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PortlandTribune.com
1 month ago
Design

Artful living. Inspired Spaces. It's the 2024 Portland Spring Home & Garden Show, presented by Standard TV & Appliance!

The 2024 Portland Spring Home & Garden Show will take place from February 22-25 at the Portland Expo Center.
The event offers inspiration, tips, and trends for garden enthusiasts, design lovers, homeowners, and remodelers.
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan celebrates American design

Promotion: a series of talks, events and new spaces will be presented this month as part of annual New York design showcase ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan.Taking place from 21-23 May 2023, International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is North America's premier contemporary furnishing design fair, while WantedDesign Manhattan is a show dedicated to high-end North American studios and international emerging designers.
Dezeen
10 months ago
Design

Watch a series of talks exploring "planet-saving" solutions using crafts

Dezeen has teamed up with The Mills Fabrica to livestream a series of talks presenting future-facing climate solutions using crafts during London Craft Week.You can watch the event here from 9:30am London time.Called Planet-Saving Innovations, the one-day event will feature a programme of keynotes, panels and talks where industry leaders will explore the role of crafts and design in mitigating the effects of climate change.
Dezeen
1 year ago
Design

KOT Architects creates "cosy and inviting" showroom for Dior

Architecture studio KOT Architects has designed a creamy showroom-cum-office inside a new building in Tel Aviv for French fashion house Dior.Situated on the 17th floor of a newly built office block, the showroom, which features a large birch plywood bookcase and neutral colours, was designed to simulate the comforting feeling of a home.
Dezeen
1 year ago
Design

Mjolk Architekti creates gabled wooden headquarters for Czech timber company

Czech studio Mjölk Architekti has created a mass-timber building with a gabled solar-panelled roof for the headquarters of timber and forest management company Kloboucká lesní in the Czech Republic.With its oversized timber gable, the four-storey structure in Brumov-Bylnice nods to traditional architectural forms.
CreativeApplications.Net
1 year ago
Design

Creative Robotics Symposium @ UAL: Creative Computing Institute

The Creative Robotics Symposium is the CCI's flagship one-day event to unveil the research into this fascinating area.→ When: Thursday 20th January 2023 11am - 5.30pm→ Where: Peckham, London, UK→ Register: Eventbrite Tickets (Free)
The symposium will bring together renowned artists, academics and professionals to explore the intricacies, in a world where Creative Robotics can define a positive impact in society.
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Artificial intelligence
Forbes
3 months ago
Artificial intelligence

The AI Content Tools Entrepreneurs Can't Live Without

AI tools can supercharge content creation and save time for entrepreneurs.
Copy.ai and Tome are two AI tools that can assist with generating copy and creating visually impressive presentations.
www.fastcompany.com
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google and Adobe have a secret weapon against Microsoft and OpenAI

Google Bard just got a new powerful ally to fight against Microsoft and OpenAI in the generative artificial intelligence wars.It will add Adobe's Firefly to Bard, Google's experimental conversational AI that competes with the Bingified and regular versions of ChatGPT.Firefly is Adobe's generative AI for synthesizing images a la DALL-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion.
www.theguardian.com
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Nearly 50 news websites are AI-generated', a study says. Would I be able to tell?

Breaking news from celebritiesdeaths.com: the president is dead.At least that's what the highly reliable website informed its readers last month, under the no-nonsense headline Biden dead.Harris acting president, address 9am ET.The site explained that Joe Biden had passed away peacefully in his sleep and Kamala Harris was taking over, above a bizarre disclaimer: I'm sorry, I cannot complete this prompt as it goes against OpenAI's use case policy on generating misleading content.
Details on our design sprint to integrate GPT-4 into Microsoft 365 with @designjon
www.fastcompany.com
11 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Inside Microsoft's sprint to integrate OpenAI's GPT-4 into its 365' app suite

It's a term that's been uttered thousands of times within the conference rooms and hallways at Microsoft over the past few months.It refers to March 16, the day the company announced that it had brought generative AI models codeveloped with OpenAI into its Microsoft 365 productivity suite.Under the new initiative, every app, from Outlook to Word to Teams, will have a generative AI-powered Copilot.
Skift Meetings
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

How to Make AI Your Event Marketing Copilot

Skift Take
With Generative AI tools evolving rapidly, now is the time for planners to grasp their potential.Those who delay in embracing this technology will be left behind.With the rise in popularity of ChatGPT, generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are a hot topic.The value of generative AI for event marketing is clear, but how to use it best is debatable.
Digiday
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

With Canva and Adobe's new updates, the generative AI race enters the brand design space

* By Marty Swant



Australian design platform Canva today is rolling out new generative AI tools for its Visual Worksuite, with new ways to create custom image templates and presentations, automatically sync video footage to music and translate words in designs into more than 100 languages.Along with an array of other new features, Canva also is adding new tools specifically for marketing and creative organizations via a new "Brand Hub."
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LogRocket Blog
3 months ago
Web design

