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Dear messy desk eaters, here’s your emergency fix for grease stains (at work)

Jul09
by on July 9, 2019 at 1:25 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics, Plugged


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. These days, I eat in the presence of a digital device all the goddamn time. Whether it’s breakfast in front of my computer, lunch leant over a phone, or a Deliveroo’d dinner crouched above a Nintendo Switch, the technology revolution has changed my eating habits. There’s nothing intrinsically bad about this habit (apart from it destroying my posture, I guess), but there’s one unintended consequence: grease dribbles. Now, if you’re at home this annoying — especially…

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Teleshopping channels are selling smartphones with misleading, high-pressure tactics

Jul09
by on July 9, 2019 at 1:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


There’s something wrong on Freeview channel 21. That’s the conclusion I landed upon after watching two hours of Ideal World, a free-to-air UK teleshopping station, where they shamelessly pitched an unambiguously low-end smartphone using sales tactics I regard as misleading and high-pressure. The phone in question was an Archos Core 57s Ultra. Details about this handset are pretty thin on the ground. It doesn’t have a GSMArena profile, which is strange, even for a fairly generic entry-level device. However, according to the manufacturer’s website, it comes with the following specs: 5.72-inch HD display Quad-core MTK6737 platform (4 * 1.3Ghz) 3GB…

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This AI-powered tool helps you write effective and inclusive job ads

Jul09
by on July 9, 2019 at 1:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Work 2030


HR departments everywhere, here’s a little secret: Women don’t respond well to job ads requesting “superstars” or “ninjas.” This is what hiring platform Unitive discovered in 2015 (Unitive is currently part of HR-software company TalVista) when researching how to take the gender bias out of the employee recruitment process — including writing job descriptions, evaluating applications, and interviewing applicants.   Although it’s illegal to advertise job vacancies to a specific race, religion, or gender, research has proven time and time again that gendered words and phrases like “boastful” and “sympathetic” reinforce gender stereotypes, especially in the workplace.  A team of social scientists…

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Firefox Quantum now comes with curated extensions and a Reader dark mode

Jul09
by on July 9, 2019 at 1:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Mozilla today announced a fresh update for Firefox Quantum, which focuses heavily on offering a editorially-driven approach to extensions, as well as a gorgeous new dark mode for Firefox Reader. Users of the popular open source browser will now see a curated list of extensions whenever they open the “Get Add-Ons” page. These have been selected to focus on security, usability, and usefulness. In addition, Mozilla has made it easier to report malicious add-ons through the browser add-on manager. The non-profit states that’s intended to raise the overall security of the Firefox ecosystem. It’s also a smart choice. As we’ve…

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GIMP is the free Photoshop-alternative that you can master with this $29 bundle

Jul09
by on July 9, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


A boxed copy of Photoshop costs about $700. GIMP is free. With the financial bar so low for getting started, get a handle on this powerful editor and use it like a pro with the training in The Complete Master GIMP Design Certification Bundle. The entire package is hundreds of dollars off its regular price, just $29 with this TNW Deals offer.

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