This week on Dezeen, we unveiled a family home in Mumbai with rooms spread across 12 floors, courtesy of Indian studio Spasm Design.To make the house stand out among the surrounding grey buildings, Spasm Design wrapped the home in terracotta panels and created cutouts to reveal balconies and terraces.We followed up the story with a roundup of recently completed Indian houses with unusual designs, including a house made from more than 6,000 discarded toys and a home with living spaces that snake around trees and rocks.Tom Greenhill says yoghurt can be painted on windows to keep homes coolAlso this week, British engineer Tom Greenhill proposed painting the outside of windows with yoghurt to help cool homes during the UK's increasingly intense heatwaves.According to Greenhill, applying yoghurt with a roller creates an effect reminiscent of fritted glass that reflects light, offering a low-cost, low-energy solution for people who don't have access to more elaborate cooling measures.The Central Bank of Iraq by Zaha Hadid Architects is nearing completionUK studioZaha Hadid Architects revealed images of a twisting exoskeleton frame for theCentral Bank of Iraqskyscraper, which is nearing completion in Baghdad.Although still under construction, the 170-metre-tall reinforced concrete structure is now the tallest building in the city and the second tallest in the country.Images of the world's largest football stadium in Morocco were revealed this weekIn other architecture news,studios Oualalou + Choi andPopulous unveiled their design for the world's largest football stadium, which is being built inMoroccofor the 2030 World Cup.The Grand Stade Hassan II stadium is set to have a capacity of 115,000 and will be topped with a giant tented roof.Chris Williamson defended Weston Williamson + Partners' work on NeomMeanwhile, incoming RIBA president and Weston Williamson + Partners co-founder Chris Williamson defended his studio's work on the controversial Neom mega project in Saudi Arabia, which has been criticised on environmental and human rights grounds."We all form our own beliefs, our own version of truth and that should be respected," he argued in a statement written for UK publication Architects' Journal.A family home in California was among the most popular projects this weekPopular projects this week included a family home in California designed by a married architect couple, a renovated terraced house in London and theconcrete-framed D-Day Museum in Normandy.Our latest lookbooks featured bathrooms with statement bathtubs and living rooms decorated with statement rugs.This week on DezeenThis week on Dezeenis our regular roundup of the week's top news stories.Subscribe to our newslettersto be sure you don't miss anything.The post This week we revealed a 12-storey home in Mumbai appeared first on Dezeen.

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Advancements in technology, material science, and processes have taken mans production capabilities to a whole new level. However, with advanced manufacturing, traditional craftsmanship and values have been left by the wayside, sometimes forgotten, and other times discarded as if they were no longer important or were even counterproductive to progress. Of course, this couldnt be further from the truth, as there will always be elements of traditional crafts and modern tooling that could be mixed in an elegant way. Such is the premise behind this rather striking lamp, highlighting not only the beauty of traditional, handmade crafts but also promoting the culture and the livelihood that also grow alongside it.Designer: Antoni Martorell PascualHandmade products are admittedly not suitable for mass production. As many have realized by now, however, not everything has to be mass-produced in the first place. Simple, everyday items might be fine with generic and standardized designs, but in exchange for speed and ease of manufacturing, they often lack personality, depth, and impact. Fortunately, you dont always have to go to either extreme and find some middle ground that showcases the strengths of both methods.Catalina is a lamp design that does exactly this by combining ordinary lamp electronics and foundations with a lampshade thats meticulously woven by hand. Specifically, it uses palmetto leaves and traditional weaving techniques called llata from Mallorca on one of Spains Balearic Islands. Unsurprisingly, this technique is passed down through generations and is mostly done by the women of the locale, a practice whose existence is being threatened by the rise of mass-produced furniture and lighting.This lamp, however, illustrates the beauty that can come from the melding of past and present. The woven palm leaves form two cylindrical shapes in the form of an eight that encloses two bulbs inside each space. A gap between the two circles is filled by a transparent sheet of glass or fiberglass, serving as a diffuser for the light. The effect is a serene glow that passes through the weave like an otherworldly light.Lamps like Catalina take time to make and are often more expensive because of the labor involved. That, however, also makes the design more special, giving it a unique character similar to a limited edition product. And unlike factory-made lampshades, these handwoven materials will have differences and imperfections, flaws that become selling points exactly because they are different from any other lamp from the same product line.The post Woven leaf lamp concept harmonizes traditional crafts and industrial production first appeared on Yanko Design.

