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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-18 01:37:11

For nearly 11 years, Hack Club - a nonprofit that provides coding education and community to teenagers worldwide - has used Slack as the tool for communication. We weren’t freeloaders. A few years ago, when Slack transitioned us from their free nonprofit plan to a $5,000/year arrangement, we happily paid. It was reasonable, and we valued the service they provided to our community. However, two days ago, Slack reached out to us and said that if we don’t agree to pay an extra $50k this week and $

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Stop Letting That Old Computer Gather Dust. Here's Where to Recycle It for Free

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-19 22:00:00

When an old laptop or printer finally gives out, the biggest question is often, "What do I do with it now?" Tossing electronics in the trash is bad for the environment and can even be illegal. It's no wonder a recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us have old, unused tech just sitting in our closets and basements. The good news is that recycling your e-waste is simpler than you might think. You don't have to hunt down a special facility; major retailers like Best Buy and Staples make

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10 open-source apps I recommend every Windows user try - for free

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-09-20 13:00:00

LibreOffice / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways If Windows is your OS of choice, consider these open-source apps. There are tons of open-source apps for just about any task. These are all free to install and use on Windows. I've been using open-source software for a very long time. In fact, the last time I didn't use open-source software, Bill Clinton was president of the US. Open-source software is available for nearl

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The New York Times Mini Crossword Is Behind a Paywall: Here's a Way to Play

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 12:00:04

I'm a fan of the New York Times Mini Crossword -- a sporty, streamlined companion to the newspaper's legendary regular daily crossword. Typically, the Mini Crossword (we publish the answers daily) has roughly a dozen clues to work through -- six across-clues and six down-clues -- and you can complete it in less than a minute if all goes well. It makes me feel smart, unlike the big crossword, which sometimes makes me throw things. But in late August, some Mini Crossword players suddenly ran int

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Stop Letting That Old Compute Gather Dust. Here's Where to Recycle It for Free

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-20 13:00:07

When an old laptop or printer finally gives out, the biggest question is often, "What do I do with it now?" Tossing electronics in the trash is bad for the environment and can even be illegal. It's no wonder a recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us have old, unused tech just sitting in our closets and basements. The good news is that recycling your e-waste is simpler than you might think. You don't have to hunt down a special facility; major retailers like Best Buy and Staples make

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Kayak co-founder takes on Calendly with new Supercal scheduling platform

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-09-22 13:00:00

Kayak co-founder Paul English is back with a new venture—this time, he’s taking on Calendly. The entrepreneur has launched Supercal, a free scheduling platform that’s designed to make booking meetings more efficient and simple. Supercal was born out of English’s personal experience with the challenges of booking meetings. As a member of eight boards of directors, English says he and others often struggled to coordinate schedules. He then set out to create an email system for booking group meeti

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Free Spotify users can now pick songs, but of course there’s a catch

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-23 13:10:45

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify is improving its experience for free users. The service will now let non-paid subscribers pick and play the song they want. These users will also be able to play a song shared by a friend or artist. Spotify has long been focused on improving the Premium experience. For example, Premium members recently started gaining access to lossless audio, a feature that many have been waiting for. Now it’s finally time for free users to get a little somethin

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Spotify’s free users can finally play the songs they want

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-09-24 09:47:00

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Spotify has removed restrictions that prevented free users from listening to specific tracks. With Lossless audio now finally rolling out to paying subscribers, the music streaming service has announced that it’s also allowing non-paying listeners to search, play, and share any song they want, without having to upgrade to a Premium subscription. The update is being rolled out globally and addresses one of t

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Spotify Free now lets you play a specific track on demand

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-24 17:41:32

Spotify Free comes with enough limitations that the company hopes it will persuade you to upgrade to a premium subscription. But one of the four limits is being removed from today … Unlike Apple Music, which offers paid subscriptions only (aside from a limited free trial), Spotify offers the choice of free and premium subscriptions. Spotify Free has so far had four major drawbacks: Interruptions from ads Lower audio quality Limited ability to skip unwanted tracks Shuffle-only playback on m

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Free Spotify users can finally listen to any track immediately

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-24 17:00:13

There must be something in the water at Spotify HQ. Less than a week after delivering long-promised lossless audio, the company has another treat. Free listeners can finally listen to any track they want. After enhancing Premium, perhaps Spotify figured it could add a free perk without shedding subscribers. Spotify accounts on the free plan can now choose any track and immediately listen to it. Previously, that was paywalled for Premium subscribers. Non-paying ones had to shuffle through an alb

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Spotify Free's Upgrade Lets You Pick Any Song You Want

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-24 17:00:03

Music streaming service Spotify is rolling out improvements to its free music tier, including the new ability to listen to any song you want, and this follows the company granting Premium users access to lossless streams. The company outlined three new ways ad-supported users can now access the specific song they want to listen to without shuffling: Pick & Play to choose any song from the interface, including your library; Search & Play to use the app's search function; and Share & Play to list

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Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-24 17:00:00

