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- Xbox and Calm are teaming up for the zen art of video-game soundscapes
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 08:40 AMThe partnership is part of a broader push from Microsoft’s Xbox into mental health awareness.
Video games and serenity might seem like opposing forces, at a surface glance. Case in point, Xbox is famed for wildly popular combat warfare games like Call of Duty and Halo, as well as high-octane-fueled thrills such as Grand Theft Auto, which might just be an adrenaline junkie’s paradise.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Workplace violence and harassment are rampant global issues, says landmark UN report
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 11:05 AMVast new research, based on interviews with 75,000 workers in 121 countries, paints an alarming portrait of working life.
Almost a quarter of all workers worldwide have experienced some version of violence or harassment while on the job, according to a new UN report that marks, ostensibly, the first such global survey on the prevalence of this problem.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 187 years ago, the Cherokee Nation was promised a delegate to the House. It’s still waiting
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 12:00 AMThe Cherokee Nation has more than 440,000 citizens, and it’s fighting for representation in Congress.
In 1835, the Cherokee Nation was promised a delegate in Congress as part of the same treaty—Treaty of New Echota—that led to the death of thousands on the Trail of Tears.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Deloitte’s top futurist explains why companies should embrace ‘serial specialists’
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 01:00 AMThe firm’s annual “Tech Trends” report finds that AI is indeed coming to the workplace, and the metaverse is alive and well
Does your workplace belong in the metaverse? Should AI be allowed to run with agency and scale?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Measure your level of job burnout with this simple visual scale created by a behavioral scholar
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 03:35 AMThink of it like a pain scale for exhausted workers, only instead smiley faces, it uses matches.
A researcher from Notre Dame University this week unveiled a visual gauge that should help HR leaders quickly assess an employee’s level of workplace burnout.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Here’s what T-Mobile has learned about stealing home broadband customers from Big Cable
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 04:00 AMA new report shows that the telecom giant is adding millions of subscribers to its fixed wireless access service.
A new T-Mobile report has some unexpectedly nice things to say about their competitor Verizon—but cable companies will find it less heartwarming reading.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apple just turned iCloud into a digital Fort Knox
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 08:00 AMApple’s latest privacy feature, called Advanced Data Protection, lets users end-to-end encrypt nearly all their iCloud data.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - These alleged TikTok scammers are targeting Black influencers
Tuesday - 12/06/2022 - 11:00 PMRemember the kid who dumped a tub of cereal and milk all over the New York City subway in 2020? Some people believe he may be behind a social media scam bilking thousands of dollars from Black beauty influencers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 ethical dilemmas you need to grapple with before you can effect real change
Tuesday - 12/06/2022 - 11:00 PMIn his new book, ‘The Toolbox,’ Jacob Harold lays out strategies and tools for meaningful social change.
Social change is a tangle of ethical puzzles. As we work to build a better world, we find ourselves confronted with human complexity: Different people have different beliefs about what is right; different perspectives offer different understandings; different choices lead to different outcomes.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Plant-based Philly cream cheese is coming soon to a bagel near you. Here’s where to find it
Tuesday - 12/06/2022 - 04:08 AMOwner Kraft Heinz says the plant-based foods market is now 20 times larger than the vegan population.
The Kraft Heinz Company has announced that one of its most iconic brands, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, is going all-in on the growing trend of plant-based foods.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Yes, Gymkhana is still a thing, and it’s still absolutely bonkers
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 10:40 AMAfter 14 years, the franchise hasn’t lost its capacity to thrill. The latest film is currently taking over YouTube.
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Read Full Story - ‘New York Times’ workers ask you to break your Wordle streak on Thursday
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 01:30 PMMembers of the Times union are asking readers not to cross a digital picket line while they’re on a 24-hour walkout.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How to choose a career that lines up with how you like to spend your time
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 01:00 AMHere are four factors to consider when evaluating the ‘time-fit’ of a potential career.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Uber and Motional launch self-driving rides in Las Vegas, with plans to expand to Los Angeles
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 01:00 AMInitially, the companies aren’t charging for the autonomous rides, though they plan to charge for the driverless commercial launch later on.
Uber and Motional announced Wednesday they’re kicking off their self-driving offering in Las Vegas, two months after the companies inked a 10-year deal to offer driverless rides and deliveries.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Canva’s Magic Write is an existential threat to Microsoft and Google
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 04:00 AMCanva is aiming at Google Docs and Microsoft Word with a collaborative word processor that eliminates writer’s block.
Canva is on a collision course with both Google and Microsoft, one that has the potential to turn the tech giants’ productivity suite empires to rubble.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Marriott’s new HQ is designed to feel like one of its hotels
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 04:26 AM‘It seems more like a hotel lobby than an office building.’
