.Apple enters a new chapter in Human Interface Design... as Steve Lemay becomes the new leader of the team, working alongside Molly Anderson, head of Industrial Design at Apple. A veteran at the company since 1999, Lemay has shaped every major interface evolution from the original #iPhone to macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS and, most recently, visionOS. Tim Cook calls him “an extraordinarily high bar for excellence,” noting his depth of understanding in platform technologies and his gift for shaping intuitive, human-centred digital experiences. With Lemay now at the helm, Apple’s design bench continues to push forward, refining the interactions, systems and visual languages that define the world’s most recognisable devices.show more

designers love to hate on raw, unfinished things. redesigning... the whole ios/watchos/macos/... ui after a decade is a brutal challenge for any design team! almost impossible to satisfy the expectation. most haters around here have never designed in a large organization like apple and are not aware of challenges such as politcs, opiniated stakeholder, impossible deadlines, the list goes on... i empathise with the ui designers in apple. yes! os26 and liquid glass feels rough at the moment! so did the ios7 at launch. it evolved. this will too. i appreciate the brave direction apple has taken with this liquid glass ui. yes it comes with challenges including readability, compatibility and more... let's stop b*tching about it and contribute to solutionise these challenges.show more

Apple iPhone 16 vs Pixel 9: Which one should... you buy? The iPhone 16 is more of an iterative upgrade over its predecessor, but the Pixel 9 brings several notable upgrades, especially in the camera, design and chipset. While the Tensor G4 may not be as fast as the iPhone 16’s A18 chipset, it no longer heats up and is pretty fast when it comes to multitasking and completing AI-powered tasks. If you are already a part of the Apple ecosystem and have the iPhone 14 or an older device, the iPhone 16 might make sense. On the other hand, the Pixel 9 with its smart AI features, solid design and capable cameras might appeal to to those who want a phone that will get software updates for years to come and want to enjoy the clean user interface stock Android has to offer.show more

This is a call for creatives with a mission... to serve. I’m looking for the best designers, artists, and creatives in the world to take on hard and real problems. Come use your superpowers to craft intuitive, complex products and stories. Design isn’t decoration, it’s direction. At Anduril Industries, design is embedded as part of our core strategy. Our team crafts every touch point—from our products to our website, our videos and marketing campaigns, concept and mission communication, even the architecture and the spaces we work in. #Hiring all Summer: Industrial, prototyping, CMF, photography, film, motion, interaction, digital, environmental, merchandise, OOH, graphics, identity systems.show more

On January 20, at Davos 2026, CATL was honored... with the World Economic Forum (World Economic Forum )'s 2026 MINDS Award, recognizing its groundbreaking project "Augmented Intelligence Leading Next-Generation Lithium-ion Battery Design," which has been acclaimed as a global benchmark for AI-driven industrial application. The project marks a fundamental shift from traditional "reverse design and trial-and-error experimentation" to "forward design with predictive intelligence before manufacturing." By integrating proprietary multimodal data across materials, design, processes and equipment, the initiative has built an intelligent battery cell design platform for the lithium-ion battery industry. The system supports customized performance targets and dynamic priority adjustments, achieving a design prediction accuracy of up to 95%. Compared with manual design, it generates recommendations in seconds and virtual cells in minutes, increasing design efficiency by 30%. CATL will continue to evolve AI from "enablement" to "creation," and from solving known problems to discovering new frontiers, building a cornerstone for the global energy transition. #CATL #WEF #Davos2026 #ArtificialIntelligence #BatteryInnovationshow more

The most attention-grabbing figure today the one every camera... follows and every journalist awaits for a single word is a leader shaped by a decisive past and defining moments. Amid Syria’s diplomatic re-emergence and the gradual end of its isolation, President Ahmad Al-Sharaa stands at the center of a new phase, capturing global focus. From the White House in Washington to Buckingham Palace in London, he dominates the political stage, drawing the world’s attention. #Syriashow more

ROBOMAEDA TALK TODAY: Thank you to Professor Hiroshi Ishii... 石井 裕 as the inspiration for my talk today at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) MIT Media Lab on "life as a hybrid." And it's not going to be my Azure AI Avatar talking for me today -- it'll be the real me. I think ... Date: November 8 (Friday), 11am Boston time Talk info at MIT: Zoom livestream (free): ** --- Building A Hybrid Career Across Tech, Business, And Design. Or, ”How I Learned to Speak Human After Leaving MIT :-)” What happens when a computer science major steps out of MIT and into design, business, and leadership? In “How I Learned To Speak Human After Leaving MIT :-),” I’ll share how leaving the Media Lab in 2008 set me on an unexpected path—from advocating for the arts with the STEAM movement at RISD to navigating venture capital, startups, and industries of all scales. Does being a multidisciplinary “hybrid” thinker and doer enhance or limit one’s career prospects? Through insights from my own journey, I’ll explore the unique challenges and opportunities hybrids face today, offering key takeaways for those building careers across multiple disciplines. This talk brings my journey full circle—from the early foundations of AI in the 80s to the dawn of a new AI-powered industrial revolution. --- Related links: - “Design Against AI” / Design in Tech Report 2024 at SXSW - “The Art and Craft of Business Resilience” / LinkedIn Learning - “Mr. Maeda’s Cozy AI Kitchen” / Learn LLM Coding Easy as CAIK - “Design, Business, Inclusion” / LinkedIn Learning - “How art, technology, and design inform creative leaders” / TED 2012show more

