Fully responsible, trustworthy technology is an almost impossible mandate in a tech landscape that prioritizes speed — but that doesn’t mean some companies aren’t trying. On the heels of the Trump administration’s national AI legislative framework on March 20, in which “winning the AI race” remains paramount, tech developers face tension between the common ethos…
With companies spending more than ever on artificial intelligence, they are also tracking how employees use AI in unprecedented detail. Yet many CEOs hope, but still can’t tell, if it’s making workers more productive. More than two-thirds of enterprises still rely on estimates, like time saved or projected cost reductions, rather than measured financial results…
As healthcare costs soar, it’s not only individual Americans feeling the financial pain and looking to make trade-offs. Employers are scouring for ways to cut back and generous paid parental leave is among the employee benefits on the chopping block. Zoom Communications announced tweaks to its parental leave policy to bring the benefit more in…
Pets are part of the caregiving process and employers are taking notice. As companies expand benefits to cover a wide variety of employee caregiving needs, back-up care for pets is becoming a more popular work perk along with back-up care for children and aging parents. Back-up care is short-term, often employer-subsidized support that is used…
Every job, when you boil it down, is simply people talking to other people. As a career coach, I’ve advised professionals at all career stages. From what I’ve seen, the people who get ahead the fastest know how to communicate in a way that truly gets people to listen. You may not realize it, but the…
Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images If there is still no clear answer to the question of how artificial intelligence is influencing gains and losses in the job market, there is at least one AI question that job candidates, and current workers hoping to keep their roles, should be prepared to answer clearly in 2026….
Capsule hotels are a cheap alternative to expensive accomodation in London for office workers. Sawdah Bhaimiya Workers who moved out of London for remote work are under pressure to come back to the office in the city, and some are choosing to stay in Japanese-inspired sleeping pods for just £30 ($40). I travelled to Piccadilly…
It’s safe to say that no one is crazy about passwords. For chief information security officers, there’s the nightmare of employees leaving lists of passwords on their desks or putting them on Post-it notes on their computers. For workers, there’s the inconvenience of having to enter multiple passwords to gain access to various devices and…
If you are holding onto your aging printer or cracked smartphone longer than you had planned, you are not alone. Heather Mitchell, 69, retired and living in Tucson, Arizona, is content with her phone even though it is old by smartphone standards. “My Samsung Galaxy A71 is six-years-old. It’s hanging in there surprisingly well for…
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks during the 2025 National Retirement Summit in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon recently opened up about his phone habits at work, including never reading text messages and having his…
