You Can’t Build High-Performing Teams by Hiring for Skills Alone. Here’s How to Spot the Real Difference-Makers.
Discover why a mindset of ownership is the real differentiator for scaling startups and engineering teams.
The Download: Google DeepMind’s DNA AI, and heatwaves’ impact on the grid
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Google’s new AI will help researchers understand how our genes work When scientists first sequenced the human genome in 2003, they revealed the full set of DNA instructions that make a person. But…
Fieldstone Bio is building microbes that can sense everything from TNT to arsenic
Fieldstone Bio recently raised $5 million in seed funding.
Lucid’s record quarter got a lift from rental sales and company leases
Lucid Motors set a company record for deliveries in the first quarter of 2025, shipping 3,109 EVs to customers in North America, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. It appears that a new company car program and sales to rental fleets helped it get there. According to a footnote in Lucid Motors’ latest regulatory filing, it sold […]
Startups Weekly: A brighter outlook, but don’t get carried away
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Startup news this week was fairly routine — in a good way: Aside from a minor kerfuffle between Y Combinator and Google, there was no headline-grabbing drama. […]
Turn Simple Ideas Into Never-Ending Paychecks With This Low-Effort Passive Income Strategy
A micro-hustle lets you build once, sell forever and earn money while you sleep.
TikTok rolls out a new meditation feature to help you get off the app and sleep
TikTok is launching in-app guided meditation exercises, the social network announced on Thursday. The company began testing the meditation exercises with select teens earlier this year and is now making the feature available to all users on its app. The idea behind the feature is to help users improve their sleep quality and encourage them […]
This baby boy was treated with the first personalized gene-editing drug
Doctors say they constructed a bespoke gene-editing treatment in less than seven months and used it to treat a baby with a deadly metabolic condition. The rapid-fire attempt to rewrite the child’s DNA marks the first time gene editing has been tailored to treat a single individual, according to a report published in the New…
Being a ‘Good Communicator’ Isn’t Enough — and It’s Costing You More Than You Think.
Understand the myth behind “good communication,” and learn how to build a culture of effective communication.
It’s Time to Break the Cycle of Cheap, Disposable Junk — Here’s How Entrepreneurs Can Lead the Way
Consumers are addicted to cheap, low-quality products that are designed to fail. This addiction is taking a toll on our collective mental health.
Walmart Is Raising Prices, According to the Company’s CEO. Here’s When.
Walmart leadership said the company is still collaborating with vendors to keep its “everyday low prices.”