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xAI has rolled out Grok Imagine, an AI image and video generator with NSFW "spicy mode," to premium X subscribers on iOS. The tool generates 15-second videos from text prompts but moderates explicit content and restricts celebrity imagery like pregnant Trump. While competing with established AI generators, Grok Imagine's human renderings still appear waxy and cartoonish in quality.
Apple's promised AI-powered Siri upgrade for the iPhone 16 is still missing nearly a year later, leading to delays, ad removals, and public criticism, even from within the company. Google mocked Apple's failure in a new Pixel 10 ad, highlighting the delay just as leaks and official teasers build anticipation for its own upcoming device launch.
Google DeepMind has introduced Genie 3, an upgraded AI world model that can generate 3D environments with real-time interaction, improved memory, and longer user engagement compared to its predecessor. Genie 3 supports a few minutes of continuous play and can remember visual details for about a minute, maintaining consistency in the environment. Although it offers new features like prompt-based world events, Genie 3 is currently available only as a limited research preview for selected academics and creators.
Following Figma's July 2025 IPO, the author explores how design tools will evolve in the AI era. Design commoditization democratizes access and elevates quality expectations, making brand and taste key differentiators. Future design workflows will emphasize variant generation, code integration, and "Bring Your Own Tools" interoperability.
Leading AI companies now prioritize exceptional individual contributors over managers, disrupting the traditional designer-to-management career path. AI consolidates work that previously required full teams back to talented individuals, flattening hierarchies and reducing management layers. Senior designers face a crucial decision point to embrace craft-focused IC roles before this career window closes.
RT Lately is a contemporary typeface born from a study of historical gothic styles like Times Gothic and Franklin Gothic, blending raw, clumsy charm with refined design principles. Designed by Schiavone, it balances quirky personality with technical precision, offering generous proportions, smooth join treatments, dynamic contrast handling, and stylistic alternates, resulting in a versatile and character-rich sans serif suited for modern design needs.
ZINQ combines AI and human emotions to create engaging data collection experiences.
Discover simple online business ideas that succeed without hype or venture capital.
Create harmonious color patterns with Oklchroma, a powerful OKLCH-based color scale generator for designers and developers.
Micro failures are tiny UX problems that make websites feel broken despite working technically, slowly killing user trust and conversions. These subtle issues, like button delays and form glitches, remain invisible to developers but cause users to leave quietly without explanation. Fixing these small details becomes crucial in 2025 when site appearance similarities make user experience the key differentiator.
England Cricket has launched a refreshed visual identity, developed with agency Matta, to unify its men's, women's, and disability teams and attract new fans while honoring the sport's traditions. Inspired by both cricket's technical aspects and emotional elements like crowd energy and pride, the rebrand features flexible design elements, data-driven visuals, and a “lion's roar” motif to adapt across formats and audiences.
To mark its 25th anniversary, the Royal Drawing School unveiled a new visual identity by Pentagram's Harry Pearce, combining warmth, heritage, and contemporary character to reflect the School's mission of making drawing accessible to all. The rebrand, launched at a royal reception and accompanied by an exhibition featuring works from notable artists and alumni, includes a hand-drawn wordmark, custom typeface, intimate photography, and a keepsake catalogue, all celebrating the enduring power of observational drawing.
Fiverr released an ad mocking vibe coding that features an entrepreneur who builds an avocado ripeness app while singing with an overripe avocado.
Shadows serve as powerful design elements that add depth, drama, and visual intrigue to interior spaces when strategically paired with light.
Tinkerer Colby Sheets transformed a 2002 iMac G4 into a functional modern machine by installing the internals of an M1 Mac mini and now runs Apple's 2025 macOS on it.