Creating presentations using Figma - LogRocket Blog

Figma is a versatile design tool that can be used to create effective presentations with unique transitions.
Creating stunning presentations in Figma is straightforward and can captivate your audience.
Marketing
TODAY.com
3 months ago
Marketing

Kids are making elaborate Christmas lists on PowerPoint: 'It doesn't hurt to ask'

Children are creating elaborate wish lists using PowerPoint presentations and other tools.
Kids on TikTok are sharing their wish list presentations, complete with music and photos of desired items.
Parents are being surprised by their children's detailed Christmas wish lists.
The Business of Fashion
1 year ago
Marketing

How the Lingerie Show Became Just Another Fashion Show

Adore Me may now be under the Victoria's Secret umbrella, but its lingerie fashion show earlier this month was very different from the spectacles its corporate parent used to put on.The 30-minute runway had scantily clad models in Valentine's Day, Western bridal and Malibu Barbie Y2K-inspired lingerie, blowing kisses to a soundtrack of pop hits.
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Social Fresh
4 months ago
Online Community Development

Building Community in NYC: #CMXSummit Live Storify - SOCIAL FRESH

The CMX Summit event in New York City brings together leaders in community development to discuss how to improve user experience.
Presentations at the event include insights from organizations like Reddit, Kickstarter, Meetup, Etsy, and Buzzfeed.
Vue.js Feed
9 months ago
Vue

Phospher icons - Vue

Phosphor is a flexible icon family for interfaces, diagrams, presentations - whatever, really.Explore all icons at phosphoricons.com.Playground
Check out our playground in StackBlitz and start experimenting!Installation
yarn add @phosphor-icons/vue
or
npm install @phosphor-icons/vue
Usage
<template> <PhHorse /> <PhHeart :size="32" color="hotpink" weight="fill" /> <PhCube /> </template> <script lang="ts" setup> import { PhHorse, PhHeart, PhCube } from "@phosphor-icons/vue"; </script>
Global install
Allthough we strongly advise against installing your icons globally, you can do so by registering it in your app as follows:
import { createApp } from 'vue' import App from './App.vue'
Kilian Valkhof | Front-end & user experience developer
9 months ago
Web frameworks

The gotchas of CSS Nesting | Kilian Valkhof

The gotchas of CSS Nesting
I've written before about the problems you can run into with CSS nesting (keep in mind that article uses an older syntax but the point still stands) and the question that @ChallengeCSS tweeted out today made me realize there's actually a few more gotcha's.Here's what they tweeted:

Everyone is exited about CSS Nesting but are you ready for it?
www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Tech industry

How to Use A.I. to Automate the Dreaded Office Meeting

Hello! Welcome back to On Tech: A.I., a pop-up newsletter that teaches you about artificial intelligence, how it works and how to use it.Last week, I told you how to use creative A.I. tools that generate and edit stunning images.Now let's move on to automating some time-consuming, sometimes tedious, parts of many office jobs.
Engadget
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Microsoft 365 'Copilot' uses AI to automate everyday tasks in multiple apps | Engadget

Microsoft is using artificial intelligence to help eliminate drudgery at the workplace.At its "Future of Work" event, the company has revealed an AI-powered Microsoft 365 Copilot that, as suggested by leaks, can create content in Office apps using text requests.You can ask PowerPoint to create a presentation based on a Word document, for example, and even get it to apply animations or styles across all your slides.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Tech industry

Microsoft will use ChatGPT in its search service Bing

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that its powerful AI tool ChatGPT will now be used in its search service Bing.Google unveiled its own AI tool a competitor to ChatGPT roughly 24 hours before.ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Remember Bing?Before you Google it, it's the search engine that Microsoft released more than a decade ago.
time.com
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

A Factual Error by Bard AI Chatbot Just Cost Google $100 Billion

The stakes in the race for generative AI are rising.The fervor in the stock market bubbling around artificial intelligence spread this week to Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc., which despite investing heavily in the technology had so far been ignored by traders in favor of smaller, more speculative companies.
Creative Bloq
9 months ago
Graphic design

Yes, LG's portable briefcase monitor looks weird...

We've seen plenty of developments in portable tech in recent years.LG's latest reveal is maybe one of the most surprising but also most obvious - it's putting a 27in touchscreen display inside a briefcase.Yep, that might sound weird.Most portable tech now focuses on being small enough not to require its own luggage allowance.
Creative Bloq
9 months ago
Graphic design

10 of the best animated logos

The best animated logos often add a new dimension to a brand identity and help make it even more memorable.Logo animation can range from subtle movements to complex 3D effects, but at either extreme, the best animated logos complement the wider brand identity and might even tell us something new about the brand.
Mashable
10 months ago
Graphic design

Look professional with this $50 AI-powered webcam color and image correction tool

