Monthly Archives: November 2022

You now have to pay to use Pantone colors in Adobe products

Pantone Color Books now require a paid subscription for Adobe products, with even old PSD files now displaying black in place of used Pantone colors. | Image: Adobe Last week, Adobe removed support for free Pantone colors across its Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator Creative Cloud applications. PSD files that contained Pantone spot colors now display…

Volocopter raises $182M to bring air taxi closer to certification

Volocopter, a German startup building electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, has secured $182 million for the second signing of its Series E round. That’s on top of the $170 million Volocopter raised for the same round in March at a $1.87 billion post-money valuation. Volocopter is currently in full swing testing its two-seater…

Google’s free webpage maker, Google Sites, is a boon for scammers

It seems everyone uses Google’s free services. Its search engine is the most-trafficked website in the world. Over a billion people depend on Gmail for their email messaging. Google Meet provides multi-user remote video conferencing at absolutely no cost.  And more and more bad actors are utilizing Google Sites to defraud and scam internet users…

Janet Yellen says the US can still avoid a recession — but the Fed’s next move is about to make one more likely

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen told CNN she doesn’t think a recession will happen in the near-term. But the Fed is expected to hike interest rates again this week, which could trigger a downturn. The central bank is moving at a historically fast pace, and lawmakers worry the…

Resentment is mounting as some employees are forced back to the office and some are allowed to work from home

Luis Alvarez/Getty Images Some workers are being forced to return to the office while others are allowed to stay home. Workplace experts warn that employees grow disengaged when they feel their return-to-office policy is arbitrary.  Managers need to be transparent about how these decisions are made or risk losing workers and profit, these experts say….

If a recession comes, don’t count on unemployment insurance — states aren’t ready to give you benefits

Carlos Ponce joins a protest in in Miami Springs, Florida, asking senators to continue unemployment benefits past July 31, 2020. Joe Raedle/Getty Images A new report looks at how America’s unemployment insurance system is faring. The result: Many states pay little and for fewer weeks, and it takes over a month to get benefits. That’s…

Biden is threatening a windfall tax on energy companies, after he slammed them for ‘war profiteering’

US President Joe Biden wants energy companies to produce more oil, or face windfall taxes on their bumper profits. Drew Angerer/Getty Images US President Joe Biden called on energy companies to boost production or pay a windfall tax. Oil majors have reported bumper Q3 earnings as Russia’s war on Ukraine disrupts markets. Biden again slammed…