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☆ Almost 30,000 Amazon employees have signed an internal petition to fight the company's return-to-office mandate. Read the full copy here.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

New mandate requires most office workers to come into the office at least 3 times a week starting in May. About 3 weeks since the announcement of the new policy, more than 29,200 Amazon employees have signed an internal petition opposing the mandate. Roughly 30,000 Amazon employees have joined that Slack channel, which was created shortly after the RTO announcement. In the petition, Amazon employees added internal data supporting continued remote work and dozens of comments explaining why they oppose the change. A 2013 Stanford University study of Chinese workers found that remote workers are 13% more productive than their in-office counterparts.

☆ This tea-making robot can mimic the movements of a human counterpart in real-time, giving a glimpse into the future of robotics
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Japanese tech firm Docomo showed off a small tea-making robot at MWC 2023. Japan's Docomo showed off a small tea-making robot at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week that was more impressive for its ability to mimic humans than its physical prowess. Docomo's robot relied on the company's motion-sharing technology that enabled it to follow the actions of its human counterpart in real-time. The ability of the robot to mimic human actions could eventually boast an array of real-life use cases that could see menial and repetitive tasks automated. The tea-making robot is just one way in which Docomo demonstrated human augmentation at MWC.

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☆ Gen Z is more enthusiastic about iPhones than Android phones because of their cameras, screen layouts, and apps
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gen Z prefers Apple's iPhone to Android smartphones, a poll cited in the WSJ found. A 23-year-old told Insider that features like the iPhone Health app meant she was "Apple for life." Apple made up more than half of the US smartphone market last year, Counterpoint data showed. Apple was the top smartphone seller in Q4 last year in both the US and China, Counterpoint said. Despite Apple's popularity with Gen Z, Samsung is still the biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world by total shipments, according to International Data Corporation's research released in late January.

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☆ How Sweden Saved Social Security
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Johan Norberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Stockholm‘There are few issues on which Sweden and the United States are not in perfect sync,” then-Vice President Joe Biden said here in 2016. Here’s one: Social Security. President Biden refuses to consider any reforms, and so do many Republicans. But that won’t save the program; it’ll doom it. In a little over a decade, the trust fund will be exhausted.

☆ Amazon's internal Slack channel blows up after employees are told to return to office. Now they're creating a petition to fight back.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Within hours of Friday's announcement, over 5,000 Amazon employees joined the new Slack channel, called "Remote Advocacy," according to screenshots seen by Insider. The channel was created "to advocate for remote work at Amazon" and seeks "data, anecdotes, articles about the benefits of remote work," it said. 'Absolute chaos'Several Amazon employees in the Slack channel expressed frustration, confusion, and anger. An impromptu survey within the Slack channel showed almost 80% of respondents saying they'll look for another job because of this change. In the Slack channel, employees are putting together a petition to push back against the return-to-office mandate.

☆ Amazon employees push CEO Andy Jassy to drop return-to-office mandate
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Annie Palmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

A group of Amazon employees is urging CEO Andy Jassy to reconsider a recent return-to-office mandate. Last week, Jassy announced Amazon would require corporate staffers to spent at least three days a week in the office beginning May 1. Staffers on Friday created a Slack channel to advocate for remote work and share their concerns about the new return to work policy, according to screenshots viewed by CNBC. Amazon hasn't addressed whether remote employees will be asked to relocate, beyond Jassy noting that there will be "a small minority" of exceptions to the new policy. WATCH: Andy Jassy on the benefits of remote work

☆ BTS’s New Lego Collaboration Tests Influence of the Band’s Fans
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Yati Sanghvi | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The BTS band members are working solo these days. A new deal with Lego A/S will put the K-Pop sensation’s historically strong influence and marketability to the test. Lego said Thursday it was collaborating with the South Korean band on a so-called BTS Dynamite set. It features blocks that replicate some scenes from the group’s music video for the hit song “Dynamite,” including a doughnut shop, record store, basketball court and stage. Geared toward adults, the set includes miniature figures of the seven members and has a mechanism that allows them to move in sync when they’re positioned on the stage.