TL;DR: As of May 17, get the AI-powered FineCam Pro(opens in a new tab) for only $49.99 - That's a 41% discount.The digital working world is making people spend more time in front of their screens and webcams.Love it or hate it, it's likely here to stay.So, whether you're a remote worker, entrepreneur, or online student, you might want to look your best on camera.
Creative Bloq
10 months ago
Graphic design

Veikk Studio VK2200 Pro review: sturdy drawing tablet is a big draw

The Veikk Studio VK2200 Pro (available direct from Veikk (opens in new tab) or from their Amazon store (opens in new tab)) is one of the newest offerings from Veikk, who have rapidly expanded into the European and American market.They offer drawing tablets on a budget; this is their largest to date and features, amongst other things, eight shortcut buttons and two dials.
Entrepreneur
10 months ago
Graphic design

10 Presentation Trends to Help Your Next Pitch | Entrepreneur

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.Presentations have become a critical part of professional and educational settings.Whether you are pitching a new project, delivering a report or teaching a lesson, your presentation design can make or break your message.So, you must hit the nail on the head with every presentation you make.
Creative Bloq
11 months ago
Graphic design

TikTok can't get over Canva's awesome new AI photo editing tool

(Image credit: Canva/Future)
We've seen all manner of weird and wonderful AI art over the last few months, but nothing particularly, you know, useful.It can seem like the tech exists only to create, via text-to-image prompts, scenes from your nightmares.But here's an application that TikTokers are actually finding a use for.
Law Explained India
9 months ago
Python

Meeting community at PyCon Italy, 2023

The PyCon Italy, 2023 discussion started in PyCon Sweden 2022, when Valerio invited me for the keynote.From disbelief (since my talk at PyCon Sweden was not good) to believing, from searching for talk topics to preparation and multiple rounds of rehearsals and feedback sessions, I was finally ready for the talk.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
9 months ago
Design

Apple Vision Pro Just Brilliantly Destroyed Meta's Entire Hardware Business... And Possibly Even Its Own - Yanko Design

I'd really hate to be Mark Zuckerberg right now.In October 2021 he pivoted to the metaverse, only to pivot to AI in November 2022.Now, Apple's Vision Pro stole his massive lead with a product so revolutionary, it's probably going to crush his entire hardware ambitions.Apple just announced the Vision Pro, an entirely new revolutionary product category, with a Mixed Reality headset that champions what they call "spatial computing" - an upgrade from the personal computing abilities of the laptop and smartphone.
MarTech
10 months ago
Marketing tech

AI-powered martech: This week's new releases | MarTech

Roku's contextual ad search, a brand safety solution, an eco-friendly subject line generator, and more in this week's roundup of AI products.Artificial intelligence (AI) is sprouting everywhere in marketing technology.While it has been a part of many products for some time, ChatGPT's launch made the topic white-hot.
Creative Bloq
10 months ago
Graphic design

Win a trip to VidCon 2023 with Filmora's Project Go Viral Competition

(Image credit: Wondershare)
If you have any interest in videography or online content creation, then you've probably at least heard of VidCon.And if you haven't, you're missing out.It's not known as one of the most important events in online video creation for nothing, after all.Established in 2010 by the Blog Brothers, VidCon is an annual convention that features some of the world's leading influencers, brands, and thought leaders.
Social Media Explorer
10 months ago
Online marketing

The Top 10 Tools for Online Management

Managing an online presence can be overwhelming, but there are many tools available to help streamline the process.These tools can assist with tasks such as social media management, website design and maintenance, content creation, and online marketing.In this article, we will discuss the top 10 tools for online management.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
11 months ago
Washington DC

Things to Do in the DC Area This Weekend

Happy weekend, everyone!April is coming to a close, but that doesn't mean the weekend fun is slowing down.Browse French goods at Georgetown's pop-up market, or rock to the go-go beat at a locally-inspired musical.Best Things to Do This Weekend


Georgetown French Market.Inspired by the open-air markets in France, Georgetown is bringing together more than 35 boutiques, salons, vintage shops, restaurants, and galleries for the 20th Annual Georgetown French Market .
MarkTechPost
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Best AI Video Generators (2023)

The boom of social media and the internet has resulted in a demand for high-quality video content.Traditional ways of video production are time-consuming, expensive, and demand specialized knowledge and tools.AI video generators provide a solution to these issues by enabling users to generate videos automatically in a shorter time and at a cheaper cost than conventional approaches.
Exchangewire
9 months ago
Marketing tech

What to Expect at ATS London 2023

One of ExchangeWire's flagship events, ATS London brings together senior stakeholders across the media, marketing and commerce industries for two days of panel discussions, keynote presentations, fireside chats, and networking.In a first for ATS, this year's event is split into two content streams; Insights and Interact.
AdExchanger
10 months ago
Marketing tech

TV Measurement Drama Leaks Out At The NewFronts

For those tuning into the NewFronts presentations virtually this week, there's a live chat function to the right of the video player.Some of the comments that popped up were pretty amusing.For the win: "Is it me or does it feel that at least 50% of everyone's script has been written by ChatGPT."
Auth0 - Blog
9 months ago
JavaScript

