Lawmakers are trying to curb contracts that make it harder to change jobs

IN 2011 Kathleen started work at an insurance-and-benefits consultancy in Boston. A couple of years later the firm gave her an ultimatum: sign a “non-compete” agreement within 30 days or wave goodbye. She signed, which meant that, if she left, she would be barred for three years from working for a rival or any firm […]

Is Writing Harder Than Directing? Hollywood Filmmakers Weigh In

Here’s a complicated question: is writing harder than directing? Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson thinks so, and inadvertently kicked off a bit of a firestorm when he expressed that sentiment on Twitter. A handful of other Hollywood filmmakers joined the conversation and began explaining reasons why one discipline is more difficult than the other, and […]

New Southwest Card Restrictions Make it Harder to Earn the Companion Pass

Southwest Just Made It Harder to Earn a Companion Pass Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]

Cloudflare makes it harder for ISPs to track your web history

If you’re privacy-minded, you probably aren’t thrilled that governments seem hell-bent on giving internet providers free rein over your browsing data. Cloudflare just gave you a tool to fight back, however. It launched 1.1.1.1, a free Domain Name System service (the technology that translates IP addresses to web domains) that promises to prevent ISPs from […]

Inside the intensive, two-month training all Delta flight attendants must attend that’s harder to get into than Harvard

Delta/YouTube For aspiring flight attendants, Delta Air Lines, ranked by its employees as one of the best places to work, is also one of the most difficult places to get a job. It’s harder to get invited to Delta flight attendant training than it is to get into Harvard University.  Keep reading for some of the […]

‘The hammer will fall harder’: Danish govt plans double punishments for ‘ghetto’ crimes

The Danish government has announced plans to double penalties for certain crimes committed in so-called ‘ghetto’ areas. These districts are characterized by a higher than average immigrant population. Justice Minister, and Danish Conservative Party leader, Soren Pape Poulsen told Danish daily Berlingske that “vandalism, theft or threats could be the reason (for double penalties). That […]

Children are finding it harder to hold pencils because of technology, paediatricians have warned

rawpixel.com / Unsplash Doctors have warned that children may not be starting school with the ability to grip pencils properly. They say it could be because of the increased use of technology like iPads. Using tablets and computers could stop finger muscles developing in the right way so they can easily learn to use pencils […]

A NAFTA negotiator’s anecdote about feta cheese from Vermont explains why a US-UK Brexit trade deal will be harder than most people think

Reuters / John MacDougall On paper, negotiating a UK-USA trade agreement should be easy. The reality is likely to be much more complex. “A trade deal more likely than not, but it’s going to be more complicated than people think,” said Ambassador Charles Ries, a US diplomat who helped negotiate NAFTA, the world’s largest trade […]