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April 17, 2020If you’re on a desktop right now, there a pretty good chance you’re reading this article in your Chrome browser. Launched in 2008, Chrome dominates about 60% of the US desktop market according to StatCounter data. Chrome’s popular for a reason—it’s fast, stable and reliable—but its liberal use of user data has raised privacy concerns in the tech community and beyond. If you decide that Chrome isn’t the right choice for your business anymore, you have other options. Here are a few to consider.
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March 27, 2020Most home offices are littered with ergonomics errors, which can impair productivity and health, and cost you money. Here’s how to set up work environments that won’t sacrifice comfort, efficiency or health.When working from home, it’s tempting to jump on a laptop and toil away in your favorite easy chair. The problem is, if you don’t treat digital work as a form of manual labor, your neck, back, arms or wrists will eventually exact their revenge.
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March 27, 2020Most home offices are littered with ergonomics errors, which can impair productivity and health, and cost you money. Here’s how to set up work environments that won’t sacrifice comfort, efficiency or health. When working from home, it’s tempting to jump on a laptop and toil away in your favorite easy chair. The problem is, if you don’t treat digital work as a form of manual labor, your neck, back, arms or wrists will eventually exact their revenge. Some 1.8 million workers suffer every year from repetitive strain injuries (RSI), which have surged in the last quarter century. These conditions can range from irritating to debilitating. (ever try opening a door with a carpal tunnel flare-up?) A company whose workers accumulate on-the-job injuries face higher workers’ compensation premiums, not to mention lost time and productivity. In fact, employers already pay $1 billion every week toward direct workers’ comp costs, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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March 12, 2020
Chances are you already have a few different podcasts in your rotation—after all, more than half of all adults and teens listened to one in the past year, according to a recent survey. And if you’re reading this article, we’ll bet that at least one or two of those podcasts revolves around technology.
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March 12, 2020Chances are you already have a few different podcasts in your rotation—after all, more than half of all adults and teens listened to one in the past year, according to a recent survey. And if you’re reading this article, we’ll bet that at least one or two of those podcasts revolves around technology. Technology podcasts are a great way to keep up with the firehose of news that comes out of our industry—you get curated news from the some of the industry’s top experts, as well as getting to enjoy the fun banter and asides of your favorite hosts. (They make washing the dishes or folding your laundry a lot less boring, too.)
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February 18, 2020
In the USA network series Mr. Robot, main character Elliott is the best hacker in the world: He can access any system he chooses with his black hat skills. But in season 3 he makes a rare misstep.
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February 18, 2020In the USA network series Mr. Robot, main character Elliott is the best hacker in the world: He can access any system he chooses with his black hat skills. But in season 3 he makes a rare misstep. After sneaking into a room of security specialists at the evil megacorporation E Corp, he starts profiling the employees based on appearances and decides to prey on a gray-haired woman who he assumes is a weak link. A bad move: It turns out she’s a security ace who doesn’t fall for his tricks.
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January 22, 2020
After 42 years and nine movies, the Star Wars Skywalker saga is now in the history books. And like its eight predecessors, Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker held true to the Star Wars tradition of lifting up unlikely leaders while watching the most forceful beings in the galaxy fall from power.
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January 19, 2020
An inside look at how HP is making zero-waste manufacturing a reality in the US.
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January 19, 2020Amid humming machinery, beeping forklifts, and the steady work of employees in safety gear, spent HP ink cartridges enter their afterlife — a very productive one. On a typical day at HP’s recycling plant in La Vergne, Tennessee, about half an hour outside of Nashville, workers in orange vests and steel-toed shoes load cartridges onto conveyor belts. Others remove extraneous materials from the line of cartridges gliding by, ensuring they are disassembled in a way that maximizes the reuse of their components.