Digital Production

Katana 9 deepens USD and previews Hydra 2

Katana 9 with UsdSuperLayer brings native USD editing and Hydra 2 viewer support to Foundry Katana for lighting pipelines.

Nothing’s “Essential Apps” let you build personalized widgets with text-based prompts

Nothing's Essential Apps turn text prompts into functional widgets, letting Phone (3) users build custom tools without code, just vibes and very specific instructions.
9to5Google

Hands-on: Nothing ‘Essential Apps’ hit beta so you can vibe code your homescreen [Gallery]

Vibe coding,” as it’s come to be known, is exactly what you can do with Nothing’s new “Essential Apps,” which lets you create homescreen widgets, “apps,” using text prompts and the help of AI – but ...
eWeek

10 ChatGPT Prompt Engineering Tips in 2026: How to Actually Get Useful Answers

See 10 good vs bad ChatGPT prompts for 2026, with examples showing how context, roles, constraints, and format produce useful answers.

Vibe coding Nothing’s apps is fun, until you try to make them useful

Nothing wants to make an ecosystem of AI-generated apps, but it has a long way to go.

I tried Nothing's AI app builder — and ended up with a screaming tea timer

What if you could create an Android app without knowing how to code? If you have a Nothing Phone, now you can.