Deel scores a lawsuit win, but not against Rippling
While Deel is calling this a “Rippling-aligned” suit, it’s not the lawsuit filed by Rippling involving an alleged corporate spy.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
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. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
Tired of Burning Money at Conferences? Use This 5-Step Strategy for Real ROI
Conferences can still deliver massive ROI, but only if you stop thinking about them as a standalone tactic and start treating them like what they really are: a live-action funnel with a very short attention span.
Do You Have a Store on Walmart or Amazon? You Can Now List Your Products on Best Buy, Too, Next to the TVs.
Best Buy is launching a third-party marketplace to increase its online shopping variety.
I Interviewed 5 Entrepreneurs Generating Up to $20 Million in Revenue a Year — And They All Have the Same Regret About Starting Their Business
Entrepreneurship often comes with a steep learning curve.
The New Face of Batteries: How One Founder Extracts 3X More Lithium Than Conventional Methods
With EnergyX ready to transition to commercial scale, they’ve created an investment offering to help power this next phase.
‘One of the Dumbest Things I’ve Ever Heard’: Here’s Why Companies Shouldn’t Replace Entry-Level Workers With AI, According to the CEO of Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman urged companies to keep hiring and training junior staff members.
Over 70% of Americans Fear AI Replacing Jobs — But That’s Not the Top Concern, According to a New Poll
More than 4,000 U.S. workers were polled over six days.
Appeals court says NLRB structure unconstitutional, in a win for SpaceX
SpaceX scored a win in a decision from the Fifth Circuit over the labor board’s structure.
Google pays $30M to settle lawsuit over children’s YouTube data
Google has agreed to pay $30M to settle a lawsuit over children’s data collection, though the company denies wrongdoing.
Meta is shaking up its AI org, again
On Friday, The Information reported that Meta was preparing to tear down its existing AI org and reorganize it into four new groups. Four days later, the change has been made official with an internal memo.