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Dev.to Oct 17, 12:28 PM

JSON vs ConfigFile vs Resource in Godot 4 — which save format and when

Godot 4 gives you three sanctioned ways to write a save file, and the docs describe each one without ever telling you which to pick. So you pick the first on...

Dev.to Oct 17, 12:25 PM

If you are a human, what are you looking for here?

I have been moderating the tag #a11y for a couple of months and I noticed that it is flooded with repetitive, redundant and not useful post about accessibili...

Dev.to Oct 17, 12:24 PM

Don’t Trust the Answer, Trust the Log: Lessons from Building an AI Expense Auditor

canonical_url:https://valentiuskryptix.com/3-surprising-failures-from-testing-my-ai-auditing-agent/ A chatbot answers questions. An agent is different: it is...

Muzli Design Oct 17, 7:56 AM

Is Knowing Figma Enough to Get Hired in the AI Era? What to Add to Your Portfolio

Figma is not the starting line. Here is what hiring teams see when a hundred portfolios look alike, and five things that make yours stand…Continue reading on...

SiliconANGLE Oct 17, 12:39 AM

Microsoft reveals cutting-edge MAI-Base-2 model with 2T parameters

Microsoft Corp. has developed a new large language model that it says is significantly more efficient than leading open-source alternatives.  The company’s a...

Computerworld Oct 16, 5:00 PM

October Patch Tuesday: 1,408 CVEs, 1 exploited flaw and a SharePoint surprise

Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday is the year’s largest release, with 1,408 CVEs requiring customer action, 72 of them rated critical. September, the pr...

Tom's Hardware Oct 16, 4:30 PM

China startup demoes prototype EUV light source

Chinese startup Langdao Silex showcased its laser-produced plasma EUV source at a trade show, but the technology will likely take many years before it gets t...

Windows Central Oct 16, 4:08 PM

Windows 11 is getting these 9 useful improvements in October 2026

Discover the biggest Windows 11 Insider changes in October 2026, from a redesigned Search experience to better recovery and accessibility tools.

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Computerworld Oct 16, 12:01 PM

Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra: NVIDIA RTX Spark means business

NVIDIA officially entered the Windows PC race this week, and its arrival brings a formidable new competitor to the premium AI PC market. With its RTX Spark p...

CoinDesk Oct 16, 10:48 AM

Tokenized Tesla surges as Elon Musk unveils SpaceX-powered flying Roadster prototype

Volume in Hyperliquid’s Tesla contract hit $47 million in one hour after Elon Musk’s flying Roadster demo, up from $2.8 million, with U.S. stocks closed.

Computerworld Oct 16, 9:45 AM

6 wild ways to make Android widgets more useful

Widgets, widgets, widgets. Has there ever been an Android feature so full of promise that went unloved by Google for so very long? Okay, so maybe there has b...

Muzli Design Oct 16, 7:56 AM

10 UX Laws Explained in 7 Minutes

The psychology behind every app you can’t stop using, with one simple example and one practical tip for each law.Continue reading on Muzli - Design Inspirati...

Windows Central Oct 15, 10:20 PM

Hands‑on with the new Xbox PC app: a major performance boost on Xbox Ally X

I installed the leaked build of the new Xbox PC app on my Xbox Ally, and the performance and usability gains for navigation are night and day.

SiliconANGLE Oct 15, 9:19 PM

Vinci targets faster chip design and simulation with physics-driven AI

Simulation is a hardware engineer’s best friend, adept at finding issues in product designs and avoiding a disastrous deployment. Yet the process of orchestr...

9to5Mac Oct 15, 7:23 PM

Apple HomeView unveiled, new Apple TV and HomePod mini first impressions 

Benjamin and Chance react to Apple’s smart home event, with first impressions on the new Apple HomeView smart display, the insanely priced Apple TV 4K (fourt...

ExtremeTech Oct 15, 5:15 PM

Pixel Users Report Home Screen Animation Issue After Android 17 QPR1 Update

The problem occurs when returning home from apps opened through the app drawer.

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Product Hunt Oct 15, 9:09 AM

Skisso

Edit your live UI in your design system, hand off the diff Discussion | Link

Muzli Design Oct 15, 7:56 AM

Five Design Decisions AI Still Can’t Make for You, and How to Make Each One Well

Generating a screen now takes seconds. Knowing whether it’s the right screen takes something else.Continue reading on Muzli - Design Inspiration »

New Atlas Oct 15, 7:04 AM

Battery-free smart glasses monitor your health using blink energy

Your eyes blink roughly 14 to 20 times a minute, and every one of those movements is wasted energy. Engineers at Northwestern University have found a way to ...

Decrypt Oct 14, 9:16 PM

Developer Who Cloned Photoshop With AI Just Did the Same to Microsoft Office

Developer Brandon Thomas used Anthropic's Claude to build free, open-source replicas of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. They're rough, but they show how cheap cl...

Martin Fowler Oct 14, 2:20 PM

Build your slide template

Building a slide template starts with three foundational choices — colours, fonts and layouts. Sumeet Gayathri Moghe covers the basics of color theory and ho...

Muzli Design Oct 14, 9:46 AM

How to Turn a Figma Design Into a Working Website With AI

Product Hunt Oct 13, 9:29 PM

Tidy Design

Open Source Paper / Figma Alternative Discussion | Link

Muzli Design Oct 13, 9:46 AM

Steal My Design Process: How I Go From Idea to Final Screen

The simple 8 step system I use for every project, client or startup, with the exact tools at each step and a template you can copy today.Continue reading on ...

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Lifehacker Oct 12, 2:30 PM

I Tried 'PhotoCraft,' the AI Clone of Photoshop, and It's Almost Exactly Like the Real Thing

Is this the future of AI-driven software development?

Web Designer Depot Oct 8, 3:45 PM

Web Design Schools Have a Giant YouTube University Problem — And AI Just Made It Worse

A web design degree used to be the obvious way to learn the craft. Now it’s competing with YouTube, AI, and people who spend those same years actually buildi...

Web Designer Depot Oct 6, 6:45 PM

Web Designers Love Dark Mode Toggles. Users Might Not Care.

Dark mode toggles are everywhere, but do users actually need them, or are designers designing for other designers? A growing UX debate is questioning whether...

Daring Fireball Oct 6, 2:49 AM

Steve Jobs, Walking Through a Mockup for Apple Park in 2010

What an apt photo, today of all days. What a gift Make Something Wonderful is.  ★ 

Web Designer Depot Sep 29, 12:18 PM

How the Prompt Box is Swallowing Website Interfaces Whole

For decades, web designers obsessed over perfecting menus, tabs, and dropdowns. Now a single empty prompt box is quietly replacing them all. As AI turns webs...

OpenAI Blog Sep 23, 1:00 AM

Airbnb widens access to GPT-6 Astra and OpenAI frontier models

Learn how Airbnb is expanding access to GPT-6 Astra and OpenAI frontier models to help engineering teams solve bugs, design systems, and ship faster.

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