Month: December 2023
USDS head Mina Hsiang wants Big Tech’s best minds to help fix the government
Today, I’m talking with Mina Hsiang, the administrator of the United States Digital Service (USDS), which is the tech unit of the executive branch — you might think of it as the White House’s product and design consultancy for the rest of the government. The USDS was started by President…
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Love a plush bed? This Casper mattress just dropped to a better-than-Black Friday price
Casper is one of the rare sleep brands that doesn’t have a sale going on every single day of the year, unlike most of the best mattress brands. So imagine my surprise to learn that right now, not only is Casper running a sale when I’d have expected it it…
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Thousands of WordPress websites could be put at risk by this serious security bug
A recently disclosed vulnerability affecting the ‘Backup Migration’ WordPress plugin has been assigned a severity score of 9.8 out of 10, but things may not be as bad as it seems because there’s a patch available now. The security bug, tracked as CVE-2023-6553, affects all versions up to (and including)…
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Nomad’s new 3-in-1 charging stand has MagSafe and one oddly specific design flaw
But its design has a small miscalculation that prevents me from charging all those devices and simultaneously using my favorite new iOS feature, StandBy mode, which lets a charging iPhone in landscape orientation show you all kinds of fun, customizable widgets. You see, plopping down your phone on the charger’s…
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The Galaxy Z Flip 5 is an amazing foldable phone – and Samsung is offering the best deal yet right now
Been eyeing up the Galaxy Z Flip 5 as the perfect Christmas gift for yourself? Samsung is currently offering one of the best deals yet on the foldable thanks to its ongoing Winter deals event. For a limited time only, you’ll not only get a trade-in rebate of up to…
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How to use Apple’s new Journal app with the iOS 17.2 update
Apple’s AI-powered Journal app is finally here. The new diary entry writing tool was first teased for iOS 17 back in June, but it only became available on Monday with the new iPhone update — nearly three months after iOS 17 itself came out. After Apple released iOS 17.2, iPhone…
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