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“The robots are watching over hotel housekeepers, telling them which room to clean and tracking how quickly they do it,” according to an article by Josh Dzieza for The Verge. “They’re managing software developers, monitoring their clicks and scrolls and docking their pay if they work too slowly. They’re listening to call center workers, telling […]
“Manipulators love to explain why solutions won’t work,” according to Dan Rockwell for Leadership Freak. An example of his advice: “Tip #1: Stop offering suggestions after the second off-handed rejection of advice. Instead ask, ‘What would you like to do?’ (And stop talking.)” In Tip #4, he advised, “Manipulators fabricate evil motives. It’s amazing how […]
“The store did have a surprise visitor last night, entering through the front door. After the deer left, the manager and store team performed a thorough cleaning of the area,” Kroger said in a statement. The deer ran down aisles as surprised shoppers grabbed their phones to record videos, sending the deer into viral stardom […]
Chani Nicholas is an Instagram astrologer with over 100,000 followers. What sets her apart from other practitioners of the intuitive arts is her focus on social activism in her horoscopes, rather than the usual psychic fare of loves lost and found, whether the stars are auspicious for financial transactions, and so on. “Nicholas’s popularity owes […]
“You might think that women who leave money management up to their spouses is a 1950s stereotype, but according to a recent report from UBS Global Wealth Management, more than half of women today still defer to their male partners when it comes to money. And, surprisingly, the stats are even greater for younger women: 56 […]
The Apollo Masters plant in Banning, Calif., burned down on Feb. 6, eliminating the sole U.S. source of the blank lacquer master disks engineers cut on special lathes to create vinyl records. Manufacturing with the volatile lacquer used in the record business has become a concern of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and it’s unknown […]
“As the global income of women reaches trillions of dollars, women are expected to control almost 75% of discretionary spending worldwide by 2028,” according to a new report by Pinterest. “These women are using Pinterest to find ideas for dinner, travel, home and family clothing choices. But, the how-tos and inspiration go beyond recipes, holidays and […]
“As a source of subsistence, let alone prosperity, work is now insufficient for whole social classes. In the U.K., almost two-thirds of those in poverty – around 8 million people – are in working households. In the US, the average wage has stagnated for half a century,” according to Andy Beckett for the Guardian. “As […]
According to this graphic by HootSuite for their annual report, Facebook still leads the world, but there is a lot in play, such as fewer minutes spent each day on Facebook and more on SnapChat, researchers found. Click the video for a discussion of the results or the source link for the original article by […]