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Nintendo Switch Online is offering a limited-time opportunity until January 11, 2026, for subscribers to acquire and revisit exclusive icons from various games in 2025, with each icon costing 10 Platinum Points and themed sets including titles like Super Mario Galaxy, F-Zero 99, and Kirby. The offer encourages fans to collect these designs before they disappear.
Nintendo is reintroducing a series of icons for Switch Online in a promotion running from late December 2025 to early January 2026, featuring designs from popular games like Super Mario Galaxy, F-Zero 99, and Kirby, available for redemption with points on My Nintendo.
The article criticizes the new icons for utility apps in MacOS 26 Tahoe, describing them as poorly designed, unimaginative, and lacking in clarity, which reflects broader issues in Apple's design approach. The icons, unified by a wrench motif and constrained by system-imposed squircle shapes, are seen as lazy and unappealing, with specific examples highlighting their flaws and lack of meaningful symbolism. The critique suggests these icons symbolize a deeper decline in design quality at Apple.
Nintendo has added new Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door icons to its Switch Online 'Missions and Rewards' scheme, available in waves until May 2024. Players can redeem six character icons for 10 Platinum Points each, with additional borders and backgrounds for 5 Platinum Points each.
Google's Android 15 Developer Preview 2 features new status bar icons that resemble Samsung's One UI design, with a segmented look and white and grey color scheme. The battery icon is now horizontal, allowing for the battery percentage to be displayed inside it. These icons are not live by default but may become default in the next beta version of the OS.
Nintendo has added a new batch of icons featuring Princess Peach to the 'Missions and Rewards' scheme for the Switch Online service, celebrating the release of Princess Peach: Showtime! These icons, backgrounds, and borders are available in waves until April 18th, and can be redeemed using Platinum Points.
Nintendo has released new Switch Online icons ahead of the release of the second DLC for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. These icons include characters, backgrounds, and frames, which can be redeemed using Platinum Points. The first wave of icons is available until December 14, 2023, with more waves to come in the future. The Pokémon Company also shared the final trailer for The Indigo Disk, showcasing Gym Leader fights, Blueberry quests, and Legendary Pokémon.
Nintendo has added a new batch of icons to its 'Missions and Rewards' scheme for the Switch Online service, featuring characters from Super Mario Bros. Wonder. These icons can be claimed using Platinum Points, with backgrounds and frames also available. The first wave of icons is available until October 26th, with more waves expected to follow.
The Louvre in Paris is exhibiting some of Ukraine's most treasured works of art, including 1,400-year-old Byzantine icons, that were secretly evacuated from Kyiv to shield them from the war. The exhibition highlights the role played by culture and heritage as Ukraine resists Russian attempts to deny both its past and present. The transfer of the Khanenko icons to France is part of a scientific project involving close collaboration between French and Ukrainian experts as much as it is a rescue operation.
KTLA 5 will be live streaming coverage of the second WeHo Pride Parade in West Hollywood, California on June 4, featuring RuPaul's Drag Race, Laith Ashley, Niecy Nash-Betts & Jessica Betts, and Melissa McCarthy as Icons. The parade will start at N. Crescent Heights Boulevard and end at N. Robertson Boulevard. KTLA is the official broadcast partner of the 2023 WeHo Pride Parade.
Nintendo has added a new batch of icons to its 'Missions and Rewards' scheme for the Switch Online service, featuring characters from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The first wave of icons is available until May 18th, and the second wave will run through until May 25th. To redeem these icons, users need to have My Nintendo Platinum Points and be subscribed to the Switch Online service.
Nintendo has released a new set of icons based on Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury to its 'Missions and Rewards' scheme for the Switch Online service. The icons are available in waves throughout April and early May, and can be redeemed with My Nintendo Platinum Points and a Switch Online subscription.
YouTube has redesigned over 450 system UI and topic channel avatar icons to be more accessible and understandable across different languages and cultures. The new icons indicate state without relying on color, using a one-pixel outline that thickens or fills in when active or selected. The company believes the new outline-style icon design balances sharp and rounded shapes, reflecting the range of content on YouTube. The topic channel avatar icons are now more expressive, with bold colors that act as stronger visual identifiers for popular categories of YouTube content.
LEGO has unveiled the 10317 Land Rover Classic Defender 90, a 2,336-piece set that celebrates the iconic vehicle's 75th anniversary. The sand green Defender 90 is equipped with removable gear, allowing it to be displayed either as stock or in full expedition mode. The set will be available starting April 1 for US $239.99 | CAN $329.99 | UK £209.99.