According to Collective Action in Tech, a project tracking the industry’s organizing efforts, every year since the walkout has seen more workers speaking out. The big tech companies’ image as friendly giants had been shattered. Part of the walkout’s...
Any time-saving tricks that work in word processors are to be welcomed, and Google Docs recently added a new one, converting three hyphens into em dashes and two hyphens into en dashes automatically for you.What you might not realize...
Roads got so hot in the Pacific Northwest this past summer that the pavement cracked and buckled. Hurricane season grows longer every year. As the polar ice dwindles and wildfires level suburban backyards, it’s not much of a stretch...
Sign up for Charlie’s newsletter, Galaxy Brain, here.Here is my confession: I’m traumatized by a David Letterman clip. It’s from November 1995, and Letterman’s guest is a young, bespectacled Bill Gates. The video starts with a question from the...
The release of Visual Studio Code 1.64, aka the January 2022 release, brings improvements ranging from a new Side Panel to the ability to create automatic responses to common terminal prompts. The release also updates the web-based version of...
A Swift-C++ interoperability workgroup has been formed as part of the Swift project. The new workgroup is responsible for developing and designing the interoperability model between C++ and Apple-developed Swift.A January 31 bulletin announcing the formation of the workgroup...
Ethan Miller/Getty Images Cars are computers now, but the government hasn’t caught up. Tesla announced two massive recalls this week related to issues with its vehicles’ software. One of the recalls ordered Tesla to roll...
When you show people your kitchen, they ask “Where's the rest of it?” We get it. If you live in a big city, it's not uncommon to find kitchens crammed into hallways and former closets. If your kitchen is...
One of the areas that took off because of the pandemic was the rise of remote, self-paced training. One option is a company that specializes in providing on-demand training. Some are specific to computer training, and others offer all...
The researchers knew if they could stuff that opening with a chemical that sticks to it very strongly—so strongly it can’t be detached—the protease wouldn’t do its job and the virus wouldn’t multiply. “To create a protease inhibitor, it’s...
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