I love that Gen Z always finds a way to make things fun.
The ‘Case of the Mondays’ savings
✏️ I found some neat stuff to help you kick off your workweek:
- Put this knitted potato (30% off) on your desk for some cute motivation.
- Snag a rotating organizer ($10) to grab a pen from any angle.
- Feeling chilly in the office? Warm up with a lap blanket ($35). Click the coupon for 10% off!
- For my cat lovers, here’s an adorable note dispenser (33% off).
- Grab a memo board ($7) to keep your notes nice and organized.
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Use AI to make your emails less cringe
Before you hit send and accidentally start office drama, copy your message into a chatbot and let AI make you sound less like a jerk.
⚡ Office apps get speed boost: Microsoft’s new Startup Boost preloads Office apps like Word and Excel in the background at boot. Apps chill in a paused state until you open them, shaving seconds off launch time. It’s already live for some Word users and will hit everyone by September. Your PC: now preheating like an oven.
$293 million
That’s the global box office haul for Apple’s biggest movie ever … so far.F1: The Movie beat out Napoleon to take the top spot in Apple’s box office history. About 1 in 5 tickets sold were in IMAX alone, making it the coziest way to feel like you’re inside an F1 car. Popcorn included.
🖥️ What’s that shortcut again? Just glance down. This mouse pad (23% off) puts all your go-to Excel, Word and PowerPoint commands at your fingertips. Perfect for Office power users or anyone who wants a smoother workflow.
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🧨 Pentagon goes promptcore: We need this. The Pentagon is writing jumbo checks (up to $200M each) to OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and, yes, xAI, to build agentic AIs for war. The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office says this is about speeding up military decision-making and “mission workflows.”
🍑 Corporate glutes in crisis: TikTok has declared war on “office chair butt,” the slow flattening of your glutes from too much sitting. The formal diagnosis? Gluteal muscle group atrophy. Symptoms include sagging cheeks, back pain and a general vibe of “my body quit.” Now people are squatting between Zooms and lifting water jugs like resistance bands.
🤖 Blocky box office: A Minecraft Movie is exclusively hitting HBO Max this Friday. It’s got Jason Momoa, Jack Black, even a villain named Malgosha, all in one magical cube-based world. It’s already earned $951M+ worldwide since its March debut, becoming the top-grossing film of 2025. You and your kiddos will love it.
Smile for Zuck and get paid — May 24th, Hour 4
Meta is hiring people to sit and make facial expressions for hours. Why? To train AI clones, of course. Plus, Jeff from Dallas says his wife suspects the office IT guy is listening to her personal calls. Later, I dive into EMF blockers and Jeff Bezos’ over-the-top wedding.
💸 Skip paying for Office: Why shell out for Microsoft Office when Google Workspace is free? If you’ve got a Google account, you can whip up docs, slides and spreadsheets right in your browser. No installs, no fuss. Since it’s all in the cloud, you can log in from anywhere and share stuff when you need to.
Down under deception: Most listeners in Australia thought “Thy” from “Workdays with Thy” was a real radio host for six months. The truth that she’s actually an AI from ElevenLabs only came out after some listeners dug into her backstory. Thy’s next career move? Running for office.
8.2 billion
How many people we thought were on Earth. Researchers studied 35 years of data and say we’ve been underestimating rural populations by 53% to 84%. Turns out people are a lot harder to count when they don’t live near a Census office.
Clear signs you’re using AI to write
Use ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude to craft that perfect office email? From overused words to perfect grammar, here’s how to avoid sounding like a robot.
60 hours
How much Google’s cofounder wants employees to work. Sergey Brin says the sweet spot is 12-hour days Monday through Friday, in the office. His goal? For Google to win the AI race.
😱 Robin Hood: Hackers dropped a toolkit that permanently unlocks almost all versions of Windows (7 and up), plus Office 2013 to 2024. They’re giving it away for free because “profiting from piracy is not good.” How ethical. Go with the free LibreOffice instead.
Gen Z vs. the bosses
Big names like Elon Musk, Jamie Dimon, and Trump are demanding employees return to the office. Some are complying, others are quitting. Is Gen Z about to be left behind?
When you don’t excel, people spreadsheet: On Tuesday, July 30, Outlook was stalling, the Starbucks app crashed and Office 365 was down for eight hours. We now know a cyberattack took down the cloud computing system Microsoft Azure and a ton of apps and services with it. D’oh! Microsoft’s attempts to stop the attacks actually made the outages worse.
Global tech outage wreaks havoc
A software update by CrowdStrike took down tons of computer systems around the world. Banks, businesses, hospitals, and more were all impacted. Plus, Amazon Prime Day updates and Zoom’s demand for a return to the office.
July 13th, 2024
AT&T says nearly all its customers’ records were hacked in 2022. Plus, MrBeast hits 300 million subscribers, Airbnb’s hidden camera issue, and the cringe-worthy new office buzzword. That and much more, plus all your calls and questions!