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NASA’s Artemis II moon mission is gearing up for its lunar flyby

4 April 2026 @ 10:32 pm

NASA officials and the crew are starting to prepare in earnest for Monday’s lunar flyby—while also trying to fix the toilet

What will NASA’s Artemis II astronauts see on the moon?

4 April 2026 @ 8:08 pm

The Artemis II crew will spend about six hours on Monday observing the moon. Here’s what they’ll be looking for

Trump administration proposes massive budget cuts to science

4 April 2026 @ 1:30 pm

The White House budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing

Where is Artemis II now? NASA mission is now closer to moon than Earth

4 April 2026 @ 12:59 pm

The third day of the Artemis II mission was relatively quiet, as four astronauts trek out to fly around the moon

The mathematical formula that reveals when Easter is every year

4 April 2026 @ 12:00 pm

You can track the start of spring and the phases of the moon—or you can turn to a formula by mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss

NASA Artemis II astronauts in ‘great spirits,’ space agency officials say, as mission nears moon

3 April 2026 @ 8:36 pm

Friday is the Artemis II mission’s third official day as it makes a 10-day journey around the moon and back

What are NASA’s Artemis II astronauts eating? 58 tortillas, 43 cups of coffee and a lot of hot sauce

3 April 2026 @ 8:30 pm

The menu for NASA’s moon mission has 189 unique items on it and mirrors that of the International Space Station

How NASA’s moon mission could help transform space medicine

3 April 2026 @ 5:00 pm

Artemis II’s AVATAR experiment will see organs-on-a-chip travel to the moon and back, revealing how such a journey affects the body’s cells

Inge Lehmann and Earth’s deepest Secret

3 April 2026 @ 4:00 pm

Science writer Hanne Strager explores how the trailblazing Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann overcame self-doubt to discover that Earth has a solid inner core, overturning the long-held belief that it was liquid

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts may catch a comet—if it can survive the sun

3 April 2026 @ 3:48 pm

Amid a journey of celestial spectacles, the Artemis II astronauts may spot a comet—if it survives a dash past the sun

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Does Ubuntu Now Require More RAM Than Windows 11?

5 April 2026 @ 11:34 am

"Canonical is no longer pretending that 4GB is enough," writes the blog How-to-Geek, noting Ubuntu 26.04 LTS "raises the baseline memory to 6GB, alongside a 2GHz dual-core processor, and 25GB of storage..." Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) set the floor at 1GB — a modest ask when it launched more than a decade ago in 2014. Then came the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) that pushed the number to 4GB, surviving quite well in the era of 16GB being considered standard for mid-range laptops.... Ubuntu's new minimum requirement lands in an interesting spot when compared against Windows 11. Microsoft's operating system requires just 4GB RAM, although real-world usage often tells a different story. Usually, 8GB is considered the sweet spot to handle modern apps and multitasking. The blog OMG Ubuntu argues this change is "not because Ubuntu requires 2GB more memory than it did, but more the way we compute does." it's more of an honesty bump. Components that make up the distro — the

Apple's First 50 Years Celebrated - Including How Steve Jobs Finally Accepted an 'Open' App Store

5 April 2026 @ 7:34 am

Apple's 50th anniversary got celebrated in weird and wild ways. CEO Tim Cook posted a special 30-second video rewinding backwards through the years of Apple's products until it reaches the Apple I. Podcaster Lex Fridman noticed if you play the sound in reverse, "It's the Think Different ad music, pitched up." TechRadar played seven 50-year-old Apple I games on an emulator, including Star Trek, Blackjack, Lunar Lander, and of course, Conway's Game of Life. And Macworld ranked Apple's 50 most influential people. (Their top five?) 5. Tony Fadell (iPhone co-creator/"father of the iPod") 4. Sir Jony Ive 3. Steve Wozniak 2. Tim Cook 1. Steve Jobs One of the most thoughtful celebraters was David Pogue, who's spent 42 years of writing about Apple (starting as a MacWorld columnist and the author of Mac for Dummies, one of the first "...For Dummies" books ever published in the early 1990s.) Now 63 years old, Pogue spent the last two years working on a 608-page hardcover book titled Apple:

Top NPM Maintainers Targeted with AI Deepfakes in Massive Supply-Chain Attack, Axios Briefly Compromised

