Want to Self-Sponsor Your U.S. Visa? Avoid These 3 Common Governance Mistakes
Here’s how founders can avoid the mistakes that may undermine the chance to self-sponsor a U.S. visa while building an investor-ready company.
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…
The ‘Say It Sooner’ Rule That Prevents Small Team Problems From Becoming Big Ones
The strongest workplace cultures are built by leaders who normalize honest conversations before misunderstandings turn into resentment.
Amazon devices chief Panos Panay on the importance of failure and bouncing back from it
Panay said that it’s possible to recover and learn from all sorts of failures, even catastrophic ones, when building products.
Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs
Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant’s newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.
Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps
Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users’ needs instead of waiting for commands.
Bluesky wants to make it easier to buy, sell, and fundraise on the network
The executives argued that advertising isn’t the only path to monetization, and that there are alternative models that are feasible when it comes to monetization.
Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access
METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.
8 Low-Cost Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses
Here are the marketing strategies I’ve used to attract customers, build brand visibility and grow businesses without relying on a big advertising budget.
Robinhood CEO Says ‘Everyone’ Should Use This Method to Work While They Sleep
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev envisions becoming a “24/7 company.”
Bluesky expands its AI-powered Attie app to let anyone build websites, games, and more
Bluesky is bringing “social vibe coding” to its experimental Attie platform, allowing users to create interactive experiences like games, quizzes, and websites that can tap into the social network’s audience.