Microsoft is looking to help users get some peace and quiet to be productive thanks to a new Outlook update. The email client is introducing “Focus Time”, which will allow users to silence all notifications for a set period of time, allowing them to power through those vital tasks. In an update on the official…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Apple is planning to make several 2013 and 2014 iMac models obsolete by the end of November, which means it might be time to bid a fond farewell to some old favorites. The scrapping comes after a slew of product launches from the company this year, including a new Mac Studio and Studio Display, the…
Stanford University. (Photo by David Madison/Getty Images) Stanford University’s endowment posted a 4% loss after gaining 40% the year before, per the WSJ. Other leading US schools have seen big swings from record returns on endowments to losses, it reported. The declines could have been deeper if venture capital returns had reflected the stock market….
Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro set fire to a barrier during a blockade on a highway between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo on October 31, 2022. MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP Jair Bolsonaro is yet to concede Sunday’s election, heightening tensions across the country. 220 highway were blockaded as of Tuesday morning, federal highway police told The New…
A “Now Hiring” sign is displayed on a shopfront on August 5, 2022 in New York City. John Smith/VIEWpress/Getty Images The Great Resignation isn’t ending: 4.1 million Americans quit in September. US job openings rose in September to 10.7 million after falling in August. It’s good news for workers, but maybe not for the possibility…
Elon Musk and Austin Russell JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images and Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch Austin Russell said Tesla will not become autonomous without using LiDAR technology. Russell’s company makes LiDAR tech, but Elon Musk has continually spoken out against the radars in the past. The 27-year-old also took a jab at Tesla’s FSD,…
Rep. Katie Porter, a California Democrat. Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images The Cook Political Report switched Rep. Katie Porter’s race from “lean Democratic” to a “toss-up.” Porter, a Democratic darling, could be in danger of losing her California seat. Pollsters say Republicans are likely to take back the House. Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California could be…
wera Rodsawang/Getty Images Investors have been rotating into tech and communication services stocks, which they see as defensive, Bank of America said Tuesday. But the bank disagrees with that view in part as fundamentals are weakening. BofA said clients last week sold stocks in all sectors except for tech and comm services. Investors have been…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stands next to an Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone. Screenshot/President of Ukraine official website Iran appears to be using Chinese knock-offs of Western hardware in its suicide drones. The engine of one Iranian drone was built in China and is a copy of a German product. These drones have emerged as Putin’s weapon…
Aleksi Hautamäkia, Milla Selkimäki, and their son. Onni Aaltonen Designer Aleksi Hautamäki and his partner purchased an island in Finland they call Project Ö. They designed everything themselves and now rent it out for between $1,800 and $2,400 a night. The island’s luxury cabin has an indoor and outdoor kitchen, natural hot tub, and sauna….