Subj : Amazon's discount store 🏪, SpaceX ISS mission 🛰️, Figma's AI redesign 🧑‍🎨 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu Jun 27 2024 10:34 am --5j6UWIJy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Amazon plans to launch a section dedicated to low-priced fashion and life= style items that will allow Chinese sellers to ship directly to US consum= ers=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLD= R=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Plaid] [4] TLDR 2024-06-27 MISSED P= LAID EFFECTS? WATCH EVERY SESSION FROM 2024'S TOP FINTECH EVENT ON DEMAND= (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Bookmark this page [4] to catch up with anything you = missed from Plaid Effects 2024, featuring some of the biggest names in fi= nance. 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It is unknown= whether the vehicle's design will be based on one of SpaceX's existing s= pacecraft. NASA intends to replace the ISS with private space stations. = AMAZON PLANS TO LAUNCH DISCOUNT STORE IN BID TO FEND OFF TEMU AND = SHEIN (2 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 Amazon is planning to launch a new section= on its site dedicated to low-priced fashion and lifestyle items. The new= storefront will allow Chinese sellers to ship directly to US consumers, = with items arriving within nine to 11 days. It is an aggressive attempt t= o fend off competition from Temu and Shein, who have expanded their prese= nce in the US in recent years. Amazon will start accepting products for t= he storefront this fall. The company has yet to announce when it intends= to debut the storefront.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC T= ECHNOLOGY THE BRAIN MAKES A LOT OF WASTE. 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Software defaults (2 minute= read)

Software defaults define the experience= for everyone out of the box. Most customers buy something they just want t= o work - configuration is a drag, not a desire. A company's stock product r= epresents how the company thinks about its product, its customers, and the = experience it imagines is the best one. Developers should be careful about = the default paths that they choose.
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