Build a Beautiful CRUD App with Spring Boot and Angular

1. Leverage the power of Spring Boot and Angular to create an efficient and secure CRUD application.
2. Utilize Auth0 to provide authentication and authorization in the application.
3. Implement a comprehensive security strategy by using the OAuth 2.0 standard to access protected resources.
The Mercury News
10 months ago
Silicon Valley food

Paul & Eddie's celebrates 80 years in Cupertino

Since its founding in 1943, Paul & Eddie's Monta Vista Inn has been "bringing friends together, one drink at a time."The Cupertino watering hole celebrated its 80th anniversary on May 17 with presentations from descendants of the original owners, the Cupertino Historical Society and Museum and longtime regulars.
www.independent.co.uk
10 months ago
UK news

Cornwall students fundraising for once-in-a-lifetime' US Lego competition trip

A group of year six students at a school in Cornwall hope to raise enough money for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the US after securing a coveted spot at an international Lego competition.The group of 11-year-olds who refer to themselves as the Penpol Pumpkins, because they are from Penpol School in Cornwall are Ada, Jenna, Caio, Miles, James S, James B, Felix, Ernie, Ethan and Piran.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
UK news

Prince's Foundation partners with Chanel to run embroidery course for students

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The Prince's Foundation, which was founded by the King, has partnered with French luxury fashion house Chanel to begin running an intensive embroidery programme for aspiring designers.
Brooklyn Paper
10 months ago
Brooklyn

Third annual ArtWalk turns Atlantic Avenue into one big gallery starting May 20 * Brooklyn Paper

File photo courtesy of Arts Gowanus
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Atlantic Avenue will once more turn into a huge, bustling public art gallery this weekend with the return of the Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk.From May 20-28, artwork from more than 100 local artists will hang in local cafés and storefronts, and art-loving Brooklynites need only take a self-guided stroll down the avenue to get their fill.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
Health

More than 1 in 6 adults have depression as rates rise to record levels in the US, survey finds

Depression is more widespread than ever in the United States, according to a new report from Gallup.About 18% of adults more than 1 in 6 say they are depressed or receiving treatment for depression, a jump of more than 7 percentage points since 2015, when Gallup first started polling on the topic.
Medium
10 months ago
UX design

Don't Start Prototyping Without These 5 Figma Plugins

This plugin allows designers to create complex animations and interactions in Figma without having to use code.Its goal is to make, "the entry into animation easier and more convenient as there is no need to switch to a completely separate motion tool such as Principle, Haiku or After Effects".
Medium
11 months ago
UX design

Why designers are crucial in the age of AI

From visual storytelling to corporate sustainability roadmaps, honing the right design mindset will help us to thrive in the era of artificial intelligen ce.Alright, let's address the elephant in the room: the robots are coming for our design jobs!Or so some people would have you believe.But before we start panicking and think about changing our profession or employing A.I. to do the "design" execution work, let's take a step back and look at what design really means.
Medium
1 year ago
UX design

Design system myth-1. Source of truth

Concept vs Reality
'The Design system is the source of truth' Is it the Sun? Are you God?What is this, a new religion?Does this mean that it is all set in stone?What?I don't like rules, they mess with my creative flow!I cannot compete with it, I must surrender and obey!When I started working with design systems I heard this very often, 'a design system is the source of truth'.
Medium
1 year ago
UX design

Design and non-violent communication - how to listen

Listening is difficult, given that humans have an average eight-second attention span.We were at a restaurant, booked only for us that night.There were four or five long tables, a dinner party organised by a business association I'm a member of.I was looking to the left, to the right and straight ahead.
Brownstoner
10 months ago
Brooklyn real estate

HDC Preservation Conference on Public Art and Cultural Sites

The Historic District Council's annual preservation conference returns with an examination of sites that are difficult to preserve.Via presentations and conversations, advocates and scholars will share stories of sites of cultural importance, monuments, public art, and places of commemoration.Three in-person panels aligned with the conference theme of "Looking Beyond Landmarks: Celebrating That Which Is Difficult to Preserve" will take place on Saturday, May 20.
Engadget
10 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Google's Duet AI brings more generative features to Workspace apps | Engadget

After OpenAI's ChatGPT caught the tech world off guard late last year, Google reportedly declared a "code red," scrambling to plan a response to the new threat.The first fruit of that reorientation trickled out earlier this year with its Bard chatbot and some generative AI features baked into Google Workspace apps.
Creative Bloq
1 year ago
Graphic design

Canva gets a massive upgrade with new branding features and AI tools

Canva is a name that will already be known to many creatives.In its 10 years in existence, the Australian company has expanded its products rapidly from logo, presentation and social media design to include video and more.And now it's going further.In today's Canva Create presentation, the platform will unveil a ton of new branding features and AI tools showing that it aims to become nothing less than a one-stop shop for brand managers and creative teams, covering almost every communicational need (see our pick of the best graphic design software for more options, or see our Canva review, which will now need an update).
Speckyboy Design Magazine
10 months ago
Graphic design

