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WhatsApp has introduced a new feature for iOS that allows users to create, edit, and share custom stickers directly within the app. Users can personalize stickers using various editing tools and even overlay other stickers.
Sony revealed the logo for Columbia Pictures' 100th anniversary through an animated short that traces the logo's evolution. The iconic "Lady with the Torch" symbolizes the studio's enduring legacy. The new logo incorporates modern elements while paying tribute to the studio's rich history.
There needs to be more than just a design system for interfaces to create cohesive and harmonious experiences for a brand with a portfolio of services. What organizations need is an ecosystem of design systems, starting with outlining the design approach of the organization and defining design systems for brands, services, products, and interfaces.
Hear from John Maeda, Microsoft's VP of Artificial Intelligence and Design, about thriving in the AI-powered design era. During the talk, Maeda discusses how AI uniquely ties together both modes of intelligence, how these paradigms will impact the job market, and how to stay relevant as a creative in an increasingly disruptive world.
UX Bootcamps need to adequately prepare students for the job market. This is resulting in a saturation of junior designers, making it challenging to find positions. In this article, a graduate of a UX/UI Design Bootcamp shares their honest experiences and insights with the bootcamp.
This collection of 300+ logos allows you to quickly copy or download SVGs of well-known brands worldwide.
Pines is a set of UI elements that can be copied and pasted into any Alpine or Tailwind project.
Archetype provides an interactive space for typography styling, pairing, and spacing in the browser, with the option to export the results as CSS code.
Apple’s Vision Pro introduces a “shared space” where app windows float side by side. Users can open one or more windows as planes in the space. Beyond windows, apps can create three-dimensional volumes like objects and scenes and can be moved around in 3D space.
There are many ways to describe how blurry a blur is. Implementations vary so much that a blur in one app may be a completely different size from the same blur in another app. This article presents a detailed look into blurs in popular design apps like Photoshop, Figma, and Illustrator.
Cyfr's branding reflects a narrative of upward mobility and perpetual progress. The symbol used in its branding, which portrays a continuous ascent, is complemented by elements representing the synergy between the agency and its partners.
Vercel redesigned its website with a Swiss-design-inspired grid layout, a Grotesque sans-serif font as the primary typeface, and pixelated iconography.
Design elements with knockout “text” with an image or pattern behind it are becoming increasingly popular. This example adds an extra layer of the wow effect with a scrolling animation.
A detailed guide for designing better target sizes and improving the accessibility of websites and apps.
Section 174 of the US tax law made it so all costs related to R&D cannot be expensed, increasing the costs of hiring of software engineers.
There are a lot of reasons to be optimistic this decade with major technological breakthroughs such as advanced generative AI, effective anti-obesity drugs, and progress in biotech, battery technology, and space exploration. These innovations are attributed to long-term investments post-2005 and the economic growth of the last decade. The future will be filled with technological surprises and advancements.
The latest data, trends, and innovations shaping the newsletter industry.
Stanley, a 111-year-old company known for its vacuum-seal bottles, saw a dramatic increase in sales from $70 million in 2019 to $750 million in 2023 thanks to modern marketing strategies and the popularity of its Stanley Quencher water bottle. The company's shift from a traditional, outdoorsy male target market to a broader, trendier audience, combined with savvy use of influencer marketing, social media, product variation, and collaboration, led to viral success and a strong brand presence, especially among Gen Z consumers.
AI startup Rewind pivoted from its initial product Scribe to a Mac app leveraging Apple's Silicon M1 chip. Focused on augmenting human memory, Rewind underwent a year of development and a high-touch early user onboarding process, leading to a successful launch with over 300,000 waitlist signups and a $350M valuation in a public Series A fundraise.
The widespread use of analytics in business has led to more data-driven decisions, enhancing efficiency and growth across industries. However, this reliance on analytics may limit our understanding of customers, as it often fails to capture the complexities and irrationalities of human behavior. We need to recognize the limitations of analytics to fully grasp customer motivations.
Schedule SMS campaigns, set up keyword opt-ins, communicate 1:1 via shared inbox, track analytics, and view deliverability with an affordable and intuitive platform.
AI Toolkit is a header-only C++ library that brings finite state machines, behavior trees, utility AI, and goal-oriented action planning to game NPCs.
An AI assistant for everyone in your organization.
Getting into YC isn't an indicator that your idea is worth working on for an entire summer/winter - it's an indicator that the idea is decent enough to back you as a founder and allow you to explore the idea intensely for a few weeks or pivot until you find the right product.
The recent launch of the Rabbit R1 challenges the current trend of sleek, minimalistic tech design and embodies a spirit of creativity and innovation. The device represents a shift from the predictable, reminding us that innovation can be unconventional and fun. While some may dismiss it as a gimmick, history shows that many groundbreaking technologies started as quirky ideas.
