Professionals worldwide are feeling a lack of social connection with their colleagues, making icebreaker activities for work that much more important when it comes building bonds that help create happier and more engaged employees. There’s a pretty significant challenge taking place in the workforce right now: only 31% of people are satisfied with the amount…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Billionaire Elon Musk and Sen. Lindsey Graham have been feuding over Twitter about the Ukraine war. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Lindsey Graham and Elon Musk are feuding over Twitter about the Ukraine war. Graham wrote that Musk’s suggestion for Russia to be given part of Ukraine’s territory was “dumb.” Musk wrote…
Blizzard Two days into the launch of Blizzard’s revamped and now free-to-play Overwatch 2 experience, a Wednesday night post on its support forum addressed problems players have had with connections, SMS Protect, and missing account items or account merge troubles. In terms of the connection issues and long queues for entry that are keeping many…
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a meeting with the winners and finalists of the School Teacher of the Year national contest via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo/Associated Press Putin said Wednesday Russia has always respected Ukraine’s people and culture. The Russian…
Herschel Walker. Todd Kirkland/Getty Images Herschel Walker this week repeatedly denied reimbursing a woman for an abortion years ago. The Georgia GOP Senate candidate even claimed he has no idea who the accusing woman could be. But Walker and the woman actually share a child together, according to The Daily Beast. GOP Georgia Senate candidate Herschel…
“These stories are anecdotes, but enough anecdotes makes for data.”. Deposit Photos This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. It wasn’t long after Henry David Inglis arrived on the island of Jersey, just northwest of France, that he heard the…
In South Korea, there are about 7.3 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) — defined as firms with less than 250 employees. Their workforces combined make up 83.1% of all corporation employees in the country, totaling about 17.1 million people, according to OECD data. To help meet SMEs’ financial needs in the country, Seoul-based fintech…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Former Uber chief security officer Joe Sullivan has been found guilty of charges that he covered up a 2016 cyberattack where a hacker downloaded the personal information of more than 57 million people. The information stolen from Uber included names, email addresses, and phone numbers for more than…
Halo Car, a Las Vegas-based startup that combines teleoperations and car sharing, said it will remove the human safety operator from behind the wheel later this year — the last hurdle before its commercial launch. The milestone would mean Halo Car will use humans to remotely control vehicles through public streets and deliver them to…
President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis arrive to tour an area impacted by Hurricane Ian on October 5, 2022, in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Evan Vucci/AP President Joe Biden met with FL Gov. Ron DeSantis to survey the damage in the state after Hurricane Ian. The two set their political rivalries mostly aside…