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I failed at every attempt to combat my phone addiction. This new approach worked. FacebookTwitterEmail I spent 1/4 of every day on my phone. I decided to do something extreme to stop.bobmadbob/Getty Images One dreary January evening, after one of those long work days where I thought, “I’m tired, I’ll just lay in bed for a few minutes and check Instagram,” I fell into a black hole. I blinked, and suddenly I’d been in bed for an hour and my eyeballs were seared from all the blue light a...

Bay Area techies are still celebrating getting rich in a pandemic Erin Griffith, New York Times March 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE -- Inside the Airbnb headquarters in San Francisco, Sept. 1, 2016. Silicon Valley’s cash-gushing, millionaire-minting initial public offerings have been bigger and buzzier than ever — but in the pandemic, the newly rich aren’t celebrating with the usual blowout parties and early retirement into round-the-world travel. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)JASO...

Itsuo Inouye/AP; Skye Gould/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. SoftBank has invested in more than 100 tech companies, creating a vast network of businesses. The Japanese investor wants the companies to work together, which makes them stronger as they grow – but could put them in danger if their peers fail. A review by Insider offers the first comprehensiv...

Read later Summary: Slack is a $27.7 billion gambit on the part of Salesforce, but one that has an integral role to play in the post-COVID new world of work, says Bret Taylor. No technology firm’s pitch in 2021 would be complete without a contemplation of the so-called ‘new normal’, a fairly empty, catch-all term that’s been bandied around since the start of the COVID outbreak, but one which needs practical meat put on its bones as the Vaccine Economy kicks in. What form that fleshing ...

(Photo : Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) The Amazon website is seen on December 5, 2017 in Dandenong, Australia. Amazon has ended months of speculation by launching its local website overnight. The online retail giant has started taking orders and shipping products from its fulfilment centre in Dandenong South, offering massive discounts on millions of items across more than 20 categories including electronics, toys, clothing, beauty and accessories. According to Bleeping Computers latest r...

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PHOTO: Aaro K So maybe Zoom was kind of the big winner in terms of software to help power digital workplaces in 2020. What will win in 2021? “Im expecting to see more interest in desk and room booking software to accommodate hybrid workforces and the return to work in 2021,” said Andrew Hewitt, Forrester analyst who specializes in employee technology experience, digital workspaces and remote work. “Also, increased focus on collecting qualitative feedback within digital workplace...

Terrifying post-COVID syndrome is next focus for researchers in Bay Area and beyond FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Joy Wu, 37, who has been plagued with COVID-19 symptoms since she came back from a trip to the Galapagos in March, rests on her couch on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 in San Carlos, California. She hasnt been able to do much in nearly a year and had to quit her job as a medical device engineer.Gabrielle Lurie / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of8Fred Marziano, 50, a Marin County Sheriffs deput...

Skip to main content Billions in damage across the South prompts focus on whos to blame, and who will pay Sofia Sokolove, Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Mark Berman and Griff Witte, The Washington Post Feb. 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 11 1of11Houston city workers direct lines of cars waiting to receive bottled water at a high school sports complex. Houston, the nations fourth-largest city, was under a boil-water advisory Friday, as more than 14 million Texans were still experiencing water...

I knew it was a long shot. I tried to see Yosemites firefall anyway. FacebookTwitterEmail Yosemites firefall, captured on Feb. 7, 2021.Courtesy of Nam Ing I wasn’t planning this year to see Yosemite’s National Park’s firefall, a natural phenomenon during which the rays of the setting sun illuminate Horsetail Fall in fire-red, orange and golden hues. Reservations would be hard to come by, I knew, and lines would be long, parking lots would be full and crowds of photographers would be annoy...