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Whether a child finishes first or last will no longer be indicated in primary school report books from next year in Singapore See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We always hear about the downsides of smartphones, but what about the positives? There are a few genuinely good apps out there that can help users stay happy and up their mental health. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Burnout is prevalent, has a significant impact on your health, happiness, and productivity of employees, and is totally preventable. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why is it so difficult to be productive as you get closer to the end of the workday? Turns out there are ways to subvert the end of workday slump . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s a font that breaks every rule. It slants backwards, there are confusing gaps in every letter and it’s difficult to read - and it’s called Sans Forgetica. But, it’s believed to help people’s memories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The “I Forced a Bot” meme has been taking over the Internet, to the point where the meme is now being used for Burger King’s marketing. But why are we so entertained by humans writing “as bots”? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A recent study shows that more than half of Singaporean respondents don’t want to live past the age of 100 , and their reasoning has a lot to do with health and wealth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our neighbours over in Singapore are developing the world’s first passenger plane powered by a hydrogen-electric hybrid system. If successful, these planes will revolutionise the airline industry and change the way we travel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While Chatbots are the “in” thing at the moment, Google on the other hand is revamping its Google Assistant interface to do away chat bubbles and use more interactive bubbles. Time to say bye bye to chatbots? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The founder of the world wide web is building a new version of the world wide web , designed to take power away from tech corporations including Facebook and Google and restore it to the individual. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Netflix came to town, usage of pirated services and platforms were on a decline. However, with the rise of Netflix competitors and exclusive contents, this has pushed consumers back towards piracy . BitTorrent usage has bounced back and if the industry isn’t careful, they’re going to lose a sizeable chunk of the consumers market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

What is SST? How does it apply to your business? Why are you paying 10% + 6% at certain F&B outlets? We get all your burning questions about the Sales & Services Tax answered, in this Enterprise Biz Bytes SST-Special with Chris Yee from Crowe Malaysia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you’re travelling to the land of the Hobbits (New Zealand, NOT Mordor) be prepared to hand over your phone and your password. Failure to do so could run the risk of a $5000 fine . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Google has released a new feature in Gmail called “Smart Compose” that is intended to speed up email-writing with AI-based suggestions. But might that feature lead to a different “Gmail” language in the future of emails? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

YouTube is building on the benefits of its vertical ads by making them more practical, interactive, and relevant to the content a user is watching. Could this be the next wave of digital advertising? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a worryingly rising rate of selfie-related deaths in tourist areas, researchers at the India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi have recommended that popular tourist spots introduce “no-selfie zones” to try to improve selfie safety. We ask if a similar concept should and could be carried out in Malaysian tourist areas as well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

A European Union privacy watchdog could fine Facebook as much as $1.63 billion for a data breach announced Friday in which hackers compromised the accounts of more than 50 million users, if regulators find the company violated the bloc’s strict new privacy law. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over the weekend, a video surfaced of a manager screaming at her subordinates because they hadn’t met their sales targets. We wanted to hear your management horror stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The glass ceiling is notoriously hard for women in leadership to shatter, but there’s another phenomenon that the few women who do break the glass ceiling face - the glass cliff . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Walmart have filed a patent for a shopping trolley that can track heart rates , temperatures and how tightly a customer is gripping the trolley handle - with the hope that they can determine when someone is stressed. Using this data they can then offer to help. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spotify is asking its Family Plan users in the US for GPS data to prove that the family members all live together. But as Internet users were quick to point out, family members don’t necessarily live under the same roof. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A fund for NYC drivers could serve as the blueprint for a similar gig economy version - solving a number of driver issues in the process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In an effort to combat screen addiction, Apple’s iOS 12 introduced a “Screen Time” feature that was supposed to limit screen time for children. But in a popular Reddit thread, parents revealed that their children could come up with very creative ways of working around the feature. Do parental controls like “Screen Time” actually work? See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

Many games already let those using PC, Nintendo Switch or Xbox One play together online, but Sony had refused to take part - until now . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A patient in anesthesia from Norway’s Østfold hospital had the worst luck ever recently as the only machine handling the anesthetic procedure went on a  forced Windows 10 update . Thankfully everything went back to normal after an hour and has forced the hospital to rethink their IT strategy and do updates manually. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.