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AI Helmet, Apple Creator Studio & Hotel on the Moon

It's issue #297 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here's what we've been reading of late.

Health is already one of the most common ways people use ChatGPT, with hundreds of millions of people asking health and wellness questions each week. ChatGPT Health builds on the strong privacy, security, and data controls across ChatGPT with additional, layered protections designed specifically for health. Read all about it here.

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Apple introduces Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of the most powerful creative apps

Apple today unveiled Apple Creator Studio, a groundbreaking collection of powerful creative apps designed to put studio-grade power into the hands of everyone, building on the essential role Mac, iPad, and iPhone play in the lives of millions of creators around the world.

10 breakthrough technologies by MIT Technnology Review

Their reporters and editors constantly debate which emerging technologies will define the future. Once a year, they take stock and share some educated guesses with the readers. Here are the advances that they think will drive progress or incite the most change—for better or worse—in the years ahead.

“When backlash strikes, brands should think like artists”

Fifty Thousand Feet's Kate Watts argues that as criticism comes with the creative territory, brands need to rethink how they respond to it.

CES 2026: The year AI got serious

By now, the headlines almost write themselves: humanoid robots everywhere, AI in everything. Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 didn’t disrupt that narrative—it confirmed it.

It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons

Fast forward to 2025. Apple releases macOS Tahoe. Main attraction? Adding unpleasant, distracting, illegible, messy, cluttered, confusing, frustrating icons (their words, not mine!) to every menu item.

Why Michael Burry is going short on AI

Finshots explains why the famous short seller is going short on AI when everyone is going bullish on AI stocks.

✨ Product find of the week

Phia - Beautiful screen recorder for macOS

Phia lets you create polished screen recordings on macOS without complex editing or advanced skills. It enhances your recordings automatically with smooth motion, intelligent zoom, captions, and cinematic effects.

📰 In other news

Radiation-detection systems are quietly running in the background all around you

Why India’s plan to make AI companies pay for training data should go global

You can now reserve a hotel room on the Moon for $250,000

As AI takes hold, designers should prioritise tech’s off switch

Special mentions this week

AI helmet : Traffic police on a bike

Data center projects are dropping like flies.

AX: The next design frontier after UX

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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