Max Q: A rocket retirement and layoffs at Planet, Astra
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Goodbye Antares-230+ Layoffs at Planet and Astra By the way…We’re out-of-this-world excited to announce that we’ve added a dedicated Space Stage to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. Plus, we’ve joined forces with the Aerospace Corporation to host the Space Domain Awareness Challenge Pitch-off for startups using
Read moreTikTok users can now watch a full episode of Peacock’s ‘Killing It’
Peacock is trying out a new strategy to promote its shows—posting full episodes on the popular short-form video app TikTok. As a first for the company, episode one of “Killing It” Season 2 will be available to watch for free on TikTok, parent company NBCUniversal announced Monday. Starting today, viewers
Read moreLucid plans to start production of Gravity electric SUV in late 2024
Lucid said Monday it will reveal its long-awaited, all-electric Gravity SUV in November with production not kicking off until late 2024. The EV maker, which has experienced a drop in sales for its well-regarded but pricey luxury sedan, had originally planned to begin producing the Gravity at its factory in
Read moreCan Mill’s tech-heavy food waste bin find its way into kitchens?
Feeding table scraps to chickens isn’t a new idea. But then again, neither were smoke detectors when Matt Rogers co-founded Nest in 2010, and that worked out pretty well. Rogers is back at it, this time with fellow Nest alumnus Harry Tannenbaum. The duo and their team at Mill have
Read moreInvestors: Discover pipeline possibilities at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
Investors, we’re back with a reminder that TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 — happening September 19–21 in San Francisco — can help you pump up your pipeline and dial up your deal flow. Are you ready to hunt for future unicorns? Giddyup! Beat the deadline: Buy an Investor Pass to Disrupt now
Read moreNetflix is making it easier to rate its movies and shows on mobile
Netflix updated its “Thumbs Up” feature to allow subscribers using the mobile app to like or dislike shows/movies in the middle of watching them. Instead of having to go back to a TV show or movie’s page to give it a thumbs rating, now users can tap the screen at
Read moreEffective Staff Meetings for Engineering Managers of Managers
A critical milestone in the ever-evolving engineering management career is the transition to managing managers. This milestone often…Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreSort and remove duplicates
A common idiom in command line processing of text files is ... | sort | uniq | ... Some process produces lines of text. You want to pipe that text through sort to sort the lines in alphabetical order, then pass it to uniq to filter out all but the
Read moreBeing quiet in tech (when you’re not usually quiet)
Photo by Jessica Favaro on UnsplashSilencing myself was an interesting phenomenon that happened when I entered the tech world. Previously, I was in the art community in San Francisco, where people from all cultures congregated and expressed their ideas. It was a hodgepodge of different styles, languages, clothes, and food.I spoke freely
Read moreUsing Amazon Alexa To Run AWS CLI Commands via Large Language Models (LLMs)
And you don’t even need to know the command syntaxYELL ALL THE (AWS CLI) THINGS! Image generated by NightCafe CreatorThe ideaThe other night I had a fleeting idea that turned into a fun technical challenge. I have them all the time.The fleeting ideas, that is.They rarely turn into actual technical challenges that I
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