Uber whistleblower Susan Fowler talks at SXSW about the power of a story to bring about change in Silicon Valley. …read more Source:: CNet

The Brie Larson movie claims the second-biggest global opening weekend for a superhero film. …read more Source:: CNet

Dr. Travis Bradberry has a PhD in industrial-organizational psychology, and argues that “The eight-hour workday is an outdated and ineffective approach to work.” A study recently conducted by the Draugiem Group used a computer application to track employees’ work habits. Specifically, the application measured how much time people spent on various tasks and compared this…

To quote Mario, “Wahoo!” …read more Source:: CNet

Did you have anything planned for the next hour or so? No? That’s good because if you’re anything like us, watching even one of the restorations performed on [Marty’s Matchbox Makeovers] is likely to send you down a deep dark rabbit hole that you never knew existed. Even if you can’t tell the difference between…

Senator wants the company separated from its App Store. …read more Source:: CNet

AmiMoJo quotes Computerworld: Microsoft plans to start selling its Windows 7 add-on support beginning April 1. Labeled “Extended Security Updates” (ESU), the post-retirement support will give enterprise customers more time to purge their environments of Windows 7. From Windows 7’s Jan. 14, 2020 end of support, ESU will provide security fixes for uncovered or reported…

CSS trigonometry functions approved but not expected to hit browsers any time soon. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Paragliding sounds like fun until you’re greeted by an irate roo. …read more Source:: CNet

What if a robot came to your house to retrieve library books? An anonymous reader quotes the Bay Area Newsgroup: Residents in downtown Mountain View have gotten their first peek at the future with the debut of BookBot, the library’s newest non-human helper. A creation of Google’s Area 120 — an experimental division of the…