The office is a home away from home that we all share for eight hours every day. However, some people need to stop treating it like a home. We are sharing this space. Let’s take a tip from the days … Read More
We rely on tech products daily, and expect constant evolution. Without improved effectiveness and user experience, tech innovations quickly become outdated. Imagine if Apple went a year without an iOS or iPhone upgrade—totally unacceptable, right? Yet nearly a century has … Read More
If you’ve ever felt stuffy and uncreative because of the clothes you’re wearing, employees at professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) know how you feel. The company’s Australian operation scrapped its dress code on Wednesday to help increase the creativity of … Read More
Children might be small in stature, but let’s be honest, they can be rather destructive when left to their own devices. Such is the case with a young Chinese boy, who single-handedly pushed over a giant fox figurine of Nick … Read More
Google processes more than 30 billion queries a day and each one at one point travels through a faceless data center with seemingly endless rows of servers. To bring some curb appeal to the Internet’s so-called “homes,” Google has tapped … Read More
In the lead-up to Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras this Saturday, 2014 Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst has taken aim at Australia’s issues with LGBT rights. Wurst, from Austria, has hit out at the inability for same-sex couples to be … Read More
The Space Scooter is the scooter that keeps going, and you don’t even need to kick. You don’t need to charge it overnight or fill it up with gas either — just pump your feet up and down. This uniquely … Read More
The magical numbers for Wednesday night’s record-shattering Powerball jackpot of $1.5 billion were 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and the Powerball of 10. To win the gigantic sum, the ticket must match all five numbers (in any order) and the … Read More
I never imagined I would get a tattoo during the U.N. Climate Summit in Paris. Yet here it is, newly healed and permanently inked on the inside of my right wrist. The tattoo is three numbers and a symbol: “355<" … Read More
It might be you, it might be your co-worker, but at some point this winter, someone’s going to show up at the office when they shouldn’t. Dragging ourselves to work sick — a behavior social scientists call “presenteeism” — costs … Read More