☆ Josh Brown buys Oracle on Uber deal, says 2023 could be the stock’s ‘coming out party’
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ritholtz Wealth Management CEO Josh Brown snapped up Oracle shares Tuesday morning, following the tech company's announcement of its partnership with Uber. On Monday, Oracle said it entered into a seven-year strategic cloud partnership with Uber to accelerate the ride-sharing platform's innovation and help deliver new products. It's a name that Brown said has been lost in the shuffle, adding this could be the year of its "coming out party." "This has been a very boring company that I have ignored for a decade," Brown said on CNBC's " Halftime Report ." The fact that Uber selected Oracle over Amazon Web Services, which powers Lyft , and over big player Microsoft is impressive, Brown said.

Commodities from iron ore to crude oil to copper rallied after Beijing's surprise abandonment of the zero-COVID policy late last year, but have since eased back. While there are other factors driving commodity prices, it's also the case that the positive market sentiment created by expectations of a rebound in the world's second-largest economy ran ahead of actual commodity demand. China's imports of major commodities have yet to show any major spike higher, even as they remain at relatively robust levels. The irony is that just as commodity prices are losing some steam, China's economic momentum appears to be gathering pace. Overall, there is little doubt that China's re-opening will be positive for the country's commodity demand.

☆ Get Ready for Super Bowl Spoilers: Streaming and Live TV Are Out of Sync
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( David Marcelis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Mark Ferguson was watching a Nashville Predators hockey game a few weeks ago when his phone buzzed, alerting him the other team had just scored. There was only one problem: Mr. Ferguson had yet to see that goal, despite watching the game “live” on the ESPN+ streaming platform.

☆ Right Mood, Wrong Time? Get Back in Sync in the Bedroom
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Elizabeth Bernstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Republicans are lashing out at DirecTV for supposedly ‘censoring’ conservative voices. Here’s what’s really going on
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Several Republican senators unleashed on the satellite carrier Wednesday over its move to drop the right-wing channel Newsmax from its lineup, adding to mounting pressure DirecTV has faced over the matter. The senators suggested DirecTV’s move was all part of a nefarious plot to “censor” conservative viewpoints. DirecTV also balked at paying for the same content that streams to users for free on other platforms, such as Roku. But the right-wing channel, led by Chris Ruddy, who is well-connected in GOP circles, has sought to leverage its political power to pressure DirecTV into paying up. Last week, it added to its lineup the right-wing channel The First, which features hosts such as Bill O’Reilly, Dana Loesch, Liz Wheeler, and Jesse Kelly.

☆ My husband and I met in a Facebook group for singles and married less than a year after meeting. We just celebrated our 4th anniversary.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Micca Watkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Micca Watkins met her husband in a Facebook group for singles who love to travel. But a year later, in December 2017, I met my new husband in the unlikeliest of places: a Facebook group. My friends recommended I join a Facebook group for singles who love to travel. 8 months later we tied the knotWe started living together; he moved to Canada five months after we met in person. We are in awe of our life sometimes, and it all happened because we connected over our shared visions of life via a Facebook group.

☆ Brittney Griner's return could be the unlikely catalyst that forces the WNBA to relent on its most contentious policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Meredith Cash | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

WNBA free agency is underway, with teams receiving the green light to recruit stars as of this weekend. Top free agent Breanna Stewart has reportedly made charter flights a key issue for teams wooing her. Private flights are not covered by the league's CBA, but Brittney Griner's return may force policy changes. The 2018 MVP took to Twitter to announce that she's prepared to help "subsidize charter travel for the entire WNBA" by offering her "NIL, posts + production hours." Several current WNBA players, including Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike, Elena Delle Donne, Napheesa Collier, Alysha Clark, Erica Wheeler, Kahleah Copper, and Natalie Achonwa, offered their support in the comments.

LG's G2 OLED is one of the best high-end 4K TVs on the market. Lowest Price LG 65-inch G2 OLED 4K TV LG's G2 OLED is one of the best TVs you can buy right now, period. Steven Cohen/InsiderOf course, a high-end design is meaningless if the TV's picture performance can't match its premium style. Steven Cohen/InsiderThough Sony and Samsung have both jumped on the quantum dot bandwagon with their latest high-end OLED TVs, LG hasn't adopted this feature. Steven Cohen/InsiderIf you're in the market for a high-end TV that delivers stunning picture quality and a stylish design, the LG G2 OLED should be on your shortlist.

