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On Arm PC return rates and CEO posturing
With her claim that retailers are seeing high returns of Arm PCs, Intel interim CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus appears to be trying to scare buyers off the rival processor architecture. But enterprise buyers who look before they leap have little to fear. Speaking at Barclay’s annual technology conference late last week, Holthaus said “if you look at the return rate…
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What are return to office (RTO) mandates and why is big tech embracing them?
In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, the workplace landscape has undergone a seismic shift. Remote work, once a rarity, has become a defining feature of modern employment, with many employees and employers seeing its benefits. As the world has transitioned out of crisis mode, a growing trend among organizations in big tech is the implementation of return to office…
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Chainsaw Man Teases the Return of Two Fan-Favorite Characters, and It Hit Me Right in the Feels
Spoiler Warning: This post includes heavy spoilers for the Chainsaw Man manga. Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man has been going strong with a fascinating storyline in the manga lately. In case you missed it, Denji and Asa Mitaka, our beloved Chainsaw Man and War Devil, are currently trapped inside the Aging devil’s mysterious realm. And as expected, it looks like Fujimoto…
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Why ‘space as a service’ is helping businesses meet worker demands – even as tech execs push ‘return to office’
Businesses have made seismic shifts in how they organize their workforces throughout the 2020s so far. A hybrid approach that enables flexible working has also allowed firms to foster higher levels of well-being and mental health support for their workers and technology, of course, has been essential for enabling these new ways of working. Where and how work is now…
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Microsoft tells staff it won’t follow Amazon or Dell on enforcing a return to the office – but there’s a catch
Microsoft has assured employees it isn’t considering any changes to its flexible work policy, although this is provided productivity doesn’t drop. The firm’s cloud and AI EVP Scott Guthrie told staff of Microsoft’s position at an internal meeting, according to Business Insider, who cited two staff members present in the meeting. The staff members asked not to be identified. According…
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Amazon demands staff return to the office five days per week – even as employees argue against current RTO measures
Amazon is demanding staff return to working in the office for five days a week beginning next year – though not all employees are happy about the shift away from working from home. Andy Jassy, CEO at Amazon, broke the news via a letter to staff that was shared on the company’s website, saying “we’ve decided that we’re going to…
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Boeing Starliner has completed its lonely return to Earth
“I am extremely proud of the work our collective team put into this entire flight test, and we are pleased to see Starliner’s safe return,” said Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “Even though it was necessary to return the spacecraft uncrewed, NASA and Boeing learned an incredible amount about Starliner in the most extreme…
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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ review: A satisfying sequel and return to form for Tim Burton
As a longtime Tim Burton fan, I went into “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” with apprehension, not because I hold all of Burton’s work to such a high standard, but because it’s been a very long time since he directed something as creative, vibrant and funny as 1988’s original “Beetlejuice.” Part of being a Burton fan is witnessing his calcification into more of…
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Pushing staff back to the office? You may want to reconsider – return to office mandates harm employee productivity and retention
High-profile spats between workers and employers have hit the headlines in recent months amidst a concerted effort to push staff back into the office. However, it’s not whether you work at home or at the office that makes the biggest difference to your wellbeing, according to a recent study, it’s whether or not you get the choice. Remote, hybrid, and…
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Windows Recall set for a return — when you can expect this controversial feature to appear
After a rough launch in May, Microsoft went back to the drawing board with the maligned Windows Recall feature, announcing the feature was delayed indefinitely. But now it sounds like Recall’s recall is coming to an end. Specifically, the AI-powered feature appears to be slowly getting ready for a return. In an announcement on the Windows blog, Microsoft announced that…
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