Overfunctioning can lead to burnout and your team underperforming because you’re always picking up their slack for them. Jay Yuno/Getty Images Executive coach Melody Wilding shares advice on how to stop taking on too much at work. Overfunctioning at work can mean striving to do everything perfectly or struggling to enjoy breaks. Wilding says pay…
Getty Images Alphabet stock surged 8% on Wednesday after its 2nd-quarter results proved stable amid a time of heightened economic uncertainty.Investors had grown increasingly worried about the digital advertising space following Snap’s earnings implosion last week.“Alphabet shows digital ad business not falling off a cliff and relatively stable with some soft spots,” Wedbush analyst Dan…
A man walks past a storage area for oil barrels in Shanghai, China. Reuters/Aly Song Republicans introduced a bill that would sanction Chinese purchases of Russian energy to limit Moscow’s ability to pay for its war on Ukraine. “Any entity, including Chinese state-run companies, helping them in that effort should face serious consequences,” Marco Rubio…
A lawmaker wants to punish people for ghosting, or abruptly cutting off communications with someone without explaining why. Arnolfo Teves Jr., a member of the Philippine House of Representatives, claimed in a note accompanying his bill that ghosting “can be likened to a form of emotional cruelty and should be punished as an emotional offense.”…
In 1917, Marcel Duchamp submitted a sculpture to the Society of Independent Artists under a false name. Fountain was a urinal, bought from a toilet supplier, with the signature R. Mutt on its side in black paint. Duchamp wanted to see if the society would abide by its promise to accept submissions without censorship or…
Later this year, Google Photos is going to get a significant update that has the distinction of first arriving on Chromebooks. According to a Google blog post, Google Photos will get a new movie editor and video editing features this fall as part of an update to Chrome OS. From the sound of things, it’ll…
With Lollapalooza returning to Chicago’s Grant Park this weekend, Hulu subscribers can watch the festival from the comfort of their homes. All you need is a standard or No Adds package – no Live TV plan required. The livestream will begin at 3PM ET on Thursday, July 28th. Metallica, fresh from their recent Stranger Things…
President Biden’s administration is backing up its funding for heat disaster prevention with a website to keep people informed. Fast Companynotes the White House has launched a Heat.gov website to help the public and authorities understand the dangers of extreme heat and reduce the health risks. The 11-agency collaboration offers maps for current and expected…
If series or documentaries on the lives of particular sports personalities are up your street, then the limited series called Mike coming to Hulu will be one you’ll want to add to your list. Following the dynamic and controversial life of the legendary boxing icon Mike Tyson, the tag for the limited series is “You…
Disney+ and Netflix will duke it out this year on what is set to be one of the most fierce battlegrounds yet. Yep, they will soon be embroiled in what is being called the “Pinocchio wars”. Well, we’re calling it that anyway. Both streaming services will remarkably release a Pinocchio movie in the coming months…