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Product designers must be eying opportunities, as the European Union have adopted a regulation that batteries in portable devices must be removable and replaceable by 2027. It actually states that layperson must be able to replace batteries without tools. It will have massive implications, and everyone wishes

Design of the week

The air is thin at the crest of Zero F's Given, way up where avalanches start. That's where Berkshire Hathaway dream up things like this. It so good in its badness though. There are no CSS, no CMS or nothing. The logo is styled in line with varying font sizes. This makes for an amazingly fast site.

Are.na is a self proclaimed "mindful space where you can structure your ideas and build new forms of knowledge together." in opposition to all the negatives that are becoming ubiquitous online. Co-founder and artist Charles Broskoski reflects in a Q and A here.

Onur Çoban, a systems and experience designer at Apple has this very Apple'y portfolio page.

TextFX is promises to make you cool with their AI powered tool for rappers, writers and wordsmiths.

Tech of the week

Here's a challenge. Do you think your computer is slow and annoying? Now you can be the operating system yourself to see if you can do a better job. "You're the OS" is a browser based game, free to play, awesome in every way imaginable and must be the nerdiest game ever made.