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MacworldWhile most passwords we create should be kept strictly private, there are always some accounts or other secrets we need to share with a limited number of other people. Starting in iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma, you can create groups within Apples Passwords system to share and sync passwords securely.Apple imposes some significant limitations on sharing:Everyone must be running iOS 17, iPadOS 17, or macOS Sonoma (or later, starting this fall) to access items in a shared group.They must be in your contacts list.Theres no support for Android or Windows or for web-based access.If that fits your sharing requirements, then using Apples system could be the best course as it requires no additional software or subscription.To start sharing passwords on an iPhone or iPad:Go to Settings > Passwords.Tap the + (plus) sign in the upper-right corner and tap New Shared Group.Enter a name into the Group Name field.Tap Add People to populate the group. You can browse the list or start typing their email address, phone number, or name. If someone meets the tests above to be in a shared group, their contact item appears in blue.Tap Create.Choose the passwords that you want to share with the group and tap Move. These passwords are moved from your personal store of entries into this shared group. (You cant share the same entry with multiple groups.) You can tap Not Now to bypass adding any until later.Choose whether or not you want to notify people you added to the group, which alerts them to an invitation. If you opt not to, they will still see the invitation in Settings > Passwords > Group Invitations.Create a new sharing group for items you want to have or give common access to among a defined set of people.Create a new sharing group for items you want to have or give common access to among a defined set of people.FoundryCreate a new sharing group for items you want to have or give common access to among a defined set of people.FoundryFoundryIn macOS:Open System Settings and click the Passwords item.Click the + (plus) sign to the right of the Search field and choose New Shared Group.Click Create.Choose passwords and click Move or click Not Now.Click Notify via Messages, which creates an invitation message, or click Not Now.You can move entries into or out of shared groups:In iOS/iPadOS, tap an entry in your main passwords list or in a shared group, then tap the Group pop-up menu to switch between My Passwords or other groups.In macOS, Control-click/right-click a password entry in the main list or in a shared group, and then choose Move to Group >Group Name. You can also click the i (info) icon to the right of the entry, click the Group pop-up menu, select a different group, and click Done.To remove a shared group:In iOS/iPadOS, tap the groups name, tap Manage, and tap Delete Group.In macOS, click the groups name, click Manage, and click Delete Group.When you delete the group, Apple alerts you that members of the former group may retain access to passwords you shared, so you should change all those passwords after deleting the group.When you delete a group (left), Apple cant guarantee former members lose access to all the passwords you shared with them (right).When you delete a group (left), Apple cant guarantee former members lose access to all the passwords you shared with them (right).FoundryWhen you delete a group (left), Apple cant guarantee former members lose access to all the passwords you shared with them (right).FoundryFoundryStarting this fall with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 Sequoia, the Passwords settings pane or view becomes a freestanding Passwords app. Youll managed shared groups within that app.The new Passwords app (Sequoia version shown above) provides easier access to shared groups and invitations.The new Passwords app (Sequoia version shown above) provides easier access to shared groups and invitations.FoundryThe new Passwords app (Sequoia version shown above) provides easier access to shared groups and invitations.FoundryFoundryAsk Mac 911Weve compiled a list of the questions we get asked most frequently, along with answers and links to columns:read our super FAQto see if your question is covered. If not, were always looking for new problems to solve! Email yours tomac911@macworld.com, including screen captures as appropriate and whether you want your full name used. Not every question will be answered; we dont reply to emails, and we cannot provide direct troubleshooting advice.

