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Like many people who use Excel daily, I always focused on the fun parts, like crafting complex formulas and building impressive charts. However, I often saw the important auditing side as a tedious task I could only execute by hunting for the right tools on the Excel ribbon.
E-waste has become a global problem. Unfortunately, the majority of discarded used technology, known as e-waste, is dumped or processed in unsafe conditions. Around 78% of electronic products aren’t properly recycled — and the garbage pile keeps growing. In 2024, the world churned out 1.22 billion smartphones. Add this to the billions of TVs, laptops, and computers, and what we have is a saturated market that fuels a throwaway cycle. A United Nations report forecasts that e-waste will grow to 80 million tonnes by 2030. “That’s enough to fill 1.5 million 40-ton trucks, which could circle the planet,” says…
The commander of the military unit responsible for running the Cape Canaveral spaceport in Florida expects SpaceX to begin launching Starship rockets there next year. Launch companies with facilities near SpaceX’s Starship pads are not pleased. SpaceX’s two chief rivals, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance, complained last year that SpaceX’s proposal of launching as many as 120 Starships per year from Florida’s Space Coast could force them to routinely clear personnel from their launch pads for safety reasons. This isn’t the first time Blue Origin and ULA have tried to throw up roadblocks in front of SpaceX. The…
Encrypted messaging platform Signal now offers secure backups on iPhone, letting users save and restore messages if they lose access to their device. There are free and paid versions of Signal’s secure backups. The free version lets users store up to 100MB of text messages, including photos, videos, and files from the last 45 days. The paid version costs $1.99 per month and can back up all text messages, along with up to 100GB of media which can be older than 45 days. The end-to-end encrypted backups can be accessed using a 64-character recovery key generated by the user’s…