a father in April. Yan did not provide any details about his wife or the newborn. LAST DANCE Spanish ice dancer Adrián Díaz announced his retirement from competitive skating on May 23. Díaz and his partner Olivia Smart won over a lot of fans last season with their dogged determination to claim the sole ice dance spot Spain had at the 2022 Olympic…

Elon Musk has been showing some buyer’s remorse over his deal to buy Twitter, complaining loudly about the number of fake users on the social media platform. He’s even tweeted that he won’t proceed unless Twitter proves bots make up fewer than 5% of its users, setting up a potential showdown with the company’s board, which says it plans to hold him to the merger agreement. But to sober-minded credit analysts, there’s another reason to have second thoughts about such a costly acquisition: a $13 billion debt load that’s looking like it could be a bigger burden by the day for Twitter Inc. The package, drummed up in a rush and signed by banks before the end of the billionaire’s beloved April 20 weed holiday, would give the company an alarmingly small…

歷史，將在二○二二年十月七日這一天，畫上一筆。 一場以美中新冷戰為基底的「晶片戰爭」，就是從這一天起，從「點」輻射到「面」，全面蔓延到全球半導體上中下游產業，台灣、韓國、日本甚至歐洲的業者，都正被捲入這場國際衝突，無人能置身事外。 戒嚴？ 中國半導體業動盪的一周 科林、應材、科磊 陸續撤離工程師 十月七日到十四日這個禮拜，堪稱中國半導體史上最「動盪」的一周。 「那天……，我們公司先下令禁止所有人去中國出差，那些已經在中國的同事，必須留在飯店不准移動，等公司進一步通知！」這名在一家外商設備商效力的工程師，憶起美國發布最新半導體禁令當天，公司上下有如「戒嚴」般的景況。 過去兩年，適逢中國的半導體廠搶建潮，總計全中國各地同時有超過二十座晶圓廠在興建，火熱的建廠需求，使得這名工程師與他的同事們，即使疫情期間， 仍然頻繁赴對岸出差，前進這些工廠安裝機台。 而今， 一切變調， 他在中國的同事，被要求不能進入中國半導體客戶的工廠，大夥必須先以飯店為家，甚至不能接客戶打來的電話，未來他的美國籍同事，還有擁有綠卡的台灣同事，可能無法再赴中國半導體廠工作，甚至，有人恐將面臨解雇。…

One thing that the COVID-19 pandemic has made clear is that some people who get the virus don’t suffer much, while others become very sick indeed. And while the elderly have been particularly hard hit, some do survive – even centenarians. As for younger people, whose immune systems are supposed to be more robust, many have nevertheless died of it. So, what factors give some people a stronger immune system than others, regardless of age? What does it mean if, for example, your partner or child gets sick, and you don’t – or vice versa? We know that our immune-system function slowly declines with age. Just like when you see a photo of yourself from ten years ago versus one taken this afternoon, you see changes in your face, skin and…

You may have noticed that external SSDs from top-tier vendors are pricey—especially when they’re Thunderbolt. If you’re looking to lessen your financial pain a little, then OWC’s $79 Envoy Express T3 (Thunderbolt 3) enclosure might be just what the doctor ordered. Populate it with a budget M.2 NVMe SSD, and you’re on your way to external storage nirvana for a very reasonable price. The kicker is a clever caddy that adheres (semipermanently) to your computer, laptop, or display and allows you to keep the drive handy, but securely in place and out of harm’s way. DESIGN AND SPECS The Envoy Express measures approximately 4.1x1.6x0.5 inches and weighs around 3.3 ounces—including the SSD. The metal case is all black with a brushed-metal stripe down the middle bearing the name and OWC logo. Though shown in…

Bilal Zuberi has spent the past few weeks sharing an unsettling message with the founders of companies he’s invested in. Startups need to begin slashing costs, which will almost invariably mean job cuts, says the partner at venture capital firm Lux Capital. “The world is falling apart,” he says, “and we need to act accordingly.” Unlike the 46-year-old Zuberi, many of the people he’s bringing this message to have never gone through a significant contraction in the tech industry. When he told the chief executive officer of a company with hundreds of employees that it was no longer worth the billion-dollar-plus valuation it held in its most recent fundraising round, Zuberi says, the founder reacted with “confusion, fear, and denial.” The CEO had heard other predictions in recent years that dire…

Captain Krishnan Kanthavel watched the sun rise over the Red Sea through a dusty haze. Winds of more than 40 mph, whipping off the Egyptian desert, had turned the sky an anemic yellow. From his viewpoint on the bridge, it was just possible to see the dark outlines of the 19 other vessels anchored in Suez Bay, waiting for their turn to enter the narrow channel snaking inland toward the Mediterranean. Kanthavel’s container vessel was scheduled to be the 13th ship traveling north through the Suez Canal on March 23, 2021. His was one of the largest in the queue. It was also one of the newest and most valuable, only a few years out of the shipyard. Ever Given, the name painted in block letters on its stern, stood out…

JUST OVER SIX MONTHS INTO HIS TENURE, President Joe Biden has overseen the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and pulled back the Pentagon’s mission in Iraq amid domestic and regional pressure. But in Syria, the U.S. military remains with no discernable exit plan. “Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria are three completely separate issues and should not be conflated,” a senior Biden administration official tells Newsweek. “On Syria, we do not anticipate any changes right now to the mission or the footprint.” That’s because the administration says the strategy is working as is. “We are supporting Syrian Democratic Forces in their fight against ISIS,” the official adds. “That has been quite successful, and that’s something that we’ll continue.” The Syrian Democratic Forces are one of several factions in Syria’s decade-long civil war. The largely…

On the morning of Feb. 24, as Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, German army chief Alfons Mais got up and wrote on LinkedIn that he had “never ever expected to experience war again” in Europe. After years of budget cuts, he observed, the Bundeswehr, Germany’s military, “stands naked. The options we can offer our government to support the [NATO] alliance are extremely limited.” Only three days later, on Feb. 27, after Putin had put his nuclear deterrent forces on alert, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz committed an extra 100 billion euros (around $112 billion) to his country’s 2022 defense budget. In another major turnaround, he also authorized third countries such as the Netherlands to ship German-made defensive weapons to Ukraine, and he supported a call for the…