The Biden administration wants to replace 90% of plastic with bioplastic, but there are a lot of issues with that goal.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThis gorgeous chart illustrates the intricacies of managing one of our nation’s most crucial—and invisible—national assets: the radio spectrum.
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People often leave companies because of the failings of their bosses. As a result, many organizations are intentional about investing in leader development.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Twitter’s owner continues to bestow benefits upon subscribers who pay to use the platform, while making it less useful for everyone else.
Elon Musk has announced plans to make Twitter into an even more insufferable platform for users who refuse to pay for it—this time, by limiting who can have their voices heard.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareOnce again, YouTube’s TV streaming service is getting pricier. But it’s still a compelling alternative to cable and even other streaming options.
When I signed up for YouTube TV in 2017, its $35 monthly price tag felt too good to be true.Read Full Story
As restrictions relaxed, we thought it would be a relief to return to more normal schedules. Except, for many of us, that hasn’t exactly happened.
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we spend time.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
While the Human Brain Project experienced major changes in its structure and goals, it was able to promote collaboration through its online forum.
Recent years have seen both impressive advances in computational technologies and neuroscience and increasing prevalence of mental disorders.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Microsoft’s Notion clone has a few smart ideas and plenty of quirks.
Back in November 2021, Microsoft announced its most ambitious addition to the Office suite in years, though it’s taken until now to publicly launch the thing.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIt’s estimated that as much as 6.5% of the country is protesting, causing everything from banks to McDonald’s to shut their doors.
Israel is facing the largest wave of protests in its history.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A seafood company has announced plans for a new octopus farm, just as our understanding of the sea creature’s mental capacity has started to blur the line between human and animal.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBreweries like Sierra Nevada and Allagash have launched recycling hubs for local businesses in their areas.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareYour job is not to micromanage people. Your job is to step up to coach and lead.
I remember being so excited for one of my first promotions. It was my very first time becoming a manager, overseeing a team, and finally evolving from doing all of the work to directing some of it.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Resolving to reduce your screen time isn’t enough. Collective action is necessary, writes this law professor in an excerpt from her new book.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareA new survey from Glassdoor suggests WFH isn’t going away, but some professions seemed better suited to accommodate remote work than others.
It’s no surprise that working from home has been popular for many workers, but it hasn’t been a win for every profession across the board.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The company has faced a wave of trouble in the past few years, as the COVID-19 pandemic hampered travel.
Lyft cofounders Logan Green and John Zimmer are stepping back from day-to-day responsibilities as CEO and president, respectively, the company announced Monday.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareOn Antarctica, Ukraine’s researchers get a much-needed vision of home.
A delicate outline of a house has materialized in the icy darkness of Antarctica.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAs millennial women enter their forties, will the fashion industry finally start meeting their needs?
The fashion industry is notoriously obsessed with youth.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareOn the latest episode of The New Way We Work Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic explains what skills AI can’t replicate in knowledge work.
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More | Talk | Read It Later | SharePonova is made from the pongamia tree, which is unusually resilient.
On a former sugarcane plantation in Oahu that was abandoned for decades, rows of trees now grow in the degraded soil.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Being forced to suppress negative emotions in the workplace doesn’t make them go away.
Many organizations now understand the importance of developing a healthy workplace culture and have spent a great deal of time, finances, and effort to create one.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A new exhibition from Poster House tells the story of modern Japan.
We tend to think of physical posters as ephemeral objects that get pasted up and discarded a few weeks or months after their usefulness.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
After closing a store in Augusta, Maine, in response to employee organizing, the restaurant company agreed to pay a fine to cover workers’ lost wages.
Chipotle Mexican Grill has agreed to pay $240,000 to former employees as part of a settlement stemming from a complaint that the company violated federal law by closing a restaurant where workers wanted to unionize.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareAccording to a report from PwC, ‘trust’ means something different to executives and their workers.
Inflation is at an all-time high, and inequality has been steadily climbing since the 1980s and doesn’t look like it’s going to come back down anytime soon.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Big tech’s big decision to let former President Trump back on their platforms didn’t initially amount to much. At least with Facebook, that’s beginning to change.
When Elon Musk restored Donald Trump’s Twitter account, a lot of people assumed the former president and one-time superuser would pick up right where he left off.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
As society stares down the barrel of what is almost certainly just the beginning of these advances in generative AI, there are reasonable and technologically feasible interventions that can be used to help mitigate these abuses.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBen Cohen’s new nonprofit cannabis brand will make you crave that chunky monkey.
Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s is telling me a story about smoking pot. We’re on Zoom, and he says: “The idea came about when I was on a camping trip with a friend of mine, sitting around a fire, smoking a joint.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The Drop Store shows just how bad things could get if our water crisis worsens.
On the Drop Store’s website, pizza comes in pill form for $163. A bag of rice contains just 5 grains but costs $89.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Try Mem if you’re looking for a modern alternative to Evernote for organizing your notes.
Try Mem if you’re looking for a modern alternative to Evernote for organizing your notes. It’s promising, though not without flaws.Read Full Story
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareVenture capitalists Kara Nortman and Jasmine Robinson are launching a fund to invest in women’s teams and leagues.
Companies founded by women received less than 2% of venture capital funding in 2022—a decline from the year before.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
With the help of a renown tech matriarch and a growing cohort of public school teachers, Pressto offers a new outline for writing education.
Esther Wojcicki isn’t scared of ChatGPT. As a former teacher and the founder of one of the largest high school journalism programs in the country, she knows a thing or two about teaching the art of the written word, and instead of worrying that AI is going to turn students into cheaters, she thinks it can turn them into engaged writers.Read Full Story
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