5 April 2026 @ 3:34 am

"Hackers briefly turned a widely trusted developer tool into a vehicle for credential-stealing malware that could give attackers ongoing access to infected systems," the news site Axios.com reported Tuesday, citing security researchers at Google. The compromised package — also named axios — simplifies HTTP requests, and reportedly receives millions of downloads each day: The malicious versions were removed within roughly three hours of being published, but Google warned the incident could have "far-reaching impacts" given the package's widespread use, according to John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group. Wiz estimates Axios is downloaded roughly 100 million times per week and is present in about 80% of cloud and code environments. So far, Wiz has observed the malicious versions in roughly 3% of the environments it has scanned. Friday PCMag notes the maintainer's compromised account had two-factor authentication enabled, with the breach ultimat

Microsoft Pulls Then Re-Issues Windows 11 Preview Update. Also Begins Force-Updating Windows 11

5 April 2026 @ 1:34 am

Nine days ago Microsoft released a non-security "preview" update for Windows 11 — not mandatory for the average Windows user, notes ZDNet, "but rather as optional, more for IT admins and power users who want to test them." TechRepublic adds that the update "was to bring 'production-ready improvements' and generally ensure system stability by optimizing different Windows services." So it's ironic that some (but not all) users reported instead that the update "blocks users at the door, refusing to install or crashing midway through the process." "It apparently impacted enough people to force Microsoft to take action," writes ZDNet. "Microsoft paused and then pulled the update," and then Tuesday released a new update "designed to replace the glitchy one. This one includes all the new features and improvements from the previous preview update, but also fixes the installation issues that clobbered that update." Meanwhile, as Windows 11 version 24H2 approaches its end of life this

America's CIA Recruited Iran's Nuclear Scientists - By Threatening To Kill Them

4 April 2026 @ 10:34 pm

A former U.S. spy spoke to The New Yorker about "years of clandestine work for the C.I.A. — which, he said, had 'prevented Iran from getting a nuke'." [Kevin] Chalker told me that, as he understood it, the Pentagon had suggested running commando operations to kill key Iranian scientists, as Israel subsequently did. But the C.I.A. proposed recruiting those scientists to defect, as U.S. spies had once courted Soviet physicists. Chalker paraphrased the agency's pitch: "We can debrief them and learn so much more — and, if they say no, then you can kill them." (A more senior agency official confirmed the broad strokes of his account.) The White House liked the agency's idea, and [president George W.] Bush authorized the C.I.A. to conduct clandestine operations to stop Iran from building a bomb. The C.I.A. program that Chalker described to me became publicly known in 2007, when the Los Angeles Times reported on the existence of an agency project called Brain Drain. But the detai

Before Webcomics: Selling Political Cartoons On BBSes In 1992

4 April 2026 @ 9:34 pm

Slashdot reader Kirkman14 writes: A year before the Web opened to the public, Texas entrepreneur Don Lokke was trying to syndicate weekly political cartoons to bulletin board systems. His "telecomics," as he called them, represent an overlooked early experiment in online comics. Lokke launched his main series, "Mack the Mouse" at the height of the 1992 Clinton-Bush-Perot presidential race. His mouse protagonist voiced the frustrations felt by everyday Americans about rising taxes and the recession. Lokke gave away "Mack" for free, but sold subscriptions to his other telecomics, betting sysops would pay for exclusive content. The timing wasn't crazy: enthusiasm for BBSes as an industry was surging, with conferences like ONE BBSCON promoting "BBSing for profit." But the Web soon deflated those hopes, and Lokke left BBSes behind in 1995. Decades later, about half of his nearly 300 telecomics were recovered and preserved on 16colors.

Are Employers Using Your Data To Figure Out the Lowest Salary You'll Accept?

