AI is now front and center in every conversation about the future of design in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. At my firm, we’re embracing AI, but not in the way some headlines would have you think. Our belief is that AI should augment our design expertise, not replace it. Across the industry, some organizations are pushing full automation, which means automating deliverables and trying to remove the designer from the creative process. I believe that’s a terrible idea. Design is personal. Our teams pour passion into their work, and people feel that downstream. If we chase efficiency by…
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One AI company’s latest opening for a consultant role is anything but a standard tech job. When AI companion company Joi AI posted a recruitment ad for “masturbation consultants,” Julie Levin, the company’s head of brand, says she expected to receive a few hundred applications. The consultant would be tasked with testing Joi AI’s new Daily Guided Masturbation feature and document its effects on their stress levels, sleep quality, and mood—all for $2,000 per month. Two weeks later, more than 120,000 applications have rolled in, and the number keeps climbing. The original link to the application broke from the amount…
In 1985, three British writers, George Stone, Annabel Jankel, and Rocky Morton created Max Headroom, a glitching, stuttering synthetic personality derived from a human template for the TV show Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future. They imagined him as satire—a distorted reflection of the media culture shaped by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, where television no longer felt like just a channel, but an all-encompassing atmosphere. Wrapped in neon aesthetics and exaggerated prosthetics, the idea was to soften the critique, to make it entertaining enough to swallow. However, what they ended up creating was something more enduring: a prototype.…
Chuck Robbins has been the CEO of Cisco for more than 11 years, steering it from a hardware-centric company into a software and subscription-driven business. Under his tenure, Cisco—now valued at $475 billion—has built a combination of networking and cybersecurity capabilities. Robbins hasn’t shied away from talking about past mistakes. That was no different during a recent interview with Semafor, during which he talked about how Cisco missed the first cloud adoption wave, plus a six-year stretch with no return on a $320 silicon company acquisition. During his tenure as CEO, Robbins has learned a thing or two about operating…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 604,83 points or 0.91% to 66,934.33 • Shanghai decreased 10.829 points or -0.27% to 4,057.74 • Hang Seng increased 215.79 points or 0.86% to 25,398.18 • ASX 200 decreased 2.30 points or -0.03% to 8,729.40 • SENSEX decreased 508.40 points or -0.68% to 74,267.34 • Nifty50 decreased 165.15 points or -0.70% to 23,382.60 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD decreased 0.00216 or -0.30% to 0.71650 • NZDUSD decreased 0.00509 or -0.85% to 0.59391 • USDJPY increased 0.335 or 0.21%…
As anyone following Dua Lipa on social media knows, a new photo dump from the singer can only mean one thing: a destination filled with midnight food excursions, aesthetic scenery, and equally Instagrammable looks. The artist loves traveling, and her camera roll knows it—and now Google does too. On May 28, Lipa and her global newsletter platform Service95 partnered with Google to roll out 12 curated travel lists on Google Maps. The lists go from local guides—like must-visits to Mexico City and Tokyo—to more curated locations like the singer’s favorite bookstores or natural wine bars around the globe. Dua’s Lists…
Understanding the World Economy with Martin Armstrong How the world, its economies, and civilization are all connected. Saturday, July 25 (2:00 PM – 6:00 PM) Tampa Marriott Water Street 505 Water St, Tampa, FL 33602 Designed to introduce a broad and diverse audience to Martin Armstrong’s insights and perspectives on global events and society, based on his decades of research. The goal of this session is to introduce a unique way of thinking and encourage everyone to challenge conventional wisdom. We welcome all – past attendees and newcomers, including the next generation of workers and leaders! Don’t miss this opportunity to…
Are we in an AI bubble, similar to the dot-com bubble which burst in the early 2000s? Stock market analysts have been sounding the warning bells for the last year, but those warnings just got louder—and some are saying a resounding yes. One thing that’s got market watchers worried: While the S&P 500 closed out May on a record high (largely driven by semiconductors), only a few of those 500 companies—just 20 to be exact—hit their own all-time highs. That’s a similar pattern that occurred during the dot-com internet bubble, according to CNBC. As the stock market rises and shares…
Forget search engines, AI assistants, and smartphones—Google’s next release could be a swarm of millions of mosquitoes. Through its parent company Alphabet, Google is seeking federal approval to release 32 million mosquitoes in California and Florida over the next two years. It’s part of an ongoing initiative called the Debug Project, which aims to control mosquito populations to cut down on mosquito-borne diseases. Good bugs versus bad bugs While adding millions of more mosquitoes to the equation might sound counterintuitive, the Debug Project is all about adding so-called “good bugs” to the “bad bug” population. Those good bugs are male…
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Greg Abel—who became president and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway on January 1, 2026, succeeding Warren Buffett, who remains chairman of the board—made one of his first major splashes Sunday: announcing an agreement to acquire America’s No. 6 largest homebuilder Taylor Morrison for $8.5 billion in an all-cash deal. The offer values Taylor Morrison at $72.50 per share, a 24% premium to the company’s closing price of $58.50 on May 29, 2026. The transaction implies an equity value of approximately $6.8 billion and a…