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Bloq is a Figma plugin that lets you generate entire design systems from scratch, fix existing files or frames, and create and enhance components.
Lego's new Innovation Campus in Billund, Denmark, opening in 2027, will feature six sustainable timber buildings designed for collaboration and housing for 1,700 employees. Focused on sustainability and creativity, the campus is aiming for LEED Platinum certification. It incorporates employee input through Lego brick modeling.
Like a persuasive essay, good design seeks to change minds by articulating compelling arguments. A core role of UX is addressing complex problems. Designers must craft arguments thoughtfully to shift corporate systems, a skill that AI tools cannot fully replicate.
In design, "craft" represents quality, consistency, and cultural pride. It builds trust and makes work more impactful. Strong craft foundations are essential, elevating teamwork, design artifacts, and cross-functional respect. Prioritizing craft strengthens a designer's influence, cultivates respect, and upholds standards. It is a critical element of success.
DutchScot's minimalist website masterfully showcases five years of projects through engaging case studies, combining clarity and storytelling to highlight how simplicity, minimal visuals, and thoughtful typography create an immersive brand experience.
Tüpokompanii, founded in 2022 by Andree Paat and Aimur Takk, creates unique typefaces blending Estonian heritage with experimental design.
Accessible forms enhance user experience through effective validation and error messages.
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APIs power your systems, but securing them shouldn't feel like a constant uphill battle. That's why STACKHAWK launched OVERSIGHT—a new feature providing a bird's-eye view of API security across your entire application portfolio. Designed to do more than just create another dashboard where teams can “admire their problems”, Oversight gives real-time insights to quickly pinpoint and fix security issues. As app portfolios grow, API DISCOVERY, API SECURITY TESTING, and OVERSIGHT keep security scalable and proactive, empowering teams to stay ahead of risks.
DHL is currently suffering from a cyberattack that took its delivery tracking systems offline. The attack targeted a third-party vendor used by DHL called Microlise. Microlise stated that it is working to contain the isolate and recover impacted systems but has not provided any further details.
The Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) discovered that hackers had obtained confidential data belonging to H&R Block Canada. The attackers used the company's credentials to gain unauthorized access to Canadians' CRA accounts, change direct deposit info, submit false returns, and obtain more than $6M in funds. H&R Block Canada denies that the breach was its fault and states that it has no evidence that its systems were breached.
Italian politicians are demanding stronger data protection after the discovery of a hacking scheme that breached sensitive public databases. The probe, which resulted in four arrests, revealed that 800,000 citizens' data was accessed by private investigators targeting high-profile figures.
Despite major law enforcement victories against ransomware groups, 2024 is set to break records for ransomware profits. Four victims have paid eight-figure ransoms, including Change Healthcare's $22M payment. This article goes into how ransomware is evolving and the continuous threat it poses.
Spectre vulnerabilities still live in recent Intel and AMD processors, affecting speculation barriers (IBPB). The security flaw allows attackers to bypass process isolation and leak sensitive data across processes. In this article, researchers show the first practical cross-process Spectre attack, which successfully leaked root passwords.
Mind uses AI powered by tailored algorithms and a proprietary AI engine to classify sensitive data, assess potential risks, and automatically take prevention and remediation actions.
A tool for finding security issues in GitHub Actions CI/CD setups.
TameMyCerts is a policy module for Microsoft Active Directory Certificate Services that enables security automation for many PKI use cases.
This report covers the state of enterprise identity attacks and underscores the pressing need for organizations to rethink their identity security strategies.
This post introduces a SAST tool selection framework that begins with crowdsourcing recommendations and deciding between first or second generation analysis approaches. The framework covers evaluating tool compatibility with your environment, including language support, framework integration, customization options, and deployment preferences. It ensures policy and budget alignment.
AWS has enabled the use of a single identity context to propagate the identity of users requesting access to AWS services. Prior to this release, developers that wanted to use trusted identity propagation had to call a service with separate IAM role sessions for services that can authorize access by user and a separate one for only logging the identity. Now, AWS will use the sts:identify_context to authorize user access.
Cybercriminals used automated tools in Operation EmeraldWhale to exploit misconfigured Git settings, compromising over 15,000 cloud credentials and 10,000 private repositories.
An ongoing typosquat campaign is targeting developers of Puppeteer, Bignum.js, and cryptocurrency libraries with malicious packages.
Valve now requires game developers on Steam to disclose if their games use kernel-level anti-cheat systems.
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Research shows that strong brand awareness correlates with improved performance marketing outcomes. For example, brands recognized by 40% of consumers achieve 43% greater efficiency in performance marketing than those known by only 30%. While CTRs don't correlate with brand awareness, conversion rates — critical for performance marketing — do, showing the need for marketers to evaluate their efforts holistically. Stronger brand awareness lays the foundation for more effective performance marketing, showing that these strategies work best together rather than in competition.
U.S. search interest for "Travel Tuesday" increased by over fivefold in two years. There was a booking surge in 2023 that focused on resort destinations. This trend, though currently more concentrated in North America, shows consumer interest in deals that drive bookings during a traditionally slow period. Travel brands can view Travel Tuesday as an emerging opportunity for promoting package deals and capturing end-of-year demand.
