Keeping the Peace Is Hurting Your Teams. Here’s How to Encourage Healthy Disagreement.
Everyone loves consensus. We assume that if agreement is unanimous, we must be doing something right. Unfortunately, that’s not always true.
The Download: weight-loss drugs slowing aging and carbon dioxide batteries
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. Weight-loss drugs show signs of slowing biological aging, say drugmakers Popular weight-loss drugs may do more than help people shed pounds. They might also slow the aging process. Drugmakers Eli Lilly…
How to Say No to Investors, Partners and Opportunities So Your Startup Moves Faster
Learn how strategic “no’s” can accelerate execution, strengthen decision-making, and create the clarity needed to build a faster-growing company.
How to find out if Amazon thinks you have ‘flat buttocks’
“I stumbled upon a page of assumptions that Amazon has made about me based on my purchases and I’m literally speechless,” one shopper wrote on Threads.
Apple is reportedly partnering with LG to launch a smart lock, thermostat, and doorbell
Apple appears poised to push into the smart home market with a slate of new devices and a key partner.
Ex-Ramp engineers raise $20M for platform Melius after scrapping their first product
The startup crossed over $1 million in anualized revenue within two months of its post-pivot launch.
She Quit Her 6-Figure Amazon Job at 5 Months Pregnant to Launch Her Own Business: ‘Massive Opportunity Ahead of Us’
Torrendell says her 20-year career, which included stints at Apple and Meta, taught her to recognize signals about the next big thing before they became obvious to everyone else.
Silicon Valley’s AI wunderkind launches Underdog, the most private Instinct/Muse competitor yet
Sigil Wen, backed by a Silicon Valley’s who-who, has built an on-device AI assistant that promises to be free, fully private, and capable for everyday tasks.
How AI decision models could change content moderation
On Tuesday, Musubi announced a lightweight decision model made for real-time moderation called PolicyLM-1.7B, released with open weights.
AI computing startup Lambda to raise $4B ahead of planned IPO
Nvidia-backed Lambda is raising up to $4 billion at a $14.5 billion pre-money valuation ahead of a planned 2027 IPO, led by Coatue and Blackstone.
The next hurdle for AI agents: getting websites to let them in
Personal AI agents promise to shop, book flights, and make reservations for you. But deliberate blocks and anti-bot defenses are getting in the way, leaving consumers caught in the middle. A new standard aims to help.