Free Guy’s philosophy: Are we all just part of a grand simulation?

Have you ever wondered if you’re just a character in some elaborate simulation? You shake the thought off because you’re a real person, living a real-life, in a concrete reality. But can you be certain that you are? Isn’t it at least possible that your body and that the world around you are nothing but illusions? This is the conundrum that Guy, played by Ryan Reynolds, finds himself in the middle of in the filmFree Guy....

5 min · 948 words · Zachary Sims

Free wine, buddies, and… knitting? 5 tech companies getting employee onboarding right

Did you hear about the company that takes their workers on a free trip to San Fran during their first week? No? You better keep reading. As the race for talent heats up in a post pandemic world, companies need to up their game. It’s simply not enough to provide a new employee with a company laptop and a desk on their first day. Here are just some of the amazing onboarding perks that the world’s top tech companies are offering....

3 min · 601 words · Claudia Gay

FreeAgent: An accounting web app for those who know nothing about accounting

Accounting software doesn’t get much of a look-in here on The Next Web, and with good reason – most of it is drab, dry and painfully dull; the exact opposite of what we aim to bring you every day. However, as it’s Productivity Week I thought it well worth highlightingFreeAgent– a web-based tool aimed at freelancers, self-employed people and small businesses that flies in the face of everything you’ll be used to with accounting software....

3 min · 537 words · Rebecca Clarke

Freedom Phone: Anatomy of a MAGA scam

What would you say if I told you there was a completely uncensorable, 100% secure phone you could buy that would not only stick it to those Silicon Valley elites, but it’d also help support good old American freedom and democracy? Well, hell, I’d say: sign me up! Give me 10 Freedom phones and a side ofmaking shit great again. First though, let’s take a look at what we’re getting into....

6 min · 1276 words · Brandon Parker

Freelance writing could be your ticket to a new career. This training can get you ready

TLDR:The 2021 Become a Freelance Writer Bootcamp Bundle is your step-by-step guide to building a lucrative and thriving career as a work-for-hire writer. Over the past two years, the rest of the world has caught up to a fact that freelance writers have known for a long time. Working remotely — and often on your own timeline — is a pretty great job perk. Of course, for all that independence and freedom, there are some trade-offs....

3 min · 469 words · Nicole Leonard
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