Privacy, Democracy and Cryptocurrency Hi there! It’s issue #133 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. Regardless of the goofy exterior, Elon is putting up, the kinds of serious mass-scale political threat he could create with his strategy on Twitter is frightening. Read…

The Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin & Pondering over Blackholes Hi there! It’s issue #131 of DNT Weekly and as per usual the week has been eventful. Here’s what we’ve been reading of late. The Ambaniverse – a term that concerns as much as it amuses the Canvs team. From food to gadgets to sports, explore…

Memory-Safe Code and Open Open AI Hi there! It’s tiring news, but newsworthy nonetheless – here’s the entire twitter saga in short, in case you have been squished under a rock. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don’t miss out on the future updates. You can…

Notifications Need Better Design Hi there! This is the seventh edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – How notifications require some much needed attention. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don’t miss out on the…

Luxury Surveillance & Telescopes on the Moon Hi there! Rishi Sunak lost to Liz Truss in September, but she resigned six weeks later. In the latest leadership contest, Mr Sunak racked up the support of his fellow MPs early, and fast. He crossed the 100 nominations he needed long before the deadline – including from…

Games, Brains & War Hi there! Mark Zuckerberg’s tech empire has a long history of using centralized systems to hurt users. Now it’s trying to join Web3. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don’t miss out on the future updates. You can subscribe here. Games are…

Coding in a Warzone & Floating Farms Hi there! Success! NASA says DART really clocked that asteroid. Two weeks after the spacecraft collided with Dimorphos, researchers determined that it knocked the space rock 32 minutes off its old orbit. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don’t…

Designers Need to Get Moving (with Motion Design) Hi there! This is the sixth edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – Why motion is not just an embellishment to UI designer, but a core part of the design process. Note: If you are new…

Hunger & the Size of Infinity Hi there! Forget ‘Armageddon,’ this test will reveal how well NASA can deflect an asteroid heading for Earth. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don’t miss out on the future updates. You can subscribe here. Do designers need flexibility training?…

Figma Sells out & India’s Battery as a Service Revolution Hi there! It’s been just under a week, and the Canvs team is still reeling. Figma has been bought out for approximately 20 billion dollars by Adobe, godspeed to all fellow product designers. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the…

Dynamic Island, War, Peace and Semiconductors Hi there! Remember Fyre Festival? Well Billy McFarland is out of jail and ready for his next move five years after the horrid event. Apparently, the convicted fraudster is convinced this will be quite a comeback. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter…

Tech: A Necessary Evil in Today’s Day? Hi there! This is the fifth edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – Tech is a necessary evil in today’s day, and design can help ease the pain of needing this resource on a constant basis. We…

Gamifying employee engagement and the aborted moon mission Hi there! For this week’s dose of divine irony – Meta is building AI that is designed to fact-check a large mass (approx 6.5 million) articles on Wikipedia. The team has started developing building blocks for the next generation of citation tools by training neural networks to…

Fevicol’s Monopoly and Robots That Think For Themselves Hi there! Social media’s arbitrary power should worry individuals and societies alike; From Brazil’s Bolsonaro to Latin America’s struggling freelancers, the power of social media companies is affecting everyone in the region and across the globe alike. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing…

Fevicol’s Monopoly and Robots That Think For Themselves Hi there! China’s satellite tracking vessel Yuan Wang 5 on August 16 arrived at Sri Lanka’s southern Hambantota Port, despite India and the U.S. voicing concern with Colombo over the military ship’s visit. Hours after the vessel reached the Sri Lankan port, China said the “marine scientific…

Algorithmic Anxiety and The Glitch In Our Satellites Hi there! The man who created the famous turtleneck that was donned by Steve Jobs, along with a hundred other pathbreaking fashion standards, has passed away. Take a retrospective look at Issey Miyake’s life – from surviving the bombing at Hiroshima, to becoming one of the most…

Offboarding: Saying goodbye with grace Hi there! This is the fourth edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – How to ideally say goodbye to people, because not everybody will want to stick around in your product. We hope you enjoy this new format. Note:…

Selling Shares of Yourself and Solving the Right Problems Hi there! As Zomato stock price falls to a record low, memes rise on twitter. A telling lesson in what is to expect from the coming times along with a potentially needed attitude adjustment. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the…

Browserstack’s incredible story and the world’s most powerful banker Hi there! ‘Big Tech’ companies might find themselves in some new trouble in India. Taking lessons from Australia, the Indian government now has plans to make Big Tech companies pay for news that is featured on their platforms to the respective publications. Note: If you are…

A New View of the Universe and Universal UI Hi there! NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe so far. Webb’s First Deep Field is galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, and it is teeming with thousands of galaxies – including the faintest objects ever observed in…