4 April 2026 @ 8:34 pm

MarketWatch looks at "surveillance wages," pay rates "based not on an employee's performance or seniority, but on formulas that use their personal data, often collected without employees' knowledge." According to Nina DiSalvo, policy director at labor advocacy group Towards Justice, some systems use signals associated with financial vulnerability — including data on whether a prospective employee has taken out a payday loan or has a high credit-card balance — to infer the lowest pay a candidate might accept. Companies can also scrape candidates' public personal social-media pages, she said... A first-of-its-kind audit of 500 labor-management artificial-intelligence companies by Veena Dubal, a law professor at University of California, Irvine, and Wilneida Negrón, a tech strategist, found that employers in the healthcare, customer service, logistics and retail industries are customers of vendors whose tools are designed to enable this practice. Published by the Wa

Anthropic Announces Claude Subscribers Must Now Pay Extra to Use OpenClaw

4 April 2026 @ 7:34 pm

Anthropic's making a big and sudden change — and connecting its Claude AI to third-party agentic tools "is about to get a lot more expensive," writes the Verge: Beginning April 4th at 3PM ET, users will "no longer be able to use your Claude subscription limits for third-party harnesses including OpenClaw," according to an email sent to users on Friday evening. Instead, if users want to use OpenClaw with Claude, they'll have to use a "pay-as-you-go option" that will be billed separate from their Claude subscription. Anthropic's announcement added these extra usage bundles are "now available at a discount." Users can also try Anthropic's API, notes VentureBeat, "which charges for every token of usage rather than allowing for open-ended usage up to certain limits, as the Pro and Max plans have allowed so far. " The technical reality, according to Anthropic, is that its first-party tools like Claude Code, its AI vibe coding harness, and Claude Cowork, its business app interfac

No, AMD Is Not Buying Intel

4 April 2026 @ 6:34 pm

"The April 1st timing should have been your first clue," writes Gadget Review. TechSpot's false story was just an April Fool's prank — although Gadget Review thinks it's still funny how "something about this particular piece of satire felt uncomfortably plausible." Maybe it's because AMD stock sits around $196 while Intel hovers near $41, or perhaps it's the poetic justice of the underdog finally eating the giant. The semiconductor world has witnessed stranger reversals, but none quite this dramatic. Your gaming rig's CPU battle represents decades of corporate warfare, legal grudges, and technological leapfrogging that makes Game of Thrones look like a friendly board game. Picture this: In 1975, AMD reverse-engineered Intel's 8080 processor, creating the Am9080 clone. The audacity was breathtaking — AMD spent 50 cents per chip to manufacture something they sold for $700. That's a 1,400% markup on borrowed technology, making today's GPU prices look reasonable. This rela

Amazon Must Negotiate With First Warehouse Workers Union, US Labor Board Rules

4 April 2026 @ 5:34 pm

Amazon "must negotiate with a labor union representing some 5,000 workers at a company warehouse on Staten Island," reports Reuters, citing a ruling Wednesday from America's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The union formed in 2022, according to the article, and "has been seeking to negotiate with Amazon over pay, working conditions and other matters." The NLRB said in its ruling that Amazon "has engaged in unfair labor practices" by refusing to bargain with the labor group or to recognize its legitimacy... Amazon said on Thursday it disagreed with the NLRB's ruling. "Representatives of the NLRB improperly influenced this election," the company said in a statement, suggesting it planned to appeal. "We're confident an unbiased court will overturn the original certification, and we look forward to the opportunity for our team to fairly voice their opinions." An appeal would likely preclude Amazon from having to comply with the NLRB's order while it makes its way through the cou

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Rich Parents Fill Easter Eggs With Gas

5 April 2026 @ 1:00 pm

The post Rich Parents Fill Easter Eggs With Gas appeared first on The Onion.

Pam Bondi Fired As Attorney General

4 April 2026 @ 1:00 pm

President Donald Trump fired Pam Bondi as attorney general after growing frustrated with her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and what he perceived as her lack of aggressiveness in prosecuting his political opponents. What do you think? The post Pam Bondi Fired As Attorney General appeared first on The Onion.

Pam Bondi Brought In For Exit Lobotomy

3 April 2026 @ 7:11 pm

The post Pam Bondi Brought In For Exit Lobotomy appeared first on The Onion.

Bondi: ‘My Only Regret Is Not Being Able To Re-Traumatize More Victims’

3 April 2026 @ 7:07 pm

The post Bondi: ‘My Only Regret Is Not Being Able To Re-Traumatize More Victims’ appeared first on The Onion.