Apple and Google can take a moment to breathe, as the UKs competition regulator has decided to end its investigation into their app stores but not for long.The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today confirmed it is closing itsongoing investigations into bothApples App StoreandGoogle Play, but only because a much tougher set of regulations is about to come into effect.Breathing space, but troubles coming Passed into law in May, the UKsDigital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Act(DMCCA) will give the CMA more powers and more flexibility in how its powers are applied. Principally, these powers include the ability to impose requirements on the conduct of firms in digital markets where those firms have been designated as having Strategic Market Status, and to impose significant fines against firms if those requirements are breached. The intention of these laws issimilarto Europes Digital Markets Act (DMA).The DMCCA sets up the Digital Markets Unit (DMU), a new regulatory body within the CMA that will police large technology companies. Will Hayter, Executive Director for Digital Markets at the CMA, said: Once the new pro-competition digital markets regime comes into force, well be able to consider applying those new powers to concerns we have already identified through our existing work.In 2022, the regulatorsmarket study ofthe UK mobile ecosystem found that Apple and Google held an effective monopoly over app distribution in the UK. The CMA then commenced investigating both companies for alleged anti-competitive behavior, but the investigations took place within the framework of a previous set of laws that will be superseded by the DMCCA.Concerning Apple, in a statement, the CMA said the closure of the investigations should not be understood to mean the concerns it was investigating had been resolved.The decision does not affect any other action that the CMA may wish to take in relation to Apples conduct in this area in the future, it said.Commenting on the decision, Hayter added: Its critical that tech businesses in the UK, including app developers, can have access to a fair and competitive app ecosystem, helping to grow the sector, boost investment and result in better outcomes for UK consumers. These are all factors we are considering before launching our first investigations under the new regime.The UK regulator now has more powerThere are numerous new powers within the DMCCA. LikeEuropes DMA, the law means some companies with a global turnover of more than 25b or UK turnover of 1b+ may be designated as having Strategic Market Status (SMS).Companies given such status will be required to follow requirements on their conduct imposed by the CMA, though theCMA does sayit wants to build productive relationships with those firms.Perhaps so, but as aLinklaterslegal blog explained earlier this year, The scope of permitted conduct requirements is incredibly broad, giving the DMU very wide discretion to decide what obligations should be imposed on each firm.The CMA haspreviouslysaid it expects the first companies to be designated as such will be revealed in July 2025, but this date may now slip a little in consequence of the recent UK election.Those requirements will allegedly be developed with the intention of opening up competition and consumer choice in digital markets. That likely extends to app stores and payment systems being opened up, as they are being in the EU under the DMA. The CMA can also impose big fines on companies that fail to comply.It may be instructive to note that the CMArecently rejected commitmentsmade by Google in response to its concerns. Google had given app developers some additional flexibility in the use of alternative payment systems. Similar to those Apple has proposed in the EU, Googles proposals included a commission and pop-up screens to warn users when they were about to use a third-party payment system.Open markets seem inevitableWhile the CMA hasnt yet said which companies may be investigated for possible SMS designation, its unlikely Apple, Google, or other Big Tech firms will be able to avoid it. After all, the regulator does state that it anticipates that its early work under the new digital markets competition regime will build on and leverage its experience in areas it has already studied, such as mobile ecosystems,which includes app stores. (Italics mine.)The latest UK news around tech regulation follows similar announcements in the EU, Japan, and South Korea andpotential incoming investigations in Apples second biggest market, China.Please follow me onMastodon, or join me in theAppleHolics bar & grillandAppleDiscussionsgroups on MeWe.

Black Myth: Wukongs makers said Friday they sold a whopping 10 million units within the first three days of the highly anticipated action-adventure games release. That figure, for a three-day span, is second only to the 2013 launch of Grand Theft Auto 5, which sold 16.5 million.Like GTA 5s initial launch, Black Myth: Wukong is available on just two platforms PlayStation 5 and Windows PC. Developer Game Science added that Black Myth: Wukong has also seen a peak of 3 million concurrent players spanning both platforms, in the same week in which it hit a peak concurrent count of 2.4 million on Steam to become that platforms second-most played game ever.Black Myth: Wukong has sold 10 million copies across all platforms.(Data as of 21:00 Beijing time, August 23, 2024)Thanks to all players worldwide for your support and love.Have a great gaming weekend!#BlackMythWukong pic.twitter.com/mp3mk9JxrX Black Myth: Wukong (@BlackMythGame) August 23, 2024Besides the pre-release hype in western markets, Black Myth: Wukong also taps an enormous Chinese market by virtue of being an adaptation of the 530-year-old Chinese classic Journey to the West, as well as its development by Shenzhen-based Game Science.Black Myth: Wukong a national phenomenon for ChinaEarlier in the week there were even anecdotal reports of a Chinese employer likely also a games developer, but unconfirmed giving workers the day off to play Black Myth: Wukong if they had pre-ordered it. Whatever the truth there, its safe to say the game resonates as a cultural point of pride in the nation where it was developed.Daniel Camilo, a Shenzhen-based video games analyst and consultant, said on Tuesday that retailers in that citys electronics market had sold out of PlayStation 5 consoles, with Black Myth: Wukong identified as the cause.Were witnessing a contagious wave of consumers who dont usually care about gaming suddenly being overwhelmed with all the exposure the game is having in China, and buying new consoles,' he said Tuesday on X.Metacritics score aggregation has Black Myth: Wukong at an 81 from critics, practically matching the generally favorable 8.2 rating that users have given the adventure, too.Black Myth: Wukong launched Aug. 20 on PC and PlayStation; an Xbox Series X version is expected, though a launch date has not been announced.Featured image via SteamThe post Black Myth: Wukong launch-week sales second only to Grand Theft Auto 5 appeared first on ReadWrite.

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