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How to mute your mic by default on Slack calls and huddles Shhhhhhh Story byIvan Mehta Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.“Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.” Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....

How to mute yourself in any video call app Shhhhhhh Keyboard shortcuts These shortcuts are handy when you quickly want to mute/unmute yourself on a call without having to look for the mic icon and click on it. Apps While these are the most common video calling apps, you might want a simple solution so that you don’t have to remember these shortcuts when switching between services. There’s an app for that....

How to navigate the confusing world of Twitter Topics Just make a tab for it Browsing Topics In your current timeline,Twitterwill show you tweets based on the topics that you’ve followed, along with tweets from people you’re following. Once in a while, it might also throw in tweets related to subjects you might be interested in. You can see what a sample of a topic-related tweet looks like in the screengrab below:...

How to organize your horribly chaotic Slack sidebar It’s time to get your life together Only see unread channels in the Slack sidebar By default, Slack shows every channel you join and the person you DM in the sidebar, which means it can get cluttered quickly. That’s why you should customize your Slack sidebar to only show what matters. I recommend that you first set theChannelssection to only show unread channels....

How to organize your horribly chaotic Slack sidebar It’s time to get your life together Only see unread channels in the Slack sidebar By default, Slack shows every channel you join and the person you DM in the sidebar, which means it can get cluttered quickly. That’s why you should customize your Slack sidebar to only show what matters. I recommend that you first set theChannelssection to only show unread channels....