Month: November 2021

Forbes: Sources: Kedar Deshpande is stepping down as CEO of Zappos, a year after replacing Tony Hsieh; Scott Schaefer, VP of finance, to take over as interim CEO  —  Kedar Deshpande is stepping down as chief executive of online shoe retailer Zappos, a year after replacing Tony Hsieh, the company’s leader who died last year. […]

    Today is Tuesday. Welcome to Hillicon Valley, detailing all you need to know about tech and cyber news from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. Subscribe here: thehill.com/newsletter-signup. Follow The Hill’s cyber reporter, Maggie Miller (@magmill95), and tech team, Chris Mills Rodrigo (@millsrodrigo) and Rebecca Klar (@rebeccaklar_), for more coverage. A new analysis of […]

If you’re new to marketing and amid a startup, all of it can seem overwhelming. A lot of work goes into starting a business, developing and launching products, and running the day-to-day operations, so marketing often gets put on the back burner. Harder still, some industries are dry, traditional, or “boring,” which are more challenging […]

Back to Table of Contents Headphone and Earbud Deals Read our guides to the Best Wireless Headphones and Best Noise-Canceling Headphones, Best Wirefree Earbuds, and Best Workout Earbuds to learn more. Google Pixel Buds A-Series Photograph: Google Best Buy The Pixel Buds (8/10, WIRED Recommends) are our favorite wireless earbuds for most people. With five […]

Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more During a keynote address today at its re:Invent 2021 conference, Amazon announced SageMaker Canvas, which enables users to create machine learning models without having to write any code. […]

Getty Images Microsoft is taking a lot of flak for planning to integrate a short-term financing app into the company’s Edge browser. The app would allow users to make purchases immediately and pay for them at a future date. In recent years, Edge has built a following of users attracted to the security of the […]

Today, work is happening anywhere and everywhere, thanks to remote work arrangements fueled by the pandemic shutdowns. Half of the Workers Surveyed Preferred Working Remotely And with more than half of all workers surveyed by PwC preferring to work remotely at least three days a week (even after their concerns from the pandemic fade), the […]

For many people, the Covid-19 pandemic won’t be thought of as merely the prompting of a global health crisis. Instead, they’ll view it as a time of reflection, a time to rethink their purpose and meaning. In other words, a time of transformation. And few things are as helpful during seasons of crisis as digging […]

Dominic Powell / The Age: Melbourne-based Mr Yum, which lets diners order food and drink using QR codes, raises a $65M Series A led by Tiger Global  —  Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size  —  QR code food ordering platform Mr Yum has tied off a star-studded $89 million capital raising in a […]

Google Nest Audio. Photograph: Google  Target, Best Buy, Bed Bath & Beyond The Nest Mini, discounted to $25, is all you need if you’re entering the smart-home world for the first time, but the Nest Audio (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is what you want to upgrade to if you’re chasing better music quality. Pair two and […]

Whether you’re planning your annual viewing of White Christmas or gearing up for college football bowl season, now is a great time to upgrade your home theater. This Cyber Monday has steep discounts on many of our favorite TVs, from massive OLED displays to simple and affordable options with built-in Roku. There are also a […]

Today is Monday. Welcome to Hillicon Valley, detailing all you need to know about tech and cyber news from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. Subscribe here: thehill.com/newsletter-signup. Follow The Hill’s cyber reporter, Maggie Miller (@magmill95), and tech team, Chris Mills Rodrigo (@millsrodrigo) and Rebecca Klar (@rebeccaklar_), for more coverage. Hope everyone had a restful Thanksgiving […]

Researchers said they’ve discovered a batch of apps downloaded from Google Play more than 300,000 times before the apps were revealed to be banking trojans that surreptitiously siphoned user passwords and two-factor authentication codes, logged keystrokes, and took screenshots. The apps—posing as QR scanners, PDF scanners, and cryptocurrency wallets—belonged to four separate Android malware families […]

The evolving idea of a digital nomad hit turbo speed when the pandemic began. At its most basic, the concept of being a digital nomad boils down to choosing where you want to live and working for yourself. It’s a beautiful combination of an adventurer and a freelancer, a wanderer and an entrepreneur, an aspirational […]

Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey! Sign up here. Starburst, the commercial entity behind the open source Presto-based SQL query engine Trino, has announced a new fully-managed, cross-cloud analytics product that […]