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Creating Beautiful Bokeh Effects

Bokeh has long been a celebrated photographic style.In simplistic terms, it features a primary focus on a subject and a gently blurred background.The technique is both beautiful and a sure way to grab a user's attention.But what if you want to implement a Bokeh aesthetic without photography?There are some unique methods for doing so.
Medium
10 months ago
Graphic design

Using Adobe Firefly to make in-house product design unboring

I'll be honest from the start - there are no direct use cases for in-house product designers to use Adobe Firefly (currently in Beta).We simply don't use images in our work that often.Our primary tools are typography, components, patterns, icons, flowcharts.Still, it doesn't mean that we shouldn't benefit from an image generating AI.
www.fastcompany.com
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Canva's new generative AI tools are now the ones to beat

Party invitations.Social media posts.Sales decks.T-shirts.Canva has won over 125 million people with an intuitive user interface that makes it easy to design just about anything within a single appthanks largely to CEO Melanie Perkins's decade-long obsession to make her platform operate as efficiently as possible.
Jqueryscript
10 months ago
jQuery

Weekly Web Design & Development News: Collective #500

A collection of the latest and hottest design and development resources (Javascript libraries, CSS snippets, DeveloGraphic Design Resources, etc.) on the web from the last week (Week 18, 2023).Web Design & Development News: Collective #500
A horizontal accordion carousel inspired by Stripe Sessions.
Mission Local
10 months ago
Mission District

Cal Academy union facing resistance from management

Unionization efforts at the 170-year-old California Academy of Sciences have hit a snag with management refusing to voluntarily recognize the union, according to the union's leadership.This will force the union to campaign and win an election from the majority of the museum's 500 workers.In an email received by the CalAcademy Workers United leadership Monday, the museum's senior management also rejected the union's request for "non-interference and neutrality" in the union's campaign, which means managers can attempt to sway workers against the union.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk
11 months ago
Education

Exams or torture - Fatima Pervez - Gumley House Convent School

Exams or torture - Fatima Pervez - Gumley House Convent School (Image: Young Reporter) Are exams the greatest fear of your life?Have you ever wondered, what the purpose of exams are and how they can help you in your practical life ahead?Exams have existed for decades in order to assess one's ability in a certain area, however unfair means are used to assess students of their competence in a certain subject.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk
1 year ago
Education

Bexley Women's Aid programme - Ebun-Iyanu Oyabayo Townley Grammar School

Bexley Women's Aid programme - Ebun-Iyanu Oyabayo Townley Grammar School (Image: Unsplash) With a new year started, many have put together goals, resolutions, and a new mindset in preparation for 2023.For many students, a lot of their goals would revolve around education.Perhaps achieving better grades, improving creative writing skills, practising past exam papers etc.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
New York City

Honoring Ellsworth Kelly's Work by Giving it Away

This article is part of our Museums special section about how art institutions are reaching out to new artists and attracting new audiences.SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.Ellsworth Kelly became one of the 20th century's most influential artists in part because of the economical quality he brought to his pared-down, hard-edge paintings.
HousingWire
1 year ago
Real estate

Gathering of Eagles is for mortgage professionals too

This year, Gathering of Eagles is excited to invite colleagues from the mortgage industry to the real estate-centered event.There is no better time than a tough market to come together as a community.Mortgage lenders need to strengthen their bonds with real estate agents, and broker-owners must communicate with title professionals.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
Higher education

January course promotes spring semester student success

Going back to school after winter break can be a challenge for students.To ease the transition into spring term, Aurora University in Illinois launched its January Jumpstart, offering prep classes on study and self-help skills.What it is: January Jumpstart runs for three days in early January prior to the start of the spring semester.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
Higher education

Queens College debuts virtual neurodiversity hub

College leaders and educators are seeking ways, big and small, to support the growing number of neurodivergent students on their campuses.(Quick primer: neurodiversity is commonly associated with autism, but it concerns diagnoses such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and attention deficit disorders, as well.)
TechRadar
1 year ago
Graphic design

Canva reveals 'magic' new AI apps for marketers

Canva has announced a platform-wide roll-out of new tools designed to speed up design workflows for brand-conscious marketers and creative teams.Revealed during the company's Canva Create event, the new Assistant lets users navigate the popular graphic design software and make design recommendations, as well as quickly access tools like the Magic Write.
The Verge
1 year ago
Graphic design

Canva announces new AI design tools and branded workspace features

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The popular all-in-one design platform has announced a host of new AI tools and branded workspace features.If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.See our ethics statement.Web-based design platform Canva is introducing a colossal suite of new brand management products and AI-powered design tools focused on helping entire workplaces streamline their content creation process.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Bing's AI chatbot can now generate unhinged images along with unhinged text

