Issey Miyake was a conceptual fashion designer for the many
His work went beyond the established and conventional silhouette, fabric styles, and imagery—but never strayed from an inclusive vision of who should wear his designs. Designer Issey Miyake has died at age 84, leaving an indelible mark on the.....»»
Former iPhone designer joins a space habitation company as advisor
Vast, a space habitation company, has brought former Apple industrial designer Peter Russell-Clarke on board as an advisor to help build its own industrial design team.Apple designer Peter Russell-Clarke to advise a space companySince its inception i.....»»
Creating the sound of death: How The Zone of Interest brings the Holocaust to chilling life
Digital Trends talked to Johnnie Burn, The Zone of Interest's sound designer, and asked him about how he created "the sound of death" for the Holocaust movie......»»
Investigating microfiber pollution
The fashion industry is facing several growing social and environmental sustainability issues; from clothing textile waste to the prospect of widespread microfiber pollution (MSF). For the latter, we struggle to even define the problem. While we know.....»»
Epic Games victory against Google puts Apple back under App Store pressure
Yesterday saw an Epic Games victory in its court case against Google, a jury finding that the Play Store was indeed operated in an anti-competitive fashion. This is despite the fact that Epic mostly lost a near-identical case against Apple back in.....»»
Stussy-branded Beats Studio Pro go on sale December 15
Beats has collaborated with streetwear label Stussy on a pair of Beats Studio Pro, with a 1990's-inspired design scheme used for the limited-edition headphones.The Apple-owned Beats has collaborated with a number of high-profile design and fashion br.....»»
Apple’s chief iPhone and Apple Watch designer leaving the company
Apple’s head of iPhone and Apple Watch product design is departing the company, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Tang Tan, who currently holds the title of VP of product design at Apple, will leave the company in February, the report s.....»»
Researchers automated jailbreaking of LLMs with other LLMs
AI security researchers from Robust Intelligence and Yale University have designed a machine learning technique that can speedily jailbreak large language models (LLMs) in an automated fashion. “The method, known as the Tree of Attacks with Pru.....»»
Lift-off for EIRSAT-1, Ireland"s first ever satellite
Six years of hard work and dedication paid off in spectacular fashion on Dec. 1 as the Educational Irish Research Satellite, EIRSAT-1, successfully blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Hitching a ride on a Space-X Falcon-9 launch.....»»
Elon Musk on X antisemitism controversy: “Don’t advertise. Go f*** yourself”
Musk says X advertiser backlash is "going to kill the company." Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Elon Musk addressed an antisemitism controversy in characteristically unwise fashion during a public intervie.....»»
Black Friday is an environmental nightmare. The Victorians had a much more sustainable approach to fashion
Around 46 million people across the UK are expected to have visited their local high street to go shopping over the last weekend in November, encouraged by so-called Black Friday sales. The projected spend in-store and online is forecast to reach clo.....»»
Facilitating learning chemistry with conceptual modeling
A team of researchers and teachers from the University of Twente have developed a novel teaching method that uses conceptual modeling to facilitate learning and foster creativity in classrooms of chemical science and engineering students. The student.....»»
Automotive News hires designer
Chris Moore has joined as a designer......»»
“Make It Real” AI prototype wows devs by turning drawings into working software
Designer: "I think I need to go lie down." Enlarge / A shot of tldraw's "Make it Real" in action, provided by Ashe on X: "Ok...@tldraw is super fun. I iterated through ~10 builds today and it cost me $0.90 using GPT4. The pong g.....»»
How master chess players choose their opening gambits
What influences the choices we make, and what role does the behavior of others have on these choices? These questions underlie many aspects of human behavior, including the products we buy, fashion trends, and even the breed of pet we choose as our c.....»»
War comes to Apple TV+ with "The New Look" Coco Chanel drama
Apple TV+ has announced that its drama series about fashion designer Coco Chanel will premiere on February 14, 2024.Juliette Binoche and Claes Bang in "The New Look"Fourteen years after her early life was documented in the acclaimed film "Coco avant.....»»
"Queer Eye" star Tan France can"t stand tech, TikTok, and mommy bloggers
Tan France of 'Queer Eye' and 'Next In Fashion' talks about his tech habits, the French tuck, TikTok's trendy crop-tuck, and why he can't stand mommy bloggers. Across the pond, in the quotidien hours of the mid-morning, Brits snack together. Th.....»»
Scans reveal how counterfeiters fake AirPods with cheap components
A series of CT scans of both real and fake AirPods has shown just how well made Apple's ones are, and how poor the counterfeits can be.L-R: a real AirPod Pro, a scan of a real one, and a scan of a fakeIt's not like buying a knock-off designer handbag.....»»
Google ends deal to build 15,000 Bay Area homes due to “market conditions”
15,000-home plan in limbo as Google ends contract with builder after four years. Enlarge / Google's conceptual rendering of its housing plan. (credit: Google) Google has ended an agreement with a developer to build 15,00.....»»
OpenAI introduces custom AI assistants called “GPTs” that play different roles
Users can build and share custom-defined roles—from math mentor to sticker designer. Enlarge / "GPTs" will allow ChatGPT users to create custom AI assistants that serve different purposes. (credit: Getty Images) On Mon.....»»
Sustainable alternatives key to combating fast fashion"s environmental toll, study finds
For the last three decades, the advent of "fast fashion" has disrupted the traditional fashion cycles by capitalizing on retailers' and consumers' responsiveness to the novelty of new fashion trends. Some fast fashion retailers go as far as deliverin.....»»