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 The roadmap to sustainable IT

How technology leaders can drive digital transformation while meeting net-zero targets.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-roadmap-to-sustainable-it

 No escape from AI now - Microsoft is shoving Copilot into every Excel cell

Microsoft is testing out a new =COPILOT function in Excel cells – it's in beta with improvements needed, but you can try it now.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/no-escape-from-ai-now-microsoft-is-shoving-copilot-into-every-excel-cell

 Zoom's new AI agent might mean you never need a human receptionist ever again

Zoom Phone now has access to Virtual Agent – a digital assistant and receptionist able to handle customer calls autonomously.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/zooms-new-ai-agent-might-mean-you-never-need-a-human-receptionist-ever-again

 You NEED to ditch Ollama and use LM Studio for local AI if you have a laptop or mini PC — here's why

I've been playing with Ollama a lot recently, but it lacks in one key area that has sent me back over to trying LM Studio, with great success, and no need for dedicated GPU.

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/ditch-ollama-and-use-lm-studio-for-local-ai-if-you-have-a-laptop-or-mini-pc

Today’s Arm PCs can’t compete with $599 MacBooks. We deserve better
How Norton’s AI Genie is helping to block the latest AI scams
Watch your favorite shows from home with Norton VPN
 Arm hires Amazon's AI chip developer, ostensibly to help create its own processors — Rami Sinno returns to the company, boasts Trainium and Inferentia on resume

Arm has hired Amazon's director of engineering for Amazon Web Services, who helped develop its homegrown AI hardware. This is part of ARM's drive towards developing its own complete processors, rather than just designing them for third parties.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/arm-hires-amazons-ai-chip-developer-to-help-crea

How do you deal with an executive demanding features? Create a hypothesis

Learn how to provide estimates on how features change user behavior

3d | UX Design
Spotify now lets you create seamless transitions between songs on your custom playlists

Spotify routinely debuts new playlist features for its users, but the company's latest update has the potential to dramatically alter custom mixes. Starting today, premium users will have access to

3d | Engadget
The UK will no longer require Apple to create backdoor access to users' data

UK officials will no longer compel Apple to create backdoor access to its users' data, according to US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. She wrote on X that she, President Trump and Vice President Vance worked closely with their "partners in the UK" over the past months. "As a result," she continued, "the UK has agreed to drop its mandate for Apple to provide a 'back door' that would have

3d | Engadget
The Morning After: What to expect at Google’s Pixel 10 event tomorrow

After focusing its big Google I/O 2025 on AI tech and Gemini’s latest features, Google has new hardware. The next Made by Google event kicks off tomorrow, and Google has already confirmed how at least one of its

3d | Engadget
Is Ultrahuman's Ring Air Now the Most Accurate Ovulation-Tracking Smart Ring?

Ultrahuman took an algorithm designed for intravaginal fertility monitors and transformed it into a new Ring Air feature for cycle tracking. https://www.cnet.com/health/is-ultrahumans-ring-air-now-the-most-accurate-ovulation-tracking-smart-ring/#ftag=CADf328eec

3d | cnet.com
10 “Fresh” Design Trends We Shamelessly Stole From the Past

Every “fresh” design trend you love is probably stolen—from Soviet posters to 80s neon, from Bauhaus to Blade Runner. We’re not inventing; we’re remixing. Here’s the proof that today’s hottest web aesthetics are just yesterday’s styles in shinier packaging. https://webdesignernews.com/10-fresh-design-trends-we-shamelessly-stole-from-the-past/

8 tips for designers building branded templates in Figma Buzz

To create self-serve templates that bend—but don’t break—brand designers need to consider work through a marketing lens. Here’s how to set up editing guardrails and design layouts that flex and scale. https://webdesignernews.com/8-tips-for-designers-building-branded-templates-in-figma-buzz/

How AI Is Changing Search Behaviors

Generative AI (genAI) is reshaping how people search for information. Anyone watching their content pageviews decline is currently experiencing the impact of this. But what’s behind the shift? The speed of the change is impressive, considering how deeply ingrained information-seeking habits can be. https://webdesignernews.com/how-ai-is-changing-search-behaviors/

Closing the Loop: Building Shapes with a Planar Graph

There’s some fun computational geometry in my latest artwork, and in this article I’ll walk through how I take a scramble of disconnected paths and turn them into closed shapes, using half-edges and a planar graph. https://webdesignernews.com/closing-the-loop-building-shapes-with-a-planar-graph/

State of CSS 2025

One could be forgiven for being slow to adopt all these new-fangled CSS features. After all, do we really need them? And even if we do, do they even work reliably across browsers? https://webdesignernews.com/state-of-css-2025-3/

How I approach motion in product design

Motion is critical for how a product feels. It guides attention, reinforces brand personality, and can make an interface feel more responsive. Motion has been a core part of my design process, going way back to the days when Principle was king. https://webdesignernews.com/how-i-approach-motion-in-product-design/

The Bitter Lesson is coming for Tokenization

In this post, we highlight the desire to replace tokenization with a general method that better leverages compute and data. We’ll see tokenization’s role, its fragility and we’ll build a case for removing it. After understanding the design space, we’ll explore the potential impacts of a recent promising candidate (Byte Latent Transformer) and build strong intuitions around new core mechanics. https://webdesignernews.com/the-bitter-lesson-is-coming-for-tokenization/