Following its long-awaited launch of lossless streaming for paid subscribers, Spotify is upgrading its service for free users, too. On Monday, the company announced that free users globally will now be able to search and play any song they want or play a song shared by a friend or an artist they follow on social media. The company calls the new features “Pick & Play,” “Search & Play,” and “Share & Play,” respectively. With the former, free users can hit play in the Spotify app to pick and play

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Hey Google, let’s get rid of ads in Gmail

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-25 00:00:54

Stephen Headrick / Android Authority I hate ads. But I love Google. What a conundrum. We live in an online world that largely runs on ads, and I think it’s important to have this option so that products can continue to be used for free by the majority of the world. In fact, the free website you’re currently visiting to read these words right now is largely powered by ads. Again, this is a vital part of the internet being what it is today. I think it’s safe to say, however, that we are long over

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Amazon Prime Shared Free Shipping Faces Crackdown Next Month

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-25 08:07:06

If you're using someone else's Amazon Prime membership for their free shipping but you don't live in the same household, you might need to pay another monthly cost soon. According to Amazon's updated customer service page, the online retail giant is ending its Prime Invitee benefit-sharing program on Oct. 1. Amazon's Prime Invitee program is being replaced by Amazon Family, as reported earlier by The Verge, which includes many of the same benefits. However, Amazon Family only works for up to t

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I used this ChatGPT trick to look for coupon codes - and saved 25% on my dinner tonight

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-09-26 01:30:48

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Free ChatGPT can surface working coupon codes, but it's hit or miss. Agent on ChatGPT Plus might improve your odds of finding valid deals. Coupon or promo codes can lead to easy savings online. It's Friday afternoon, and I'm wrapping up work. I've got my daughter's 4-year checkup with shots later, which means one thing: pizza night. That should put a smile on her face after our appointm

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The New York Times Mini Crossword Now Has a Paywall, but There Is a Way to Play

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 04:45:03

I'm a fan of the New York Times Mini Crossword -- a sporty, streamlined companion to the newspaper's legendary regular daily crossword. Typically, the Mini Crossword (we publish the answers daily) has roughly a dozen clues to work through -- six across-clues and six down-clues -- and you can complete it in less than a minute if all goes well. It makes me feel smart, unlike the big crossword, which sometimes makes me throw things. But in late August, some Mini Crossword players suddenly ran int

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A Web Framework for Zig

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-27 13:42:30

Free, open source, and always will be. Jetzig is MIT licensed.

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As Apple again extends free satellite messaging, I’m doubling down on my prediction

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-29 01:21:56

Apple’s satellite messaging service was a key feature of the iPhone 14. Initially limited to providing an emergency service for those outside cellular coverage areas, it was subsequently extended to offer roadside assistance cover for mechanical problems and messaging with family and friends too. Although initially described as free for the first two years only, Apple subsequently extended free coverage – and has just done so again … As Macworld notes, here are the latest free periods: iPhone

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Apple Free Satellite Service Extended Again for iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 Owners

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-29 00:00:08

Off the grid doesn't mean out of luck. Apple's satellite service, which connects directly to an overhead satellite when there is no cellular or Wi-Fi coverage, will continue to be free for at least another year. The feature, a notable selling point for Apple's devices, allows iPhone users to text family and request emergency help when they're out of range. Apple's free satellite connection service was due to be cut off this year for current owners of iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 models, but the time

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The New York Times Mini Crossword Is Now Paywalled: Here's One Way to Play

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-29 02:00:03

The New York Times Mini Crossword is a fun and simple younger sibling to the newspaper's legendary regular daily crossword. The Mini Crossword (we publish the answers daily) usually has only about six across-clues and six down-clues, and you can finish it in less than a minute if all goes well. It makes me feel smart, unlike the big crossword, which sometimes makes me throw things. But in late August, some Mini Crossword players were met with a paywall. Going forward, anyone who doesn't pay fo

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These are the best AT&T deals you’ll find this September

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-29 12:00:28

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority AT&T takes a different approach than Verizon and T-Mobile when it comes to promotions, upgrades, and special deals. While its rivals often advertise free phones with no trade-in required, AT&T rarely offers devices entirely free up front. That can make it less appealing to switchers, but the trade-off is that existing customers typically get the same deals as new ones. The main caveat is that upgrade offers usually require a higher-end plan, whereas new cust

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Insufficiently sanitized data allows unauthenticated access to FreePBX Admin

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 13:03:35

We’re back - it’s a day, in a month, in a year - and once again, something has happened. In this week’s episode of “the Internet is made of string and there is literally no evidence to suggest otherwise”, we present even further evidence that as a species we made a fairly painful mistake when we discovered electricity - and it just got worse and worse. Today, inside this hellscape we call the Internet, a mean person has discovered a zero-day(s) in FreePBX (now lovingly called CVE-2025-57819).

