Changing Lanes Without Crashing: A No-BS Guide for Engineering Managers
Image generated by MidjourneyWhat do engineering managers identify as the most challenging part of their job? The answer is nearly unanimous: managing people. Even with well-honed emotional intelligence and a naturally self-aware disposition, great managers will encounter situations that rigorously test their social and communication skills.If you could master just
Read moreSpotify’s new artist profiles highlight music, Stories, merch and events
Spotify today is rolling out a big change in terms of how users connect with artists on its streaming music platform. With the newly debuted artist profile pages, content has been reorganized under three main tabs, including Music, Events and Merch. The Music tab will also now not only feature
Read moreOpen Discussion: What can be done to reduce infrastructure as code complexity?
Highlighting one of the interesting discussions going on in our Collectives.
Read moreMachina Labs raises $32M to bring flexibility to manufacturing
“Flexibility” isn’t a word one often applies to the manufacturing process. Changing things up on the assembly line is a resource-intensive activity, but automation and robotics could go a ways toward removing some friction from the process. That’s effectively the thesis statement behind Machina Labs. The Los Angeles-based firm distills
Read moreSony will offer Emerge’s tactile ultrasound device through a Bravia camera bundle
Emerge this week announced a partnership with Sony, a big boon for the hardware startup. The deal involves two pieces: first, Sony will highlight Emerge’s ultrasonic tactile device in its smart TV app. Second, starting next year, Sony will begin offering a Bravia Cam bundle featuring Emerge Wave-1. A smart
Read more3 VCs weigh in on when to follow the hype cycle — and when to ignore it
It's OK for a founder to jump into an emerging hype cycle, but only if they have a genuine interest in that area that reaches back in time.
Read moreThis limited-edition Flipper Zero is the latest transparent gadget
It’s the Flipper Zero. Clearly. | Image: Flipper Zero The Flipper Zero — which the company calls a “portable multi-tool for pentesters and geeks in a toy-like body,” Verge friend Chris Person calls “a Swiss Army Knife of antennas,” and my kids call “the meebo” because I use it to
Read moreSamsung’s SmartTag2 is smaller and lasts longer
Samsung’s SmartTag2 is smaller and has a larger keyring hole than the previous model. | Image: Samsung Samsung is announcing a new version of its SmartTag item trackers at its Developer Conference today. The aptly named SmartTag2 is the company’s second-generation locator device and now features longer battery life, more
Read moreGradient raises $10M to let companies deploy and fine-tune multiple LLMs
Gradient, a startup that allows developers to build and customize AI apps in the cloud using large language models (LLMs), today emerged from stealth with $10 million in funding led by Wing VC with participation from Mango Capital, Tokyo Black, The New Normal Fund, Secure Octane and Global Founders Capital.
Read morePhaver raises $7M to help make onboarding to web3 social platforms easier
Phaver aims to to build a service that provides a web3 onboarding experience that’s similar to existing social platforms.
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