Thinking about design is hard, but not thinking about it can be disastrous.
2 mn readOmincom is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Interpublic Group (IPG) in a deal that would create the largest advertising and marketing services firm in the world. The Wall Street Journal broke news of the deal on Sunday (Dec. 8) and reported that a transaction could be announced as early as the coming week. Terms of the […]
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1 mn readAmid a western New York snowstorm last week, Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen produced a stat line unlike any other quarterback in NFL history, becoming the first quarterback ever to score touchdowns as a passer, runner and receiver in the same game. The stat line was unprecedented, and helped the Bills clinch a playoff spot in […]
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3 mn readA team of American researchers beat its own speed record by drawing inspiration from the iconic sea creatures to improve their ability to control the robot’s movement in the water. The record-breaking robot has fins shaped like a manta ray, and is made of a material that is stable when the fins are spread wide. […]
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3 mn readFor the first time ever, researchers in Europe have spotted an invasive hornet species that is quite large and preys on animals such as butterflies, mantids and even geckos. That’s according to researchers from the University of Oviedo in Spain, who were completing an eco-monitoring program to analyze the biodiversity of insects affected by the […]
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2 mn readVideo game publisher Ubisoft plans to lay off more than 150 employees as part of its plan to close a studio in San Francisco that maintains XDefiant, its free-to-play first-person shooter. The move will affect 152 workers, according to documents Ubisoft filed with the state. In a statement released Tuesday, the company said XDefiant did not […]
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8 mn readA magnitude 7 earthquake about 30 miles off the Humboldt County shoreline prompted a highly unusual tsunami warning for a wide swath of the Northern California coast Thursday, spurring widespread evacuations before it was canceled an hour later. The earthquake rattled large parts of the region — from San Francisco and Monterey to as far […]
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