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Apple’s iMessage is not being designated as a “core platform service” under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission announced today. The decision means the service won’t be hit with tough new obligations, including a requirement to offer interoperability with other messaging services. The Commission also opted against



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Many people forget to quantify their achievements in résumés.
  • An ex-Amazon recruiter says a key mistake job candidates make is writing vague statements in résumés.
  • She compares these to "Miss America answers" that don't highlight specific achievements.
  • It's best to quantify your achievements, she said. 

A former Amazon recruiter says there’s one mistake that she keeps seeing



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Nothing's next smartphone, the Nothing Phone 2a, is launching on March 5.

The company sent media invites for the streamed unveiling, titled "Fresh Eyes," and posted an accompanying video on YouTube.

The video, unsurprisingly, doesn't provide much specific detail about the upcoming phone itself, though we know that it will be the first entry-level/mid-range phone coming from Nothing



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Lyft is expanding its Women+ Connect program to a bunch of new cities. This initiative originally launched in a limited number of locations back in September, but now it's getting a much larger rollout.

Women+ Connect does exactly what the name implies. It connects women and nonbinary riders to similarly identifying drivers, and vice versa. This is an opt-in feature that aims to bolster safety



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Lyft is expanding Women Plus Connect, an in-app feature that matches women and nonbinary drivers with women and nonbinary riders, to all US cities. The rideshare service initially launched the initiative in five cities last fall, with the goal of both improving safety and recruiting more female and nonbinary users. Over 2.4 million riders have activated Women Plus Connect since its



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Lyft's pledge to protect women and nonbinary riders will be tested nationwide today (Feb. 13), as the app announces its Women+ Connect safety feature is expanding to users across the country.

Women+ Connect is an opt-in setting for women and nonbinary riders that asks the app to prioritize matches with women and nonbinary drivers. It was designed in collaboration with the Human Rights Campaign



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Spotify debuted on the New York Stock Exchange in 2018.
  • Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek admitted to feeling not good enough every day despite his success.
  • He told Norges Bank Investment Management’s podcast “In Good Company” he often feels "inadequate."
  • Ek has previously revealed he struggles with wanting to be liked. 

Daniel Ek is a billionaire and CEO of one of the world’s



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After moving out from beneath Stephen Colbert's desk, Jon Stewart is now back on The Daily Show each Monday to cover the upcoming 2024 election.

In the 20-minute monologue above the host discusses what's happened so far, including the alleged issues candidates President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have been having with their memories and Biden's recent (confusing) decision to join TikTok ("How do



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A "No Smoking" sign on a plane.
  • United Airlines "briefly" grounded its Airbus A321neos due to a peculiar rule.
  • It needed an exemption from requirements flight crew be able to turn off "No Smoking" signs.
  • United received an exemption for Boeing jets in 2020, but ordered the A321neos a year later.

United Airlines passengers faced delays on Monday after



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Sunday night's Super Bowl has become the most watched TV program of this generation.

Setting a record high, the big game — which saw the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in overtime — brought in an audience of 123.4 million, according to figures from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. The number is close to the all-time-record held by the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, which had a



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Automation doesn’t only threaten human workers. Our canine colleagues may also need new jobs because there’s a new robot guide dog in town — and it doesn’t even need walkies. Named Roboguide, the quadruped was bred at the University of Glasgow. The research team built the prototype pooch to support blind and partially sighted people in indoor spaces. Their design solves common problems in



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Gen Z just wants a raise and a promotion.
Gen Z workers just want two things out of a job: a good salary and a quick promotion.

At 25, Kimi Kaneshina isn't where she thought she would be in her career. After a year working as a product manager in Southern California, she was laid off in June. The job was great, but the experience of getting axed shifted her priorities. Now, on the job hunt, she isn't messing around.

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