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• CSS Findings From Photoshop Web Version

  17-10-2023 19:59 via webdesignernews.com
  Photoshop was the first professional design app that I learned when I was 14 years old. It was one of the reasons that I became a designer, and eventually a front-end developer. Because of that, I thought it would be interesting to see how the CSS was written for such a massive app like Photoshop…
  
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• The Designer’s Dilemma

  17-10-2023 18:57 via webdesignernews.com
  When we think about design, we often consider the surface: type, color, illustrations, photography, paper, and pixels. However, Paul Rand, a noted American art director and graphic designer, identified an apparent problem that is still around today…
  
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• Overengineering — What is it and How Design Can Help?

  17-10-2023 17:55 via webdesignernews.com
  Striking a balance between innovation and usability is essential. However, many organizations fall into the costly overengineering trap, adding unnecessary complexities that diverge from user needs, often overshadowing the primary product purpose. Explore the signs your product is overengineered and the steps you can take to prevent this resource-hungry problem.
  
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• YouTube’s little design updates will make it much easier to watch

  17-10-2023 17:54 via webdesignernews.com
  It’s a bit too easy to lose your place in a YouTube video. But Google’s designers are updating the interface to make it easier to avoid.
  
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• I swapped my car for an electric cargo bike

  17-10-2023 16:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  Tired of endless traffic jams, hefty bills, and the weight of climate guilt, city dwellers across Europe are ditching their cars for cargo bikes — and never looking back. Here’s why I became one of them. Once the vehicle of choice for a select group of urban eco-geeks, cargo bikes are now rolling into the mainstream, helped in part by the rise of electric assist.  In many places, e-cargo bikes are simply a cleaner, greener, funner, cheaper, healthier, and, usually, faster way t
  
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• Google and Qualcomm are building a RISC-V-based platform for wearables

  17-10-2023 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  RISC-V, the upstart chip architecture, has stepped further into the market for processors. Semiconductor giant Qualcomm today announced that it’s building a RISC-V-based wearables platform for Wear OS, Google’s operating system for smartwatches. The system will expand Qualcomm’s lineup of Snapdragon Wear processors, which power the bulk of Wear OS products. According to Qualcomm, the new solution will reduce the time to market for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) when l
  
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• EV startup Volta Trucks files for bankruptcy amid battery supply woes

  17-10-2023 14:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  Sometimes, despite the best of plans and intentions, businesses don’t make it. Unfortunately, this is true also for those who hope to change the world for the better. Earlier today, Swedish electric lorry startup Volta Trucks announced it had filed for bankruptcy, following the failure of its battery supplier this summer.  The security of the supply chain can make or break a hardware company — or market. We have seen massive delays in aircraft deliveries from OEMs when partners
  
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• London Marathon turns to carbon removals in race to net zero

  17-10-2023 12:49 via thenextweb.com
  
  While promoting fitness, community and often charitable causes, large running events can have a significant environmental impact. Adding to the waste generation from water stations and temporary race infrastructure are the carbon emissions from the transportation of participants and spectators.  For major international marathons, this includes thousands of people flying in — often from all across the globe. And the popularity of running as a sport is showing no signs of slowing down.
  
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