Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at ...

You can customize Slack to make your work day easier (and a bit more fun). We'll tell you where to find them and how to use them. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's services team. She ...

Slack is a messaging app created specifically for businesses but is now widely used by individuals. Slack provides a number of IRC-like features, such as private groups, direct messaging, and ...

Slack offers several features that make communication easy and fun for the team. One fun part of using Slack is its deep integration of emojis. You can send emojis in chats to convey the tone of your ...

If you’re an office worker, you’re probably no stranger to the following Slack message: "Sorry, I didn’t see this until now." The group-chat app owned by ...

You can change the "ping" to someone saying the word "hummus," but there are other less chickpea-centric options. Maybe you're more of a "yoink" or "plink" person. Image: istock/kerkez In the age of ...

The default Slack notification noise comes loaded with dread. You can change the notification sound your Slack makes. You can make it say "hummus", or set it so notifications make no noise at all. If ...

If you aren't seeing Slack notifications, there are a lot of settings which could be muting those messages. Make sure that notifications aren't paused or disabled in the Slack app, and that app ...