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How being sarcastic in a pitch meeting nearly ruined my career
Tuesday - 12/06/2022 - 10:59 PMJoe Polish, the founder of Genius Network and author of ‘What’s in It For Them?’, recalls a time when he badly misread the room.
One of the biggest mistakes I made completely changed how I interact with people.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New research shows that darknet markets net millions selling stolen personal data
Tuesday - 12/06/2022 - 11:00 PMThe stolen data supply chain begins with producers, and is advertised by wholesalers and distributors.
It is common to hear news reports about large data breaches, but what happens once your personal data is stolen?More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Robinhood launches retirement savings accounts
Tuesday - 12/06/2022 - 02:09 PMThe platform renowned for enabling day trading and meme stocks is getting into the retirement-savings game.
Stock trading app Robinhood wants its users to start planning for retirement. The San Francisco-based company announced today that it’s launching retirement accounts, allowing day traders and others to start saving via IRAs and Roth IRAs, a move that puts the platform in more direct competition with traditional brokerages.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Our day jobs used to be our identities, but not so much anymore. Here’s what changed
Tuesday - 12/06/2022 - 06:30 AMWith the rise of remote work, more employees are picking up side projects. Many take them more seriously than their full-time jobs.
Gone are the days when your job made up the bulk of your identity.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Despite World Cup alcohol restrictions, Budweiser is still the king of sponsors on Twitter
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 09:30 AMThe beer brand had a lot of reasons to worry going into the tournament, but it appears to be winning the game on social.
As soccer fans around the world come down from the four-games-a-day high that was the group stage of the 2022 World Cup, the jarring pause until Friday’s quarterfinal matches gives us an opportunity to check in on brand-sponsor metrics.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why e-bike maker Vela is ditching China for Detroit
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 12:00 AMSeeking higher quality and better control of production, Vela has made an unconventional move.
Inside a 50,000-square-foot factory with walls lined by racks of metal and rubber, workers are machining steel tubes and welding them into the frames of sleek new electric bicycles.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- How to retire inequality, according to the CEOs of TIAA and AARP
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 12:30 AMBusinesses and policymakers need to act now to avoid leaving women vulnerable in their senior years.
Every American deserves to retire with dignity and financial security. But lower earnings and widening wealth gaps are keeping far too many women from reaching that goal, which we believe is a human right.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- How Colgate-Palmolive, NASA, and an astronaut are teaming for better space hygiene
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 02:00 AMColgate-Palmolive has joined forces with NASA and former astronaut Cady Coleman to develop better oral and skin health in space—and bring those innovations back to Earth.
During her time aboard the International Space Station, former astronaut Cady Coleman became the self-appointed Clean Gym Clothes Police.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- A new film festival will only show movies made using AI
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 04:00 AMRunway ML is inviting creators of short films made with artificial intelligence to compete for a $10K prize.
AI tools are increasingly being used to create movies, music, and images. A new film festival plans to put such works front and center.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - CVS asks for donations at checkout, but are customers being guilted into paying the pharmacy’s debts?
Wednesday - 12/07/2022 - 07:05 AMA new lawsuit alleges that donations to the ADA were going toward a prior commitment that CVS had made.
November of every year is National Diabetes Month, a time when many gifts are made to the cause of fighting one of America’s most prevalent diseases.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- This breakthrough fentanyl vaccine could help curb the opioid crisis
Tuesday - 12/06/2022 - 10:00 PMResearchers have developed a fentanyl vaccine that blocks the drug’s high, although experts caution seeing it as a silver bullet.
In 2021, the drug epidemic in America hit a grim milestone, with more than 100,000 overdose deaths—more than in any prior year.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- These types of tech workers are most likely to get laid off
Tuesday - 12/06/2022 - 11:00 PMIndustry-wide layoffs continue, but everyone isn’t equally at risk.
There used to be a certain “magic” that came with working in tech, says 30-year industry veteran John Jenkins. But that’s all over now.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why Facebook is threatening to ban all news from its platform
Tuesday - 12/06/2022 - 01:00 PMIf passed, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act could force social media sites to pay for journalism.
For many people, Facebook is the chief source of information in today’s world. But in a statement Monday, Meta threatened to pull all news off its flagship social media platform.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - From Gen Z to baby boomers, Crocs emerges as a favorite brand across all age groups
Tuesday - 12/06/2022 - 08:25 AMCould comfortable footwear be the thing that finally solves the generation gap?
The ongoing tale of Crocs’ comeback from the brink of extinction continues as a new report finds the cushy footwear among the top of the fastest-growing brands of 2022.Read Full Story
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