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Dynamic Island, War, Peace and Semiconductors

Remember Fyre Festival? Well Billy McFarland is out of jail and ready for his next move five years after the horrid event. Apparently, the convicted fraudster is convinced this will be quite a comeback.

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India’s 100th unicorn is all about helping small businesses manage their money

Mabel Chacko’s neo-banking platform Open is backed by Google and Tiger Global, and has helped over 2.3 million small businesses in India.

Is Google joining the dark side?

Starting from September 28th this year, Google will let a few real money gaming apps (Including fantasy sports and online rummy apps) list on Play Store. The question is why this change now?

Can Clevertap become the Clever Tap for Retaining Customers Globally?

Clevertap was born, in 2013. Since then, Clevertap had grown at a CAGR of 235% YoY. Can it tighten user churn for its customers?

How Silicon Chips Rule the World

Maintaining the flow of oil is still crucial for the world economy. But now the supply of semiconductors is also critical for commerce, and war and peace.

Designing Better Error Messages UX

Error messages need to be easy to spot, but they also need to be helpful. A look at how error messages should be handled and some quick tips.

Enter Dynamic Island, a major hint at Apple's Extended Reality (XR)

"The so-called Dynamic Island is both a masterstroke of ingenuity and shameless salesmanship, a glorious piece of useless user interface design.”

Text-to-image generators are opening up new avenues for design

AI tools like DALL-E 2 and Midjourney are helping architects—and their clients—design new buildings.

Climate change: Six tipping points ‘likely’ to be crossed

Current rates of warming will put the Earth at risk of crossing six "dangerous" climate tipping points, according to a new analysis.

Rebranding is Expensive. Is it Worth It?

Real nonprofit leaders talk about expectations and outcomes from their rebranding projects.

The wild origins of Larry Page’s plan for Google to reinvent cities

Before Google tried—and failed—to create a ‘smart city’ in Toronto, it considered building one at sea or under a giant dome. Or what about on the moon?

The last person standing in the floppy disk business

Turns out the obsolete floppy is way more in demand than you’d think

Honorary mentions

Korean nuclear fusion reactor achieves 100 million°C for 30 seconds

The Steve Jobs Archive

A Guide to Formula 1

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