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Machine learning researchers build a better world model
Leibniz lives! Insight about how 'nature makes no leaps' promises better robot predictions Machine learning researchers have developed a technique that allows world models to make better predictions about how objects will behave.World models are used to train physical AI systems like robots how to navigate the real world. They…
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Uber Parking Lets You Book a Spot Directly in the App. Here’s How
The new feature is launching in 15 cities before expanding across the US and Canada. It follows Uber’s acquisition of SpotHero earlier this year. The new feature is launching in 15 cities before expanding across the US and Canada. It follows Uber’s acquisition of SpotHero earlier this year.
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Uber wants to park your car now, too
Uber announced the launch of Uber Parking, a native in-app reservation feature that allows drivers to find, book, and pay for garage and lot spaces ahead of time. The new feature is a result of Uber's recent acquisition of SpotHero, integrating a network of over 13,000 facilities across more than…
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Uber launches parking service following SpotHero acquisition, with an eye on robotaxis
Uber Parking is the latest example of the company offering products beyond its core ride-hailing service. Uber Parking is the latest example of the company offering products beyond its core ride-hailing service.
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Anthropic joins AI’s natural gas frenzy, buys $3.4B worth of turbines
Anthropic bought billions of dollars worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer's remorse. Anthropic bought billions of dollars worth of natural gas turbines in a deal that could give it buyer's remorse.
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Wayve will train its self-driving AI on CoreWeave’s cloud
London self-driving startup Wayve will train, test and simulate its AI Driver on CoreWeave’s Nvidia Blackwell cloud under a multi-year deal. Terms were not disclosed. CoreWeave shares fell about 3% before the market opened. Wayve, the London startup building self-driving software, will train its AI models on CoreWeave’s cloud under…
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Meta expands AI age checks to move more Instagram teens into Teen Accounts
Meta is expanding its AI age-detection technology to Instagram users worldwide, aiming to identify more teenage accounts and automatically place them under its Teen Account protections, even when users have registered as adults. The technology looks for signs that an account belongs to someone under 18 and moves it into…
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Why EV fast charging slows down after 80 percent
EV fast charging will only take you so far - the speed slows down as you near a full charge. Turns out there's a good reason. EV fast charging will only take you so far - the speed slows down as you near a full charge. Turns out there's a…
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Microsoft takes three decades to make Sticky Keys less sticky
Windows preview adds a 'don't ask again' option to accessibility prompts, sparing users a trip through Settings Windows testers are getting a new option in the Sticky Keys and Filter Keys dialogs – one to banish the pop-ups without needing to venture deep into Settings.It's only taken several decades for…
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Honda will spend $3B on a new Ohio car plant built around hybrids
Honda will invest $3B in a new Ohio assembly plant, its first new US vehicle plant since 2008, opening in 2029 with capacity for 240,000 mostly hybrid vehicles a year. It follows Honda’s retreat from EVs and a wider push to build cars in the US to avoid tariffs. Honda…
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Sony’s new PlayStation Portal handheld includes ‘additional’ internal storage
Sony is launching a new version of its PlayStation Portal exclusively in Japan next month. The updated model will launch in the midnight black color option we've seen before, and will include "additional" internal storage for future-looking features. It's the additional internal storage that's the surprise change to this particular…
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NHTSA investigates if Waymo robotaxis are still running school bus stop signs
The latest probe questions the effectiveness of Waymo's software recall from 2025. The latest probe questions the effectiveness of Waymo's software recall from 2025.
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Think twice before using a webcam cover on your MacBook
Webcam covers sound like a good idea, but your MacBook isn't designed with space to accommodate them. Webcam covers sound like a good idea, but your MacBook isn't designed with space to accommodate them.
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Medium’s new TK app brings AI assistance directly into the writing process
Medium's new writing app embraces AI-assisted writing, despite growing controversy over the technology's role in publishing. Medium's new writing app embraces AI-assisted writing, despite growing controversy over the technology's role in publishing.
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Exclusive: Skyfall AI launches Steve-001 to run 3 businesses it acquired
During a routine website update at one of Skyfall AI’s businesses, two software agents got stuck passing the same task back and forth. A growth agent assigned the deployment to an engineering agent, which sent it straight back. The cycle continued because neither agent took responsibility, and one did not…
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Meta is expanding AI age detection for Instagram teen accounts
The company will increase its use of the tech on Facebook and Threads too. The company will increase its use of the tech on Facebook and Threads too.