This piece discusses making annual predictions, noting their typical inaccuracies. There is still value in the process as a synthesis of human history and a way to anticipate future craziness.
A look at how a developer built their company to the point where they were able to quit their job.
OpenAI has launched its store for custom GPTs.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has officially approved the United States’ first regulated spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds.
The SEC's official X account was hacked and made to tweet a false claim that the bitcoin ETF was approved. This highlights cyber risks the agency has long warned companies about. SEC chair Gary Gensler prioritizes cybersecurity, mandating disclosures and punishing misleading claims. The hack was caused by an individual hijacking the SEC's phone number via a third party. X said the SEC account lacked two-factor authentication.
Real estate giant Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has confirmed hackers stole 1.3 million customer records in a November cyberattack. FNF said unauthorized third parties accessed systems, deployed malware, and exfiltrated data. The company notified affected customers, applicable state attorneys general, and regulators. The stolen data appears to be sensitive as FNF is providing credit monitoring to impacted customers.
Framework Computer disclosed a data breach caused by an employee of its accounting service provider being phished. The accountant shared a spreadsheet containing full names, email addresses, and outstanding balances of employees with unpaid balances to an attacker impersonating the CEO of Framework. Affected customers have been notified.
This post contains a deep dive into a remote code execution vulnerability in the SnakeYAML library. The post begins with describing how !! fields work in YAML and how the deserialization vulnerability allows for instantiating Java classes. It then goes through the process of developing an exploit against the vulnerability to eventually achieve remote code execution.
An in-depth analysis of the SilverRAT malware. The article includes an analysis of how SilverRAT operates, the code builder platform and options that are sold with it, and the admin panel that is used for C2 operations. It concludes with OSINT to delve into the developers’ backgrounds and IOCs for the malware.
In this blog post, ElcomSoft discusses using its Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit along with other analysis tools like Cellebrite Physical Analyzer. The post provides instructions for opening and analyzing data extracted using Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit in Cellebrite Physical Analyzer. Elcomsoft is also examining compatibility with other top-tier tools and is open to partnerships and collaborations.
BBOT (Bighuge BLS OSINT Tool) is a modular, recursive OSINT framework that can execute the entire OSINT workflow in a single command.
Betterscan contains many tools for Code, Cloud, secrets, dependencies, software composition analysis, Supply Chain Risks, and precise Graph-based SAST analysis for Code and AI/OpenAI GPT.
Damn Vulnerable LLM Agent is a deliberately vulnerable ReAct LLM Agent built with Langchain. Users can utilize it to learn and experiment with prompt injection attacks.
Akamai uncovered a new crypto mining campaign active in 2023 spreading via SSH using a custom Mirai botnet called NoaBot. NoaBot has wormable self-spreading capabilities and an SSH key backdoor. It drops a modified XMRig miner with an obfuscated config and custom mining pool. Evidence links it to 2023's P2PInfect worm, but immature names complicate attribution.
According to cybersecurity firm Forescout, last year's cyberattack against Danish critical infrastructure, which was believed to be conducted by Sandworm, was likely not the work of the Russian hacking group. Forescout's research indicates that the two waves of attacks were unrelated and that Sandworm probably did not have anything to do with it.
A Californian man who lost $100,000 in a SIM-swapping attack has obtained permission from a federal judge to serve and sue the unknown owner of a crypto wallet via delivery of bitcoin to the wallet. This is the first-ever ruling of its kind and may provide new avenues for victims of crypto theft to retrieve funds.
Microsoft is testing the USB4 Version 2.0 specification, which supports transfer speeds of up to 80 Gbps over USB Type-C cables, in Windows 11.
Security firm Mandiant revealed that it did not have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled on its hacked X account, leaving the account vulnerable to brute-force password attacks.
Threat actors posing as cybersecurity researchers are contacting victims of the Royal and Akira ransomware gangs, offering to delete files the groups have stolen for a fee.
Advertisers now looking to run Meta ads about social issues, elections, and politics have to indicate whether their ad contains realistic images, videos, or audio that were digitally created or altered by AI or other methods. Advertisers can update their previously launched campaigns with the new AI disclosure tag.
Visa has partnered with Web3 engagement company SmartMedia Technologies to create a new customer loyalty offering. Brands using the service can provide incentives within digital experiences, such as augmented reality treasure hunts and gamified giveaways. The service comes with a tool that creates digital wallets for customers so they can store loyalty incentives for online and offline travel, sports, or other experiences.
B2B sales and marketing software company lempire wanted to boost outreach reply rate and convert more customers, so the CEO interviewed guests within the industry on the company's podcast and then cut up bite-sized clips from each show that the guests would naturally want to share on social media. The team then reached out to anyone who liked, shared, or commented on the guest’s post, using it as a form of social proof. This resulted in a pool of new leads with an above-average reply rate.