The Anatomy of Emotional Design Hi there! This is the third edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – designing effectively to bring out the right emotions in users. We hope you enjoy this read. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing…

Bizarre Military Tech and From Canvas to NFT Hi there! If you’ve been trying to use Dall-E and haven’t received your access yet, here’s a minified “meme machine” version of the mind boggling experience that is generating images through text. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you…

Green Steel and AI for Cricket Hi there! Cricket is not a subject we bring up often (or at all) in this newsletter, but it has been changing for many reasons close to our fields of interest. One of those is artificial intelligence. From finding the sweet spot of the bat to transforming the viewer…

Opinionated Algorithms and Lego Processors Hi there! When you’re a company as gargantuan as Apple, what would seem like a small feature add on to it can mean a drastic and sudden end for entire businesses – Check out how apple potentially did this to 15+ companies in nearly under an hour. Note: If you…

Bionic Reading and A Startling Cancer Trial Hi there! Good news like this usually doesn’t show up – but here it is – a recent drug trial seem to have a 100% hit rate with eradicating cancer. It feels almost too good to be true. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing…

Designing for Different Realities Hi there! This is the second edition of D&T Special. Today’s topic – humans (including their conditions) are fluid and imperfect, and design should ideally follow through accordingly. We hope you enjoy this week’s read. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don’t…

Puzzling markets and a puzzling quantum scenario Hi there! We like to disturb the peace with our newsletter every now and then, so here it is: We might be seeing a second dot com crash-like event. If there’s anyone to listen to right now, Michael Burry may be that guy. Additionally, this letter from Y…

AR Translations and Design Decisions That Should Be Retired in 2022 Hi there! NFT’s, they’ve come – and they feel like their going. However, they still might have some value. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don’t miss out on the future updates. You can subscribe…

D&T Special – Fewer Features = A Better Product Hi there! This is the first edition of D&T Special, a more in-depth view of topics that interest the Canvs team. Today’s topic – less can be more in product design. We hope you enjoy this new format. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly…

It’s Been Two Years of D&T Weekly! Hi there! It’s two years since we started curating interesting ideas we find across the internet and bringing them to your inboxes. We couldn’t be more thankful for your attention, and we thought that it’s about time we started forraying into some deeper pieces in hopes of bringing…

Musk Takes over Twitter & Tech’s Effects on Tastemaking Hi there! Elon Musk pledges to ‘authenticate all humans’ as he buys Twitter for $44 billion. A look at how the site may change now that he’s in charge. We’ve got some good reads for you so let’s jump right in. Note: If you are new…

The Secret Language of Maps and Troubles at Netflix Hi there! The writing may be on the wall for sharing Netflix accounts. They’re estimating that a huge amount of people watch the service thanks to account sharing, this leading to the obvious point of their recent decline in users across the global market. We’ve got…

Self Assembly on SpaceX and India’s Spacetech Ecosystem Hi there! How cool would it be to create realistic images and art from a description in natural language? DALL.E 2, an AI system by OpenAI, does just that with much better caption matching and photrealism that its predecessor DALL.E 1. Meanwhile, AI systems are also being…

D&T Weekly – Our 100th Issue Hi there! It’s issue #100 of D&T Weekly and just like a year ago (Issue #52) we still seem to find ourselves at a loss as to how well our reader base keeps growing – both in number and in quality of readers. Having kept this running for nearly…

No Amazon, No Problem and The Axie Hack Hi there! The current global climate has led to a thought that most likely will come to fruition, global supply chains and politics are never going to be the same, instead, they might be transformed into something called supply ‘webs’. Note: If you are new here, we’d…

Calm Design & AI with Common Sense Hi there! A rather inspiring story from the otherwise violent backdrop – how a Ukrainian tech company has been keeping work going from bunkers and battlefields. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don’t miss out on the future updates.…

Thinking Like the World’s Greatest Designers & Confirming the Simulation Theory Hi there! A rather inspiring story from the otherwise violent backdrop – how a Ukrainian tech company has been keeping work going from bunkers and battlefields. Note: If you are new here, we’d strongly recommend subscribing to the newsletter so you don’t miss out…

Modular Cognition & Designing for the Other 90% Hi there! With the kind of world-changing events occurring in Ukraine come a set of political and financial shifts in paradigm, take for instance how Ukraine is receiving financial aid in the form of crypto (non withstanding its fair share of drawbacks.) Here’s a thought experiment to…

Why Bad Design Surrounds Us & Designing For Imperfect People Hi there! The recent unprovoked attack on Ukraine is a rude awakening for us on how fragile freedom can be. This is a tough time for Ukraine, and the world alike. Times like these can get us asking some tough questions to ourselves. Note: If…