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Pinterest has introduced a new remix feature that allows users to build upon existing collages and mood boards, making it easier to start a creation when ideas are scarce. Users can add images, text, and drawings, with the option to turn on or off remixing on their mood boards. Users can now also turn their collages into videos to share on social platforms.
Google Photos is introducing an AI-powered video editor for Android and iOS that features new tools like a "Speed" tool for slow-motion or fast-forward effects and an "Auto Enhance" button for color and stability improvements. AI presets enable automatic cropping, speed control, lighting adjustments, and effects such as zooming and dynamic motion tracking.
Alex Bec, CEO of It's Nice That, advises graduates entering the creative industry to identify skill gaps, use free online resources, and not take rejection personally. Designers should write strong cover letters, avoid perfectionism, broaden their job search, and stay informed through resources like newsletters for inspiration and support.
Designing software, rather than static images, is key to effective collaboration between designers and developers, with tools like ChatGPT and Claude making design in code more accessible and creative. Rapid prototyping in code, integrated with a solid design system, saves time and money while enabling adaptive, user-specific experiences.
Growth Unhinged's 12th edition explores which website growth experiments to avoid. Social proof in B2B pricing, homepage videos, and strikethrough pricing often fail to improve conversions. Simplifying design and messaging, focusing prospects on key actions without distractions, can yield better results.
Khroma uses AI to learn which colors you like and creates palettes for you to discover, search, and save.
Select any image or frame in Figma and play with the setting to generate stippling-like effects.
Meshy empowers artists, game developers, and creators to bring their vision to life with a toolkit for creating 3D models in minutes.
Mozilla's new brand, designed by JKR, aims to showcase that it's more than just the Firefox browser. Featuring a Mozilla Semi Slab typeface logo with an ASCII dinosaur nodding to its history, the brand's gradient color system and inclusive design reflect Mozilla's mission to 'reclaim the internet' and create a safer, more respectful online space.
Vitsœ is collaborating with Dieter Rams to create timeless, functional furniture based on his ten principles of good design. For over 60 years, its handcrafted pieces, such as the 620 Chair and modular shelving, have reflected Rams' commitment to innovation, aesthetics, and environmental responsibility, influencing modern designers globally.
Wireframing has been used for centuries to gather feedback before production. In modern software development, high-fidelity wireframes allow for detailed, interactive prototypes. These wireframes enhance communication, usability testing, and collaboration, offering a near-final product experience.
Uber's Base design system streamlines development, enhances accessibility, and improves platform consistency by simplifying components and implementing a reusable layout model, addressing growth challenges and inefficiencies.
Monotype's AI-powered Font Pairing feature simplifies finding complementary fonts by learning your preferences.
This tutorial demonstrates a simple method for creating a responsive Periodic Table using CSS Grid.
In the coming decades, advancements in AI are expected to significantly enhance human capabilities, enabling people to achieve feats that were once considered impossible. This progress is driven by deep learning, which has improved with increased computational resources and data, allowing AI to assist in solving complex problems and improving various aspects of life, such as personalized education and healthcare. While there are challenges to address, including the equitable distribution of AI resources, the potential for widespread prosperity and innovation heralds a transformative era akin to past technological revolutions.
Smartsheet has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners for $8.4 billion, transitioning back to a private company after six years of being publicly traded. This all-cash deal, which values Smartsheet at a significant premium, is expected to close in January pending shareholder approval and includes a period for exploring other offers. Smartsheet, known for its cloud-based work management tools, serves a vast array of Fortune 500 companies and has seen substantial revenue growth alongside reduced operating losses.
The anime industry has evolved from a niche genre to a multi-billion dollar industry, driving pop culture and influencing various forms of media and entertainment. New technologies and business models, such as AI companions, user-generated content platforms, and VTubing, are accelerating the industry's growth and transforming the way fans engage with anime content. As a result, anime is becoming a dominant format for interactive entertainment, enabling fans to create, play, and interact with their favorite characters and stories in new and innovative ways.
Marketing planning for startups is often viewed as a daunting task, but it can be turned into a strategic and engaging process. By concentrating on a plan that capitalizes on a startup's strengths, establishing clear goals, and outlining impactful projects, marketing teams can propel substantial growth and steer clear of haphazard marketing activities. This approach not only aligns the team with company objectives but also transforms the planning process into an opportunity for creativity and strategic thinking.
Notion has strategically expanded into the enterprise market, leveraging its strong grassroots community foundation to meet the growing demand from larger organizations. The company has focused on enhancing security, user management, and collaboration features to cater to enterprise needs while maintaining its core simplicity and user experience. Notion's ambassador program and community-driven assets, such as templates, have played a crucial role in facilitating enterprise adoption, and the company has developed a sales-assist model to support its product-led growth strategy.
Research has found that a website's visibility in AI-generated overviews is more closely tied to its organic traffic and search ranking than its inclusion in Common Crawl data. Additionally, user intent plays a significant role in shaping the content and form of AI-generated overviews, with different types of queries (e.g. informational, local, or transactional) resulting in distinct formats and features. While a higher organic search ranking increases the chances of being cited in AI-generated overviews, it is not the only factor. Many URLs cited in overviews rank outside the top 3 positions.
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Despite economic uncertainty and companies cutting back on certain expenses, the corporate swag industry continues to thrive, with the US and Canadian market reaching a record $26.1 billion in 2023. The industry's resilience is attributed to its cost-effectiveness and ability to provide a strong return on investment, making it a valuable marketing tool for companies. As a result, the swag industry is often seen as a leading indicator of the economy, with changes in swag spending potentially signaling broader economic trends.
