Preparing your edition
Smashing Magazine has released a free collection of November 2026 desktop wallpapers designed by international creatives, available in multiple screen resolutions to brighten your desktop during the darker month.
By hello@smashingmagazine.com (Cosima Mielke)
David Tisch, founder of the seed-stage Box Group, argues that venture capital's obsession with concentrated ownership is misleading and that founders benefit from staged funding rounds despite dilution concerns. He contends the Lean Startup philosophy oversimplified entrepreneurship and that competing directly with mega-platforms is a losing strategy, while suggesting fund managers secretly want to grow rather than stay small.
Google disclosed that its new AI Mode feature in Search is cannibalizing traditional search revenue, causing a 15% decline worth roughly $500 billion—the worst drop since the company's 2004 IPO. The feature, designed to provide AI-generated answers directly in results, reduces clicks to external websites, threatening Google's core advertising business model where revenue depends on user engagement with linked pages.
By swyx .ai
A simple phrase can help you respond more thoughtfully to difficult questions by softening your tone and creating space for reflection before you answer.
1 of 7 · today