• Giving up the car and riding transit sounding better and better [Opinion]

    Officials tout that people who ride public transportation can save, on average, over $10,000 annually.

  • Big Tech: After long peace, Big Tech faces US antitrust reckoning

    After more than a decade of leaving Big Tech largely to itself, US antitrust enforcers have cranked up the heat, with several high-profile cases underway that could radically change the way the industry's giants do business.Launched under both the Trump and Biden administrations, five major cases from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are moving forward against major US technology companies -- including two against Google that could see the company split...

  • New venture capital firm Synapses to invest in climate tech, health tech startups

    IIT alumni and veteran investors Ruchira Shukla and Karthik Chandrasekar have launched Synapses, a venture capital firm aiming to invest in climate tech and health tech startups.While Shukla earlier led South Asia investments for World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC), Chandrasekar had founded early-stage climate fund Sangam, backed by Shell Foundation and USAID.With a fund size of $125 million (about Rs 1,040 crore), Synapses aims to support science, technology, engineering...

  • Women participation in tech roles in non-tech sectors to grow by 24.3% by 2027: report

    Women's participation in technology roles in non-tech businesses is expected to grow by nearly a quarter by 2027 across all levels, including freshers, junior, mid-senior, leadership, and C-Suite levels, a report said on Wednesday. The tech women's participation rate in non-tech industries stood at 19.4 lakh workforce in 2023, which is expected to grow by 24.3% to 24.1 lakh employees by 2027, TeamLease Digital's report - Women at the Heart of India's Digital Evolution, has revealed. With only...

  • House to Vote on Resolution Rebuffing Biden's Gaza Ceasefire Call and US Abstaining on UN Resolution

    The Republican-controlled House is gearing up for a vote next week on a resolution criticizing President Joe Biden's recent demand for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza

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    How to Do More by Doing Less (and Doing It Better)

    Over the last decade, Cal Newport has become something of a modern workplace ombudsman. A professor of computer science at Georgetown, his books have addressed the ways in which technology can be a cognitive drain on “knowledge workers,” people whose jobs require them to process information. He tackled distracted multi-tasking in Deep Work, the mindless use of digital devices in Digital Minimalism, and forever trying to dig to the bottom of our inboxes in A World Without Email. His latest book...

  • Stepped into a better world

    by Anonymous Felt like I stepped into a different reality yesterday when I was getting coffee at crema yesterday. Seeing 8+ LGBTQIA couples holding hands felt great like we were momentarily in a more advanced dimension- a place where I’ve always wanted to be. Enjoyed seeing these happy couples interact - love to you all

  • Graduate workers deserve better

    In the United States and at the University of Iowa, it is unacceptable that trying to further their education often leads to graduate students financial turmoil. Recently, the UI’s graduate student union Campaign to Organize Graduate Students, or COGS, held a protest on the Pentacrest to continue their push to end graduate student fees. In

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  • ABADA’S SMILES BETTER

    FORMER Celtic winger Liel Abada netted his first goal for new club Charlotte FC in their 3-2 MLS win over Toronto FC last night. The Israel international, who left the champions in an £8million move

  • Safari Is Better Than Chrome, Actually

    Mac users tend to overlook Safari, which I understand: It seems, at first glance, underpowered, and anyone coming over from Windows likely has a long-established habit of installing Chrome. But that's a mistake. Everyone who gets a Mac should, at the very least, give Safari a chance for a couple of weeks, because in my opinion it's very good. Here's why.

  • Commentary: AI for better buildings

    In the next 30 years, sea levels will rise as much as they have in the last century, threatening urban areas all over the world.