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Medical trials of a four-day week just showed huge physical and mental health benefits – staff reported higher wellbeing, less burnout, and better sleep
A new medical trial of the effects of a four-day week on workers’ health and wellbeing has revealed significant benefits. The research, from learning technology company Thrive and the University of Sussex, included tests such as MRI scans, blood tests and sleep tracking to monitor participants’ response to flexible working practices. Participants also filled out a set of weekly questionnaires…
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A Bank of America outage showed customers blanked-out account balances
First, it was Spotify, then Verizon, then PlayStation, and now it’s apparently Bank of America’s turn to have an outage this week. Some customers reported problems accessing their bank accounts on Wednesday, with the balances showing $0 or “—-” instead of what should be there. “Some mobile and online banking clients experienced an issue accessing their accounts and balance information…
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Eric Schmidt’s car crash Stanford interview showed big tech’s true colors on remote work
Eric Schmidt certainly ruffled a few feathers last week after a controversial interview at Stanford University – and it’s not hard to see why. Speaking to students, the former Google chief exec essentially suggested successful startups not worry about stealing IP and embarked on a diatribe about why remote work was the reason behind Google’s supposed poor performance in the…
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