Enterprise Explores

This is not a joke. Commuters in Japan are being paid to carry advertising stickers on their armpits as they cling to overhead straps on public transport. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Japanese website called Sorehara allows victims of various kinds of harassment (from “smell harassment” to sexual harassment) to anonymously send emails to their tormentors about their actions. For Japan, where victim blaming is a major issue, this is encouraging people to identify antisocial behaviour without being penalised for it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

First it was terrible tourists in Sekinchan. Now, paddy fields in Penang are being destroyed by a different kind of pest , affecting rice production in the process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Schedule flexibility may actually pressure employees to feel like they always have to be contactable. A suggestion to combat this is the concept of “transition days” , where the day before and the day after any sort of work break are blocked off specifically to prepare your workload in advance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The number of voice calls made on mobile phones in the UK fell for the first time ever in 2017 - despite the fact we seem hooked on our devices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

His cars are already crashing, and now this? Our favourite super villain, Elon Musk wants to let people play video games on the dashboard screens of Tesla cars. Has The Musk finally lost it? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the Malaysian Education Ministry is calling for a new tender on the 1BestariNet project, an effort to connect over 10,000 government schools across Malaysia to the Internet, we ask if smartphones have changed the way we educate ourselves ? How much time do you spend reading on your devices instead of a book? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Despite increased reports of ‘gaming addiction’, some parents now think it’s a smart idea to spend money having their kids ‘trained’ to spend more time playing the game ‘Fortnite’ . The world works in mysterious ways indeed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Would you take a DNA test to determine which meals you should eat , if it meant that you could live a little longer? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New research suggests that tapping into the power grid could be the key to solving traffic woes in most major cities across the globe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hashtag has become a rallying cry for second or third generation immigrant in Germany - who have taken to Twitter to share their accounts of everyday racism . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Google’s new “match” feature could help you find your one true love. And by love, we mean your next favourite cheeseburger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is using an unknown algorithm in a programme called “Quiet Skies” to look out for behaviours like face touching and excessive sweating in order to identify potentially suspicious travellers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Artificial intelligence can now detect four of the “big five” personality traits based on a person’s eye movement . Hopefully, it will help develop robots and computers to understand non-verbal cues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Contrary to popular belief, President Trump’s controversial tech tariffs aren’t all bad… from a very specific Southeast Asian point-of-view. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When you’ve hit rock bottom, then the only way is up. And when you’re hungry for success, you’ll do whatever you can to get back on the ladder of success , including standing next to traffic lights handing out your resume. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When it comes to negotiations, even something like a salary negotiation can be swung in your favour by the power of an awkward silence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It can be difficult to determine whether you’re being pushed to your boundaries at work or past them. Here are three signs that your company is taking advantage of you , and how you can break that cycle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Once the glass ceiling is shattered, there’s no guarantee that a female CEO won’t step or be pushed off a cliff . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“So we want locals to be employed as cooks. There will be no compromise, we are giving you notice to do it by December 31st. If you don’t do it we can’t help it” - The Ministry then said that the statement was a ‘mere suggestion’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we can’t make it to an event, we often feel the “fear of missing out” - “FOMO”. But it is possible to flip that and realise the “joy of missing out” - “JOMO”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all know the feeling of being “ghosted” - getting no response - whether it comes to dating or friends abandoning plans. But at work, you can get “ghosted” too. Here’s how to get a response. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In India, false rumours about child kidnappers have gone viral on WhatsApp , prompting fearful mobs to kill two dozen innocent people since April. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One futurologist predicts that by the year 2050, we would be able to attend our own funeral in the form of a robot. Data from your brain would be downloaded onto an android that will be temporary front to transfer sensors to your active brain. Question is though, would you? And why? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over 5000 Brits sought help for gaming addiction in the last year - and 30% of them were children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.