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Vacations are wonderful, healing breaks from reality that give us something to look forward to when things in our daily lives seem mundane or stressful. But realistically, most of us are not in a position — financially or time-affluence-wise — of taking multiple recreational trips each year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question we’ve been asked ever since we were kids, but deciding on a single career isn’t always as easy as it sounds. Many experts have weighed in on how to pick the work you want, but the truth is our wants change with age as well. So how do we choose ? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At some point it makes sense for all students to identify a career track but the question is when . In Austria and Germany, for example, students sometimes as young as 10 are tracked for certain careers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Major Hollywood studios, like Disney and its newly-owned subsidiaries, have started depleting Netflix of content to serve its own streaming platforms like Disney+. However, Netflix may have the long-term upper hand here , because those same studios are contractually obligated to release their content to Netflix again in the not-too-distant future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Are you a fan of comic books but don’t have the time to read them? Podcasts and audiobooks are becoming more popular in recent years and Marvel is getting in on them. Marvel Entertainment has partnered with Dreamscape Media to adapt a number of Marvel’s comic stories into a read-to-me style audiobooks . If you haven’t had a chance to experience this yet, check out last year&rsquo...

New science is emerging that suggests the moral panic about video games is misguided, and that many games can be benign or even beneficial by helping with social and intellectual development. In fact, researchers are exploring the use of games as pedagogical tools in education and even as therapeutic tools for anxiety and depression. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People love watching movies, but sometimes cinemas and streaming services can get a bit routine. Check out some of these alternative ways to enjoy your favorite films - from local gems to global blockbusters - without breaking the bank and while supporting local film initiatives in the process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Netflix isn’t killing movie theatres. While streaming services have fundamentally altered how consumers watch TV, the idea that if audiences are spending more time watching content at home they are spending less time at theatres is a myth . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Not all that long ago, before streaming services existed, going to the cinema to see a movie was a full-on experience for the family. Netflix changed all of that and exchanged the experience for convenience. But there’s a growing number of cinemas that are reverting back to the more traditional, more refined way of film viewing - served with a side of steak. Luxury movie theatres are making...

Can you work out how to mine a diamond in just 4 days? This is a task that has been set out for artificial intelligence to tackle in the MineRL competition that will take place inside Minecraft. And it’s no easy feat, an AI equipped with the best tool in the game, a diamond pickaxe, would take 9 million steps to randomly find a diamond. May the best AI win. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

Fanatics of case-free phones say it’s about design, but could it really be about status ? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today is ‘World No Tobacco Day’ and it’s also 5 months since the smoking ban was implemented at eateries here in Malaysia. Has the ban had a positive business impact ? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's business landscape is demanding that companies spearhead large-scale changes in order to survive and remain competitive. In an ever-changing political, social, and economic climate, constant organisational change is the new normal. Few advancements promise to help organisations cross critical business chasms more profoundly than artificial intelligence. When it comes to business operations...

Songs have decreased by over 30 seconds in the last 18 years, simply because the way artists are getting paid these days have changed . Streaming services are now affecting the length of songs and how they are made. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Artificial intelligence isn’t new but its influence in our daily lives has increased tenfold over the last decade. Hollywood studios are using AI to predict which movies to make, while major cities are relying on AI to solve their traffic problems. What would you like AI to do for you? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you’ve been online, chances are you’ve seen a “Sign Up For Our Newsletter” screen without an obvious “Close” or “No, Thank You” button at least once. That’s the simplest example of dark patterns - a concept used by some UX designers to influence your behavior online by not making “opt out” choices as clear as they should be. See...

A businessman from Singapore wanted to try and prove a point. He wanted to prove that data theft didn’t exist, and to prove this, he uploaded all of his personal data onto Facebook - and what happened next was, well, exactly what you thought might happen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People don’t realise just how much they’re being tracked online, but once they learn how much tech companies like Google and Facebook are quietly slurping up their private data, they will demand a change . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Does it forget what happened to Amazon and Facebook? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The upcoming handheld videogame console known as Playdate has gaining a lot of attention, and the company recently revealed that the devices themselves will be manufactured right here in Malaysia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a recently published article on asklegal.my, they discussed how an employee of a local telco company was fired because they left a WhatsApp group. Though it might not be as black and white as it seems, it raises a bigger question of whether these groups should be part of company policy or whether you have the right to digital privacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unfortunately, workplace drama isn’t unusual. Mistakes and bad practices happen, though some have more toxic results than others. You can eliminate some of the drama, however, by simply reviewing and revamping your hiring practices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Motorcyclists don’t wear helmets because they want accidents to happen - helmets are protection against something that goes bad accidently. In the same way, we should be designing our lives in such a way that even if we lose our jobs, the impact is limited and the emotional and financial loss is in control. Here’s how. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Despite Jamie Olivers’ statement that he would be ‘positively disrupting mid-market dining in the high street in the UK’ - the celebrity chef’s chain, along with brands Barbecoa and Fifteen, has gone into administration , putting 1000 jobs in peril. If this has happened to you, and you suddenly found yourself jobless, what cost-cutting measures have you taken? See omnystudi...

Having a highly-Instagrammable location can do a lot to boost tourism, but an oversupply of travelers converging in a single location just to get that “perfect shot” isn’t always a good thing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.