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Microsoft Outlook is an email platform with productivity features like calendar and file-sharing.Microsoft discontinued its old email platforms, MSN and Hotmail, and folded them into Outlook.Outlook is free for personal accounts, but paid subscriptions offer greater storage and security.In case you hadn't noticed, Microsoft has a released a lot of software over the past five…

Shruti Dhumak navigated maternity leave amid Google's AI industry shift and layoffs.She split her leave to maintain visibility and manage family support from India.Dhumak focused on self-improvement and open communication to regain her work efficiency.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shruti Dhumak, a cloud customer engineer in Google's Boston office who gave…

White purchases the UFC in 2001 for $2 million. White purchased the UFC for $2 million with his childhood friends, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta. Photo by Getty Images White started out as a boxing trainer in Las Vegas and then Boston before shifting focus to mixed martial arts, he told Forbes in a 2014 interview.Eventually,…

A former Disney employee agreed to plead guilty to altering allergen info on restaurant menus.Michael Scheuer admitted to the hack, as well as adding swastikas to the memus.He faces up to 10 years in prison for his charges, according to the plea agreement.A former menu production manager for Disney World has admitted to altering allergen…

Shruti Dhumak navigated maternity leave amid Google's AI industry shift and layoffs.She split her leave to maintain visibility and manage family support from India.Dhumak focused on self-improvement and open communication to regain her work efficiency.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shruti Dhumak, a cloud customer engineer in Google's Boston office who gave…

Meta announced big changes to kick off the new year, including ending third-party fact-checking and DEI programs.The moves illustrate the latest evolution in Mark Zuckerberg's leadership.You might call it Zuckerberg 3.0 — and it comes as Donald Trump takes power.Mark Zuckerberg has shown himself to be the ultimate Silicon Valley shapeshifter, and in the first…

TikTok faces a potential US ban if its owner, ByteDance, doesn't find a buyer in about a week.TikTok allows users to download and save video content, but it can be tedious.Some competitors, like Triller, also offer ways to migrate TikTok content.With a potential TikTok ban in the United States fast approaching, some social media users…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has had a longstanding feud with Apple.He once again took shots at Apple in a recent interview with Joe Rogan.The CEO said Apple hasn't innovated in a while and criticized the ecosystem the iPhonemaker built.Mark Zuckerberg is taking more shots at Apple.In an interview on the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast that…

Skype is a free video-calling platform that Microsoft acquired for $8.5 billion over a decade ago.Skype was once the go-to video-calling app and telecommunications industry disruptor.But now, Skype has faded out of popular usage in favor of platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams.Skype, a telecommunications platform currently owned by Microsoft, became ubiquitous in the early…

Mark Zuckerberg explained why Meta is replacing fact-checkers on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.He said the change aims to address ideological censorship concerns and enhance user voice.Critics argue the move is a setback for accuracy.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained his rationale for changing the company's content moderation policies during Friday's episode of the Joe Rogan…