D&T Issue 263

Hi there!

It’s issue #263 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late.

Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize 2025 for Heart Lamp, the first collection of short stories to win the prize. Read all about it here.

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It was an enormous design challenge for Connor and her team, who had to introduce a dizzying new array of options and information into the UX.

Reflecting on her studio’s first 12 months, Badberries’ Natasha Szczerb says it’s vital to make time to think about the long-term alongside the day-to-day.

Meta’s Chief Technology Officer on consciousness, questioning design paradigms, and building for the future.

Artificial intelligence is now in everything Google touches, including its Android XR mixed-reality glasses, a revamped search experience, and Gemini’s new agentic capabilities.

Hundreds of thousands of customers are using Microsoft 365 Copilot to help research, brainstorm and develop solutions, and more than 230,000 organizations — including 90% of the Fortune 500 — have already used Copilot Studio to build AI agents and automations.

Half of 16- to 21-year-olds support ‘digital curfew’ and nearly 70% feel worse after using social media