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Smashing Magazine 👤 Victor Yocco 📅 2026-02-11

Designing For Agentic AI: Practical UX Patterns For Control, Consent, And Accountability

Autonomy is an output of a technical system. Trustworthiness is an output of a design process. Here are concrete design patterns, operational frameworks, and organizational practices for building …

Designing For Agentic AI: Practical UX Patterns For Control, Consent, And Accountability
Google Research 👤 Manish Purohit, Research Scientist, Google Research 📅 2026-02-11

Scheduling in a changing world: Maximizing throughput with time-varying capacity

We introduce new, provably effective algorithms for scheduling jobs without interruptions on cloud infrastructure when machine availability constantly fluctuates.

Scheduling in a changing world: Maximizing throughput with time-varying capacity
UX Planet 👤 Nick Babich 📅 2026-02-10

Complete Guide To Creating Your Own Claude Skill

Claude Skills are a very powerful way to create your own specialized set of tools for any task at hand. Without coding.Continue reading on UX Planet »

Complete Guide To Creating Your Own Claude Skill
Google Research 👤 Erzhen Hu, Student Researcher, and Ruofei Du, Interactive Perception & Graphics Lead, Google XR 📅 2026-02-10

Beyond one-on-one: Authoring, simulating, and testing dynamic human-AI group conversations

DialogLab is a research prototype that provides a unified interface to configure conversational scenes, define agent personas, manage group structures, specify turn-taking rules, and orchestrate …

Beyond one-on-one: Authoring, simulating, and testing dynamic human-AI group conversations
UX Planet 👤 Nick Babich 📅 2026-02-09

Claude Skills for Product Designers

How to create your first Claude SkillContinue reading on UX Planet »

Claude Skills for Product Designers
Google Research 👤 Lauren Harrell, Data Scientist, Google Research 📅 2026-02-09

How AI trained on birds is surfacing underwater mysteries

We describe how Perch 2.0, Google DeepMind’s bioacoustics foundation model, trained on birds and other terrestrial animal vocalizations, transfers ‘whale’ to underwater acoustics challenges …

How AI trained on birds is surfacing underwater mysteries
Nielsen Norman Group 👤 Maria Rosala 📅 2026-02-06

How AI Literacy Shapes GenAI Use

Using generative AI often doesn’t mean using it well. AI literacy requires both prompt fluency and the ability to assess outputs.

How AI Literacy Shapes GenAI Use
Nielsen Norman Group 👤 Laura Klein 📅 2026-02-06

Your Design System Needs an Enforcer

Although design systems promise consistency, most still fail without someone actively enforcing the rules and making teams follow them.

Your Design System Needs an Enforcer
Interaction Design Foundation 👤 Laia Tremosa 📅 2026-02-06

Build Confidence in Your UX Design Portfolio: How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome

Have you ever doubted the quality of your design portfolio, feared that you’d lose out on a great client, or worried about never achieving your dream career? If so, you’re not alone. Many …

Build Confidence in Your UX Design Portfolio: How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome
Interaction Design Foundation 👤 Mads Soegaard 📅 2026-02-06

UI & UX Designer Salaries: How Much Can I Earn in 2026?

How much can you earn as a UI or UX designer in 2026? The truth is that there’s no single answer. Your earning potential depends less on averages and more on factors you can actually control. …

UI & UX Designer Salaries: How Much Can I Earn in 2026?
UX Planet 👤 Nick Babich 📅 2026-02-06

Nano Banana Pro for Wireframing

6 Excellent examples for your inspirationContinue reading on UX Planet »

Nano Banana Pro for Wireframing
UX Design Institute 👤 UXDI team 📅 2026-02-06

6 Job search strategies for UX designers in 2026, plus the top job boards to explore

Breaking into UX in 2026 takes more than sending out a CV. Discover the practical steps our career coach recommends, plus the job boards that consistently open doors for new and experienced designers.

6 Job search strategies for UX designers in 2026, plus the top job boards to explore
Interaction Design Foundation 👤 from Interaction Design Foundation 📅 2026-02-05

Stop the Generic Portfolio Trap! Design a Stand-Out Portfolio for Your UX/UI Niche: Game UX

Game UX transcends 2D screens and draws players into unique and fascinating adventures. As a game UX designer, your work goes beyond visually-arresting worlds and spectacular visual effects. Your …

Stop the Generic Portfolio Trap! Design a Stand-Out Portfolio for Your UX/UI Niche: Game UX
Interaction Design Foundation 👤 from Interaction Design Foundation 📅 2026-02-05

Stop the Generic Portfolio Trap! Design a Stand-Out Portfolio for Your UX/UI Niche: UI Design

A sleek interface is not just about aesthetics—it’s the mark of a seamless user experience. As a UI (user interface) designer, your work influences how users interact with digital products. …

Stop the Generic Portfolio Trap! Design a Stand-Out Portfolio for Your UX/UI Niche: UI Design
Interaction Design Foundation 👤 Laia Tremosa 📅 2026-02-05

The Top 4 Things You Can Learn from IxDF’s New Visual Design Course

Users’ first impressions typically form in 50 milliseconds, and visual design plays a substantial role in whether users get a good or a bad one. Good first impressions are essential to engage new …

The Top 4 Things You Can Learn from IxDF’s New Visual Design Course
Google Research 👤 Marian Croak, VP Engineering, and Sam Sepah, Lead AI Accessibility PgM, Google Research 📅 2026-02-05

How AI tools can redefine universal design to increase accessibility

Google Research’s Natively Adaptive Interfaces (NAI) redefine universal design by embedding multimodal AI tools that adapt to the user’s unique needs, co-developed with the accessibility …

How AI tools can redefine universal design to increase accessibility
Nielsen Norman Group 👤 from Nielsen Norman Group 📅 2026-02-04

Job Opening: Sr Experience Specialist (Remote, US Based)

We’re looking for a talented Sr Experience Specialist to join the team. Applications due February 18, 2026.

Job Opening: Sr Experience Specialist (Remote, US Based)
Interaction Design Foundation 👤 Laia Tremosa 📅 2026-02-04

Level Up Your LinkedIn: Craft a UX Design Profile That Attracts Clients and Top Recruiters

In a competitive job market, if you’re a UX (user experience) designer who’s seeking career advancement, you need to build a strong online presence. LinkedIn—the world’s largest professional …

Level Up Your LinkedIn: Craft a UX Design Profile That Attracts Clients and Top Recruiters
Google Research 👤 Thomas Fu, Principal Engineer, and Kyriakos Axiotis, Senior Scientist, Google Research 📅 2026-02-04

​Sequential Attention: Making AI models leaner and faster without sacrificing accuracy

We introduce a subset selection algorithm for making large scale ML models more efficient.

​Sequential Attention: Making AI models leaner and faster without sacrificing accuracy
Google Research 👤 Mike Schaekermann and Cameron Chen, Research Leads 📅 2026-02-03

Collaborating on a nationwide randomized study of AI in real-world virtual care

In partnership with Included Health, we will be launching a first-of-its-kind nationwide study to evaluate conversational AI within real-world virtual care workflows. This research will move …

Collaborating on a nationwide randomized study of AI in real-world virtual care