It’s a long weekend here in the United States, meaning office workers, at least, get a three-day break from the dreaded meeting. We wanted to take this time to offer up an impassioned defense of … email. Hear us out. It’s conventional wisdom that meetings are killers of productivity and morale and happy work environments.
Month: September 2022
Google Chrome users on Windows, Mac, and Linux need to install the latest update to the browser to protect themselves from a serious security vulnerability that hackers are actively exploiting. “Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2022-3075 exists in the wild,” the company said in a September 2nd blog post. An anonymous
This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. What’s happening The Apple Watch is an excellent smartwatch and fitness tracker, but I’d like to see more wellness tools, longer battery life and additional uses for its U1 chip. Why it matters Apple
While it’s great to see the apology to his team, who are of course the people in such circumstances most likely to be affected by bosses who extol the virtues of working themselves far too hard, there are a lot of omissions in this follow-up. Given that Jason’s tweet including the original has seen over
The JBL Link View has the best sound quality of all current smart displays equipped with Google Assistant. Smart displays are a relatively new category of smart home tech with several good options and no clear frontrunner. All of them combine the always listening help of a smart speaker with a simple touchscreen that shows
Someone on Amtrak’s social media team could be on the fast track to a promotion. An inspired one-word tweet from the train company’s Twitter account took off faster than a super speedy Shinkansen, inspiring a Twitter trend toward extreme brevity. “Trains,” the tweet says simply. Less than 24 hours after the account tweeted the minimalist message,
Indonesia’s credit bureaus currently have about 92 million credit records, but the founders of SkorLife say many people have trouble accessing their own data. That’s why they built the app, which not only lets people see their credit histories for free, but also gives personalized advice on how to improve data. The Jakarta-based startup announced
A call between doctors can save lives. That’s what Docquity co-founder Indranil Roychowdhury learned when his father was hospitalized with a life-threatening condition in India. An emergency room doctor initially told him that there was no chance of survival, but then another doctor called one of his peers in the United States, and they came
Maintaining a Wordle streak can be difficult. Start words are key. “ADIEU” has been popular pretty much since the game began. And that makes sense, since it includes four vowels. But not everyone wants to know the vowels right away. On the day that the wordle answer is ‘adieu’ social media will implode — vasili (@mockdownblues) January
Meanwhile, Frank Figliuzzi, a National Security Analyst for NBC and former Assistant Director of the FBI, reports Kiwi Farms has since migrated to Russian servers, and says users “could easily become an increased threat of domestic terror”: In response to Cloudflare’s belated move, the #DropKiwifarms team issued a statement which reads: THE BATTLE IS WON, BUT
In this article Sleeping on your stomach can lead to undue strain on your neck. While the discomfort isn’t caused by your preferred sleeping position alone, it might be possible that your sleeping position is incompatible with the current mattress. The best mattresses for stomach sleepers will provide ample support, which prevents your midsection from
If you have a strong traction slide, nothing else about your pitch deck matters Haje Jan Kamps 10 hours It’s a commonly accepted wisdom that you need between 10 and 20 slides to tell the story of your startup. A lot of founders don’t seem to realize that not all slides are the same, however.
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 4 is the most portable and fun phone I’ve tested this year. It’s the “have your cake and eat it too” of smartphones. You can fold its attractive, slender, 6.7-inch high refresh-rate screen in half, turning it into something the size of a drink coaster that easily fits in most pockets.
Sometimes, it feels like movies and shows intentionally make their dialogue as quiet as possible. And if you’re missing important information thanks to your TV’s subpar speakers, it may be time for an upgrade. There are plenty of clever solutions out there that can make your TV sound better, but buying a soundbar designed to improve
What appears to be the upcoming Google Pixel 7 Pro surfaced in a brief unboxing video posted on Facebook by Gadgetfull BD, a technology shop based in Bangladesh. The video shows someone taking the device out of a Google-branded box and showing off its sleek black exterior, which features Google’s “G” logo stamped on the
Netflix has an extensive library of movies. And as each week brings more to the service, it becomes an effort to sift through the best of the bunch. To save you time, you’ll find the highlights of the new movies below, as well as CNET’s full list of best movie originals on Netflix. What’s new this
Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. In recent weeks, several companies tweaked the free tiers of their products, from Slack and Otter.ai to Google Meet and Heroku. This ties back
When I was an early-stage founder, I bristled at the idea of making a five- or even three-year financial projection of my business. I can promise you one thing: It will be dramatically wrong. But as part of your fundraising, you need to make them anyway, and there are a couple of great reasons for
First off is the song from the viral tweet. Turns out this little jingle was The Weather Channel’s storm alert back in ‘06. Aside from sounding like a Final Fantasy boss tune, this track is giving me major “exploring the grim techno city at night” vibes. I’d reckon this track would fit perfectly in a
Epic / Iron GalaxyThe basic setup should be familiar to anyone who’s played any other battle royale. A large number of players (in this case 40) drop onto an island covered in buildings, tunnels, open areas, and loot. Then they scrounge for supplies while fighting other players to survive and ultimately be the last one
This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. September is here, and that means Apple’s getting ready to release its next iPhone. The company’s announced an event for Sept. 7, which it’s calling “far out” and which will likely serve as the launch
India’s financial crime fighting agency searched the offices of fintech unicorns Paytm and Razorpay as well as Cashfree on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation into fraudulent Chinese loan apps, it said Saturday, the latest in a series of probes in recent months. The Enforcement Directorate said its searches at high profile Indian firms
Jumbo loans can help you afford a more expensive house in a high-demand location. A jumbo loan is a mortgage that lets you finance a home purchase that surpasses the limits of a conventional loan, as set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. For 2022, the conventional loan limit for a mortgage is $647,200 in
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As a brutal heat wave cooks the West in the run-up to Labor Day, California’s power grid manager is calling on electric vehicle owners to avoid charging at peak times. The request is part of a broader effort to keep the state’s grid up and running, while locals crank their air conditioners to outlast a
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Google has allowed Parler back onto the Google Play Store, according to a tweet from the social media platform, after it removed the app in January 2021, citing the platform’s lack of moderation on posts inciting violence at the US Capitol. Apple re-instated Parler to its App Store in May 2021, after temporarily removing it
Thor: Love and Thunder was hotly anticipated but unfortunately reactions to have been mixed (CNET’s Sean Keane called it “disappointingly shallow”), but it’s still a good time at the movies. So how does the ending tie up the action-packed flick, and how does it set up future adventures for the god of thunder? Thor: Love and
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