Pete Hegseth Replaces Top General With Horse That Drinks Beer 

3 April 2026 @ 6:19 pm

WASHINGTON—Saying he had finally found a military commander whose character was worthy of the U.S. Army, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that he was replacing ousted top general Randy George with a horse that drinks beer. “With Dusty’s wartime promotion to Army chief of staff, we’re putting the world on notice that the days of buzzkill […] The post Pete Hegseth Replaces Top General With Horse That Drinks Beer  appeared first on The Onion.

Iran Imposes New ‘Cash, Grass, Or Ass’ Fee For Strait Of Hormuz

3 April 2026 @ 5:44 pm

The post Iran Imposes New ‘Cash, Grass, Or Ass’ Fee For Strait Of Hormuz appeared first on The Onion.

Blue Origin To Increase Space Tourism By Launching World’s Largest Ball Of Twine Into Orbit

3 April 2026 @ 5:41 pm

KENT, WA—In an effort to attract new customers by generating more enthusiasm for space tourism among the general populace, civilian spaceflight operator Blue Origin confirmed Friday it had launched the world’s largest ball of twine into orbit around the Earth. “Many people who find the idea of space travel exciting are disappointed once they realize […] The post Blue Origin To Increase Space Tourism By Launching World’s Largest Ball Of Twine Into Orbit appeared first on The Onion.

Pelicans-Kings Game Ends After Neither Team Able To Recover Tipoff

3 April 2026 @ 3:58 pm

SACRAMENTO, CA—Following an extended series of failed attempts, Friday night’s matchup between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Sacramento Kings reportedly ended with neither team’s players proving able to recover a tipoff. According to sources in attendance, both the 25-52 Pelicans and the 20-57 Kings failed to gain possession of the opening jump ball and […] The post Pelicans-Kings Game Ends After Neither Team Able To Recover Tipoff appeared first on The Onion.

Colorado Overrun With Flamboyant Children After Camp Director Notices Conversion Therapy Device Set To Reverse

3 April 2026 @ 1:00 pm

DENVER—Growing increasingly frantic as the mobs of exuberant preteens flooded from their bunks into the state of Colorado beyond, local Christian camp director Alan Mullins reportedly panicked Friday after noticing his conversion therapy device had been set to reverse. “Dear Lord, they’re just getting more and more theatrical—why isn’t this lever budging?” said a visibly […] The post Colorado Overrun With Flamboyant Children After Camp Director Notices Conversion Therapy Device Set To Reverse appeared first on The Onion.

Artist Profile: Zara Larsson

3 April 2026 @ 1:00 pm

Zara Larsson, the pop star known for “Lush Life” and “Stateside,” is currently on her 2026 Midnight Sun Tour. The Onion shares everything you need to know about the artist.  Birth Name: Zara Larsson feat. David Guetta Birthplace: Town Where Everybody Happy All The Time, Sweden Parents: Lisa Frank (mother), all four members of ABBA […] The post Artist Profile: Zara Larsson appeared first on The Onion.

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Search Central Live is Coming to Shanghai in 2026!

2 April 2026 @ 12:00 am

We are hosting Search Central Live Shanghai 2026 on May 15. This event is structured for the local community, with a specific focus on optimizing sites that target users outside of China.

Inside Googlebot: demystifying crawling, fetching, and the bytes we process

31 March 2026 @ 12:00 am

If you tuned into episode 105 of the Search Off the Record podcast, you might have heard us diving deep into a topic that is close to our hearts (and our servers): the inner workings of Googlebot.

New Location for the Google Crawlers' IP Range Files

31 March 2026 @ 12:00 am

Just a short note this time!

Search Central Live Asia Pacific 2026: Get Ready for Sydney and more!

20 March 2026 @ 12:00 am

It's that time of the year again! Let's talk about the Search Central Live (SCL) schedule for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. We have mapped out a series of events designed to connect you with our Search teams and fellow community members. Here is everything you need to know about our plans for the year, at least for the APAC region.

Search Central Live is coming to Canada!

11 March 2026 @ 12:00 am

Our event series, Search Central Live, is coming to Toronto, Canada on April 21, 2026 for the first time! The event series has been a great way for communities to connect with each other and Googlers to learn more about the web ecosystem and how Google Search works and exchange ideas.

Google's February 2026 Discover Core Update

5 February 2026 @ 12:00 am

Today we've released the February 2026 Discover core update. This is a broad update to our systems that surface articles in Discover. Our testing shows that people find the Discover experience more useful and worthwhile with this update.

