Korin Design’s new InstaPack is advertised as a versatile and “anti-theft” backpack for the traveling photographer. That second part relies on the fact it has an integrated TSA lock, which — given the ease of finding a TSA key — is putting a lot of stock in a known quantity. Outside of that integrated TSA […]
Designers have long been inspired by nature when creating color palettes, but one area that often gets overlooked is how tonal changes in nature can guide our design decisions. The smooth transitions from light to dark in natural landscapes provide excellent references for building tonal palettes that transition from tints (lighter tones) to shades (darker […]
The US Treasury Department says AI tools prevented criminals from stealing $4 billion in taxpayer dollars this year, a dramatic increase from $653 million last year. The tools have been “transformative,” Renata Miskell, a top Treasury official, tells CNN. They don’t use generative AI, like ChatGPT, but rather are machine learning-based. They’re helping identify high-risk […]
The director of the Will Smith-starring 2004 film I, Robot has accused Elon Musk of stealing his film’s ideas for Tesla designs. Alex Proyas posted on X/Twitter a couple of days after Tesla revealed the Cybercab, a self-driving robotic taxi, to point out what he claimed were similarities between it and the cars from 2004 […]
Hong Kong police have arrested a 39-year-old man accused of assaulting a taxi driver and stealing the cab after a dispute over the fare meter “running too fast”. A force spokesman said on Monday that the man had been detained for seven offences, including the possession of dangerous drugs, theft, common assault, driving without relevant […]