7 successful product development strategies team leads can steal from big tech companies

Thisarticlewas originally published on .cult byYasas Sri Wickramasinge..cultis a Berlin-based community platform for developers. All the successful product engineering teams have one common practice: a winning product development strategy. But, it is not realistic to find a universal product development strategy for different product teams. This is entirely new labelling of group structures is inspired by the Growth Mindset. Together with this different organizational structure, theyve developed the Spotify Model, their own version of product development....

June 23, 2022 · 3 min · 471 words · Jerome Moore

Computer chips powered by human brain cells already exist — but is it ethical?

The year is 2030 and we are at the worlds largest tech conference, CES in Las Vegas. A crowd is gathered to watch a big tech company unveil its new smartphone. It is also ten times more energy-efficient with a battery that lasts for ten days. A journalist asks: What technological advance allowed such huge performance gains? The chief executive replies: We created a new biological chip using lab-grown human neurons....

June 23, 2022 · 3 min · 522 words · Russell Miller

Even after the great crypto crash, enthusiasts see a bright future ahead

Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, remains a bellwether for the sector. When bitcoin was first introduced in early 2009, it was a new jot down of asset. While trading was thin initially, price appreciation drove its value to nearly US$20,000 inlate 2017. This happened as more retail investors were drawn to cryptocurrencies as a supposedhedge or safe-havenversus other asset classes. And as the market grew, so too did the range of investment opportunities....

June 23, 2022 · 2 min · 315 words · Jamie Davis

Experts explain how to recruit the right C-suite for your scaleup

While a certain drive is needed in a founding team to go from concept to startup. Sometimes new skills are needed to lead the bridge between startup and scaleup. 40% off TNW Conference! And who should you be looking for? But when a company starts growing, this changes. First you have no board. Then you might get investors. Then you get a board at the scaleup level. And once you land serious financing, you also get serious oversight, van Nispen says....

June 23, 2022 · 2 min · 373 words · Rebecca Bryant

Helbiz’s acquisition of Wheels makes micromobility accessible to a wider audience

This week, ItalianmicromobilityvendorHelbizannouncedit signed a letter of intent to acquire US escooter company Wheels. Founded in 2018 in California, the company creates a throw in of scooter that expands the market accessibility. The escooters feature seats with a low center of gravity and 14-inch wheels to help navigate uneven pavement surfaces. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. A first-of-its-kind integrated helmet system gives riders access to a shareable helmet....

June 23, 2022 · 1 min · 204 words · Susan Lee

Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee: Screw Web3 — my decentralized internet doesn’t need blockchain

Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants to rescue his creation from centralization. But does he align himself with Web3s promise of salvation? AtTNW Conference, the computer scientist gave a one-word answer: Nope. That snub may seem to clash with Berners-Lees recent actions. The 67-year-old now campaigns to savehis dysfunctional brainchildfrom the clutches of Big Tech. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Hesalso made a cool $5.4millionby selling anNFT one of Web3s supposed pillars....

June 23, 2022 · 2 min · 340 words · Steven Freeman

What happens if we put a ‘sentient’ AI inside of a lab-grown brain?

Up front:Organoids are synthetic biological constructs that mimic human organs to various degrees. Scientists grow organoids by programming stem cell clusters. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. But that kind of stuff might be a long way off. As you’re free to imagine, growing synthetic brains is incredibly complex. As it’s possible for you to imagine, growing synthetic brains is incredibly complex. Getting it just right has, so far, required decades of trial and error....

June 23, 2022 · 1 min · 191 words · Leah Gardner

Forget the remote vs in-office debate, we need a personalized approach

Work-life balance or integration? Remote, hybrid, or return to office? In the past few years, tech companies have tried to redefine the best approach to work. Work-life debatersgenerally fall into two main camps: the separators (or balancers) and the integrators. Crucially, both of these perspectives have been largely based on in-office work. Then came 2020, when millionshad to work from home. And in some ways, it has. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

June 22, 2022 · 2 min · 294 words · Jennifer Henderson

The barriers preventing eVTOLs from flying — and how to overcome them

VTOL(vertical take-off and landing) aircraft are coming but not anytime soon. Aircraft progress ranges from conceptual designs to complete prototypes and early test flights. But commercial aviation is a while away. Further, a focus on the aircraft and the required regulations has overlooked the management of their journeys. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. But the real work starts even earlier. But in urban air mobility, vertiports (take-off and landing facilities) are designed to be urban compatible....

June 22, 2022 · 2 min · 417 words · Justin Smith

Edward Snowden on the crypto crash: ‘When the ground has cleared, things will grow again’

Edward Snowdens faith incryptocurrencieshasnt faded during the current market crash. Quite the opposite, in fact. Snowden believes crypto winters separate the scams from the legitimate uses. Snowden has unique experience of cryptos practical benefits. The servers that he used to leak documents about government surveillance were paid for withBitcoin. When the ground has been cleared, things will grow again. 40% off TNW Conference! These are values that persist through market fluctuations....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 327 words · Ashley Scott

Facebook is receiving sensitive medical information from hospital websites

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The Markup tested the websites ofNewsweekstop 100 hospitals in America. The Markup also found the Meta Pixel installed inside the password-protected patient portals of seven health systems. I cannot say [sharing this data] is for certain a HIPAA violation. It is quite likely a HIPAA violation. I think this is creepy, problematic, and potentially illegal from the hospitals point of view. Facebooks parent company, Meta, did not respond to questions....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 291 words · Pamela Jackson

Goodbye, Internet Explorer. You won’t be missed (but you’ll be remembered)

Explorer will remain a working web client, but wont be protected as new threats emerge. Twenty-seven years is a long time in computing. Many would say this move was long overdue. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. To its credit, Explorer introduced many Windows users to the joys of the internet for the first time. It added different functionality and components with each release. Despite this, it lost consumers trust due to Explorers legacy architecture which involved poordesign and slowness....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 386 words · Anna Willis

How to pitch your startup to an AI journalist

Now you better tell the world about your hard work. Its time to start pitching AI journalists. I dont envy you. And I think youd be the perfect person to read this article, (persons name)! Here at Neural, weve invented a new technology that will revolutionize everything! Is today good for you? Why arent you responding? This is the last time Ill mention it. Theyre usually pointless, almost always a bit desperate, and at least half of them contain unforced errors....

June 21, 2022 · 2 min · 423 words · Leslie Berg