Enterprise Explores

A recent study has found that both men and women tend to praise colleagues of their own gender more frequently. And this alliance seems to continue further up the corporate ladder: The study also reports that managers are more likely to dole out raises and promotions to employees of their own gender. Have you experienced the Similar-To-Me bias? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new startup in Singapore called Ivory Lane claims to be selling “legal ivory” , stirring controversy and a public uproar over the last week. Then, the story took an unexpected twist! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They’ve been called ‘self-absorbed’ and ‘materialistic’ - but have we misunderstood Generation Z? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A UK program is offering teenage cybercriminals the chance to learn the consequences of their actions and what their technical skills could do to benefit society. Does this “cybercrime intervention workshop” truly rehabilitate these young hackers? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LEGO wants the majority of its production to be sustainable by 2030, and their new bricks will be made of sugarcane plastic - and shaped like plants. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Using virtual reality, a group of Japanese students are letting people experience the sights, sounds, and horrors of the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima . But why? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Believe it or not, In Japan as smartphones have become extremely convenient, a growing number of students have never laid their eyes on a personal computer - and now struggle using a traditional keyboard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It can be difficult to navigate exactly when to agree or disagree on anything, be it a social event or a task at work. Here are some ways you can be sure of the decisions you’re making. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s been a debate for the past few years as to whether or not the Open Office concept leads to more or less productivity . One thing is for sure, it leads to less privacy. We explore a couple of approaches as to how this issue is being dealt with. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is a huge connection between your mindset and your productivity levels. Here are four mindset shifts that will help your productivity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A growing number of Snapchat users are opting for plastic surgery in an attempt to look more like social media versions of themselves . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.