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Not Properly Closing Work Meeting Can Impact Productivity, Mental Health
Turns out, there's a right way and a wrong way for to end a work meeting - and business leaders and managers who make the wrong choice can contribute to a decrease in employee productivity and mental health.
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New York Covid Peak Is Yet To Come, Warn US Officials
New York City Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi said the Covid data suggests the city hasn't yet hit a peak in the omicron-fueled spike of coronavirus cases in recent weeks.
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New York's Covid Hospitalizations Jump By 70% In Weeks
New York's Covid-19 hospitalizations have jumped by 70% since the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, prompting officials and businesses alike to reassess their policies in an attempt to blunt a winter virus surge and the onset of the new omicron variant.
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How TikTok, The New "Hit Machine", Chooses Which Songs Go Viral
When Megan Thee Stallion took off her bright orange mask and walked onstage to accept her Grammy on March 14, she fought back tears and thanked God, her mother, and her managers for helping her become the first female rapper to win the award for best
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New York City Schools Chief Resigns, Replaced By First Black Woman
New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said he will resign in March, clearing the way for the elevation of the system's first Black female chief.
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Google’s Co-Head of Ethical AI Timnit Gebru Says She Was Fired for Email
Timnit Gebru, a co-leader of the Ethical Artificial Intelligence team at Google, said she was fired for sending an email that management deemed “inconsistent with the expectations of a Google manager.”
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Microsoft Tries To Salvage TikTok Deal, Says Satya Nadella Spoke To Trump
In a bid to salvage a deal for the U.S. operations of TikTok, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella spoke with President Donald Trump by phone about how to secure the administration's blessing to buy the wildly popular, but besieged, music video app.
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TikTok Considers Big Changes to Distance Itself From China
Bytedance Ltd. said it's evaluating changes to the corporate structure of its TikTok business as U.S. concerns grow over the parent company's Chinese origins.
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TikTok To Exit Hong Kong After Chinese Law Controversy, May Fuel Exodus
ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok declared it will remove its app from Hong Kong mobile stores in coming days, becoming the first internet service to withdraw from the city after Beijing enacted sweeping powers to crack down on national security threats.
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Trump Order On H-1B Leaves Many US Workers Stuck In India
Natasha Bhat learned in late February that her father-in-law had suddenly died. Bhat, 35, recently recalled how she grabbed a backpack and hustled her U.S.-born 4-year-old son to the San Francisco airport to catch a midnight flight to India, her home country. She didn't anticipate being stuck there indefinitely.
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"Disappointed," Says Sundar Pichai As Trump Pauses Work Visas
President Donald Trump signed an order Monday temporarily halting access to several employment-based visas, affecting hundreds of thousands of people seeking to work in the U.S. The technology industry said the move would hurt the economy.
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Over 200,000 H-1B Workers Could Lose Their Right To Be In US By June
Manasi Vasavada has less than three weeks left before she loses her legal right to be in the country. The dental practice in Passaic County, New Jersey, where Vasavada, 31, has worked for almost two years closed its doors in mid-March due to Covid-19. She has been on an unpaid leave of absence ever since.
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Coronavirus Outbreak Forces World's Largest Work-From-Home Experiment
Thanks to the coronavirus outbreak, working from home is no longer a privilege, it's a necessity. While factories, shops, hotels and restaurants are warning about plunging foot traffic that is transforming city centers into ghost towns, behind the closed doors of apartments and suburban homes, thousands of businesses are trying to figure out how to...
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TikTok’s Appeal May Be Waning as Downloads Fall for the First Time
TikTok has evolved to become a global phenomenon known for lighthearted content - including lip-syncing and dancing - uploaded by users from Boston to Bangalore.
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US Tech Firms Cozy Up to China Despite Trade Turmoil
The US-China trade war is anchored in competition to dominate the next generation of wireless networks and other technologies as much as politics.
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Not Properly Closing Work Meeting Can Impact Productivity, Mental Health
Turns out, there's a right way and a wrong way for to end a work meeting - and business leaders and managers who make the wrong choice can contribute to a decrease in employee productivity and mental health.
-
New York Covid Peak Is Yet To Come, Warn US Officials
New York City Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi said the Covid data suggests the city hasn't yet hit a peak in the omicron-fueled spike of coronavirus cases in recent weeks.
-
New York's Covid Hospitalizations Jump By 70% In Weeks
New York's Covid-19 hospitalizations have jumped by 70% since the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, prompting officials and businesses alike to reassess their policies in an attempt to blunt a winter virus surge and the onset of the new omicron variant.
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How TikTok, The New "Hit Machine", Chooses Which Songs Go Viral
When Megan Thee Stallion took off her bright orange mask and walked onstage to accept her Grammy on March 14, she fought back tears and thanked God, her mother, and her managers for helping her become the first female rapper to win the award for best
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New York City Schools Chief Resigns, Replaced By First Black Woman
New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said he will resign in March, clearing the way for the elevation of the system's first Black female chief.
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Google’s Co-Head of Ethical AI Timnit Gebru Says She Was Fired for Email
Timnit Gebru, a co-leader of the Ethical Artificial Intelligence team at Google, said she was fired for sending an email that management deemed “inconsistent with the expectations of a Google manager.”
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Microsoft Tries To Salvage TikTok Deal, Says Satya Nadella Spoke To Trump
In a bid to salvage a deal for the U.S. operations of TikTok, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella spoke with President Donald Trump by phone about how to secure the administration's blessing to buy the wildly popular, but besieged, music video app.
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TikTok Considers Big Changes to Distance Itself From China
Bytedance Ltd. said it's evaluating changes to the corporate structure of its TikTok business as U.S. concerns grow over the parent company's Chinese origins.
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TikTok To Exit Hong Kong After Chinese Law Controversy, May Fuel Exodus
ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok declared it will remove its app from Hong Kong mobile stores in coming days, becoming the first internet service to withdraw from the city after Beijing enacted sweeping powers to crack down on national security threats.
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Trump Order On H-1B Leaves Many US Workers Stuck In India
Natasha Bhat learned in late February that her father-in-law had suddenly died. Bhat, 35, recently recalled how she grabbed a backpack and hustled her U.S.-born 4-year-old son to the San Francisco airport to catch a midnight flight to India, her home country. She didn't anticipate being stuck there indefinitely.
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"Disappointed," Says Sundar Pichai As Trump Pauses Work Visas
President Donald Trump signed an order Monday temporarily halting access to several employment-based visas, affecting hundreds of thousands of people seeking to work in the U.S. The technology industry said the move would hurt the economy.
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Over 200,000 H-1B Workers Could Lose Their Right To Be In US By June
Manasi Vasavada has less than three weeks left before she loses her legal right to be in the country. The dental practice in Passaic County, New Jersey, where Vasavada, 31, has worked for almost two years closed its doors in mid-March due to Covid-19. She has been on an unpaid leave of absence ever since.
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Coronavirus Outbreak Forces World's Largest Work-From-Home Experiment
Thanks to the coronavirus outbreak, working from home is no longer a privilege, it's a necessity. While factories, shops, hotels and restaurants are warning about plunging foot traffic that is transforming city centers into ghost towns, behind the closed doors of apartments and suburban homes, thousands of businesses are trying to figure out how to...
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TikTok’s Appeal May Be Waning as Downloads Fall for the First Time
TikTok has evolved to become a global phenomenon known for lighthearted content - including lip-syncing and dancing - uploaded by users from Boston to Bangalore.
-
US Tech Firms Cozy Up to China Despite Trade Turmoil
The US-China trade war is anchored in competition to dominate the next generation of wireless networks and other technologies as much as politics.
