Made.com, a U.K.-based ecommerce company that sells furniture and related home accessories across seven European markets, is bracing for insolvency as it confirmed plans to appoint administrators after failing to find a buyer. Founded in 2010, Made.com emerged as something of a darling in the U.K. startup sphere for the way it worked with select…
While there have been quite a few attempts to disrupt search engines, Rewind may be the first I’ve ever seen try to revamp the way we search through our online lives. One app at a time. Built by Dan Siroker, the co-founder and former chief executive of Optimizely, Rewind wants to help people with their…
Leisure and hospitality workers are quitting at the highest rates of any industry. About 1 million left the workforce in November 2021 alone, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Why? Seasonality, low pay and monotonous work are among the reasons for the hospitality industry’s churn rate, as well as a perceived lack of…
Well it’s been a dramatic week on Twitter, and that’s saying something. It’s only been a few days since Elon Musk acquired Twitter for real, but it already feels like oh so much longer than that. We’ve since seen top execs fired, bad sink puns, Musk casually spitballing over whether or not to bring back…
This content originally appeared on Mashable for a US audience and has been adapted for the UK audience. The next generation is here. By which we mean next-gen consoles: the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. They’re pretty much standard for serious gamers going forward. Which means it’s time to also upgrade to a 4K…
All Summer wanted to do was have a fun Halloween sleepover. Rick and Morty fans, Adult Swim’s new horror short “Summer’s Sleepover” is fittingly creepy stuff. Claymation filmmaker Lee Hardcastle is behind this trippy 10-minute special, which aired on HBO Max and Adult Swim’s YouTube channel over Halloween. From the very first creepy mutterings, you…
There is no way to know how many people are doomscrolling on Twitter during the Elon Musk era. But here’s a good proxy statistic: the number of users following Doomscrolling Reminder Bot. It’s just what it sounds like — a bot that will politely remind you to take a break from obsessively reading depressing news…
Things are quiet on the new phone front right now, but another busy period is right around the corner, with the Xiaomi 13 line likely to be among the first of an influx of new handsets, and we now have a good idea of what to expect from the Pro model. According to Yogesh Brar…
Cybersecurity researchers from Symantec have discovered a brand new dropper that lurks for months before deploying backdoors, malware, and other malicious tools. In a blog post, the company outlined the dropper, known as Geppei, which is apparently being used by Cranefly, a threat actor that was first described by Mandiant in May 2022. Now, Symantec…
Hiya! It’s Dan DeFrancesco checking in from NYC. If you feel like you’re coming out of a sugar coma, here’s some tips for how to quit the candy. Today we’ve got stories on the troubles in China and why that’s not good for the global economy, the VC who built a reputation as a fintech super-connector,…