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Affordable Gift Ideas to Impress Your Coworkers this...

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2025/06/05

Hello gift-seekers, welcome to today’s WIRED gift guide. We’ve rounded up 15 of the best coworker gifts under $50, perfect for any office situation. First, the Ember Temperature Control Mug, which WIRED calls “the ultimate desk upgrade,” keeping coffee at your ideal sipping temperature. For note-takers, the Rocketbook Reusable Notebook “replaces endless pads of paper,” and it’s endlessly erasable. Tech lovers will enjoy the 3-in-1 Magnetic Wireless Charger, “sleek, compact,” while the AUKEY

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Meme Meets Bureaucracy: The Rise of Big Balls in...

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2025/06/05

Welcome back to Tech Briefs. Today we’ve got a surreal twist from Washington, courtesy of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Although Musk has said he is “largely exiting his role” at DOGE, WIRED reports that three of his earliest operatives have quietly been converted into full-time government employees. Leading the pack is “Big Balls,” a young Doge who once served as a part-time consultant. Now, Big Balls draws a taxpayer-funded salary, complete with

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Exploring the Future of iOS with Sebastiaan de With's...

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2025/06/04

Welcome to Apple Insights, I’m your host. Today we’re exploring “Living Glass,” a bold iOS 26 concept from former Apple designer Sebastiaan de With. With WWDC just days away, de With imagines user interfaces that truly mirror our glass-screened devices. “Philosophically, if I was Apple, I’d describe this as finally having an interface that matches the beautiful material properties of its devices,” he writes.He traces iOS through three eras—from the skeuomorphic “Shaded Age,” to the clean

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Oklahoma's Blueprint for Success The Power of...

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2025/06/04

Today, we’re looking at how Oklahoma created one of the nation’s most successful universal pre-K programs. Launched in 1998, the state used a dedicated one-cent sales-tax increase to fund high-quality early education for every four-year-old. It wasn’t intended as free child care, but “early education,” in the words of former Congressman Tom Cole. Providers—public schools, community centers, even Head Start—must meet strict standards: teachers hold bachelor’s degrees, are state-licensed, and

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Unraveling the Hidden Tax Code Tweak Fueling Tech...

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2025/06/04

Hello and welcome to Quartz QuickTake. Today, we’re uncovering a hidden time bomb in the U.S. tax code that’s fueling mass tech layoffs. Between 2022 and now, a little-noticed tweak to Section 174—buried in the 2017 tax law—has forced companies to amortize R&D costs over five to 15 years instead of deducting them immediately. As one tech COO told Quartz, “I work on these tax write-offs and still hadn’t heard about this. It’s just been so weirdly silent.”For nearly 70 years, firms could

1:38

Reimagining Senior Living: Innovative Solutions for...

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2025/06/04

Hello and welcome to Real Estate Innovators, I’m your host, Julian Carter. Today we’re diving into a striking stat: even in top markets, only about five percent of seniors live in dedicated senior housing. McKinsey’s Sam O’Gorman explains that these residences “for all intents and purposes” look like regular apartments but feature “level access, lighting placed at a lower level, and wider doors.” Importantly, “senior housing doesn’t imply a care home or a nursing home.” Affordability isn’t

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Unlocking the Power of the Cover Letter: Insights...

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2025/06/04

Welcome to The REWORK Podcast. I’m Kimberly Rhodes, and today we’re making the case for cover letters with Basecamp co-founder Jason Fried. He argues that “a cover letter says more about you than your résumé ever could.” It’s your chance to show genuine effort, not just regurgitate your work history. Jason explains how smart use of AI can help polish your application, but warns that “the wrong use” stands out to human reviewers. At 37signals, a dedicated pre-screening team reads every cover

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Navigating In-Law Expectations with Kindness and...

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2025/06/04

Hello and welcome to One-Minute Family Advice. Today, we’re talking about a tricky question: what do you actually owe your in-laws? First, the basics: you owe them common courtesy and respect, but not unlimited free labor. As Vox reminds us, “no one is legally obligated to provide childcare, holiday hosting, or unpaid emotional support.” If you’re feeling pressure, try asking directly what they expect—and share what you can realistically offer. Expert Rachel Sussman notes that in-law

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Unpacking Controversy at Brown: When Campus...

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2025/06/04

Welcome to Campus Minute. Today we’re talking about Brown University disciplining a student who borrowed Elon Musk’s blunt style—and even DOGE memes—to quiz staff. On March 18, sophomore Alex Shieh sent an email to thousands of Brown administrators on behalf of The Brown Spectator, a brand-new conservative campus paper. “Please describe your role,” it began. “What tasks have you performed in the past week? How would Brown students be affected if your job didn’t exist?” His aim was to expose

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How the iPhone Revolutionized Photography and...

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2025/06/04

Hello and welcome to today’s episode. Remember when people were saying “the iPhone would be the death of the photography industry”? Back when early smartphones added cameras, professionals panicked. But fast-forward to today, and photography is far from dead—in fact, the iPhone saved it. As the article points out, “Everyone’s a Photographer Now (And That’s Not a Bad Thing).” By lowering the barrier to entry, millions unlocked an interest in light, composition, and storytelling. Thanks to

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Harnessing AI for Your Job Search: A Comprehensive...