Search Central Live is coming back to South America

26 January 2026 @ 12:00 am

We're excited to announce that Search Central Live is returning to São Paulo and to Buenos Aires in 2026. Following many years of successful events in the region, we're continuing our mission to help local businesses enhance their site's performance in Google Search.

Search Central Live APAC 2025 Recap: A Note of Gratitude

31 December 2025 @ 12:00 am

It has been a busy second half of the year for the Search Central Live (SCL) team! Zipping through the busy streets of Bangkok to the skyscrapers of Tokyo and the vibrant harbor of Hong Kong, we've been on a mission to connect, share, and—most importantly—listen.

Introducing weekly and monthly views in Search Console

10 December 2025 @ 12:00 am

Analyzing search traffic trends is a core part of SEO. While granular, daily data is essential for spotting immediate issues or spikes, it can sometimes be harder to understand the bigger picture. Daily fluctuations can make it hard to see if your site is truly growing or declining over time.

Introducing social channels in Search Console

8 December 2025 @ 12:00 am

Many companies and organizations manage their digital presence using different platforms, including social media websites, in addition to their own websites. This aligns well with users who are increasingly drawn to different types of content formats and social media platforms.

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A Practical Guide To Design Principles

1 April 2026 @ 10:00 am

Design principles with references, examples, and methods for quick look-up. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, **friendly video courses on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.

The Joy Of A Fresh Beginning (April 2026 Wallpapers Edition)

31 March 2026 @ 11:00 am

With the new month just around the corner, could there be a better occasion to freshen up your desktop? If you’re looking for some unique and inspiring wallpapers to accompany you on all those adventures that April may bring — and maybe spark some new ideas, too — well, this post has got you covered.

The Site-Search Paradox: Why The Big Box Always Wins

26 March 2026 @ 10:00 am

Success in modern UX isn’t about having the most content. It’s about having the most findable content. Yet even with more data and better tools than ever, internal search often fails, leaving users to rely on global search engines to find a single page on a local site. Why does the “Big Box” still win, and how can we bring users back?

Testing Font Scaling For Accessibility With Figma Variables

24 March 2026 @ 1:00 pm

Accessibility works best when it blends into everyday design workflows. The goal isn’t a big transformation, but simple work processes that fit naturally into a team’s routine. With Figma variables, testing font size increases becomes part of the design flow itself, making accessibility feel almost inevitable rather than optional.

Dropdowns Inside Scrollable Containers: Why They Break And How To Fix Them Properly

20 March 2026 @ 1:00 pm

Dropdowns often work perfectly until they’re placed inside a scrollable panel, where they can get clipped, and half the menu disappears behind the container’s edge. Godstime Aburu explains why this happens and offers practical solutions to fix it.

Modal vs. Separate Page: UX Decision Tree

19 March 2026 @ 3:00 pm

How to choose between modals and pages, when to avoid modals, and how to determine the right level of interruption or navigation. Brought to you by Smart Interface Design Patterns, a **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.

Anime vs. Marvel/DC: Designing Digital Products With Emotion In Flow

17 March 2026 @ 10:00 am

Design is about pacing and feelings as much as pixels and patterns. Alan Cohen explores Emotion in Flow and Emotion in Conflict, showing how anime like Dan Da Dan and superhero films like James Gunn’s Superman manage emotional shifts and translating those ideas into practical patterns for product design.

Moving From Moment.js To The JS Temporal API

13 March 2026 @ 1:00 pm

The way JavaScript handles time has evolved significantly, from the built-in `Date` API to Moment.js and now Temporal. The new standard fills gaps in the original `Date` API while addressing limitations found in Moment and other libraries. Joe Attardi shares practical “recipes” for migrating Moment-based code to the new Temporal API.

Beyond `border-radius`: What The CSS `corner-shape` Property Unlocks For Everyday UI

12 March 2026 @ 10:00 am

For years, developers have been hacking around the limitations of `border-radius`, using clip-path, SVG masks, and fragile workarounds just to get anything other than round corners. The new `corner-shape` property finally changes that, opening the door to beveled, scooped, and squircle corners.

Building Dynamic Forms In React And Next.js

10 March 2026 @ 1:00 pm

Some forms stay UI, while others quietly become rule engines. Here’s why these two different approaches exist and how to choose between them.