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Trump’s 60 Minutes interview touched on AI safety, threat to arrest an AI exec
Asked about AI executives' warnings about their models' safety on 60 Minutes, Trump said, "I think that the risk is not nearly as real as it- as they talk, and I think the risk can be managed, and it's managed." He claimed the DOJ is managing that risk, saying, "We…
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CSS-Tricks, Version 20
Things look a little different around here? I hope so because we just pushed a site redesign! Here's everything new with the 20th(!!) version of CSS-Tricks. CSS-Tricks, Version 20 originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well. Things look a little different…
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Skyways starts building Skyreach, a cargo drone that flies 1,300 miles
Skyways has started production of Skyreach, an autonomous cargo drone that takes off vertically, with customer flights from December. It can fly over 1,300 miles with 10 pounds of cargo. It builds on a $37M US Air Force contract. Austin-based Skyways has launched Skyreach, an autonomous cargo drone that takes…
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NASA keeps its PROMISE to raid Mars testbeds for parts
Cut-and-shut trundlebot with spiffy new paint job meant to be headed to the Moon in 2028 NASA is moving ahead with its plan to repurpose a Mars rover engineering model as a lunar trundlebot for less than $400 million.The robot, dubbed PROMISE (Polar Rover for Observation, Mapping, and In-Situ Exploration),…
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The pros and cons of using OnePlus smartwatches
Thinking about a OnePlus smartwatch before the brand leaves the US? Here are the pros and cons, from battery life and build quality to size and software. Thinking about a OnePlus smartwatch before the brand leaves the US? Here are the pros and cons, from battery life and build quality…
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Halo Lab’s Web Design for Bella Branding, App & Website
Bella Branding, App & Website by Halo Lab is a web design project. See how Halo Lab built branding, an app, admin panel and website for Bella. Bella Branding, App & Website Design for AI EdTec...
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Akronim Design Bureau’s Brand Identity for Matter Cine Week '26
Matter Cine Week '26 by Akronim Design Bureau is a brand identity project exploring camcorder optics, pixel geometry, and expressive print. Akronim Design Bureau built the visual system for Matter Cin...
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SpaceX now fundamentally an "infrastructure company," senior official says
"Grok analyzing the same video is 99.9 percent perfect." For a long time, SpaceX has been synonymous with the development of newer, larger, and ever-more-reusable rockets. But that began to change over the last decade with the introduction of Starlink, and the change has accelerated during the last 18 months…
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Disney and Adobe are building generative AI tools together
The Walt Disney Company has teamed up with Adobe to develop proprietary "artist-led" generative AI models to support Disney's production pipeline. The multiyear partnership was announced today at Adobe's MAX conference, and it will see Adobe providing Disney with early access to its latest technologies for everything from Disney's theme…
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Nvidia’s GR00T 2 teaches robots delicate skills from human video
Nvidia unveiled GR00T 2, an open AI model that helps robots learn delicate hand skills, trained partly on 100,000 hours of human video. It reached 95% average success with five demonstrations per task in Nvidia’s tests. Foxconn, Siemens and Nexuni are testing it. Nvidia has unveiled GR00T 2, an AI…
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Meta expands Instagram’s AI age-guessing tech globally
Meta says it will use its AI technology to look for clues about people it suspects to be teenagers — even if they use an adult birthday. Meta says it will use its AI technology to look for clues about people it suspects to be teenagers — even if they…
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Hold up — I had a great time talking to the RIAA guy
Today, I’m talking with Mitch Glazier, who is CEO and chairman of the RIAA. This conversation was a real full-circle moment for me: I was in college when Napster hit, and the RIAA became everyone’s villain for suing kids for downloading music. That was when I decided to go be…
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Waymo robotaxis kept illegally passing school buses after software fix, feds say
The update to Waymo's self-driving system was rolled out nearly a year ago. The update to Waymo's self-driving system was rolled out nearly a year ago.
