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When it comes to bicycle commuting, a lot of people like "city bikes" that are light, simple and streamlined. With their built-in internally routed brake levers, Aintro Handlebars were designed with just such folks in mind.Currently on Kickstarter, the Italian-made bars are being offered in carbon fiber and wooden models – the former is claimed to be half the weight of an equivalent aluminum bar with conventional levers, while the latter is said to weigh less than half.Both models are compatible with cable-activated rim…

Tesla has decided to pull on demand levers in China with the launch of a new referral program in the market and cutting prices on Model 3 and Model Y. Over the last few months, there have been increased concerns about softening of demand for Tesla vehicles. It was enough for CEO Elon Musk to address it during the conference call following the release of Tesla’s Q3 2022 financial results. The CEP reiterated that “Tesla doesn’t have a demand issue”: I can’t emphasize enough, we have excellent demand for Q4, and we…

Christian Owens Contributor Christian Owens is CEO and co-founder of Paddle, a payments infrastructure provider for SaaS businesses. Scaling a SaaS company is tougher today than in the past few years. Whatever stage your company is at, a near 70% drop in the value of public SaaS stocks, increasingly limited access to funding and shrinking company tech stacks all point toward a more challenging road ahead for a sector that got used to rapid growth…

For cash-strapped SaaS startups trying to reach scale, the math doesn’t look great. A slump in the public markets has dragged the entire sector down, but customer acquisition isn’t getting any cheaper. In the meantime, runways are shrinking like a wool sweater in an electric dryer, and teams that hope to fundraise better have some good news to show potential investors. So, what’s the plan? “The key is to focus on scaling sustainably by tapping into more overlooked and underrated sources of revenue,” says Paddle CEO…

It took me joining a baking club to realize just how good my KitchenAid stand mixer’s controls are. Ever since I got it a few years back, I’ve admired the simplicity of its two-lever system: one that lets you tilt the head up and down and one to control the speed. But now that I’m using it every week, I’ve finally figured out what makes it click so well for me: it’s the fact that the speed lever feels sturdy and rugged while also providing incredibly precise control.The speed control lever’s job is made fairly obvious by…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research into gender pay equity in Aotearoa New Zealand universities from the University of Canterbury (UC) explores interventions that will improve representation of women at higher levels of academia and therefore address pay equity. …