Global supply chains continue to face significant challenges, including fragmentation, unstructured data, and outdated systems, resulting in estimated losses of $1.6 trillion over the past few years. However, advancements in AI and automation offer a promising solution, enabling companies to streamline operations, unify disparate data sources, and replace manual processes. AI-powered solutions can particularly benefit procurement, supplier intelligence, and demand planning, with potential market opportunities projected to grow from $29 billion in 2023 to $62 billion in 2028.
Embracing individuality and authenticity is crucial for achieving success and happiness in life. Trying to mimic someone else's approach or conform to a standardized method can lead to mediocrity and dissatisfaction. By recognizing and embracing our unique personalities, skills, and goals, we can create a path that is tailored to our needs and aspirations, ultimately leading to a more fulfilling life.
Startups in competitive markets can gain an edge by leveraging AI to offer services that replace traditional in-house labor, thereby altering internal processes and workflows.
The maturity of a local venture ecosystem can be measured by the distribution of venture capital investments across early, growth, and late stages.
The SaaS and cloud industries are experiencing a shift in spending patterns, with some areas seeing significant growth fueled by AI investments, while others, particularly those serving the tech sector, are struggling.
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Orca Security has published its new State of AI Security Report. This research report is based on findings from billions of cloud assets scanned by Orca's agentless cloud security platform [5] on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud.
Dell has announced that it is investigating a data breach after a hacker posted an alleged data dump to BreachForums. The data breach contains data of 10k employees' full names, unique identifiers, employee status, and internal identification strings. Neither Dell nor the hacker have disclosed how the data was stolen.
A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in the Arc browser that could lead to RCE on other users. The Arc browser has a feature called Boosts that allows arbitrary CSS and JavaScript to run and modify websites in users' browsers. The vulnerability arises from improper ACLs on The Browser Company's Firebase data store, which allows attackers to apply Boosts to different users' browsers by changing the user ID that they are attached to. An update has been pushed and The Browser Company has committed to improving its security posture.
A new version of the Necro Trojan has infected popular apps on Google Play and unofficial sources, impacting over 100 million devices worldwide. The malware used obfuscation to evade detection and had the ability to display ads, download files, and execute JavaScript code. Google Play removed the malicious loader from affected apps following reports of the issue.
PowerShell Script Block Logging is one of the types of PowerShell logs that records the content of all script blocks executed within PowerShell. ScriptBlock Smuggling is a technique whereby an attacker can hide a malicious script block within a benign script block. This post tests detections for this attack in a lab environment using a test script from AtomicRedTeam. The author notes that the full script, which contains the malicious command, can still be seen in the details pane and questions the usefulness of this attack.
This author wrote a script that was praised for its UX to automate the evaluation steps in a competition. They argue for comprehensive error handling and input validation with detailed and actionable error messages, clear and colorful output, detailed progress reporting without overwhelming the user by using set -x, using set -x and set +x for fine grained and strategic error handling, making use of platform specific functionality, and using time stamped file outputs to make multiple runs easier to compare. Examples of each of these principles are included in the post.
Many critical sectors still use vulnerable pager networks like POCSAG, which are easily exploited for message injection attacks via radio frequencies, for emergency communication. These networks lack encryption, allowing anyone with basic equipment to intercept and manipulate messages, posing serious security risks in sensitive environments. This blog post highlights the urgent need for stronger security measures in these outdated communication systems by demonstrating how easy it is to spoof messages.
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To better understand the current vulnerabilities and threats facing modern DevOps teams, Datadog evaluated real-world data [13] from thousands of organizations. Discover why only 3% of “critical” vulnerabilities are actually worth prioritizing, the problem with 3rd party dependencies, and why legacy risks are still a problem. Read the
Cloud Testing VM is a VM that contains a set of common cloud security testing tools. There are scripts to build it as an AWS AMI.
undocumented-aws-api-hunter is a tool for uncovering undocumented AWS APIs. It works by launching a headless Chrome browser that crawls through the AWS Console.
Cloudflare has launched new free security features for website owners and network protection, including threat intelligence, analytics, and account takeover attack detection. Users can now access Security Analytics, API schema validation, and Page Shield script monitor to enhance their security. Cloudflare has also introduced new authentication options, such as signing up and logging in with Google, to simplify account access and reduce the risk of compromise.
Google has announced the ability for users to save passkeys to Password Manager, the password manager built into Chrome. Passkeys will automatically sync across computers and Android devices running the Password Manager app. Support for ChromeOS is in beta and support for iOS is planned.
TCM Security has announced that it will be launching a free tier to its academy. The initial offering will contain four courses: Practical Help Desk, Programming 100: Fundamentals, Linux 100: Fundamentals, and Soft Skills for the Job Market. The free tier launches today and users can access the content by signing up with only an email address.
CrowdStrike has improved testing and rollout procedures to prevent system crashes like the one in July. It now deploys software updates gradually and has added new validation checks to prevent errors. Microsoft is also making changes to enhance security in Windows 11 following the global IT outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update.
This post shares how organizations can detect and disrupt these threats by implementing detection strategies and maintaining vigilance.
A study by e2e-assure revealed a stark contrast between cyber risk owners' confidence in AI policies (85%) and employee awareness of such guidance (34%), indicating potential vulnerabilities in organizational cyber resilience despite increased adoption of AI technologies.
A cyberattack on a Kansas water treatment facility led to manual operations being implemented to ensure water safety.
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The California Governor signed a bill that aims to reduce social media use among children. This is the latest state effort to regulate the medium over increasing concerns that heavy use is damaging to young people. The bill makes it unlawful for online services and applications to provide an “addictive feed” to minors or send them notifications at certain times during the school year. The bill takes effect on January 1, 2027.