Reading Time: 6 minutesAI chip shortage became the defining constraint for enterprise AI deployments in 2025, forcing CTOs to confront an uncomfortable reality: semiconductor geopolitics and supply chain physics matter more than software roadmaps or vendor commitments. What began as US export controls restricting advanced AI chips to China evolved into a broader infrastructure crisis affecting enterprises globally—not […]
L’Oréal brings AI into everyday digital advertising production
Reading Time: 4 minutesProducing digital advertising at global scale has become less about one standout campaign and more about volume, speed, and consistency. For consumer brands operating across dozens of markets, the challenge is not creativity alone, but how to keep content flowing without repeating expensive production cycles. That pressure is pushing some large companies to test where […]
Understanding how AI and big data transform digital marketing
Reading Time: 3 minutesArtificial intelligence and big data are reshaping digital marketing by providing new insights into consumer behaviour. The technologies allow marketers to create more personalised and effective strategies. As the digital world evolves, businesses must adapt to stay competitive. Rainmaker is an AI marketing agency that uses artificial intelligence and big data to enhance digital marketing […]
Solana’s high-speed AI gains and malware losses
Reading Time: 4 minutesSolana’s high-speed platform is fast becoming the preferred home for independent AI programmes. It comes at a time when advanced uses of technology have led to significant increases in cyberattacks. This article details the escalating malware threats for the cryptocurrency community. According to the most recent data on December 5, 2025, the Solana price on […]
What’s !important #2: Conditional View Transitions, CSS/SVG Text Effects, the Best of CSS Bluesky, and More
Reading Time: 4 minutes2026 is almost upon us. I know we’re all itching to see the clock strike midnight (cue The Final Countdown by Europe), but not without recapping the best CSS-related things that happened over the last two weeks! Conditional view transitions Chris Coyier showed us how to trigger different view transitions based on the URL (or […]
The future of rail: Watching, predicting, and learning
Reading Time: 3 minutesA recent industry report [PDF] argues that Britain’s railway network could carry an extra billion journeys by the mid-2030s, building on the 1.6 billion passenger rail journeys recorded to year-end March 2024. The next decade will involve a combination of complexity and control, as more digital systems, data, and interconnected suppliers create the potential for […]
Disney is embedding generative AI into its operating model
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor a company built on intellectual property, scale creates a familiar tension. Disney needs to produce and distribute content across many formats and audiences, while keeping tight control over rights, safety, and brand consistency. Generative AI promises speed and flexibility, but unmanaged use risks creating legal, creative, and operational drag. Disney’s agreement with OpenAI shows […]
Thank You (2025 Edition)
Reading Time: 7 minutesIf I had to whittle down my favorite thing about CSS-Tricks to one thing — and like Tom Petty hits, there’s a lot of ’em — it’s that we take moments like this to hit Pause and simply write like humans. We’re a super technical site that gets into super technical web dev jargon and […]
Arm and the future of AI at the edge
Reading Time: 4 minutesArm Holdings has positioned itself at the centre of AI transformation. In a wide-ranging podcast interview, Vince Jesaitis, head of global government affairs at Arm, offered enterprise decision-makers look into the company’s international strategy, the evolution of AI as the company sees it, and what lies ahead for the industry. From cloud to edge Arm […]
Inside China’s push to apply AI across its energy system
Reading Time: 4 minutesUnder China’s push to clean up its energy system, AI is starting to shape how power is produced, moved, and used — not in abstract policy terms, but in day-to-day operations. In Chifeng, a city in northern China, a renewable-powered factory offers a clear example. The site produces hydrogen and ammonia using electricity generated entirely […]
text-decoration-inset is Like Padding for Text Decorations
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe text-decoration-inset CSS property solves a problem that we’ve had since the beginning of the web, which is that text decorations such as underlines extend beyond the first and last characters (to the edges of the content box, to be specific), resulting in vertical misalignment. CodePen Embed Fallback I say it’s a problem “we’ve” had […]
Tesco signs three-year AI deal centred on customer experience
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor large retailers, the challenge with AI isn’t whether it can be useful, but how it fits into everyday work. A new three-year AI partnership by Tesco points to how one of the UK’s biggest supermarket groups is trying to achieve just that. Tesco plans to work with Mistral to develop AI tools that can […]
Masonry Layout is Now grid-lanes
Reading Time: 6 minutesWe’ve talked a lot about Masonry layout here on CSS-Tricks, so there’s no need to remind you of the two-sided discussions about how to approach it, the idea of using it as a new unifying layout concept, or alternative approaches for making it work today. Here’s what you do need to know: it’s going to […]
Become the ultimate host in just a few clicks with Office@Hand AI Receptionist (AIR)
Reading Time: 2 minutesEnd of year festivities are here! For most of us, that means cozy fires (or maybe sunny breaks?), family and friend gatherings, and perhaps a cup of well-deserved eggnog. How about a quick end of year-getaway? Yes, please! For getaway owners? These magical times often mean a flurry of bookings, urgent late-night calls about the […]
Marketing agencies using AI in workflows serve more clients
Reading Time: 4 minutesOf all the many industries, it’s marketing where AI is no longer an “innovation lab” side project but embedded in briefs, production pipelines, approvals, and media optimisation. A WPP iQ post published in December, based on a webinar with WPP and Stability AI, shows what AI deployment in daily operations looks like. Here, we’re talking […]