Adobe’s First-Ever Creative Campus Innovators

Across higher education globally, institutions are reimagining how to prepare students for a digital-first world. As part of that movement, Adobe is proud to recognize the inaugural Adobe Creative Campus Innovators — nine standout universities selected by Adobe that are leading the way in engaging students deeply with Adobe’s creativity, productivity, and AI tools across disciplines. https://webdesignernews.com/adobes-first-ever-creative-campus-innovators/

Helping Clients Discover Designers Faster

Dribbble exists to help designers generate and convert leads. Our success depends on increasing both the number of designers who receive leads and the number of leads each designer receives. Designers will share their work, advertise their services, and transact through the platform only if they expect to land more clients as a result. https://webdesignernews.com/helping-clients-discover-designers-faster/

UX Best Practices for Real-Time Performance Dashboard Design

Navigating an unfamiliar city without the aid of Google Maps or any navigation tool can be a challenging experience. A person would have to guess every turn and constantly stop to check signs and would probably take a few wrong turns, wasting time and fuel. But with Google Maps’s guidance in real-time—highlighting traffic, recalculating routes, and providing clear directions—a driver could move forward confidently, making better decisions and reaching destinations... https://webdesignernews.com/

 DORA: six months into a resilience revolution

The journey to DORA underscored a fundamental truth: robust cybersecurity is no longer just an IT concern; it's a core operational imperative.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/dora-six-months-into-a-resilience-revolution

 AI’s invisible labor is tech’s biggest blind spot

Behind every smart AI model is an exploited human workforce and a growing crisis that enterprises can’t ignore.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/ais-invisible-labor-is-techs-biggest-blind-spot

 SoftBank to buy $2 billion in Intel shares at $23 each — firm still owns majority share of Arm

SoftBank will invest $2 billion in Intel at $23 per share, a move seen as both a vote of confidence in Intel’s U.S. chipmaking comeback and a strategic bet on an undervalued semiconductor maker.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/softbank-to-buy-usd2-billion-in-intel-shares-at-usd23-each-firm-still-owns-majority-share-of-arm

Nvidia's GeForce On Community Update Highlights New Cloud Gaming Features video

Nvidia shared some big announcements ahead of Gamescom 2025, including the ability to stream Steam games on GeForce Now at 90fps and new AI assistants for gaming and beyond. https://www.cnet.com/videos/nvidias-geforce-on-community-update-highlights-new-cloud-gaming-features/#ftag=CADf328eec

4d | cnet.com
NordVPN bids farewell to its Meshnet feature—what you need to know
Knihovna FAISS a embedding: základ jazykových modelů (3. část – role indexů)

Důležitou součástí knihovny FAISS je široká nabídka indexů. Kromě interně naivních „lineárních“ indexů existují indexy založené na rozdělení prostoru Voroného dekompozicí či index HNSW: Hierarchical Navigable Small World. https://www.root.cz/clanky/knihovna-faiss-a-embedding-zaklad-jazykovych-modelu-3-cast-role-indexu-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=rss

4d | root.cz
Texas AG to investigate Meta and Character.AI over 'misleading' mental health claims

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced plans to investigate both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for offering AI chatbots that can claim to be health tools, and potentially misusing data collected from underage users.

Paxton says tha

4d | Engadget
Apple iPhone 17, Air and Pro launch date is rumored for September: Here's everything you need to know

August is more than half over, which means we're getting ever closer to the usual September timeframe of Apple's iPhone event. That means the expected official announcement of the iPhone 17 line. The

4d | Engadget
Show HN: Fractional jobs – part-time roles for engineers

I'm Taylor, I spent about a year as a Fractional Head of Product. It was my first time not in a full-time W2 role, and I quickly learned that the hardest part of the job wasn't doing the Product work (I was a PM for 10+ years), it was finding good clients to work with.

So I built Fractional Jobs.

The goal is to help more people break out of W2 life and into their own independent careers by helping them find great clients to work with.

We find and vet the clients, and then engineers can

Chia Seed Water: Benefits, Drawbacks and How to Make It

Before you take a sip of that chia seed water, this is what experts want you to know about the trendy beverage. https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/chia-seed-water-benefits-drawbacks-how-make-it/#ftag=CADf328eec

4d | cnet.com
 Bad news - most devs believe AI is going to kill 'most or all' of their company's marketing department

Developers believe AI could replace most marketing work, citing automation’s success in coding, although creative and strategic tasks remain resistant - for now.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/devs-believe-that-ai-is-going-to-kill-most-or-all-of-their-companys-marketing-department

 Finally! Future SSDs are set to be more energy efficient and more secure thanks to a new set of guidelines

NVMe 2.3 introduces power control, selective erasure, flexible device modes, and failure recovery, aiming to make SSDs more efficient, secure, and adaptable across different environments.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/finally-future-ssds-are-set-to-be-more-energy-efficient-and-more-secure-thanks-to-a-new-set-of-guidelines

 NVIDIA's inept AI game assistant now works on more RTX hardware — should you be using it for PC gaming?

NVIDIA's Project G-Assist, an AI gaming assistant, is set to receive its first major update to improve performance and to get it running on a wider range of hardware.

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/nvidia/nvidia-project-g-assist-update-rtx-laptops

 Fallout TV series Season 2 first look images show the main cast — and a glimpse of this iconic city before the bombs fell

Before the bombs fell, Vegas was a glittering jewel — Fallout Season 2’s images reveal what was lost, and what’s waiting in the wasteland.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/fallout-season-2-first-look-images