Canada’s main stock index opened lower on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on auto imports, expanding a global trade war and hammering stocks globally. The TSX Composite Index eked lower 20.68 points to open Thursday at 25,140.38 The Canadian dollar dipped 0.01 cents to 69.82 cents U.S. Trump […]
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Advertisment Stocks dropped Thursday as investors weighed the latest tariff-related news from President Donald Trump, including his new tariffs aimed at foreign automakers. The Dow Jones Industrials gained 55.52 points to 42,510.31. The S&P 500 Index regained 13.88 points to 5,726.08 The NASDAQ recovered 48.56 points to 17,947.57 Select Big Tech names were down once
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Alibaba Cloud (NYSE:BABA)launched Thursday its latest artificial intelligence model in its “Qwen series,” as large language model competition in China continues to heat up following the “DeepSeek moment.” The new “Qwen2.5-Omni-7B” is a multimodal model, which means it can process inputs, including text, images, audio and videos, while generating real-time text and natural speech responses,
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Dezeen Showroom: German building materials brand Parador aimed to emulate the charm of parquet flooring in practical glue-down vinyl with its new collection, Trendtime 10. The Trendtime 10 collection of vinyl flooring features wood-like strips that come together in a herringbone pattern. The Trendtime 10 vinyl flooring is based on the look of parquet Strips in
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A concrete structure that cantilevers over a sloping hill defines Vipp Tunnel, a guesthouse on the coast of a rugged Tasmanian island by local architecture studio Room11. The home was designed by Hobart-based Room11 deep in the bushland on Bruny Island for Danish brand Vipp, a homeware designer behind a range of architect-designed guesthouses. It
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Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has designed the monochrome Beijing flagship store for Swedish clothing brand Toteme, which features a pleated white stone facade. Located in the city’s Taikoo Li Sanlitun shopping complex, the 150-square-metre Toteme Beijing store opened today. Founded in 2014, the Swedish brand is known for its minimalist designs. Herzog &
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Betty Joel was one of the UK’s most successful designers and furniture makers during the 1920s and 30s. As part of our Art Deco Centenary series, her great-nephew, Clive Stewart-Lockhart, picks his favourite of Joel’s designs. Joel’s design career lasted less than two decades but was marked by huge achievements. As chief designer and figurehead
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Dezeen Showroom: multiple spray modes and ambient colour-changing light characterise this range of showers by designer Roberto Palomba for bathroom brand Ideal Standard. Produced by Ideal Standard – a sub-brand of German manufacturer Villeroy & Boch – Solos showers feature a ring-shaped colour-changing light integrated into a large, circular shower head, the colour of which can
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ASUS and Dezeen’s Design You Can Feel showcase, which features an interactive installation by Studio INI, opens from 8 to 13 April during Milan design week. The event, which explores the themes of materiality, craftsmanship and artificial intelligence (AI), takes place at Galleria Meravigli, a historic 1920s gallery in the heart of Milan. It is
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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced an initiative that aims to encourage incorporating traditional architecture in the country’s urban developments. The Saudi government recently launched an online platform outlining the initiative’s goals, which include identifying local architecture styles to inform the design of new urban developments. The initiative was set by the