At Uber a big problem for design teams and... engineering teams was design source of truth. No one knew what the app truly looked like, so weekly a bunch of designers would get into a meeting room and check that the engineers correctly implemented the figma designs that they made Now with coding agents throughput of changes has increased an order of magnitude and it has become impossible to manually keep up. Here we used the Revyl CLI to create a flow of every state in the Uber design, by navigating our mobile use agent on an cloud iOS simulator. This is something that would have taken a team of designers tens of hours to recreate manually; All done in less than an hour asynchronously with a simple prompt. Enable your team to know what your users are actually seeing and empower coding agents to give your users a delightful experience without any blindspots Get started with our new free trial and create a map for your own app 🗺️show more

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Since Professor V Kamakoti has been nominated in the... committee to overhaul our education system, he is being mocked by opposition leaders for his beliefs. Today, I sat to check his academic credentials . Alongside serving as the Director of IIT Madras, his academic and professional accomplishments include: • 250+ Research Papers and Patents: He has published over 250 research papers in leading international journals and conferences and holds numerous national and international patents. • Development of the SHAKTI Microprocessor: He led the design and development of SHAKTI, India’s first indigenous, open-source microprocessor. Microprocessor Development Programme (MDP): He heads this flagship initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), aimed at strengthening India’s semiconductor and chip-design ecosystem. • Record Patent Filings – “One Patent a Day”: As Director of IIT Madras, he introduced the vision of “One Patent a Day.” Under his leadership, the institute filed a record 417 patents during 2024–25. • Role in the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB): As an NSAB member, he provides strategic advice to the Government of India on cybersecurity, telecommunications security, and digital infrastructure. • Leadership of the AI Task Force: He chaired the Artificial Intelligence Task Force constituted by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, helping shape India’s AI policy framework. • Information Security Education and Awareness (ISEA): He oversees initiatives under the ISEA programme to build India’s cybersecurity workforce and promote public awareness of information security. • Research in VLSI and Hardware Security: His primary academic contributions lie in VLSI design, algorithms, and strengthening cryptographic security at the silicon hardware level. • Institutional Reforms at IIT Madras: Since assuming office as Director in 2022, he has helped IIT Madras retain its top position in the NIRF rankings while launching new online degree programmes and expanding the institute’s startup ecosystem. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to science and technology, he has been awarded the Padma Shri (2026), the DRDO Academic Excellence Award, and the IBM Faculty Award. Here is in his native village, moving on roads in a Prabhat Feri invoking the Grama Devta.show more

Valthos builds next-generation biodefense. Of all AI applications, biotechnology... has the highest upside and most catastrophic downside. Heroes at the frontlines of biodefense are working every day to protect the world against the worst case. But the pace of biotech is against them: more powerful methods to design biological systems, with near-universal access, open up an increasing surface area of threats. In this new world, the only way forward is to be faster. So we set out to build the tech stack for biodefense. Our team of computational biologists and software engineers applies frontier AI to identify biological threats and update medical countermeasures in real-time. We are backed by $30M from OpenAI, Lux Capital, Founders Fund and others including Definition. We are actively hiring engineers to join in the mission - if that sounds like you, get in touch.show more

McConnell Releases New Photo and Update from Rehab Sen.... Mitch McConnell’s office released a new photo of the Kentucky senator with his wife, Elaine Chao, along with a personal statement and an update from the Senate’s attending physician. McConnell said: “I’m still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors’ orders. As always, I appreciate all of your continued well wishes, and I’m looking forward to getting back to the Senate and to Kentucky soon.” (Video: AI) The attending physician confirmed he continues to recover from a fall at home in June and is undergoing multiple physical therapy sessions daily. Childhood polio remains a significant factor in his mobility, and he has not yet been medically cleared to leave the rehab facility. His prolonged absence has also reignited calls from many for term limits and stricter requirements on attendance and health transparency for members of Congress.show more

🚀 We Promised to Go Big in August! We’re... Going Beyond! This August, we’re bringing Trick or Seek to life, an entirely in-house created comic-style masterpiece built from scratch by the $NAKA team for the #NAKAFAM. Over the past weeks, our entire studio has been working relentlessly, and the journey from concept to launch is no small feat. 💪 Here’s the level of work it takes to create just one top-tier $NAKA game: 1️⃣ Concept & Planning – Crafting the vision, gameplay mechanics, and player journey. 2️⃣ Sketching & Storyboarding – Visualizing every scene, character, and narrative flow. 3️⃣ 3D Modeling & Design – Bringing characters, items, and environments to life with stunning detail. 4️⃣ UI/UX Design – Creating an intuitive, immersive player experience. 5️⃣ Environment Design & Lighting – Setting the mood, atmosphere, and world immersion. 6️⃣ Development & Programming – Building the core gameplay, features, and systems. 7️⃣ Sound Design & Music – Composing original tracks and sound effects for maximum impact. 8️⃣ Testing & Optimization – Fine-tuning performance and eliminating bugs across all devices. 9️⃣ Polish & Publishing – Adding the final touches to deliver nothing short of excellence. Every step is executed at the highest possible quality, in record time, and 100% in-house – because our standard is nothing less than world-class. 🔥 August is the $NAKA month, and this is just one of the many things we have lined up. For the #NAKAFAM, we’re not just building games… we’re building the future of GameFi.show more

