In selecting the best accounting software for e-commerce businesses, I recommend one that can sync transactions between the e-commerce platform and accounting software, track multi-channel sales, reconcile payments, handle sales tax, and automate COGS and returns for accurate reporting. With that in mind, here are the software that made it to my list: Acumatica Cloud…
Tax season is no walk in the park — and that’s especially so for small business owners and solopreneurs. Even if you’re already properly managing your quarterly taxes and have all of your ducks in a row, this time of year means facing your business financials head-on and making any revisions needed to keep your…
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Scores of wildfires broke out across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia in early March 2025 as strong winds, abnormally dry conditions, and low humidity combined to kindle and spread the flames. The fires followed a year of weather whiplash in the Carolinas,…
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned Friday that agentic AI could come with a risk to user privacy. Speaking onstage at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, the advocate for secure communications referred to the use of AI agents as “putting your brain in a jar,” and cautioned that this new paradigm of computing — where…
Several CRM providers offer free versions with access to enough features to provide the value of a paid tier in managing customer relations. Even the best free CRM software is typically capped at a certain number of users, so they’re ideal for small business teams, individuals, and freelancers. Some of the most popular providers offering…
TL;DR: While codes last, you can get a Microsoft Office lifetime license for Mac at $39.99 (reg. $229). Windows codes are also available. Every month, Microsoft 365 takes a little more from your bank account. It’s only $10, but that number gets ugly over time. Now imagine paying just $40 once and being done with…
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency has deployed a proprietary chatbot called GSAi to 1,500 federal workers at the General Services Administration, WIRED has confirmed. The move to automate tasks previously done by humans comes as DOGE continues its purge of the federal workforce. GSAi is meant to support “general” tasks, similar to commercial…
TechCrunch will be on the ground at SXSW 2025 — the annual tech, music, comedy, and film conference that kicked off Friday in Austin — in search of the zeitgeist of this AI-centric era. Yup, we’re one sentence in and AI has already made its entrance. And why not? A quick scan of the massive…
Gender diversity in cybersecurity is slowly improving but inequities continue—a new report finds that the field has 5% more women than in 2023, but that they’re more exposed to other workplace challenges than male counterparts. About 32% of women respondents said their organizations experienced security layoffs over the last year compared to just 23% of…
FREE ICE CREAM: On April 8, celebrate Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day by enjoying free ice cream at participating Scoop Shops worldwide. Hot on the heels of Dairy Queen, Ben & Jerry’s has announced the date of its Free Cone Day in 2025. Lovers of ice cream can get their hands on a free…
