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How to find remote-only jobs on the big job sites

Are you being summoned back into the office, but you just don’t feel like giving up those stress-free mornings? Do you love taking meetings from the treadmill? Have you saved a small fortune on lunches? Well, the good news is that there are exponentially more remote-friendly employers than there used to be. If your boss hasn’t seen the light yet, here’s where to find a new one. LinkedIn LinkedIn is probably your first stop when looking for a new job, right? You can narrow do

How ad-supported streaming will be used to track you

When you sign up for an ad-supported streaming service, the trade-off may seem straightforward: In exchange for watching commercials, you’ll pay lower prices (or perhaps nothing at all). But by sitting through commercial breaks, you’re giving up more than just a few minutes of your time per hour. Smart TVs and streaming devices represent a treasure trove of data for marketers, who can learn a lot about you based on what you watch. By associating your streaming TV accounts with broa

Why the Texas social media law just became a big headache for Big Tech

A surprise decision by a Texas federal appeals court last week may be the opening salvo of a long and messy trench war in the trial courts of Texas for big social media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the state’s controversial new social media law, HB 20, can go into effect immediately, clearing the way for state residents to sue big social media companies if they believe their posts or tweets were removed for the “vi

Tech layoffs loom as more companies announce big cuts to their workforces

Despite some late-week respite in the stock market on Friday, many tech firms are facing an increasingly tough reality: Interest rates are going up, as are prices, and the economy may be heading for a serious slowdown. We may be seeing the initial signs of a weakened economy manifest in the once-frothy tech sector, too, as companies start to lay off employees. Among them are online used car retailer Carvana, which cut 2,500 employees last week, roughly 12% of its staff, according to data sourced

5 pieces of advice to help early stage founders navigate the months ahead

If you’re a founder who is currently raising venture capital, or someone who follows the industry on social media, you’ve probably noticed an abrupt change in tone in VC. On the heels of the industry’s biggest year in history, investor expectations shifted seemingly overnight.  “An entire generation of entrepreneurs and tech investors built their entire perspectives on valuation during the second half of a 13-year amazing bull market run,” Bill Gurley twee

The Apple Watch is about to get more accessible, in a whole new way

Ian Mackay has a home full of smart gadgets—from lights to fans to window shades—and runs them all from his iPhone and HomePods. “I use Apple technology for pretty much everything that I can,” he says. But even though he’s an Apple power user par excellence, he’s never had an Apple Watch. It hasn’t been for lack of interest. In 2008, a bicycle crash left Mackay paralyzed. Other than shrugging his shoulders, he can’t move his body from the n

NFTs are still worth something—just not what you think

You may have a rough idea of what an NFT is: a virtual document that conveys some ownership of a virtual good. As with their cousins, cryptocurrencies, NFTs have the potential to be quite valuable: If you bought the right NFT—say, a CryptoPunks or BoredApeYachtClub cartoon—at the right time, you could have made a fortune. With the recent crash of the crypto market, it appears that NFTs were just a bubble gone bust. While true on some level, that doesn’t mean the tech has no

How online data could be used against people seeking abortions if Roe v. Wade falls

When the draft of a Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to the press, many of us who have been studying privacy for vulnerable individuals came to a troubling realization: The marginalized and vulnerable populations whose online risks have been the subject of our attention are likely to grow exponentially. These groups are poised to encompass all women of child-bearing age, regardless of how secure and how privileged they may have imagined themse

In a post-‘Roe’ world, abortion pills won’t be enough

Christie Pitney is a certified nurse midwife who was working at a federally funded health center in California’s Central Valley when the pandemic struck. In those early months, several of her patients struggled to get abortions. Under normal circumstances, the closest abortion clinic is 45 minutes away, but during the pandemic, clinics around the country suffered staff shortages and canceled services. Patients were having trouble getting to clinics even when they were open.

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5 new features that make Workflowy an even better note-taking tool

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here. If you’re looking for a fresh way to organize your notes, ideas and to-do lists at the start of this new year, Workflowy is an excellent option.

Workflowy is a simple outlining tool that works in any browser or as an app on your device: Mac, Windows, Linux, Android and iOS. At first glance, it’s a simple note-taking tool focu


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