If your schedule feels out of control, you’re not alone. The average professional spends 11.3 hours per week in meetings, which has tripled since 2020. The meetings are only half the story. The real thief of our productive time is the administrative work surrounding them. Google Calendar is the center of how we plan and organize our schedules. It does …
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Google dismantled Nest — can Gemini save what’s left?
This week, Google announced that it has finally completed moving “the best” of its Nest-branded smart home devices from the Nest app to the Google Home app. This means users of Google Nest hardware shouldn’t have to bounce between two apps anymore and can finally delete the Nest app. (The “best” qualifier is doing some heavy lifting, and some features …
Read More »You Can Save $200 on Samsung’s Elite Gaming Monitor Today
Looking for an impressive gaming monitor to match your powerful desktop? The 32-inch version of the Samsung Odyssey G8 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is currently marked down from $1,300 to just $1,100. Only the beefiest gaming rigs can dream of powering its 3,840 x 2,160-pixel resolution at the full 240-Hz refresh rate, but those who can will be hard-pressed to find …
Read More »iOS 26’s new Battery feature can help save a draining iPhone
Apple has brought big changes to the Battery screen inside iOS 26’s Settings app, including a feature that can help prevent excessive iPhone drains. iOS 26 Battery settings has intelligent suggestions for excess drain Have you ever experienced a mystery iPhone battery drain? A day when your iPhone usage is more or less normal, but for some reason your battery’s …
Read More »Covid-19: Recommending vaccines for everyone in the US could save thousands more lives than limiting to high-risk groups
Facebook Tweet Email Link As a group of advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meets to make recommendations on who should get the updated Covid-19 shot this season, a newly published analysis from dozens of researchers emphasizes the “substantial” benefits of broad vaccine recommendations. The US Food and Drug Administration has already made significant changes to …
Read More »NFL Week 3 survivor pool picks, strategy: To use or save the Packers?
Greetings, survivors! If you’re here, we’ll assume you’re still alive in your NFL survivor pool and ready to marinate on the best strategy to beat all your friends and become the sole survivor wherever your pool’s road ends. Our survivor columnists, Renee Miller and Adam Gretz, will get more into this below, but this year has been quite smooth sailing …
Read More »It’s the last chance to save 50 percent on annual subscriptions
Sometimes, rising prices for streaming services feels as inevitable as death and taxes. So when a serious discount is available, we tend to sit up and take notice. Now, you can get a whopping half off an annual subscription to Paramount+ through September 18. A year of the Paramount+ Essential plan, which is ad-supported, will cost $30 compared to the …
Read More »Trump extends TikTok shut-down deadline after reaching a tentative deal to save it
Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order extending the enforcement of a TikTok ban in the United States by another three months – an action that may be superseded later this week with an agreement to sell the social media app’s US assets to an American-backed buyer. The executive order was necessary to avoid …
Read More »Save on tech from Apple, Beats, Anker and others
Now that we know October Prime Day is on the horizon, it’s time to start thinking about what you may want to snag at a discount during the sale. If you pay the $139 annual fee for Prime, sale events like these are a great time to stock up on essentials and cross things off your wishlist while you can …
Read More »Offshore wind was supposed to save power-starved New England. Trump blew up that plan
Facebook Tweet Email Link New England, long burdened with some of the nation’s highest electricity costs, is facing a growing energy crisis. Winter cold snaps routinely send utility bills soaring in a region where natural gas fuels most of the grid. Offshore wind was seen as the answer — a long-promised relief for the densely populated, power-hungry states. Instead, the …
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