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Design for Amiability: Lessons from Vienna

15 October 2025 @ 3:35 pm

Today’s web is not always an amiable place. Sites greet you with a popover that demands assent to their cookie policy, and leave you with Taboola ads promising “One Weird Trick!” to cure your ailments. Social media sites are tuned for engagement, and few things are more engaging than a fight. Today it seems that people want to quarrel; I have seen flame wars among birders.   These tensions are often at odds with a site’s goals. If we are providing support and advice to customers, we don’t want those customers to wrangle with each other. If we offer news about the latest research, we want readers to feel at ease; if we promote upcoming marches, we want our core supporters to feel comfortable and we want curious newcomers to feel welcome.  In a study for a conference on the History of the Web, I looked to the origins of Computer Science in

Design Dialects: Breaking the Rules, Not the System

26 September 2025 @ 4:48 pm

"Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a totally coherent system bound to context and behavior." — Kenneth L. Pike The web has accents. So should our design systems. Design Systems as Living Languages Design systems aren't component libraries—they’re living languages. Tokens are phonemes, components are words, patterns are phrases,

An Holistic Framework for Shared Design Leadership

23 July 2025 @ 2:10 pm

Picture this: You’re in a meeting room at your tech company, and two people are having what looks like the same conversation about the same design problem. One is talking about whether the team has the right skills to tackle it. The other is diving deep into whether the solution actually solves the user’s problem. Same room, same problem, completely different lenses. This is the beautiful, sometimes messy reality of having both a Design Manager and a Lead Designer on the same team. And if you’re wondering how to make this work without creating confusion, overlap, or the dreaded “too many cooks” scenario, you’re asking the right question. The traditional answer has been to draw clean lines on an org chart. The Design Manager handles people, the Lead Designer handles craft. Problem solved, right? Except clean org charts are fantasy. In reality, bo

From Beta to Bedrock: Build Products that Stick.

23 April 2025 @ 6:04 pm

As a product builder over too many years to mention, I've lost count of the number of times I've seen promising ideas go from zero to hero in a few weeks, only to fizzle out within months. Financial products, which is the field I work in, are no exception. With people’s real hard-earned money on the line, user expectations running high, and a crowded market, it's tempting to throw as many features at the wall as possible and hope something sticks. But this approach is a recipe for disaster. Here's why: The pitfalls of feature-first development When you start building a financial product from the ground up, or are migrating existing customer journeys from paper or telephony channels onto online banking or mobile apps, it's easy to get caught up in the excitement of creating new fea

User Research Is Storytelling

30 May 2024 @ 6:04 pm

Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with movies. I loved the characters and the excitement—but most of all the stories. I wanted to be an actor. And I believed that I’d get to do the things that Indiana Jones did and go on exciting adventures. I even dreamed up ideas for movies that my friends and I could make and star in. But they never went any further. I did, however, end up working in user experience (UX). Now, I realize that there’s an element of theater to UX—I hadn’t really considered it before, but user research is storytelling. And to get the most out of user research, you need to tell a good story where you bring stakeholders—the product team and decision makers—along and get them interested in learning more. Think of your favorite movie. More than likely it follows a three-act structure that’s commonly s

To Ignite a Personalization Practice, Run this Prepersonalization Workshop

16 April 2024 @ 7:51 pm

Picture this. You’ve joined a squad at your company that’s designing new product features with an emphasis on automation or AI. Or your company has just implemented a personalization engine. Either way, you’re designing with data. Now what? When it comes to designing for personalization, there are many cautionary tales, no overnight successes, and few guides for the perplexed.  Between the fantasy of getting it right and the fear of it going wrong—like when we encounter “persofails” in the vein of a company repeatedly imploring everyday consumers to buy additional toilet seats—the personalizat

The Wax and the Wane of the Web

29 February 2024 @ 2:45 pm

I offer a single bit of advice to friends and family when they become new parents: When you start to think that you’ve got everything figured out, everything will change. Just as you start to get the hang of feedings, diapers, and regular naps, it’s time for solid food, potty training, and overnight sleeping. When you figure those out, it’s time for preschool and rare naps. The cycle goes on and on. The same applies for those of us working in design and development these days. Having worked on the web for almost three decades at this point, I’ve seen the regular wax and wane of ideas, techniques, and technologies. Each time that we as developers and designers get into a regular rhythm, some new idea or technology comes along to shake things up and remake our world. How we got here

