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Why I Almost Always Choose Referrals When Hiring — And You Should Too

July 26, 2025

Referrals are no longer optional but necessary. In today’s competitive and security-driven environment, hiring through referrals is essential to safeguard your company brand and reputation.

Tesla wants to bring robotaxis to San Francisco. Here’s what’s standing in the way.

July 25, 2025

There will be an employee in the driver’s seat — a big change from how things have been working in Austin.

India bans streaming apps you’ve never heard of — but millions watch

July 25, 2025

India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers — for allegedly promoting “obscene” content.

Index Ventures’ Jahanvi Sardana shares the truth about TAM and what founders should focus on instead

July 25, 2025

Index Ventures partner Jahanvi Sardana has a reminder for all those founders worried about finding TAM for their product or service: many startups have emerged from markets that, at the time, were essentially nonexistent.

Intel is spinning off its Network and Edge group

July 25, 2025

Intel will remain an anchor investor in the standalone company which produced $5.8 billion in revenue in 2024.

Venus Williams Just Played in Her First Professional Tennis Tournament in Years — to Keep Her Health Insurance

July 25, 2025

Tennis icon Venus Williams made more than $42 million during her professional career, but said this week that she needed to return to work to keep her insurance.

Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit

July 25, 2025

Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher, will round out the leadership team at Meta’s new AI lab.

Intel Is Laying Off 33,000 Employees in Turnaround Plan: ‘Scale Back the Company’

July 25, 2025

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan stated that the layoffs followed a “systematic review” of the company’s headcount and spending.

AI referrals to top websites were up 357% year-over-year in June, reaching 1.13B

July 25, 2025

AI platforms in June 2025 generated over 1.13 billion referrals to the top 1,000 websites globally, up 357% year-over-year.

Adopting This Mindset Can Protect Your Small Business From Costly Mistakes

July 25, 2025

Here’s how a “trust and verify” mindset benefits everyone.

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