It's been a really tough season for Martin Odegaard.... Horrible, unfortunate injuries. In and out of the team, constantly being questioned. He'll admit it himself that at times he hasn't been at his best when he has been fit and available. But that cameo today off the bench, that assist for Trossard.... The way he took responsibility, went and got the ball, broke the game open and made the decisive moment happen. Outstanding. A captain's moment when his team needed him the most. You could see what it meant to him.show more

Punch sits quietly at the edge of a small... stream, listening to the gentle sound of water flowing beside him. 🍎 In his tiny hands, he holds a bright piece of apple and takes a careful bite while his plush friend rests right next to him. After chewing for a moment, he turns and lifts the apple toward the little toy… as if inviting it to share the snack too. To most people, it’s just a stuffed toy. But to Punch, it’s a friend who sits with him by the water, sharing quiet moments together.show more

I love it when a retail store design incorporates... inspiration from its surrounding location. Kudos to Checkers in Franschhoek for this superb design. A beautiful shopping experience and they have a Starbucks too. Woolworths next door has also incorporated the essence of the area with an entrance covered in hanging grape vines and a generous wine selection from the local farms in the area. Considering the store size, the number of wines on offer is impressive. There’s no doubt that safe, leafy suburbs are becoming the suburbs of choice for South Africans. Office workers are securing office space closer to home and therefore more community shopping centres and store upgrades are coming up closer to home. The Winelands has exceptional demand for housing at the moment and even more so for secure, industrial sites. With very limited warehouse space in the Paarl, Stellenbosch, Wellington, Klapmuts and Simondium areas - there is an opportunity for commercial landlords to develop industrial parks that offer micro-units as well as security. There is also an opportunity for the storage players in the industrial sector to develop within the area. With so much space and plenty of farms, I can only see commercial opportunities for office, retail and warehousing in the Winelands.show more

Apple celebrates its 50th birthday next week, which is... a reminder that “Forrest Gump” has Hollywood’s best angel investment ever: Gump and Lt. Dan early in Apple. They get to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak before the April 1976 launch and prior to first official $250k check from Mike Markkula, who briefly owned 1/3rd of Apple for his investment. That would value at Apple at $750k. Since Gump and Lt. Dan were unsophisticated shrimp guys instead of tech investors, they probably got pinched on valuation by Jobs and paid $100k for 10% of Apple. That would be worth $180m at the Apple IPO in 1980 ($1.8B market cap). An 1,800x return in 5 years. Gump is a loyal dude so probably sold everything when Jobs was booted in 1985. On the other hand, he thought Apple was a fruit company and is financially illiterate…so Gump is likely still holding that stake, which is now worth $300B+ (my calculator broke trying to figure out the ROI).show more

Met this guy yesterday night on my charity run.... I give away all my clothes in the beginning of every year. After the donation him and I had a great chat then took his number. He is an entrepreneur, he just got that electric bike for deliveries and opened a new company a month ago to try cultivate his future. What an amazing human being. Sharing this because of the inspiration Ive drawn from this, most importantly this taught me without courage we are nothing, the courage to fight for your space in the world. Happy New Year❤️show more

The UAPs/Drones seen all over Europe and in USA... in 2024 are breakaway technology according to the Cybertruck bomber from January. The Cybertruck bomber was one of the main stories at the very beginning of the New Year, on January 1, 2025. He blew up outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. Here’s an excerpt from his alleged message about the recent drone sightings in New Jersey and New York: “What we have been seeing with ‘drones’ is the operational use of gravitic propulsion systems powered aircraft by, most recently, China in the east coast, but throughout history, the U.S. Only we and China have this capability. China has been launching them from the Atlantic from submarines for years, but this activity recently has picked up. … They are the most dangerous threat to national security that has ever existed…” He also said that governments are going to start World War III and that he needed to stop it. His message was urgent, and to attract attention he did the unthinkable—he took his own life.show more

Celebrating 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ members of the ECA Family. In a... landmark moment for European club football, we are proud to announce that 500 clubs across Europe are now members of ECA. As of today, ECA Membership has achieved a remarkable 88% growth since the start of the 2023/24 season. With each new addition, ECA's diverse family of member clubs continues to act in the collective interest of all - working together to face the challenges and find innovative solutions and opportunities in the ever-changing landscape of European football. We look forward to further strong growth and welcoming more members to the ECA Family, to continue shaping the future of European football. 🌍 Take a look at the full story here: #WeAreECA #HeartofFootballshow more