Market Trends & Consumer Behaviour
Taco Bell brought back 5 discontinued items for its new Y2K menu. I ranked them from worst to best. Summary Taco Bell has revived five discontinued items as part of a limited-time Y2K menu: the Double Decker Taco, 7-Layer Burrito, Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos, Caramel Apple Empanada and the Chili Cheese Burrito. The reviewer […]
Box’s CEO says these are the 3 things startup founders should do — and it includes a reading list Summary Aaron Levie, cofounder and CEO of Box, told participants at Y Combinator’s AI Startup School that founders should do three things to improve their chances: read a short list of strategy books tailored to B2B […]
Brian Chesky explains what’s needed to accelerate Airbnb’s growth Summary Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said he isn’t happy with the company’s slowing revenue growth and outlined what he thinks is needed to speed it up. After hypergrowth years, Airbnb has moved to profitability and steadier growth, but Chesky wants the business to return to double-digit […]
The founder of $2 billion AI website builder Framer says this is what designers should focus on to thrive in the age of AI Summary Jorn van Dijk, cofounder of AI website builder Framer, argues that designers must keep sharpening their taste and core skills even as AI makes creation faster. He warns of “AI […]
A 26-year-old Google DeepMind researcher explains how he broke his perfectionist streak and got into leadership Summary Neel Nanda, 26, who leads the mechanistic interpretability team at Google DeepMind, says he overcame longstanding perfectionism by deliberately saying yes to more opportunities. He forced himself to produce more work (notably a month of daily blog posts) […]
The fired head of BLS warned about economic data manipulation Summary Erika McEntarfer, the former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), publicly warned that political interference in economic data threatens the integrity of US statistics. Her comments came after President Donald Trump fired her following a jobs report that showed roughly 250,000 fewer […]
The decline of nepo homebuyers is an ominous sign for America’s real estate market Summary Family help for home purchases — so-called “nepo” homebuyers — has fallen sharply despite high prices and elevated mortgage rates. National Association of Realtors (NAR) data show that gift or loan assistance from family and friends slipped to about 25% […]
Pitch deck: Hiverge raises $5 million to optimise algorithms with AI Summary Hiverge, a Cambridge-based startup founded by former Google DeepMind scientists, has raised $5 million in seed funding to commercialise an AI-driven platform that automates algorithm design. The team — including ex-DeepMind engineers who worked on AlphaEvolve and a University of Cambridge professor — […]
Lombardo anuncia oficialmente su candidatura a reelección como gobernador Summary Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo officially launched his 2026 re-election campaign at Rancho High School in Las Vegas, emphasising his record on pay increases for teachers and police, school accountability, and efforts to expand affordable housing. He avoided direct discussion of immigration and other divisive social […]
US faces shortfall of 5.3M college-educated workers by 2032 Summary The Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce reports the US will need about 5.3 million more workers with postsecondary education by 2032 — roughly 4.5 million of them requiring at least a bachelor’s degree. Key gaps are expected in nursing, teaching and engineering, […]
