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Why an Amazon executive just signed on to lead this digital pharmacy startup

Digital pharmacies looking to set themselves apart in a crowded field are taking a page—and executives—from the biggest names in tech. Case in point: SoftBank-backed startup Alto Pharmacy, which just landed a top Amazon exec as its next CEO.

Alicia Boler Davis will take the reins of the company on September 1, a little more than two years after she joined Amazon as SVP of global fulfillment. At the time she was appointed, Boler Davis was

The first photos from NASA’s Webb telescope are already changing how we view the universe

Three and a half decades of nearly insurmountable technical and funding hurdles bore fruit in full-color glory as NASA unveiled its first public images and spectroscopic data this week from the James Webb Space Telescope.

The White House set the astronomy world abuzz on Monday night when it

This simple system will streamline your jumble of apps, tabs, and email to boost productivity

The conscious and active pursuit of a productive and healthy life invariably includes reflection, self-examination, and experimentation. From time to time we should look at our systems and tools and evaluate them for just how well they are serving us in our work. And if a hot new life hack lands and takes the town by storm, why not try it?

When our phones began to feature App Stores with millions of apps that purported to improve lives—for free—I went absolutely

The biggest revelations so far in thousands of leaked Uber documents

Like Facebook before it, Uber is dealing with the public relations fallout following the leak of thousands of confidential documents. And it’s not painting a pretty picture of the company’s early days.

The data dump, comprising over 124,000 con

3 quick ways to free up Gmail storage space

If you’re a Gmail user and you’re constantly bumping up against the free storage limit, there are a few things you can do to give yourself some digital breathing room.

Best of all, each trick offered here only takes a few minutes and can be repeated whenever you need to clear up additional space.

Let Google help

First, let’s get a sense of how much space you’ve actually got available to you. To find this out, head to

Twitter sues Elon Musk to enforce $44 billion takeover bid

Twitter filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk on Tuesday, after Musk decided to back out of a $44 billion takeover bid. Musk’s termination of the Merger Agreement between himself and the social media platform late la

This intuitive, all-terrain e-bike could replace your car for short trips

America, in case you haven’t heard, is in the midst of an e-bike boom.

The Light Electric Vehicle Association reports in a recent study that the U.S. imported about 790,000 electric bicycles in 2021–a 70% increase over the year prior. For comparison, the U.S. imported 652,000 electric cars in 2021, making that year the

Ev Williams is stepping down as CEO of Medium, teases new research lab and holding company

Another tech founder and billionaire is off to greener pastures. Ev Williams announced he was stepping down as CEO of Medium, the online publishing platform, after nearly a decade at its helm. In his announcement, published on the website, W

Netflix user decline is being driven by Gen Z women, mobile report finds

Netflix lost 26% of its Gen Z female users on its mobile app between 2019 and 2022, the largest decline compared to all other age groups, according to a new study conducted by Global Wireless Solutions (GWS).  

Collecting data across 200,000 U.S. adult smartphone users, GWS calculates that not only have over a quarter of f

iA Writer is a minimalist writing tool Marie Kondo would adore

iA Writer is writing software. It’s a minimalist response to the complexity that’s crept into other writing tools.

Why I use it

I’m easily distracted. When I use a regular word processor, I interrupt myself frequently and unnecessarily. I’m a tinkerer. When I see oodles of menu options in Google Do

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