Microsoft is giving its work-in-progress Bing AI chatbot the ability to generate images, the company announced today.Bing preview users can generate images by typing "create an image" (or something similar) followed by the prompt.As with other AI-powered image generators, the more detailed a prompt you provide, the more specific and consistent the output is.
TechRepublic
1 year ago
Information security

How to prevent data theft by existing and departing employees

Some 12% of employees take customer details, health records, sales contracts and other confidential data when leaving a company, according to DTEX.A former employee could try to sell account credentials from their previous employer over the dark web.A current employee could record a confidential presentation by the CEO and then send a link to that recording to the press.
Medium
1 year ago
UX design

Present ROI of UX to your stakeholders

As designers, we are educated on the significance that a well-designed user experience (UX) can bring to a company.Our training encompasses metrics and techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of a design.However, communicating the value of design to executives and stakeholders can still prove to be a daunting task.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Coney Island youth groups celebrate Black History Month at annual exhibit * Brooklyn Paper

A group of Coney Island youth initiatives will be teaming up to host their annual Black History Month event at Surfside Gardens Cornerstone on Friday night.The Coney Island Sharks and Sharkettes, an organization for young adults in the neighborhood, put together a celebratory night of musical performances, presentations, poetry, dancing and more.
Medium
1 year ago
UX design

Beyond Words: Using ClickUp and Notion to document and defend your UX writing process

As a new UX writer, staying organized and having a system to manage all your projects is imperative.The role of a UX writer varies for different companies.Still, to give you a peek into how it works for my organization, I collaborate with product managers and engineers by receiving tickets in Aha! with a request to work on the microcopy.
www.berkeleyside.org
1 year ago
Education

Berkeley students aiming to prevent fentanyl overdoses say don't do drugs' won't cut it

Berkeley High students roam the halls between classes during the first day of school, Aug 15, 2022.Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/CatchLight A student group is spearheading an effort to educate their Berkeley High peers about drug use, focusing on overdose prevention and fentanyl.Called the Harm Education and Reduction Organization, or HERO, the club gives presentations in ninth-grade classrooms with the mission of making sure that if students are doing drugs, they have the resources to do so safely.
MarTech
1 year ago
Marketing tech

MarTech's B2B marketing experts to follow | MarTech

B2B marketing is as direct and personalized as it gets.You've got to know what your customers do, how they do it, their needs and goals.You've also got to know their company's processes, organization and purchasing cycles.Then you have to communicate with them in the best possible way, at the right time and with the information they're looking for.
Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
1 year ago
Non-profit sector

Race, Class, and Climate: Organizing for a Better Future in Pueblo, Colorado - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

This article is part of Climate Justice Organizing for Belonging, a series co-produced with NPQ and Mothers Out Front.The key question guiding this organizational shift-and this series-is: what does successful organizing look like for the most impacted when resources fully support them?Pueblo, CO-a city a little less than a two-hour drive from the state's capital-is an environmental sacrifice zone, or frontline community, where residents are disproportionately impacted by environmentally harmful human infrastructure.
ESPN.com
1 year ago
Paris Saint-Germain

Sources: Man Utd meet suitors, expect higher bid

Manchester United are meeting with the two most high-profile bidders, consortiums led by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe, on Thursday and Friday ahead of what are expected to be improved offers for control of the club, sources have told ESPN.Sources said that representatives of Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim are expected at Old Trafford and Carrington for presentations on Thursday.
The Verge
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Microsoft Copilot leak shows AI automatically creating a PowerPoint presentation

Microsoft is holding a big AI event later today, but one of the announcements appears to have just leaked.Twitter user h0x0d has published details of a PowerPoint Copilot feature, which appears to include ChatGPT-like AI that will create presentations for you.The Copilot appears in a sidebar in an online version of PowerPoint where you can ask the assistant to create a presentation based on a Word document.
The Verge
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

How to watch the Microsoft 365 AI event

Microsoft is holding a special "future of work with AI" event today, where the company says it'll be "reinventing productivity with AI." Microsoft is expected to demonstrate how its ChatGPT-like AI will work in Microsoft 365 and Office apps like Teams, Word, and Outlook.CEO Satya Nadella and head of Microsoft 365 Jared Spataro will host the event starting at 8AM PT / 11AM ET.
BBC Sport
1 year ago
Soccer (FIFA)

Ratcliffe due at Old Trafford for sale presentation

Prospective Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is set to be at Old Trafford on Friday to receive a presentation on the potential sale process.United staff have been outlining the workings of the club to various parties over the last week.Representatives of Qatar's Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani are due at the club on Thursday.
BBC Sport
1 year ago
Soccer (FIFA)

