5 things to consider when you run an internship program Contributing to growth As people who work on a team for a company, we have the inherent responsibility of contributing to growth. Thesegrowthmetrics typically measure everything from sales and customers to project-level deliverables like features, bug fixes, or optimizations. This all makes sense, we work in businesses. At the same time, we have responsibility for thegrowth of people, especially as hosts for aspiring professionals....

Mac OS X Lion is only hours away, and it’s a great time to set aside a few hours to get your system in shape for the update. Here are five things we recommend you get out of the way in that time so you can help smash Apple’s servers the minute Lion drops. 1. Check your machine’s compatibility & complete final software update Not all Macs are compatible with Lion, but if yours isn’t it’s probably just about ready for retirement anyway....

5 things to know when you’re buying your first electric vehicle It’s not as much of a change as you’d think 1. You could get thousands of $ in government subsidies Let’s start with one of the biggest reasons to buy an EV: governments around the world have made them more affordable than ever. While some individual EV manufacturers offer financing incentives, the US government also gives new buyers a one-time tax credit ofup to $7,500....

A few days ago,I positedthat the Internet was fundamentally broken in the way that only things which have been patched together could be. The article at the time ended up being a long meeting with CloudFlare’s CEO, but it got me thinking about what we as the informed masses could do in order to help fix things. It’s with that in mind that I’ve gone back to the thinking stool to come up with some ways that we can all band together to help fix our broken Internet....

Big tech has a new threat to its market dominance: FTC chairwoman Lina Khan. President Joe Biden appointed Khan chair of the Federal Trade Commission on June 15, putting a prominent proponent of breaking up monopolies in charge of the competition regulator. “I look forward to working with my colleagues to protect the public from corporate abuse,” Khan said in a statement. Progressives have heralded the appointment as an opportunity to rein in the increasing power of Silicon Valley, which will be keeping a close eye on her next moves....