Altana’s Evan Smith on the new normal of global trade
…If you’ve come up as a really principled user experience researcher and product designer, this can be threatening. So, just like anything else, change is hard and you got to manage…
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The earbuds I actually use
…So I find myself regularly needing to disconnect from one to allow them to work on another. [Product: AirPods Pro 3 | https://www.amazon.com/Apple-Cancellation-Translation-Headphones-High-Fidelity/dp…
A decade later, Pokémon Go finally made good on its original promise
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sj2iQyBTQs] In a press release, Scopely — which acquired Niantic’s games business last year — VP of product Michael Steranka explained that the recent anniversary event was…
Uber employees have a Dara AI
…And importantly, the thing that you had changed was you had made product a central function. You didn’t have separate product teams for each. And the ride business, obviously – I’m…
Peloton, stay in your lane
This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your…
‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future
…And core experiences like search, discovery, social, and personalization still feel too fragmented. Developers and publishers are asking for more, too: better tools, better insights, and a platform that…
Backrooms is at the forefront of horror’s YouTube wave
…for being discovered, but it’s also becoming increasingly challenging to get noticed. “About 50 percent of the internet traffic is now not even human, but that doesn’t change the fact…
OpenAI’s rogue AI model incident was worse than we thought
…Both shed new light on the risks highly capable AI models can pose, particularly in cybersecurity, and OpenAI’s highlights changes the company is making to prevent a repeat. The METR-Redwood…
Microsoft AI chief on why it’s ‘dangerous’ to call AI ‘alive’
…Your role has changed. The last time I talked to you, you were in charge of a bunch of consumer products. That has since been set aside. You’re now training new…
Welcome to the personal software revolution
…Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, tells me he knew the product was going to be a hit when he discovered the sales team was using it — “that’s when…