Month: April 2022
How I Use Targeted Ads as My Personal Shopping Assistant
If countless companies are going to benefit from tracking my internet activity, why shouldn’t I? Source
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Second country to adopt Bitcoin as national currency is the Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR) has become the second-ever country to adopt Bitcoin as a national currency, following El Salvador’s adoption of the cryptocurrency last year. CAR’s government says a bill to adopt Bitcoin was passed unanimously by the country’s parliament, reports Reuters and BBC News. (Though former CAR prime…
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The Mr. Coffee ‘brew now’ button is an escape from sleepiness
In the age of aesthetically pleasing morning routines, a cheap electric coffee maker can feel a bit dated — something to begrudgingly use at the office rather than a gadget that brings joy to your kitchen. And while I love the fancy coffee gadgets that require a manual, multi-step ritual,…
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Google Docs expands warnings about dodgy files and links
Google’s office collaboration tools Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drawings will now show a warning banner when you open potentially malicious files from the web, the search giant has announced. This banner already appears when dodgy files are accessed from within Drive, as well as from suspicious links within separate Docs,…
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Epic asks court to stop Google from yanking Bandcamp off Play Store
Epic Games has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Google from removing independent music storefront Bandcamp from the Android app store — which Google has apparently threatened to do because Bandcamp is using its own billing system instead of paying Google an app store fee. Bandcamp, which…
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Airbnb announces it won’t dock employees’ pay if they go remote
Airbnb announced on Thursday that the “vast majority” of its employees will be allowed to work remotely, and won’t have to take a pay cut if they move away from the cities surrounding the company’s offices. Airbnb is implementing the change after it had “the most productive two-year period” in…
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