The designers who thrived through every tool shift from Photoshop to Figma to now are the ones who understood the tool was never the differentiator. The thinking was.
CULTURE
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Microsoft’s Priority Drift: Candy Crush on Premium Laptops
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Candy Crush shipping on a $1,500 laptop by default in 2026 is the most accurate summary of where Microsoft's priorities have drifted.
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Making Money on X: Not the Primary Motivation
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C’est clair que sur X on ne fait pas ça pour l’argent.
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AI Transforms Creative Industries: Artists Must Fight For Rights
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Why AI Is A Game-Changer For Creatives, And Why The Creative Industries Must Fight For Their Rights #AI is transforming the #creative industries, and the debate around whether it helps or harms #artists is missing the bigger picture. I sat down with Manon Dave, AI futurist and
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AGI Derangement Syndrome: Common Cognitive Biases About AI
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Symptoms of AGI derangement syndrome:
– Mistaking incremental progress for AI breakthroughs
– Believing AI will instantly solve all problems
– Fearing a jobs apocalypse is imminent
– Obsessing about humanity's extinction
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China Tightens Influencer Credential Requirements on Social Platforms
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China is tightening the rules on influencers. No credentials? No expert advice. Creators talking about health, finance, law, or education must now prove qualifications or face removals, bans, or fines (reportedly up to ~$14K). Platforms like Douyin, Weibo &
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Envy as a Driver of Human Behavior and Technology Adoption
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Envy drives so much of human behavior
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Apple Maps accused of erasing Lebanese villages from platform
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Hey @Apple did you really erased these small Lebanese villages from Maps?
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Mythos Psychosis: How Absurd Beliefs Spread Online
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I thought it was so obviously a joke, but it seems the Mythos psychosis has reached such absurd levels that people will believe anything, no matter how nonsensical.
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C-Level Executives Advocate for Reduced Working Hours and Four-Day Weeks
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I find it striking to see how many C-level executives are increasingly advocating for a reduction in working hours, whereas previously the opposite was always the case. Most recently, Sam Altman, with his policy paper, suggested that a 4-day week with 32 hours is practically