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2025 is a lot—here’s how to keep your career moving forward

Fast Company Tech

In 2024, 43% of adults reported feeling more anxious than they did the previous year, compared to 37% in 2023 and 32% in 2022, according to a poll by the American Psychiatric Association. Brittany Bate, a licensed psychologist and owner of Be BOLD Psychology and Consulting , says that one common pattern is overthinking.

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Paris to hold vote on shared scooters

TechCrunch

As I explained last week , Dott, Lime and Tier, the three scooter companies currently operating in the city, have operating licenses that are set to expire on March 23rd, 2023. Even though the vote will occur a few days after the license expiration, scooter companies will still be able to keep their services up and running after March 23rd.

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Facebook will stop accepting new political ads a week before the US presidential election

The Verge

But it may prevent the worst efforts to spread hoaxes and dread in an election that has been transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic, voter fears over physically going to the polls, and a new reliance on mail-in voting.

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CFPB signals that regulation is coming for BNPL

TechCrunch

A DebtHammer poll showed that 32% of customers skip out on paying rent, utilities or child support to make their BNPL payments, and BNPL services can also lead to bigger purchases. California sued Afterpay after it initially refused to obtain a lender’s license from the state. Some data would suggest otherwise.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Ahrefs’ homepage, digital health trends, 2022 marketing predictions

TechCrunch

The answers and advice we received were as varied as the people we polled, but nearly all of them indicated that learning — e.g., analytics training, getting started with AI tools, etc. — In Silicon Valley, we’d have to wait a few months to get a marriage license.). was high on their to-do list. Is that allowed? Happy in Hayward.

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Nerdio lands $117M to build management tools on top of Azure Virtual Desktop

TechCrunch

With auto-scaling, “license optimization,” security and compliance, and monitoring and reporting features beyond what Microsoft offers natively, Vladimirskiy claims that Nerdio can deliver significant cost savings while “non-disruptively” layering on top of existing Azure Virtual Desktop deployments. .”

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Top 8 Virtual Meeting Platforms

AccelEvents

Polls, Q&As, and live chats. With Teams, you can easily host up to 100 people for the basic license and 500+ attendees for large virtual events. . Keynote speaker session. Breakout sessions. Virtual and hybrid exhibitor booths and trade show halls. Networking with individuals in one-on-one or select virtual rooms. Q&A sessions.

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