Motherwell six points off bottom with Hearts win

Stuart Kettlewell strengthened his case to be Motherwell manager as a second success in five days moved them six points clear of the Scottish Premiership's bottom spot.That followed up Wednesday's win over St Mirren in Kettlewell's first game as caretaker and opened up a significant advantage over Motherwell's relegation rivals.
BBC Sport
1 year ago
Soccer (FIFA)

US investor Elliott through to next Man Utd sale stage

Elliott Investment Management has made it through to the second stage of the process around the potential sale of Manchester United.Representatives of the US firm were at Old Trafford on Thursday night to watch the over Real Betis.The firm are not looking to buy the club, but rather help fund either external bidders or the Glazer family if they decided to stay on as owners.
BBC Sport
1 year ago
Soccer (FIFA)

Man Utd bidders to visit club for presentations

All potential new Manchester United owners and major investors have been invited to presentations at Old Trafford by senior club staff over the next two weeks.They include representatives of Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Qatar's Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani.The pair are regarded as the two leading candidates to buy the Premier League club should the Glazer family eventually decide to relinquish control.
Ars Technica
1 year ago
Gadgets

Google shows off what ChatGPT would be like in Gmail and Google Docs

The "put generative AI in everything" era is kicking off at Google.In addition to the ChatGPT-style features that are eventually coming to Google Search, today Google announced a round of generative AI features for Google Docs and Gmail.Basically, Google plans to eventually, someday, release a text bot that will do all the writing for you.
www.fastcompany.com
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Google Workspace is about to put generative AI to work

The venerable category of software known as the office suite has always been about creating stuff, from text documents to spreadsheets to presentations.Thanks to the rapid deployment of generative AI, suites are about to volunteer to handle a sizable percentage of that creation themselves.And today, Google is getting a head start on this trend by previewing an array of new AI-powered features it's building into its Google Workspace suite.
The Verge
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Google announces AI features in Gmail, Docs, and more to rival Microsoft

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Google will soon offer ways to generate text and images using machine learning in its Workspace products as part of a scramble to catch up with rivals in the new AI race.Google has announced a suite of upcoming generative AI features for its various Workspace apps, including Google Docs, Gmail, Sheets, and Slides.
www.fastcompany.com
1 year ago
Graphic design

This new font is like Comic Sans, but better

Shantell Martin's signature felt-tip drawings have found their way onto the New York City Ballet walls, Adidas sweaters, and into the Oculus at the World Trade Center, where her handwriting took over 21 screens throughout the space with permutations of the question, Who are you?[Image: Shantell Martin] Now, that signature handwriting can be yours to play with.
Digiday
1 year ago
Podcast

Podcasters weigh the cost-benefit of producing video podcasts

Platforms like YouTube and Spotify are investing in products to help podcasters tie their audio shows to the accompanying video they produce.But is the cost of producing video a necessary investment for publishers with podcasts?Three podcast executives at publishing companies said they are weighing the costs with the potential benefit of reaching a large, video-seeking podcast audience.
The Verge
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Microsoft to demo its new ChatGPT-like AI in Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook soon

Microsoft is getting ready to demonstrate how its new ChatGPT-like AI will transform its Office productivity apps.After announcing and demonstrating its Prometheus Model in its new Bing search engine earlier this week, Microsoft is gearing up to show how it will expand to its core productivity apps like Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Mashable
1 year ago
Graphic design

Canva templates every small business owner needs to know about

Anyone who owns a business, runs a blog, or has a side hustle has heard of the wonders of Canva(Opens in a new tab) .Instead of creating documents and designs from scratch, business owners pick from the thousands of templates Canva offers to advertise, invoice, and promote in whatever way they need.
RAIN News
1 year ago
Music

Veritonic Audio Intelligence Summit: Power, Attribution, Myth-busting - RAIN News

On Wednesday Veritonic presented its second annual Audio Intelligence Summit, a half-day series of presentations whose main theme was the primacy of audio.A series of eight onstage discussions explored the power of audio branding, the monetization of podcasts, attribution strategies in audio marketing, the creative process of branding with audio, some future forecasting of podcasting, a demonstration of interactive audio advertising, and how the audio creation industry can navigate an uncertain financial environment.
London On The Inside
1 year ago
London

LONDON FASHION WEEK AT CHOTTO MATTE

London Fashion Week doesn't just mean catwalks and presentations, it means parties too, and that's exactly what's happening at Chotto Matte.The Soho restaurant, which underwent a swish redesign last year, is welcoming a stellar DJ line-up in for the week, with the likes of Zezi Ifore, Mary Charteris, Taylah Elaine, Pixie Geldof, Nick Grimshaw and Aimee Phillips all hitting the decks from 9pm until late.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

London teachers seeking expert help for schoolboys influenced by Andrew Tate's misogyny

L ondon teachers are increasingly seeking expert help to deal with schoolboys who have been influenced by Andrew Tate.Experts from The RAP Project, which normally runs workshops about rape, consent and sexual assault for some of London's top private schools, have been asked to specifically address concerns about the controversial influencer.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Courthouse named for Harvard law professor who taught Obamas