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YouTube Music didn’t learn from Spotify’s mistake, tries to paywall lyrics

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-01 20:02:29

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube Music is experimenting with paywalling lyrics for its free users. The company is limiting the number of free lyrics views before prompting users to upgrade to a Premium account. This move is similar to what Spotify did, a change it eventually reversed after user backlash. Spotify and YouTube Music are reasonably competitive in their features, with each service having some nice extras. Spotify Connect is a lifesaver if you have multiple devices, wh

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Apple is giving iPhone 14 and 15 users another free year of satellite features

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-10-02 01:38:46

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 users are getting another year of free access to satellite connectivity features, according to a footnote on Apple’s newsroom posts for the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro. “The free trial will be extended for iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 users who have activated their d

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These are the very best Verizon deals you’ll find this September

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-03 21:06:19

Joe Maring / Android Authority Verizon might not be the de facto king of mobile anymore, but it’s still one of the biggest and most reliable networks in the US. Whether you’re a new or existing customer, Verizon offers plenty of ways to save, including trade-in deals, upgrade promos, and free phone offers for those adding a new line. Below, we’ll look at some of the best Verizon deals available in September 2025. Keep in mind this is far from an extensive look at every phone, tablet, or watch

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Google Details Exactly How Many Prompts You Can Use With Gemini Free

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-04 09:44:00

Google has detailed exactly how many prompts can be used in a 24-hour period with its Gemini chatbot's free, AI Pro and AI Ultra tiers. Previously, Google was more vague on how many questions were permitted under each tier. Per Google's Gemini support page, those using the AI chatbot for free have up to five prompts on its 2.5 Pro model a day. For Gemini AI Pro, a subscription tier that costs $20 per month, you'll be allowed 100 prompts. With Gemini AI Ultra at $200 a month, that number is 500

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Time to Recycle an Old Laptop or Printer? Here's Where to Take It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-04 16:47:00

Once that old laptop or printer stops working, you need to get rid of it. However, that can be easier said than done. Throwing it in the trash will only lead to more items that could be recycled slowly deteriorating in a landfill, and depending on the device in question could be illegal. That's probably why a recent CNET survey found that almost a third of US adults still have old, unused electronics hanging around the house. The good news? Recycling your old devices is easier than ever. Major

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Turn Live Footage Into CG Scenes for Free With AutoDesk

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-04 17:22:00

If you edit videos on the regular, you know how expensive certain software and tools can be, especially when you start playing with special effects. Things like CGI are often not accessible by the average person. But with AutoDesk, you can bring Hollywood right to your laptop with its Flow Studio tool. This tool is a cloud-based and AI-powered to bring your live-action footage into editable CG scenes. Software like this seems like it would cost a fortune. But what if it it didn't cost you anyth

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The Pixel 10 Pro’s free AI Pro plan is a trap, don’t get fooled

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-06 03:30:24

Joe Maring / Android Authority The Pixel 10-series is Google’s most aggressive bet on AI yet. Year on year, the company keeps tacking on more AI-first features. From the camera to the notes app and elsewhere, the pitch is clear. This isn’t just another smartphone. Instead, it’s a showcase for how Google’s AI strategy ties directly to its hardware. But while the on-device LLM can do a lot, when it comes to heavy lifting, Google wants you to pop over into the Gemini app. More specifically, Gemini

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Major Amazon Prime Benefit Faces Crackdown Next Month

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-06 04:00:03

If you're using a friend or family member's free Prime shipping and you don't live in the same household, you might need to pay another monthly cost. According to Amazon's updated customer service page, first reported by The Verge, the retail giant is ending its Prime Invitee benefit-sharing program on Oct. 1. Amazon isn't the first company to prevent membership sharing between family and friends. The e-commerce giant is just the latest to follow Netflix's account-sharing crackdown. We also saw

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Latest Tech News

Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year

Stop Letting That Old Computer Gather Dust. Here's Where to Recycle It for Free

10 open-source apps I recommend every Windows user try - for free

The New York Times Mini Crossword Is Behind a Paywall: Here's a Way to Play

Stop Letting That Old Compute Gather Dust. Here's Where to Recycle It for Free

Kayak co-founder takes on Calendly with new Supercal scheduling platform

Free Spotify users can now pick songs, but of course there’s a catch

Spotify’s free users can finally play the songs they want

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Free Spotify users can finally listen to any track immediately

Spotify Free's Upgrade Lets You Pick Any Song You Want

Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks

Hey Google, let’s get rid of ads in Gmail

Amazon Prime Shared Free Shipping Faces Crackdown Next Month

I used this ChatGPT trick to look for coupon codes - and saved 25% on my dinner tonight

The New York Times Mini Crossword Now Has a Paywall, but There Is a Way to Play

A Web Framework for Zig

As Apple again extends free satellite messaging, I’m doubling down on my prediction

Apple Free Satellite Service Extended Again for iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 Owners

The New York Times Mini Crossword Is Now Paywalled: Here's One Way to Play

These are the best AT&T deals you’ll find this September

Insufficiently sanitized data allows unauthenticated access to FreePBX Admin

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These are the very best Verizon deals you’ll find this September

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Time to Recycle an Old Laptop or Printer? Here's Where to Take It

Turn Live Footage Into CG Scenes for Free With AutoDesk

The Pixel 10 Pro’s free AI Pro plan is a trap, don’t get fooled

Major Amazon Prime Benefit Faces Crackdown Next Month

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