Month: August 2025

Aalborg Zoo wants your pet. Not for cuddles—for carnivores.

August 6, 2025

KAWS for concern: the famed street artist X’s out a rumored collab teased by British-Nigerian creator Slawn.

August 6, 2025

Ultra Skelly is here—and he’s watching you with 18 creepy eyes.

August 6, 2025

Lady Gaga just elevated plush to couture status with her custom Labubu charm.

August 6, 2025

Tourism Australia has launched the second phase of its global “Come and Say G’day” campaign, backed by a $130 million investment. The initiative features localized ads across five key markets, with Robert Irwin in the U.S., Nigella Lawson in the UK, and Ruby the Kangaroo returning as mascot. Other ambassadors include Sara Tendulkar, Yosh Yu, […]

August 5, 2025

Apple’s new ‘Answers’ team is reportedly wiring Siri’s brain ChatGPT style.

August 5, 2025

Tesla’s cofounder doesn’t love the Cybertruck, and he’s not being subtle about it.

August 5, 2025

Third time’s the charm? Another Nobel nomination for Trump, this time after his intervention of border fighting in Southeast Asia.

August 5, 2025

Disney’s legal pickle with a minor league team ends in settlement. Are there still salty feelings?

August 5, 2025

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 keeps going in an especially grueling real-time durability test.

August 5, 2025

Now that he knows her party, Trump’s a fan of Sydney Sweeney’s “fantastic” jeans ad.

August 5, 2025

Skeleton screens aren’t clever UX anymore—they’re just visual duct tape over slow, bloated apps. In 2025, users see through the shimmering gray lies, and it’s time we stop pretending they work. If your site needs skeletons, maybe what it really needs is a faster brain, not a prettier mask.

August 5, 2025

Tracksuit game strong. These pandas came to serve more than just bamboo.

August 4, 2025

Tokyo’s getting a taste of Napa—Japa Valley is sake-soaked style dreamed up by Pharrell and NIGO, with a KAWS sculpture anchoring it all.

August 4, 2025

Working with web design clients means wearing many hats. We’re developers, marketers, and (sometimes) therapists. It’s all about building a great website that meets our clients’ needs. We can’t forget to add the role of a project manager to the list. It might be just as important as anything we do. Why? Consider how many […]

August 4, 2025

McDonald’s is launching a playful crossover Happy Meal featuring Hello Kitty and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, available in the U.S. starting August 12, 2025. The promotion includes 12 collectible toys blending Sanrio characters like Hello Kitty, My Melody, Kuromi, and Cinnamoroll with TMNT heroes Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Each Happy Meal includes a […]

August 3, 2025

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI has unveiled Grok’s new feature, Imagine—a text-to-video generator that transforms prompts into six-second clips with sound. Though still in beta, it’s already drawing criticism for its ability to produce sexually explicit content, informally dubbed “spicy mode.” A post by xAI engineer Mati Roy showcasing a nearly nude AI-generated woman sparked […]

August 2, 2025

References to Donald Trump’s two impeachments have been quietly removed from The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden, a long-standing exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The display has been reverted to its 2008 version, omitting any mention of Trump’s 2019 and 2021 impeachments. A 2021 update had previously acknowledged his trials alongside […]

August 2, 2025

TD Bank just hacked the billboard game, with unwitting “endorsements” by Apple, McDonald’s, Coke, Nike, Lululemon and more.

August 2, 2025

Image via Adobe What if happily ever after proceeded to get happier? Creation often thrives in the gray area between done and undone, and Adobe entertains this notion with The Unfinished Film, a collaborative experiment that invites creators to take the reins on an incomplete story by artist and director Sam Finn. Read full article

August 2, 2025