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Elon Musk Ropes in Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Sriram Krishnan Ahead of Plans to Revamp Twitter

Sriram Krishnan, an Indian-American technology executive, is “helping out” Twitter's new owner Elon Musk as he revamps the social media giant following its acquisition by the billionaire entrepreneur.Krishnan is a general partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).“Now that the word is out: I'm helping out @elonmusk with Twitter temporarily with some other great people. I (and a16z) believe this is a hugely important company and can have a great impact on the world and Elon is the person to…

Google Workspace Individual Gets 1TB Additional Storage, Mail Merge, Global Regions Support: All Details

Google Workspace Individual paid-upgrade that was announced in 2021 has now received improvements from the search engine giant in terms of increased storage capacity and advanced email personalisation. Google Workspace Individual accounts will now include 1TB of secure cloud storage which will be automatically upgraded from their existing 15 GB of storage, confirmed a company blog post. Meanwhile, multi-send mode on Google Workspace Individual, will now allow users to merge tags like @firstname, resulting in each…

Salary transparency is on the rise, and we have Gen Z to thank

Once again, Gen Z leads from behind when it comes to the issues that affect the workplace. All through the pandemic, it has been this cohort that has self-assuredly shown the rest of the working populace how they’d really like things to be done. Studies show that this is the generation that is most values-driven, wants to know that the company they work for is strongly supporting diversity goals, and has an innate need for work-life balance. Gen Z is also the TikTok generation. As much else in…

How to block websites in Safari on iPhone and iPad

If you have young children using either an iPhone or an iPad, you've probably thought about trying to restrict some of the websites they can access, such as porn or gambling. Thankfully, Apple lets you control the type of content that you can access when browsing on the iPhone and iPad, as long as it's on Safari.With parental controls on Apples' best iPhones, such as the iPhone 14 Pro, you can automatically set limits and restrictions in Safari, like blacklisted and whitelisted sites, so your kid won't see the content on…

Save £360 on an iPhone 14 Plus at Sky and get the bigger screen for less

The iPhone 14 Plus is the newest style of iPhone to be birthed by Apple, replacing the mini versions of the iPhone with the exact opposite - a monolithic 6.7-inch slab of metal, glass, and silicon. This is a pretty great way to save some money and get a solid amount of data to go with your new handset - Sky has chopped £10 a month off the price of the 50GB data plan, saving you £360 in total over the course of the three-year contract.It's super easy to grab this deal - first, you'll want to head over to the iPhone 14…

Spotify and Apple are going to war over audiobooks controversy

Spotify is taking its fight with Apple over audiobooks public.According to The Telegraph (opens in new tab), the No.1 music streamer is calling Britain's top watchdog group to investigate Cupertino's decision to block updates to its new audiobooks service. The move comes just days after Apple began rejecting iOS Spotify app updates that included the ability to purchase audiobooks. According to a source, the Swedish music company has met with Britain's Competition and Markets Authority over the issue. The problem(Image…

This terrifying Mac app will record your every word and action so you can search through your online life

A new Mac app by the name of Rewind wants to become "the search engine for your life" by using the power of Apple silicon to help you find "anything you’ve seen, said, or heard."The app comes from developer Dan Siroker and a team of engineers boasting tenures at giants including Spotify and Twitter. Using the power of Apple silicon in devices like Apple's best MacBook, the MacBook Pro, Rewind (opens in new tab) can purportedly compress raw recording data up to 3,750 times, allowing you to store reams of audio and video…

Your 2014 iMac is going to be obsolete within weeks

Apple is reportedly getting ready to mark a number of older iMacs as obsolete, including those from 2014 and 2013.Some of the iMacs that are being marked as obsolete in this latest round are also some of the best Macs Apple has produced, at least historically speaking. However, they haven't been sold for a number of years and anyone who currently owns one is likely best served by considering an upgrade to something more recent. That would likely be the M1 iMac, although an M2 refresh could be in the cards for…

Secretlab’s Black Friday gaming chairs are the best that any gamer can buy

I've sat in a lot of chairs and worked/gamed at a lot of desks. I can guarantee that Secretlab make the best version of both. Famed for their incredible design and build quality, exceptional attention to detail, and dramatic gamer aesthetics, Secretlab's Omega and Titan chairs, as well as its hit new TITAN Evo 2022 series, offer ultimate comfort and design. As we noted in our Secretlab Titan Evo 2022 review, Secretlab's latest gaming chair is the pinnacle of gaming comfort, boasting a host of great upgrades on its 2020…

Your next MacBook could get a new camera, but not where you expect

A German patent appears to show a MacBook with a rear-mounted camera, perhaps mounted by magnets, that would also include support for Face ID. The patent also suggests that the camera could be extremely capable, perhaps offering similar features to those used in Apple's best iPhones.While Macs have long had cameras on the front for video calls and other relatively simplistic uses, adding a camera to the back of a device would be a first for Apple's notebook lineup.Cameras everywhereMultiple images found in a patent…