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Stephanie Mehta's Modern CEO newsletter examines how nine chief executives allocate their time, noting that while leaders say customers and direct reports are their top priorities, data on their actual schedules tells a different story. The newsletter draws on conversations with executives and entrepreneurs as well as reporting from Inc. and Fast Company.
Jono, released on Steam by solo developer Tuomas Erikoinen under the name Part Time Monkey, lets only one player control its pixel-art hero at a time, with everyone else queuing for a one-minute turn. Deaths reset the character to the start of the current room and leave a gravestone marker, while waiting players watch a live feed and chat. Erikoinen says over 540 players sent more than 85,000 chat messages in 17 days while clearing roughly 5,000 of a planned one million procedurally generated rooms.
Daylight saving time in the United States ends at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, Nov. 1, when clocks move back one hour to standard time. The change will not affect trick-or-treating light levels on Halloween, but will shift sunset earlier starting the next day. Standard time will remain until clocks spring forward again on March 14, 2027, under the long-standing twice-yearly schedule set by the Uniform Time Act of 1966.
Time-Nuts is a mailing list hosted at lists.febo.com for amateurs focused on precise time and frequency measurement, covering quartz oscillator stability, rubidium and cesium atomic clocks, and signals like WWVB, Loran-C and GPS. The list has about 1,800 members, mostly hams and electronics hobbyists, who also discuss repairing surplus timing instruments and homebrew hardware/software projects. An archive of posts from 2004 onward is available at febo.com/pipermail.
Researchers at Eye Security found that Time4Popcorn, a Popcorn Time fork, used an insecure HTTP updater pointing to an abandoned domain that accepted unsigned executables, letting anyone controlling the domain run code as SYSTEM or root. The firm registered the domain and 14 related ones, observed roughly 3 million Windows and 350,000 macOS connections, and between November 2025 and March 2026 pushed remediation code to disable the vulnerable updater, collecting no host data in the process.
Eye Security found that the update mechanism for a Popcorn Time fork called Time4Popcorn was still active on millions of Windows, macOS, and Android devices, communicating with defunct domains over unencrypted HTTP using an outdated, vulnerable version of Chrome. The researchers registered one of the abandoned domains and pushed an update that disabled the service on Windows and macOS, rather than leave the exposed updater running. They said the update process served no real function anymore and only posed a security risk.
Google has told Android users in Canada to install pending software updates and restart their devices after some phones showed incorrect times following British Columbia and Manitoba's permanent switch to daylight saving time. The provinces will not turn clocks back on November 1st, which can confuse devices still expecting the old time change. Google also suggested enabling location-based time zone detection or manually setting the correct time zone if the issue persists.
A recurring public debate persists in the United States and parts of Canada over whether to keep permanent standard time or permanent daylight saving time, eliminating the twice-yearly clock change. No legislative resolution has been reached, and the biannual time shift remains in effect.
A solo business owner describes organizing their week by assigning specific themes to different days, such as running experiments on Wednesday mornings, handling administrative tasks on Fridays, and rotating blog writing and updates on Mondays. The approach is presented as a way to reduce the cost of switching between unrelated tasks when working alone.
Amazon introduced its new Amazon Kids Tablets line, pitching the devices as an ideal 'first tablet' for toddlers. The company's marketing emphasizes all-day battery life to keep children occupied on flights and car rides, and includes a child-sized handle and protective case for independent use. Built-in generative AI features are promoted as a premium selling point for young users.
Amazon is selling Samsung's 25-inch Odyssey G4 gaming monitor at a 39% discount, cutting $110 off its price. The monitor features a 300Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time, aimed at competitive gamers.
Multi-unit franchisees from chains including Atomic Wings, Rock N Roll Sushi and TCBY told Franchising.com how they approach limited-time offers (LTOs). Atomic Wings' Moe Moustafa used micro-influencers to build month-long buzz around a dirty soda launch, Rock N Roll Sushi's Amy Boesen holds staff tasting days before new items launch, and TCBY's Sam Batt evaluates LTOs like a Dubai Chocolate flavor for whether they could become permanent menu items.