Nokia's retro dumbphone with AI button divides commenters

Key facts

• Nokia launched 4G dumbphones with a dedicated AI assistant button.
• The phones are produced by tech company HMD.
• Commenter JZ supported dumbing down phones but will wait on AI.
• Commenter RK criticized trusting LLM chatbots and sharing data with a China-based AI company.
• Commenter Chris D called them 'dumb-idea phones'.
• Commenter Michael Wigle called it a bold move, noting consumers wanting retro phones likely reject AI.
• Commenter Miles Teg thought the phone could be useful for his nearly blind grandmother.
• Commenter Anil Kumar Pal called it a very good Nokia phone.
• The Studio Fuksas-designed Rike Concert Hall in Tbilisi is set to be demolished.
• Commenter The Discreet Architect called the demolition a waste of money, time, and materials.
• Commenter RK said many such buildings had little functional use, calling it vanity-fueled waste.
• Commenter JZ noted the landscape has matured and obscures the building, calling the demolition a squandering.
• Commenter Craig Purcell saw it as a return to sensible urbanism with buildings that fit in.
• Neri&Hu wrapped Mandarin Oriental The Landmark hotel in Hong Kong with an 'urban tapestry' facade.
• Commenter Anthony Wong called it 'quite stunning'.
• Commenter Ulisses Papa described it as a gorgeous exercise in contained zest and sober elegance.
• Commenter Jb said color and movement are preferable to grey corporate stagnation.
• Commenter Baid Isle found the design way too busy and the color out-of-place in Hong Kong.