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Simulation App Speeds Up Electric Truck Battery Design
This article is brought to you by COMSOL . These days, no one blinks an eye at two-day, one-day, and even same-day package deliveries. Despite the plethora of localized fulfillment and distributi on centers that have cropped up to meet the demand, delivery…
Code & Web
Quoting Addy Osmani, Morgan Westlee Lunt, and Qing Wang
We think "did a human read the code?" is an imprecise proxy for "what could go wrong with this change, and which check—automated or human—is the right one to catch it?" Asking that question also changed when review happens. Before, review was a gate at the…
Craft
UX Maps: Glossary
Use this glossary to quickly clarify key terms and concepts related to UX maps.
Generative AI
Synthetic Users vs. Human Respondents: Same Conclusion, Less Variation
Data from AI-generated respondents pointed to the same conclusion as a survey of 604 humans but contained far fewer distinct answers.
Design Tools
LaTeX renderer
Tool: LaTeX renderer Inspired by Paul Ford and Aboard Foundary's new web app Tiny Little Office , which provides a suite of web app content editors (a Word Processor, Outliner, Presentation Builder, Spreadsheet, Calculator, Drawing Tool, Diagram Maker…
Industry
Katie Zacharia Was Linked to an AI Rare-Earths Startup. It’s Even Weirder Than It Sounds
The short-lived White House press secretary was listed as an adviser to a Kristi Noem–linked company that aims to use AI for mining. Both the company and she say she never worked there.