Enterprise Explores

Neuroenhancement technology is slowly gaining traction, and if Field - a new startup providing “brain hacking” services - is anything to go by, it can have some very positive results, while costing a fortune in the process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The name OG may not ring a bell but they are an esports team that recently won the biggest ever prize in esport history at US$11.2 million. And local esports fans rejoiced after a Malaysian player in the Chinese led team PSG.LGD took 2nd spot , earning themselves more than US$4.1 million. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A degree has always been considered to be a milestone for a person, as it officially proves that you are educated and have a particular skill set. However, more top companies in the world no longer require applicants to have a college degree. Companies like Google, Apple, IBM and EY are all in this group. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The battle of eWallets is heating up here in Malaysia. With at least 5 players in the space all eyeing your money, Tencent (the company behind WeChat) went for the aggressive strategy by giving free money to users who sign up for their platform . But is that enough to entice you to use digital wallets? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Experiencing negative emotions could actually be better for your well-being - as opposed to avoiding or repressing those feelings entirely. It turns out that striving for constant or endless happiness puts pressure on ourselves by creating unrealistic and unhealthy expectations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While we ponder the future of AI and computing, we often overlook how technology will impact our most important need; food! Futurist Marius Robles examines how eating will change in the next couple of decades. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you feel like there are too many things to do—but not enough time to do them—you are not alone. People who report frequent feelings of time scarcity are less happy and more prone to anxiety and depression than people who report feeling time affluent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In his National Day speech, Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore’s hawker centres were its “community dining rooms” and are a unique part of the country’s heritage and identity . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People today are tied to their smartphones tighter than ever, and injuries occur daily because people are looking at info on screens instead of where they’re going . This is why GM has banned its staff from walking and talking or texting at work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Google seems to believe that people are getting too much bad news from the media and that it may not be good for them. So now, you’ll be able to ask “Hey Google, tell me something good.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s a well-known fact that our attention spans have decreased over the past few years, some being even shorter than that of a goldfish. But are our smartphones really to be blamed here? New research shows that we’ve always been terrible at focusing and it’s just an evolution of our species, smartphone or not. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The New York Public Library is turning classics like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll into animated Insta-stories containing the full text of each book . In the competition between paper-based books and e-books, could this be a surprising middle ground? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the three-month tax-free holiday period comes to an end, Malaysians and foreigners are rushing in for some last minute shopping before SST kicks in on the 1st of September. Doubled with Merdeka Day discounts, retailers are expecting to see a surge in sales numbers. So have you been shopping recently? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A company in the UK has come up with a “Cuddle a Co-worker” Day, based on the idea that cuddling promotes oxytocin and serotonin release. But what are the implications of cuddling your co-workers? And would this really be a good team-building exercise? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New research shows more people than ever before are ditching their latest model iPhones and Androids for “dumb phones” or burners which only let them make and receive calls. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Huawei was caught using photos taken on a DSLR camera to promote their new Nova 3 smartphone in a recent advertisement. However, in the advertising world almost everything is faked or edited in some way, shape, or form. Is this the faux pas it seems to be? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve all had our frustrations with customer service representatives, but what would make it more efficient? Artificial Intelligence perhaps? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Australian government wants to force companies to help it get at suspects data. If they can’t, it would jail people for up to a decade if they refuse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Open offices are becoming the new norm, but studies have found that the concept largely benefits employers and not employees. However, implementing some rules might be the key to getting actual work done in an environment that doesn’t encourage it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could the embracing of “growth above profit” be to blame for the loss of $891 million in the second quarter? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your initial judgment about another person is often a reflection about you - and says very little about the person that you’re judging. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Harvard study found that open offices lead to a 73% drop in face-to-face interaction, but many corporations have bought into the open office fad. A startup called ROOM hopes to alleviate some of the issues with an open office by selling a sound-proof, ventilated, powered booth - designed to make room for better productivity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you respond to a thank you with a ‘You’re welcome’ or a ‘No prob!’? Well, either way, someone is going to have a problem with it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine as a kid waking up on a Monday morning with the thought of school looming over you - well, kids in Colorado will no longer have that dark shadow cast over them. One Colorado school district has switched to a 4-Day week . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re obviously influenced by sight, sound, taste, and touch when it comes to many of our purchasing decisions. But why have we never considered smell as a bigger motivational factor? It turns out companies have been aware of this for a while - and not the ones you might think. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.