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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple's longest-serving senior industrial designer, Bart Andre, told colleagues this month that he is retiring; Andre joined in 1992 alongside Jony Ive — - Bart Andre retiring after three decades on design team — Departure marks near-complete turnover of group since Ive era Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple's longest-serving senior industrial designer, Bart Andre, told colleagues this month that he is retiring; Andre joined in 1992 alongside Jony…

It appears that the last remaining member of Apple’s brilliant creative design team, the one led by Jony Ive, which produced some of the most successful and popular consumer electronics products in history, will leave the company.Bart Andre, one of Apple's longest-serving industrial designers, told colleagues earlier this month, that he is retiring, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. His departure marks the “near-complete turnover of a team, once led by Jony Ive, who left Apple in 2019. In other words, Apple's…

Image: Photo: Shutterstock Graphics: GizmodoHere’s a mind-blowing geography fact: The northernmost part of Brazil is closer to Canada than it is to the southernmost part of Brazil. Facts like this partly speak to truly unusual geographical features of Earth (like Brazil’s massive land area) but also to how warped our perception can be of our own home. We’ve grown so accustomed to seeing 2D rectangular maps in classrooms, on Risk boards, and on Sporcle quizzes, that we sometimes forget how disfigured they are. We live on a…

Powerful, disruptive tsunamis can occur with little advanced warning which makes real-time social media alerts noting their appearance all the more critical. That critical safety measure was put at risk over the weekend. On Friday, the National Weather Service’s tsunami alerts Twitter page said the company had begun limiting its automated tweets which affected its ability to post-tsunami warnings, advisories, watches, and information statements.“During a #tsunami event, our primary mission is to message our Warning Points…

Image: The Pokémon Company, Lego, Super7Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular roundup of the latest toy news tickling our wallets. This week: Super7 goes back to Springfield for another wave of Simpsons Ultimates figures, Mirage joins Hasbro’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts toyline, and here’s your chance to celebrate 30 years of Jurassic Park with, of course, Barbasol. Check it out!Image: Super7Super7 The Simpsons Ultimates! Wave 4Apparently trying to prove it’s a Simpsons super-fan by still refusing to give us…

Our existing infrastructure isn’t built to withstand climate change, and heat waves have started to drive wedges into the cracks in the system. Triple-digit temperatures caused a train to derail near San Francisco last week, according to an internal evaluation by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).About 50 people had to be evacuated from the derailed train in Concord, California on Tuesday. No one was severely hurt, but some reported minor injuries, according to the Los Angeles Times. BART train derailment between Pleasant…