Enterprise Explores

If you have watched the Netflix documentary about the failed Fyre Festival, you would have felt sorry for Maryann Rolle, who runs the Exuma Point Bar & Grill, where many of the festivalgoers first appeared. She was sadly never paid for her services. However, a GoFundMe campaign was set up and it’s now approaching nearly the USD$200k mark! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

An organ farm floating in space might sound like science fiction, but the way gravity works up there makes the atmosphere ideal for organ storage . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever gotten an email from your CEO at 1am ? Especially when it’s not so good news and at the end of it all, tries to motivate you. How do you feel about this? What are the best ways employers should take to motivate and how do you keep yourself happy at work? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We often get caught up in the minutiae of work, including the time-suck that is clearing our emails. So how can we get our inbox to zero - and keep it there? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The need for accessibility across a diverse pool of videogamers has gained awareness over the last few years, with more developers offering customized controllers and tools to disabled players in their fanbase. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A province in northern China developed an app to tell people whether they are walking near someone in debt, according to state media. The app, named the “map of deadbeat debtors” , rolled out to people in Hebei, the state-run China Daily newspaper reported. They can access it on WeChat, the country’s most popular instant-messaging platform. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Some of us worry about the mark we’ll leave on the world after we pass on, and some of us take it day by day. But do legacies even matter ? Or is focusing on the consequences of your mortality just distracting and unproductive? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WhatsApp will now limit users to forwarding a message only five times, in an attempt to cut down on the spread of misinformation. Would this actually help to stop of fake news spreading? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Warehouses today are built for robots, not for us humans. Amazon has more than 100,000 robots in its warehouses so it only makes sense that we don’t belong in there. For those who are still required in the warehouses, they’re required to wear the “Robotic Tech Vest” to make them visible to nearby machines. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unlike depression or anxiety, loneliness cannot be diagnosed in a clinical sense. Yet, a staggering number of people suffer from a feeling of isolation, which eventually leads to stress and other ailments. Scientists are now working on a pill to “block” that feeling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With New Year’s resolutions in full swing, many people may have chosen to cut down on their tech use—or even give it up altogether. The growing popularity of such “digital detoxes” is encouraged by a slew of negative findings about the effects of technology use, alongside claims that such action can help reduce stress and help people become more “present” and co...

In a surprising statement , Netflix named insanely-popular videogame Fortnite as its biggest competitor while also claiming it doesn’t focus on other streaming services. Is the streaming giant taking up-and-comers like Disney+ for granted? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the Trump presidency suggests, the world seems to respond more to confidence and bluster, not truthfulness. But why are we so hesitant to admit when we are wrong - and how does that stubbornness affect the way we see the world? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Malaysian government is regulating initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency trading. We speak to Marcus von Engel and Henri Arslanian of PwC to talk about what’s changing the crypto landscape and how would this impact the industry See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here’s a sad reality: Managers spend anywhere between 35% to 50% of their time in meetings, and yet executives consider over half of those meetings to be failures. Why ? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Can you charge your phone in the microwave?”, asked a shocking number of Californians . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There was an announcement made last year that a Chinese scientist called Dr He Jiankui had used the gene-editing technique Crispr and managed to create the world’s first genetically modified babies. At the same time, Elon Musk announced the true purpose of Neuralink . His plan for the company is to ‘save the human race’ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Colombian airline wants its passengers to stand during their flight in an attempt to lower fares, and they’re confident that this non-exclusive concept will catch on pretty quickly with travelers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Admit it, we all love Marie Kondo and her KonMarie method of cleaning up your space. But why is tidying up so hard and does neatness implies organisation and discipline? Einstein once said “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, then what are we to think of an empty desk?”. Messy desk may not necessarily be a bad thing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2009 vs. 2019 profile picture trend may or may not have been a data collection ruse to train its facial recognition algorithm. But we can’t afford to blithely play along. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your blue-ticking days are over, kid! A British dad has become an overnight hit with tech-savvy parents after he created an app that freezes the user’s phone until a reply is sent to a potentially urgent message. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It was supposed to be a revolution. It promised to change the way gamers and non-gamers alike enjoyed being immersed in the digital world. But the virtual reality industry isn’t exactly exploding. Is VR dying or is it just enduring a slow start? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Creativity, for the most part, should be applauded. However, Malaysians take their food very very seriously, and when one MP decided to get a little bit creative with a local dish - it didn’t end so well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People always have advice on how to create and stick to goals. But how many goals should you even have in the first place? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It would be a great plot for a drama series – a band of put-upon underdogs putting aside their differences to take on an invading giant. But it’s happening for real in South Korea, where local broadcasters are joining hands in an effort to defend their home market against American tech titans such as Netflix. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.