Effective ad copy leverages key persuasion techniques. Grab attention with a direct, benefit-oriented headline and build trust through abundant, strategically placed testimonials. Engage the audience by naming unique processes, using insider language, and prompting readers to envision a desirable outcome. A soft upsell invites curiosity rather than pressuring for a sale. Ads can be improved through testing simple changes, like enhancing guarantees or framing the price as an investment.
To uncover your customers' core pains, step into their shoes and visualize their daily challenges, frustrations, and ambitions. Consider the everyday issues that disrupt their workflows, the bigger-picture problems that may cause anxiety or sleepless nights, and the goals they aspire to reach in the future. Look at both professional and personal impacts, as workplace challenges often affect life beyond the office. If more clarity is needed, conduct customer interviews, sales conversations, and reviews to gather insights that connect with their deeper motivations and needs.
Transforming marketing ideas into ad creatives can be challenging. Start by providing clear briefs that outline objectives, tone, design direction, and key elements, ideally with a simple sketch. Share a swipe file with examples to inspire and train designers on effective ad styles. Offer balanced feedback, noting strengths and areas for improvement, and encourage teamwork through collaborative workshops to ensure alignment. This reduces miscommunication, shortens feedback loops, and improves creative results.
ChatGPT's new search feature offers conversational, up-to-date answers with linked sources, combining a chat interface with the latest news, sports, stocks, and more. This feature partners with publishers to deliver verified, high-quality information, allowing users to explore details through cited sources. It is currently available to Plus and Team users.
Traacker's 2025 Influencer Marketing Impact Report identifies YouTube, used weekly by 86% of U.S. Millennial and Gen Z consumers, as the top platform for creator content and product reviews. 34% of them rank it as their preferred source for product information. Short videos under five minutes are the most engaging, with nearly half of consumers preferring them. However, Gen Z and male-identifying viewers often favor longer videos. 64% of consumers say they trust creators who demonstrate product expertise and 75% want clear disclosure when AI is used to generate content.
Brand building is the secret tool for keeping your brand memorable at every twist and turn. It's accessible to all businesses, not just those with big budgets. It also plays a key role in performance campaigns, enhancing recall and customer loyalty, which directly supports conversions. Branding is as important in B2B as in B2C.
A tone shift and strategic content redesign helped The Booker Prizes' posts achieve notable reach, with non-follower engagement climbing to 31% on key posts. The content approach included adding humor and storytelling elements tailored to Instagram and creating engaging, video-based content that resonates with a broader audience. This strategic move is slowly evolving perceptions of the Booker Prize from highbrow to approachable and reaching audiences well beyond the company's core followers.
Casey Winters built Grubhub's growth strategy from scratch, expanding the company from 40,000 users to over a million users across 1,000 cities. Successful marketplaces focus on scalable acquisition loops and unique data advantages to attract both supply and demand. In the early stages, marketplace founders should start with non-scalable work and prioritize customer retention through repeated “aha” moments. Avoid excessive reliance on supply-driven demand and overusing discounts to drive growth. It is important to master one market before expansion and continually raise supplier standards to maintain quality.
No one follows a brand to see posts like “3 ways to use our product” every week.
Informational content is losing impact due to AI, so brands should prioritize storytelling and authentic engagement.
Russia has imposed an astronomical fine of two undecillion rubles on Google in an attempt to force YouTube to lift bans on Russian state-run channels.
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Visual content is vital for any business — as is the speed with which brands can find, manage, transform, and deliver that content. Is today's digital asset management (DAM) up to the task?
Meta is well-positioned to thrive amid digital advertising challenges and AI advancements. It could leverage generative AI to boost ad effectiveness while enhancing margin through black-box ad delivery. In the long term, Meta's use of generative UI and augmented reality could redefine digital interactions, turning every digital and physical space into potential ad space.
Adopting a prototyping or pilot team approach in transformation may seem time-consuming, but in product development, it often accelerates successful outcomes. Using the product model can boost your chances of a successful transformation, helping your company achieve its goals more efficiently.
Google's delayed perception as "evil" reflected both the company's initial benevolence and the privilege of being profitable enough to avoid ethical compromises. Ambitious companies often need exceptional success to maintain their ideals and, lacking this, face pressure to compromise values for survival. Google served as an exception to the rule.
This guide to product discovery outlines different activities categorized by risk (viability, desirability, feasibility, and usability) to help teams de-risk their product development by identifying and testing core assumptions. Take action over waiting for perfect data - start with customer interviews, prototyping, or data collection.
Collaborating with a language model feels more like guiding a creative partner than issuing commands. To foster effective output, it's essential to provide context, discuss high-level concepts, and create a structured process rather than dictating specifics. This meta-approach requires thinking about prompting itself, not just individual instructions.
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In an extremely competitive market, software-led payments can help you differentiate your platform, deliver optimal experiences, and drive customer loyalty. But success with payments hinges on one very important piece: your payments partnership. Use this free buyer's guide and evaluation tool to help you choose the best possible partner for your company (or determine if it's time to make a switch).