Opportunities for AI in Accessibility

7 February 2024 @ 2:00 pm

In reading Joe Dolson’s recent piece on the intersection of AI and accessibility, I absolutely appreciated the skepticism that he has for AI in general as well as for the ways that many have been using it. In fact, I’m very skeptical of AI myself, despite my role at Microsoft as an accessibility innovation strategist who helps run the AI for Accessibility grant program. As with any tool, AI can be used in very constructive, inclusive, and accessible ways; and it can also be used in destructive, exclusive, and harmful ones. And there are a ton of uses somewhere in the mediocre middle as well. I’d like you to consider this a “yes… and” piece to complement Joe’s post. I’m not trying to refute any of what he’s saying but rather provide some visibility to projects and opportunities where AI can make meaning

I am a creative.

29 January 2024 @ 3:53 pm

I am a creative. What I do is alchemy. It is a mystery. I do not so much do it, as let it be done through me. I am a creative. Not all creative people like this label. Not all see themselves this way. Some creative people see science in what they do. That is their truth, and I respect it. Maybe I even envy them, a little. But my process is different—my being is different. Apologizing and qualifying in advance is a distraction. That’s what my brain does to sabotage me. I set it aside for now. I can come back later to apologize and qualify. After I’ve said what I came to say. Which is hard enough.  Except when it is easy and flows like a river of wine. Sometimes it does come that way. Sometimes what I need to create comes in a

Humility: An Essential Value

22 June 2023 @ 1:00 pm

Humility, a designer’s essential value—that has a nice ring to it. What about humility, an office manager’s essential value? Or a dentist’s? Or a librarian’s? They all sound great. When humility is our guiding light, the path is always open for fulfillment, evolution, connection, and engagement. In this chapter, we’re going to talk about why. That said, this is a book for designers, and to that end, I’d like to start with a story—well, a journey, really. It’s a personal one, and I’m going to make myself a bit vulnerable along the way. I call it: The Tale of Justin’s Preposterous Pate When I was coming out of art school, a long-haired, goateed neophyte, print was a known quantity to me; design on the web, however, was rife with complexities to n

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From AI to Open Source at WordCamp Asia 2026

2 April 2026 @ 4:10 pm

April 9-11, 2026 | Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, India WordCamp Asia 2026 brings the WordPress community to Mumbai, India, from April 9 to 11, with a schedule shaped around artificial intelligence, enterprise WordPress, developer workflows, product strategy, and open source collaboration. For attendees planning their time, the program offers a useful view of the […]

WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 2

26 March 2026 @ 6:37 pm

The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended that you evaluate RC2 on a test server and site. Reaching this phase […]

WP Packages is Working the Way Open Source Should

25 March 2026 @ 3:27 pm

When WP Engine acquired WPackagist on March 12, the WordPress developer community faced a familiar question: what happens when critical open source infrastructure ends up under corporate control? The community already had an answer in progress. Four days later, WP Packages (formerly WP Composer) launched as a fully independent, community-funded alternative, with some neat additional […]

WordPress 7.0 Release Candidate 1

24 March 2026 @ 7:32 pm

The first Release Candidate (“RC1”) for WordPress 7.0 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended to evaluate RC1 on a test server and site. WordPress 7.0 RC1 […]

WordPress 7.0 Beta 5

12 March 2026 @ 3:49 pm

WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it’s recommended to test Beta 5 on a test server and site.WordPress 7.0 Beta 5 can be tested […]

WordPress 6.9.4 Release

11 March 2026 @ 3:34 pm

WordPress 6.9.4 is now available WordPress 6.9.2 and WordPress 6.9.3 were released yesterday, addressing 10 security issues and a bug that affected template file loading on a limited number of sites. The WordPress Security Team has discovered that not all of the security fixes were fully applied, therefore 6.9.4 has been released containing the necessary […]

Your Browser Becomes Your WordPress

11 March 2026 @ 1:00 pm

For nearly two decades, WordPress has been known for a simple, powerful idea: that anyone should be able to get online and start creating with minimal friction. The famous five-minute install captured that spirit for an earlier era of the web. Today, we’re introducing my.WordPress.net, a new take on that idea designed for a new […]