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2025/06/04

Welcome to The Career AI Brief. If you’re hunting for your next opportunity, AI can become your “patient assistant,” helping you organize your search, clarify your goals, and showcase your strengths. First, try Google’s Career Dreamer to explore related fields—in your words—and see what a “typical day” in those roles looks like. Next, use a Gemini Gem career guide for a “soul-searching reverse interview,” where the AI asks you deep questions and then summarizes your priorities. Then dive

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Navigating Controversy: Parents Challenge Gender...

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2025/06/04

Hello and welcome to today’s episode. The Copenhagen International School, home to 900 students from around the world, has long been praised for its diversity and inclusivity. But recently, primary school parents were shocked when every morning last week their kindergarten through fifth-grade children were invited to “focus on gender dysphoria, transgenderism, they/them pronoun protocols, and coloring pride flags.” One activity even asked kids to “draw yourself in the mirror, then adorn it

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The Power of Details in App Design Lessons from a...

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2025/06/04

Welcome back to UX Minute. Today we’re talking about why “details were everything” in one solo developer’s fitness app. After three years of growth, he redesigned the main workout screen to move the pause button from a cluttered top bar to a big, easy-to-reach icon at the bottom. Users loved it—until real boxers tried it for the first time. More than 70 percent of new users tapped the screen expecting it to pause, learned nothing happened, then finally hit the pause button. He admits he

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Denmark's Digital Revolution: Striving for...

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2025/06/04

Hello and welcome to The Digital Minute. Today we explore Denmark’s bold steps toward digital sovereignty. Last month, the ICC’s chief prosecutor was cut off from crucial services under U.S. sanction power, proving any American administration can disconnect European access to Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure. Despite assurances that fears of being cut off were “fear, doubt, and uncertainty,” reality won. Now Copenhagen and Aarhus counties—together employing over forty thousand people—plan

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The Secrets behind Google's Trillion-Page Vault Unveiled

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2025/06/04

Welcome to ByteByteGo Briefs. Today, we’re uncovering how Google stores trillions of web pages. Every day, Google’s crawlers collect hundreds of billions of URLs, packing raw data into shipping containers full of hard drives. Once they arrive at Google’s data centers, this flood of information is ingested into Colossus, “Google’s global file system.” Colossus slices data into chunks, replicating each piece across multiple servers to guarantee high availability and durability. To wrangle

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Unlocking the Adventure: How Free Roam Mode is...

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2025/06/04

Hello and welcome to The Game Brief. Today we’re talking about why “Free Roam” mode just might be Mario Kart World’s killer app. When Ars Technica staffers dove back into a near-final build of Mario Kart World on the new Switch 2, they discovered that this hidden mode transforms the familiar kart racer into an open-world playground. Unlike standard races, you hit the plus button and suddenly “you’re dropped into a completely untimed and free-wheeling version of the vast Mario Kart World

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Millennials in Crisis: Navigating the Early Midlife...

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2025/06/04

Welcome back to Midlife Today. I’m your host, and today we’re talking about a surprise twist: the midlife crisis is coming early—for millennials. A new report points out that “the problems of midlife in 2021 are very different from the problems of midlife in 1971.” Today’s forty-somethings face soaring housing costs, stagnant wages, climate anxiety, and the fallout of a global pandemic. Traditionally, we see a “U-shaped curve” of well-being: highs in youth, lows around fifty, then

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Unlocking Your Dog's Day with Fi Series 3 Plus AI Collar

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2025/06/04

Hello and welcome to today’s show. If you’ve ever wished you could peek inside your dog’s day, Fi’s new Series 3 Plus AI collar might be your answer. Launched this week, it uses onboard AI to capture “meaningful changes in a dog’s behavior” with around 80 percent accuracy—tracking steps, sleep, barking, licking, scratching, even eating and drinking habits. Best of all, you can check all that data right from your Apple Watch thanks to full app integration and the same “interactivity and

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The Great Talent Migration How US Policies Are...

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2025/06/04

Hello and welcome to Science Minute. Today we look at a New York Times report on how U.S. policies under President Trump are driving scientific talent straight into China’s labs. Even before visa crackdowns and funding cuts, Beijing was already winning the global race for top researchers, luring Nobel laureates and MacArthur “Genius Grant” winners to places like Westlake University in Hangzhou. Now, with U.S. research budgets slashed and international students under pressure, more scholars

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Musk vs Trump The Battle Over a Controversial...

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2025/06/04

Hello and welcome to the Daily Brief. I’m your host. Today, we’re diving into Elon Musk’s blistering takedown of former President Trump’s big domestic policy bill. On X, Musk called the massive, pork-filled spending package “a disgusting abomination.” He added that it would “burden the U.S. with crushingly unsustainable debt” and warned, “Congress is making America bankrupt.” The White House quickly defended the legislation, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt insisting, “This is one big

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