“She wouldn’t be able to walk up to medical without help,” the former staff member said, referring to the office where staff medical professionals worked. James Shirey Jr., 14, died of complications from congenital adrenal hyperplasia, a genetic disorder, while at Diamond Ranch Academy in 2009. Diamond Ranch Academy disputed some of the lawsuit’s allegations in a court filing, and denied wrongdoing, but paid his family a $750,000 settlement in 2017. Diamond Ranch Academy was founded in 1999 by Rob and Sherri Dias. Dean Goodridge wants to see accountability for Diamond Ranch Academy, and any other facilities where children have died.

☆ Premarket stocks: How Wall Street reacts to the GDP data will be telling
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Wall Street analysts are holding their breath and crossing their fingers this morning as they await gross domestic product numbers for the final quarter of 2022. But that could all change if a recession looms into view and the US debt ceiling standoff drags on. “That is the worry: That you get turmoil in financial markets, a big tightening in financial conditions and that adds to downward pressure on economic activity,” he said. It’s not our expectation.”The United States hit the debt ceiling last week, forcing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to make accounting maneuvers to avoid breaching that $31 trillion borrowing limit. They argue it unfairly targets the fast-food industry and will increase prices and force businesses to lay off workers.

☆ Distracted at work? Tips from an attention expert to reclaim your time: ‘Manage your manager’
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Much of Eyal's work, including his bestselling book "Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life," revolves around conquering distractions. Here's how to identify your most problematic distractions:Start talking about it"The problem of distraction at work is that we can't talk about the problem of distraction at work," according to Eyal. Sync up your schedulesFor employees, becoming less distracted is all about communicating needs: "Manage your managers," Eyal says. "It tells them, 'This is my focus work time, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. It's my time to work without distractions,'" Eyal explains.

☆ LG, Whirlpool Target Customers Disconnected From ‘Smart’ Appliances
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Isabelle Bousquette | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

Whirlpool Corp. said that more than half of its smart appliances remain connected, but the company declined to be more specific. Development of these smart devices is a core priority for Whirlpool and LG, the companies said. The smart-home trend began gaining traction around 2014, according to Mr. Kim, and has grown since then. Whirlpool declined to comment on the percentage of its sales represented by smart appliances. According to Murat Genc, Whirlpool’s global data, experiences & transformation officer, smart appliances are generating data from consumers and are producing new revenue opportunities.

☆ Expect home prices to fall another 10% in the US and across the world as interest rates stay high, top economist Kenneth Rogoff says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Property prices in the US and around the world will fall another 10%, Kenneth Rogoff told Bloomberg. The Harvard professor said central banks' interest rate hikes are yet to have a full impact on the economy. "If — as I think — interest rates are going to stay high for some time to come, I think there's still a lot of downward adjustment in the market." The Fed, like its global counterparts, raised interest rates throughout much of 2022 to rein in inflation. "Interest rates aren't going to come down to the same level as they were before," Rogoff said.

☆ Covid broke supply chains. Now on the mend, can they withstand another shock?
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“Because of that, supply chains are not as brittle as they were three years ago,” he said. “There could be another huge black swan event in a month that throws everything upside down; but for right now, it seems like respondents are predicting steadiness in the supply chain.”If anything, the pandemic’s shock to the supply chain should be a wake-up call, said Jack Buffington, director of supply chain and sustainability at First Key Consulting and assistant professor of supply chain management at the University of Denver. “I would categorize it as ‘efficiently broken,’” said Buffington, whose own book about supply chains, “Reinventing the Supply Chain: A 21st Century Covenant with America,” had its release delayed due to supply chain issues. “All supply chains really are is supply and demand, and there’s been so much disruption in materials and consumer demand related to labor and inflation and geopolitics,” he said. The complexities related to a globalized supply chain, human systems aren’t capable of handling it.”He added: “Covid wasn’t the cause of the problems with the supply chain, it was a trigger to show how bad it was,” he said.

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