It's issue #264 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here's what we've been reading of late.
When two of the most iconic minds in design and tech team up again, the world watches. Sam Altman and Jony Ive have just unveiled io — their vision for the future of personal computing. Watch their announcement here.
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Embracing subjectivity as a design manager
Gayatri, who is a UX designer and design manager at Canvs, joined us wanting to grow in both roles. What she discovered quickly challenged the usual assumptions about design management.
The Way of Code: The timeless art of vibe coding
Rick Rubin brings ancient wisdom to the modern age in The Way of Code, a meditation on the art and science of vibe coding.
How tech workers really feel about work right now
Results from our first-ever large-scale tech worker sentiment survey.
The math on AI’s energy footprint
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
The real cost of AI is being paid in deserts far from Silicon Valley
In Empire of AI, journalist Karen Hao writes about the rise of OpenAI and the impacts of AI around the world. Below is an extract from the book on the effects on Chile's mineral reserves and water resources.
AI learns how vision and sound are connected, without human intervention
This new machine-learning model can match corresponding audio and visual data, which could someday help robots interact in the real world.
✨ Product find of the week
Stitch: Transform ideas into UI designs
Stitch is an AI design tool by Google that lets you generate and edit interface designs using text prompts or sketches. It lets you leverage some of the latest AI models from Google DeepMind to generate designs.
📰 In other news
What is this weird sphere in space astronomers found?
License turbulence for India’s two upcoming international airports
Special mentions this week
Horizon Drive: The Shopify Editions game
Design details that feel like magic
The small robot company with big global ambitions
And that's the lot! Thanks for checking out what we had to share with you this week, we shall catch up with you next Wednesday. Incase you aren't subscribed to the newsletter, you could subscribe here.
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