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SaaS & Product
Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers
10/24/2026
Getting initial customers as a startup can be one of the most grueling challenges in business. Even when companies manage to snag some early interest, there’s no guarantee those customers will stick around. At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, …
AI
SaaS & Product
Rumors of the SaaS demise are greatly exaggerated
10/24/2026
October 23, 2026Recorded on the floor of LDX3, Ryan chats with Nivia Henry, an engineering leader most recently at Netflix, about the reality of the supposed SaaS apocalypse, the complex calculus of the modern build-versus-buy decision in t…
AI · SaaS
Web Development
LitPivot: Developing research ideas through dynamic contextualization within the literature landscape
10/24/2026
📄 Paper Encountering a new paper can change a research idea's trajectory. The researcher may discover that someone has already addressed their proposed contribution, or find an unresolved problem in the paper that inspires a new direction …
AI
Mobile
How bug bounty sharpens one researcher’s security skills
10/23/2026
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues, the GitHub Bug Bounty team spotlights @r31n, diving into their research approach, favorite bug classes, and advice for aspiring hackers. October 22, 2026 | 10 minutes Share: As Cybersecurity Aware…
AI · iOS
Mobile
Palmer Luckey Made a Genetically Modified Military Dog Startup
10/23/2026
A new startup launched today with the definitely not terrifying mission of creating genetically enhanced dogs for the United States military, law enforcement, and emergency first responders.Warhound is the brainchild of Anduril’s Palmer Luc…
AI · Design · iOS · Performance
AI & Platforms
The Social Society Helping Women Join the AI Boom
10/23/2026
I’m not even going to try to pretend I don’t have a bit of a girl-crush on Shoshana Berger. She’s a former WIRED editor turned editorial leader for companies like Notion and Ideo. She’s super smart and chic. And she’s the cofounder, with Ni…
AI · Design
Web Development
FCC chair warns media not to run the "fake polls" Trump keeps complaining about
10/22/2026
Skip to content Reality check Ex-FCC chairs say Brendan Carr aims to scare broadcasters into self-censorship. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to Brendan Carr, his intended pick for Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, as h…
AI
AI & Platforms
The bridge to agent-scale Git infrastructure
10/22/2026
We moved a copy of 99.99999% of GitHub’s repositories to Azure. Here’s how per-reference quorums will bring over the rest, and how object storage lets reads scale independently. October 21, 2026 | 8 minutes Share: Over the past year, while …
AI · Cloud · Design
Web Development
Tesla says it will start selling Cybercabs by end of year
10/22/2026
Tesla said Wednesday it will start selling its Cybercab to customers by the end of the year, even as federal regulators investigate whether the vehicle meets vehicle safety standards. The gold-hued, autonomous two-seater lacks a steering wh…
AI · Design