Meet her now and you might find it hard to believe that, less than 10 years ago, 38 year-old Jessica McCabe was at the end of her rope: divorced, broke, living at home with her mother, with no viable job prospects in sight. “My career was going nowhere,” she said in an interview with Yahoo Finance. “And I went, ‘You know what, let me figure this out.’” Her first step was to look hard at the condition she had been struggling with for as long as she could remember: attention deficit… Source link

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. And in the U.S., app usage surged ahead of the time spent watching live TV. Currently, the average American 

Hardware season is heading for a dramatic finale next week, with three events from three major companies, three days in a row. Apple, Google and Samsung (in that order) are all hosting big events next week, getting their last big announcements (hopefully) out of the way ahead of the upcoming holiday season. That means your friendly neighborhood hardware editor — and much of the TechCrunch staff — is set to be busy for the next few weeks, writing about and reviewing all manner of… Source link

Chrome’s 2.6 billion users have faced an increased number of security threats in recent months, but now arguably the biggest warning has been issued concerning Google itself. And it might just make you want to quit Chrome.  Through Chrome, it is claimed Google now has the power to determine how the web functions LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES MORE FROM FORBESGoogle Confirms Chrome’s 12th & 13th Zero-Day Hacks In 2021By Gordon Kelly In an explosive editorial, Source link

The area in and around Sunflower County, Mississippi has much poverty and schools that have been given low grades. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Inequality in this country, which should be a bipartisan issue, takes many forms. There is inequality of gender, age, education, and of course, along racial and ethnic backgrounds. Increasingly, though, I’ve been considering another form that inequality takes, that being geography. More and more it seems we are divided… Source link

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We’re just a few days away from Google’s October 19th launch event for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, but if you want an early look at what to expect, you might want to check out this big thread of leaked images from prolific leaker Evan Blass. The thread includes what appear to be official renders of both phones, images of cases, and some photos of people using the phones — and it’s that last category of images that were the most interesting to me. Ever since early rumored renders… Source link

All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is on a collision course with its rival World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as the company gets set for a weekend of anticipated shows ‘Rampage’ and ‘Dynamite.’ AEW founder, co-owner, president, and CEO Tony Khan joined Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the evolution of the pro-wrestling industry and what it feels like to go head to head with WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown. “I was surprised when I found out we had head to head competition tonight because it’s kind of a… Source link

Authorization for Moderna’s (MRNA) COVID-19 vaccine for ages 12-17 was put on hold Friday in light of concerns over a rare side effect known as myocarditis, or a heart inflammation. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision gives Pfizer’s (PFE), which has a similar technology, an advantage in the market. In advisory panel discussions prior to Pfizer’s authorization for adolescents, the myocarditis risks were raised, but ultimately the panel decided the benefits outweigh the risks. As a… Source link

As of this week, DC-based entrepreneurship nonprofit 2Gether-International has officially launched its first-ever tech-focused cohort for disabled founders, including two from Philly. Through the 10-week accelerator program, which kicked off earlier this month, participants will be coached on startup best practices, including customer development, product marketing and leadership. They’ll also have access to mentors from Google for Startups. Plus, each startup will be competing in December… Source link