Hi there! Hope you're having a splendid week thus far. Did you know that after almost 2 decades, tech maverick Ekioh is attempting to design and build a new internet browser. Named 'Flow', this browser is being built with one thing in mind, speed.
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A must read in design, for non designers (Canvs Editorial) 💡
From our very own Canvs Editorial: 5 ways to establish a visual hierarchy to get users to look at what you want them to look at.
Using AI to make real-time improvements in UX 🔧
For as overused as the concept is, AI can actually improve the experience of using digital products. If we want to understand how to do it, we need to go back to UX and interaction design fundamentals and go from there.
Design, psychology and the neuroscience behind good UX ✅
Cognition is complex, and many factors play into gut reactions or an instant impression. When you ask someone, “Why’d you do that?” there’s a high chance they won’t be able to answer or that you’ll misinterpret their response. Enter neuroscience.
The man who got Facebook addicted to spreading misinformation 🤦♂️
The company’s AI algorithms gave it an insatiable habit for lies and hate speech. Now the man who built them can't fix the problem.
A Covid-19 side effect: chronic misinformation 💉
Misinformation has always flourished during public-health crises, but during the pandemic, it’s been given a big boost by social media.
Clubhouse Case Study: How exponential growth turns UX molehills into mountains 🎙️
Although most founders believe that their app will see a ‘hockey stick’ growth trajectory, it very rarely happens. Even rarer whilst competing with some of the largest, most influential tech companies in the world; Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat.
The Secret Auction That Set Off the Race for AI Supremacy 🤖
How the shape of deep learning and consequently the fate of the tech industry went up for sale at a resort near Sunny Lake Tahoe.
Hacked surveillance camera firm shows the staggering scale of facial recognition in the US 🕵️♂️
A hacked customer list shows that facial recognition company Verkada is deployed in tens of thousands of schools, bars, stores, jails, and other businesses around the country.
This well designed interactive map provides in-depth details of facial recognition tech implemented nationwide along with further details on the same from state to state.
Tinder will integrate background checks to keep users safe 💞
Tinder parent Match Group plans to roll out a feature in partnership with nonprofit Garbo to help people run background checks later this year, although details are still to be determined.
India to propose cryptocurrency ban, penalising miners, traders 🚫
The bill, one of the world’s strictest policies against cryptocurrencies, would criminalise possession, issuance, mining, trading and transferring crypto-assets, said the official, who has direct knowledge of the plan.
Honorary mentions
Already scary deepfakes just got scarier 😲
Mesmerizing and highly skilful drone footage 💫
Roblox goes public at $41.9 billion valuation in direct listing 🎮
Keeping the designers mind fresh in a WFH lifestyle 🧠
New Kind of Space Explosion Reveals the Birth of a Black Hole 🌌
The Mesh Design System : Revamping Messho's design system 📱
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.
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