WordPress 6.9.3 and 7.0 beta 4

10 March 2026 @ 11:41 pm

WordPress 6.9.2 was released earlier today and addressed 10 security issues. A few users have subsequently reported an issue where the front end of their site was appearing blank after updating to 6.9.2. The issue has been narrowed down to some themes using an unusual approach to loading template files via “stringable objects” instead of […]

WordPress 6.9.2 Release

10 March 2026 @ 3:43 pm

WordPress 6.9.2 is now available This is a security release that features several fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. You can download WordPress 6.9.2 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”. If you have sites that support automatic […]

WordPress 7.0 Beta 3

5 March 2026 @ 2:47 pm

WordPress 7.0 Beta 3 is available for download and testing! This beta version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, you should evaluate Beta 3 on a test server and site.WordPress 7.0 Beta 3 can be tested […]

WebUrbanist.com

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Urban Street Art, Abandoned Places and Amazing Designs

Urbanist Exploration: Discover Over 5,000 Compelling Architecture, Art & Design Stories

30 December 2025 @ 6:00 pm

For over a decade, WebUrbanist has featured a wide range of innovative and inspiring urban art and design projects from around the world. The website has attracted more than 500,000 subscribers and been visited over 100,000,000 times since it was launched in 2007. And while WU will remain online, we are not currently planning to …

Adapt or Design: A 12-Part Series on Adaptive Technologes & Accessible Designs

2 May 2025 @ 1:03 am

Last year, WebUrbanist‘s founder Kurt Kohlstedt suffered a debilitating injury that his right arm and dominant hand. New everyday challenges led him to research and test existing adaptive designs, and even to evolve new accessible design solutions. Over the course of a year, these experiences set the stage for Adapt or Design, a twelve-part project …

The 99% Invisible City: Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

15 October 2020 @ 9:15 pm

From the creators of WebUrbanist and 99% Invisible comes a new beautifully designed and illustrated guide to cities. In their New York Times best-selling book, The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design, Kurt Kohlstedt and Roman Mars zoom in to tell fascinating stories behind everything from power grids …

Wondering About: Deserted Cities, Derelict Buildings & the Allure of Abandoned Places

27 December 2019 @ 6:00 pm

Before it was abandoned in the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Pripyat was a thriving Ukrainian city with a population of nearly 50,000. The relatively sudden exodus of its inhabitants left behind a physical snapshot of the times, preserved by the absence of humans intervention for fear of fallout. Despite the dangers of returning, …

Clean Vandals: Invisible Paint & Reverse Graffiti Artists Work in Gray Areas

23 December 2019 @ 6:00 pm

The word “graffiti” usually conjures images of people with spray cans illegally making murals or jotting down tags using colorful paints. A lot artistic interventions use other tools and materials, though, subverting expectations and working in (literal and legal) gray areas to create works without leaving a conventional trace. Consider, for instance, the massive deep …

DeviantART.com

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deviantART a site that gives young and up and coming artists a place to share their art.

Mashable.com

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Netflix must refund customers for price hikes, Italian court rules

5 April 2026 @ 2:26 pm

A Rome court found that Netflix violated Italian Consumer Code when raising its prices for several years.

NYT Pips hints, answers for April 5, 2026

5 April 2026 @ 1:45 pm

The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.

SNL Weekend Update goes after both Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem

5 April 2026 @ 1:31 pm

'Saturday Night Live' Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che joke about the Trump administration.

NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for April 5, 2026

5 April 2026 @ 1:18 pm

Connections: Sports Edition is a New York Times word game about finding common sports threads between words. How to solve the day's puzzle.

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5 April 2026 @ 9:00 am

Discover what a new operating system can do for an old PC with this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license.

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5 April 2026 @ 9:00 am

Bring home a tiny, but mighty MacBook Air for just $199.97.

Hurdle hints and answers for April 5, 2026

5 April 2026 @ 4:00 am

Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.

Wordle today: Answer, hints for April 5, 2026

5 April 2026 @ 2:00 am

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1751 on April 5 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

NYT Strands hints, answers for April 5, 2026

5 April 2026 @ 2:00 am

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for April 5, 2026

5 April 2026 @ 2:00 am

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.