Product’s Biggest User

Here’s Why You Need to Be Your Product’s Biggest User

Eliot Horowitz, founder and CEO of Viam, talks about the evolution of his company on the latest episode of ‘For Starters.’

Business - Inc. - 7 hours ago

Character AI clamps down following teen user suicide, but users are revolting

As a result of these changes, Character AI appears to be deleting certain user-made custom chatbot characters abruptly.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 23

The Untimely Death of Product Management

Tech execs ask: Why have product managers when you can just keep using AI?

Business - Inc. - October 22

Meta misses on user growth, warns of 2025 jump in AI spending

Meta reported weaker-than-expected user numbers and warned of a significant acceleration in its infrastructure expenses in 2025 in its third-quarter earnings.

Business - CNBC - October 30

Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users

Online services that promise to find people romantic matches have been likened to gambling products designed to keep customers hooked. “Designed to be deleted” is the tagline of one of the UK’s ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

3 Easy Moves to Supercharge Productivity

Hit refresh with these quick tips.

Business - Inc. - October 14

The 27 best new products this month

The best new products this October are the Rhode Barrier Balm, Ninja Crispi, New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080v14 and Shark FlexFusion. Here’s how to shop them.

OpenAI Chatbot Passes Bias Tests, But Users Should Still be Watchful

The data that shapes how an AI responds can contain unseen biases, so the AI market leader has been checking ChatGPT, and says it may be more neutral that humans.

Business - Inc. - October 18

Here's How Many Hours Netflix Users Spend On The Platform Every Day

People watch a lot of Netflix, but just how much do they watch? As part of Netflix's latest earnings briefing , the company revealed the number of hours the average paid subscriber watches: ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 18

Anthropic says latest AI model can control users’ computers

Start-up backed by Google and Amazon says tool can act like a ‘human collaborator’

Business - Financial Times - October 22

OnlyFans user sentenced to five years in child abuse case

A man accused of selling sex videos of a 16-year-old Florida girl on the adults-only website OnlyFans pleaded no contest to child abuse.

Meta AI to Use Reuters Content to Answer User Questions in Real Time

Meta AI didn’t share whether it would use Reuters content to train its large-language model.

Business - Inc. - October 27

X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content---Whether They Want It or Not

A WSJ experiment found that accounts supporting Trump and Harris dominate feeds of new X users who wanted cooking and crafts.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 29

Meta Fined $15 Million in South Korea for Illegal User Data Collection

The country’s privacy watchdog said Meta amassed sensitive information by analyzing users’ likes and the ads they opened.

Business - Inc. - Yesterday

Steam Game Recording Is Now Live For All PC And Steam Deck Users

Valve has announced that Steam Game Recording has been released for all PC and Steam Deck users. The new built-in system for game recording offers a variety of tools for users, allowing them to ...

Tech - GameSpot - 15 hours ago

Europe searches for scale in race to boost ammunition production

Efforts to supply Ukraine and replenish inventories are hampered by bottlenecks and under-investment, say industry experts

World - Financial Times - October 14

Ramp-up of ammunition production in NATO countries is progressing

World - Yahoo News - October 16

Stellantis workers march in Italy over production slump

World - Yahoo News - October 18

Kamala Harris says it's 'not productive' for her to criticize Biden

In an interview with NBC’s Peter Alexander, Vice President Kamala Harris details how she would distance herself from President Biden, the widening gender gap among voters, why her criticizing ...

Politics - NBC News - October 19

Frozen Waffle Products Are Recalled Over Listeria Risk

Some products were sold under the brands of major retailers like Kroger, Price Chopper and Walmart. No illnesses so far have been linked to the waffles.

Business - The New York Times - October 19

Products recalled over peanut contamination fears

Among the products recalled are a range of dips, curry powders and seasonings.

5 Tips for Maximizing Productivity With a Hybrid Staff on Slack

The senior director of product management at the communications company has some simple advice for leaders.

Business - Inc. - October 21

Should Anti-Trans Campaigns Be Seen as Products of a Moment?

Everything that challenges the status quo shakes our idea of normal.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 23

Costco recalls chicken products over listeria contamination

Several of the items are part of a larger recall of BrucePac ready-to-eat meat and chicken.

Politics - The Hill - October 25

EU to pursue Temu for alleged sale of illegal products

Consumer groups have raised concerns about toxic goods sold on platform

World - Financial Times - October 30

The EU Is Investigating Temu for Illegal Products and Addictive Design

Toys, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics are suspected to be among the noncompliant products available to the Chinese shopping platform’s 90 million European users.

Tech - Wired - 6 days ago

NHS must improve productivity in return for extra money, Streeting says

Health secretary says he expects value for money for taxpayers after £25 billion cash injection.

Opec+ members delay planned rise in oil production

Cartel to leave output curbs in place an extra month in effort to boost anaemic crude prices

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

Boeing to Cut 10% of Workers Amid Strike, Delay New 777X Production

The plane maker plans to book $5 billion in charges on troubled programs and warns of a deeper quarterly loss amid machinists strike.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 11

UK farmers forced to cut food production to stay viable, warns NFU

Terrible harvest and falling subsidies force businesses to embrace greener alternatives, says Tom Bradshaw

World - Financial Times - October 14

Massive meat recall includes hundreds of products sold at Walmart, Target, more

Check your fridge and freezer: A massive meat recall linked to possible listeria contamination has impacted hundreds of ready-to-eat meals sold at major grocery store chains across the U.S., ...

Politics - The Hill - October 15

TotalEnergies Expects Continued Refining Weakness, Lower Hydrocarbon Production

The French oil and petroleum company said it expected to report hydrocarbon output of 2.4 million barrels of oil-equivalent a day for the third quarter, while results in its downstream division are ...

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 15

China Security Group Urges Review of Intel's Chips as Tech Tension With U.S. Rises

The Chinese industry group said that Intel’s products have shown security vulnerabilities and high failure rates.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 16

13 expert-approved products for treating hyperpigmentation in dark skin

We’ve rounded up the best, expert-recommended products to treat hyperpigmentation in dark skin, including cleansers, serums, moisturizers, and more.

Meat recall expands to almost 12 million pounds of products

BrucePac, a large producer of prepackaged meat and poultry, has expanded an existing recall to include the addition of almost 1.8 million pounds of ready-to-eat products distributed to schools, ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Shrinkflation hits 1 in 3 grocery items, including these common products

"Shrinkflation" — when companies charge the same for smaller sizes — is a sneaky way to raise prices. Read on to see what kind of products have shrunk the most.

Riot Games and Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty team up on Arcane beauty products

Riot Games has teamed up with Fenty Beauty to create beauty products based on the Arcane animated film series based on League of Legends.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 17

China reports better-than-expected retail sales and industrial production data

The data comes after a flurry of recent announcements from authorities as Beijing seeks to boost consumption and support its flagging real estate sector.

Business - CNBC - October 18

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