The problem of kids working in dangerous slaughterhouses continues to be a concern as the Labor Department announced its third agreement this week with a company in the industry agreeing to pay a penalty and reform its practices to help ensure it won&…
U.S. defense contractor Anduril Industries is preparing to build a massive advanced manufacturing facility in central Ohio, adding a planned 4,000 jobs to the area’s burgeoning high-tech sector, state officials announced Thursday.The Cosa Mesa, …
For all the trepidation about world trade, debt and inflation, it could well be worker shortages that define economic trends this year—on both sides of the Atlantic.
Immigration curbs and deportations form a central plank of the agenda of President…
Learning to survive in the wild is not just a radical idea preppers are undertaking as a cautionary measure for the future. The global survival training market is a nearly $3 billion industry expected to more than double in the next five years. More p…
There’s a predictable pattern to how most of our lives unfold after we enter the workforce. It’s a well-trodden path that we don’t tend to think much about, and it’s one of the reasons that the way we are working is broken.
The de…
If you’re having trouble focusing at work and start dragging midday, the solution may not be grabbing another cup of coffee. A productive day starts the night before with quality sleep, yet sleep can feel elusive. According to a Gallup poll, 57% of U….
For me, the intersection of my scientific roots and the creativity that helps me lead innovation for one of the world’s largest food and agriculture companies came from an unlikely place—the bass!
Playing the bass is a deep passion of mine. I…
More than 30 Walmart investors, representing $266 billion in assets under management or advisement, have asked the retail giant to explain the reasoning behind its decision to roll back DEI initiatives and the resulting implications for the company.
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Procrastination may look the same on the outside: Avoiding the most important thing until the last possible minute—or past the last possible minute—while you get countless other things done, from obtaining inbox zero to organizing your sock drawer. An…
The Singularity—a future where AI exceeds our human capacity for cognition— may no longer be a distant horizon. Currently, in almost any cognitive task, AI is matching, and often exceeding human accomplishments.
For many observers, this …
