Your intentions are good. You learned long ago that the polite guest never shows up empty-handed to a dinner party and you’ve stuck by it. You always grab a bouquet of Trader Joe’s wildflowers on your way to the fete that you thrust magnanimously into the arms of your host on arrival. You’re polite! You sweat the…
On the latest episode of The Upgrade, we’re talking about the self-proclaimed “front page of the Internet,” the massive online community known as Reddit. For some, Reddit is a second home, a place to hang out, post links, chat and trash talk with like-minded friends and foes. For others, it’s a confusing rabbit…
This graduation speech by Australian comedian and Groundhog Day composer Tim Minchin contains a bit of advice that I’ve certainly heard elsewhere, but seems especially useful at a time when we’re all exhausted by the constant pressure to assert our identity on social media.
Do you love football? Do you love snacks? Do you you have a 10” double bevel miter saw? Then get ready for a DIY project that’ll delight small children and Super Bowl party guests in equal measure. Because we all know it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, it’s how many layers of dip are under the avocado turf of your…
We’re not entirely sure the sheet mask is the answer to everyone’s skincare dreams—it’s a paper mask (masque?) drenched in some allegedly salubrious liquid that you stick to your face while you let the serums sink in and Instagram a picture of yourself looking alarmingly similar to Jason from Friday the 13th. Does it…
Ah 2017, the year fake news took over our timelines, and the attendant hand-wringing took over our lives. It’s not as if we needed more things to disturb us on Facebook—we’ve been FOMO-gnashing our teeth to dust for a decade, after all. As this year comes to a close, I encourage you to gird yourself for the certain…
A recent article in The Guardian bemoaned the proliferation of inane middle-management lingo in the modern workplace. From “imagineering” to “reaching out,” from the “low-hanging fruit” to “the view from 30,000 feet,” there seems to be no escaping the raging current of Office Space-ish nonsense that’s replaced…
The right time to eat Thanksgiving dinner is 4pm.
We’ve all had the experience of applying for a job online—you submit your resume and cover letter into the dark abyss of some online hiring portal and, aside from an auto-generated “Thanks for applying!” email, you never hear another peep from the employer.
Do you have strong opinions on the right way to do things that you’re dying to share with the world? Do you love geeking out on the details of everything from how to fix a zipper to the finer points of modern etiquette? Are you the MacGyver of your friend group? Are you also a smart, energetic, detail-oriented video…
This week on The Upgrade, we’re taking on urban biking in all its glory and ridiculousness. Our guests are Bike Snob NYC and Brooklyn Spoke, two of today’s most fascinating and outspoken voices on cycling culture. We’re excited to talk with them about the best commuter bikes, if and how cities can get to Vision Zero,…
There’s something so exquisite about a slowed-down, moody cover of an upbeat song you know by heart (see: Antony and the Johnsons covering Beyoncé’s “Crazy in Love”). But it can be particularly transporting when a band gives the MTV Unplugged treatment to one of their own songs, as in a-ha’s recently released acoustic…
In 1985, the National Council of Teachers of English, an organization that certainly did not foresee a future of blogs, social media, hot takes and hastily dashed-off tweets, emails and texts, issued a resolution:
Equifax originally said that hackers accessed the personal information 143 million people from May 13 to July 30, 2017. According to a security firm Equifax hired to investigate the breach, hackers “roamed undetected” in the company’s network for four months before the breach. Fire Eye’s Mandiant group said this week…
Over at Hacker Noon, designer and iOS 11 beta tester Ryan Lau has detailed the myriad design errors he’s noticed in Apple’s latest mobile operating system.
If you’re one of the 143 million people affected by the Equifax breach, you’ve likely been considering putting a freeze on your credit report. A credit (or “security”) freeze restricts access to your credit file so thieves can’t open a new line of credit in your name. For those who have never tangled with the…
Last week, credit reporting agency Equifax was subject to one of the most serious data breaches the world has seen since Harriet the Spy’s composition notebook was stolen by her classmates. In the infernal aftermath, as consumers have reckoned with the news that their personal info may have been stolen, the company’s…
Another day, another attempt by Equifax to stem the tide of consumer rage in the wake of the gigantic breach that left vulnerable the personal data of up to 143 million people. Now the company has said they will waive the fees they charge to freeze your credit for 30 days*.