Local "He always wants to give credit to others and not accept credit himself, which he so richly deserves."MERCED, Calif.(AP) - A courthouse in California's agricultural heartland was named for a native son who went from working in the fields to a distinguished career at Harvard Law School, where he taught Barack and Michelle Obama.
GSMArena.com
1 year ago
Mobile UX

Hands on: Oppo Air Glass 2, Zero-power tag and Wi-Fi 6 router at MWC 2023

Oppo did not announce a new flagship phone at MWC but it instead focused on its smart device portfolio.We got the chance to test out the Oppo Air Glass 2 Assisted Reality glasses as well as the company's Zero-power tag and Wi-Fi 6 EasyMesh router.Oppo Air Glass 2
Oppo's Air Glass 2 are a pair of assisted reality glasses - meaning they project information on the user's view without obstructing their vision or perception of the world around them.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Cars

Musk unveils plans for low production cost while skirting affordable car option

Tesla will cut assembly costs by half in future generations of cars, engineers told investors on Wednesday, but Elon Musk did not unveil a much-awaited small, affordable electric vehicle.Shares fell more than 5% in after hours trade following presentations at the company's investor day from its Texas headquarters.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Cars

Tesla flags lower costs, but Musk does not unveil cheaper car

Chief Executive Elon Musk fails to announce much-awaited affordable electric vehicle at company's latest investor day.Tesla Inc will cut assembly costs by half in its future generations of cars, engineers have told investors, but Chief Executive Elon Musk did not unveil a much-awaited small, affordable electric vehicle.
Theregister
1 year ago
Privacy professionals

Acer confirms someone broke into one of its servers

Acer has confirmed someone broke into one of its servers after a miscreant put up for sale a 160GB database of what's claimed to be the Taiwanese PC maker's confidential information."We have recently detected an incident of unauthorized access to one of our document servers for repair technicians," an Acer spokesperson told The Register on Tuesday.
Creative Bloq
1 year ago
Graphic design

Mobile Pixels Duex Lite review: is a portable laptop monitor a must-have?

At first thought, I felt like the Mobile Pixels Duex Lite is filling a gap that doesn't exist.But I was wrong.Thing is being able to connect your laptop to an external monitor is a remarkably useful thing, the extra real estate afforded by the additional screen is useful for spreading your windows out, or examining images on a larger canvas.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles Rams

What new offensive coordinator Kellen Moore sees in the Chargers run-starved offense

Only Patrick Mahomes threw for more yards this season than Justin Herbert, who finished tied for second in the NFL in game-winning drives.It's little wonder then why Kellen Moore's introductory news conference as the Chargers' offensive coordinator Wednesday featured numerous questions about the team's franchise quarterback.
Futurism
1 year ago
Artificial intelligence

Guy "Outsources" His Own Memory to AI

To cope with the very real challenges that humans face when trying to remember everything that we read online, tech journalist Shubham Agarwal decided to "outsource" his memory to assistive AI.
"Often during the day, I end up Googling articles I read just a few hours ago because I can't recall more than a few key words," Agarwal wrote for Insider, detailing how the never-ending digital publishing ecosystem and the skim-style reading practices that it encourages - coupled with the fact that it's simply just harder to remember text we read on screens than text we read on paper - has basically decimated his memory.
https://www.rogerebert.com/
1 year ago
Film

Sundance 2023: Radical, The Longest Goodbye | Festivals &amp; Awards | Roger Ebert

"Radical" saves its most challenging material for the philosophies within, like looking at education as a process that needs resuscitation and inspiration, not the discipline and strict schedule that was put into place before Sergio arrived.And in the scheme of all the movies that "Radical" makes you think of, Zalla cleverly angles it as Sergio vs. the expectations of standardized tests and all the stuffy ideals they come with.
www.thelocal.de
1 year ago
Germany news

What we know so far about the planned language requirements for German citizenship

What level of German will you need for citizenship under the traffic light coalition's proposed changes to German nationality law?Well, it depends on your situation and what route you take to get citizenship.The German Interior Ministry is being tight-lipped on some of these requirements as the draft law winds its way through the Scholz government before heading to the Bundestag by next month.
www.thelocal.de
1 year ago
Germany news

German employers urge action to fill two million jobs

What level of German will you need for citizenship under the traffic light coalition's proposed changes to German nationality law?Well, it depends on your situation and what route you take to get citizenship.The German Interior Ministry is being tight-lipped on some of these requirements as the draft law winds its way through the Scholz government before heading to the Bundestag by next month.
Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 year ago
Design

ASUS Spatial Vision offers creators a glasses-free 3D experience - Yanko Design

3D graphics are becoming key elements in many of today's multimedia experiences, from games to movies to mixed reality.Of course, these realistic-looking images don't just pop out of thin air and require someone to take the painstaking work to craft them.Despite their 3D designs, the tools that artists and designers use are all stuck in the flat 2D world.
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