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Nvidia CEO's affair becomes a national security problem
Nvidia is probing whether Chinese intelligence targeted its CEO through an affair. Nvidia’s chief executive Jensen Huang has admitted having an affair two days after the FT reported his alleged romantic relationship with a woman the US intelligence community believes was working as a spy for China. Huang revealed the…
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F1 in Brazil: You’ve got to keep your tires alive
A topsy-turvy grid and intermittent rain resulted in a very entertaining race. In sports, a “dead rubber” is a match that takes place after the outcome of the series or championship has already been decided. The people in charge hate this*—if you wrap up a title two-thirds of the way…
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A New MFA Design Program Prepares Designers for an Evolving Industry
As the role of the designer broadens, SVA’s new MFA degree offers a deeply integrated design education. Apply now to secure your spot in the 2027 cohort by January. Designers today need to do it all. While honing specialized design skills, they are often required to learn marketing, social media…
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Reformation Steps Into Home Design With Its First Rug Collection
The fashion brand partners with French rugmaker Les Éditions de Tapis on nine hand-knotted designs After years of dressing its customers, Reformation is turning its attention to their homes. The Los Angeles-based fashion brand has partnered with French rugmaker Les Éditions de Tapis on its first rug collection, bringing the…
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Medium is launching a new note-taking app called TK
For the first time ever, Medium is becoming more than just a blogging platform. The company is launching a new app, called TK, that combines note taking and journaling with something resembling a private social network. The app is meant to get you writing more, and help you share that…
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Microsoft's Azure Linux gets 470-plus security fixes in one almighty patching session
A mountain of CVEs, a certificate cleanup, and yet more work for Microsoft's patching teams Microsoft has unleashed a whopper of an update for Azure Linux, packing more than 470 CVE fixes into a single release as the software industry's ever-growing pile of vulnerabilities shows little sign of shrinking.Over the…
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How to shop like a pro during Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Despite Amazon and other retailers filling the summer and fall months with more sales than ever before, Black Friday and Cyber Monday remain the biggest shopping days of the year. And, in recent years, the sale periods have started earlier, giving you more time to take advantage of the deals.…
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Here are the price-matching policies for Best Buy, Walmart, and others
Nothing is more frustrating than buying a new pair of headphones or an OLED TV, only to find out you could have gotten it cheaper somewhere else a few days or weeks later. That’s why, to keep customers happy and prevent them from shopping elsewhere, some retailers offer price-matching policies…
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The feed covers the parts of web design that change most often. Stories tend to fall into these areas:
- Web design trends and new visual directions
- UI and UX developments
- Responsive and mobile-first design
- Accessibility and inclusive design
- CSS and JavaScript updates
- Design tool and software releases
- AI and generative design
- Performance and site optimisation
Which stories appear depends on what the publishers post, so the mix shifts from day to day.
Web design tutorials
Many of the linked articles are tutorials, from HTML and CSS basics to responsive layouts, JavaScript, prototyping, animation and design software. Some suit people still learning the fundamentals, others help tighten an established workflow. Skim the summary, and if a technique looks useful, the link takes you to the full guide. Try it on a test page before you use it on a live client project.
UX, UI and usability
A website has to do more than look good. It has to be intuitive and accessible, or visitors leave. Expect stories on user-centred design, information architecture, wireframing, navigation, interaction design, mobile usability and user research. Most of them are about principles you can apply straight away.
Design inspiration and visual resources
Ideas turn up in odd places, so the feed includes creative work such as interfaces, branding projects, illustration and typography. Publishers also post practical resources, including UI kits, icons, templates, mockups and colour palettes. We don’t test or review these ourselves, so check the licence before you use anything in a client project.
Typography and web fonts
Type choices affect readability, hierarchy and how a brand feels. Articles cover web fonts, font pairing, variable fonts, responsive type, licensing and performance. A minimal interface and a bold brand site need very different type, so it helps to read how other designers approach the problem.
Photography and imagery
Strong imagery can make or break a page. Stories touch on photography, composition and editing, along with the technical side: responsive images, compression and assets that load quickly without looking soft.
Adobe and design tools
Adobe Creative Cloud is still central to many workflows, and Adobe is one of the publishers in the feed, so expect tutorials and updates for Photoshop, Illustrator and Adobe Express. Figma, collaborative design platforms, plugins and AI-powered tools turn up as well. Release news often comes from the vendor itself, so read it with that in mind.
WordPress, performance and SEO
WordPress runs a large share of the web, so theme and plugin news and tips for building faster sites appear regularly. Performance and SEO stories sit alongside them, because a design that loads slowly or can’t be found doesn’t do its job. Core Web Vitals, image handling, markup and accessibility all affect how a site ranks and how it feels to use.
Design systems and front-end development
Design systems and front-end development are where designers and developers meet. Stories cover component libraries, design tokens, modern CSS layout, JavaScript frameworks and handoff habits. If you work on either side of that line, they help you speak the same language as your colleagues.
AI in web design
AI is now part of everyday design work, from generating layouts and copy to speeding up repetitive tasks. The feed picks up stories on what these tools can do and where they fall short. Publishers differ in how sceptical they are, so read more than one before drawing conclusions.
What this site doesn’t do
A few limits are worth stating plainly. We don’t write the articles, so we can’t vouch for every claim in them, and the reporting and opinions belong to each publisher. We don’t review the tools, templates or tutorials that get linked. A story can also be out of date by the time you read it, so check the date before you act on it.
Who it’s for
Mostly people who design or build websites, whether freelance, at an agency or in-house. Front-end developers and UX researchers will find plenty, and students can use it to see how working designers talk about their craft. It works well as a coffee-break scan. It’s less useful if you want original opinion or in-depth tutorials written for this site.