Borrowed reading: stories from our extended colleagues

Five stories worth your time from our extended colleagues at CIO, Computerworld, Macworld, and PCWorld. Readers don’t typically care who owns what media property, we realize, but last year, we became part of a broader portfolio, a move that has come with some decided benefits, including what amounts to a bigger extended family with cool cousins. Now, in addition to our TechCrunch channels in Slack, we can talk with the writers and editors of CIO, Computerworld, and PCWorld, among other outlets. We also find ourselves reading more of their work and figured you might like it, too. Here’s a handful of pieces I was just enjoying while watching the Warriors-Clippers game, which, as I type, is a little too close for comfort: When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission.

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