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Reuters/Kevin Lamarque United Airlines is putting its new, lottery-based bonus system for employees on hold. The system would have replaced quarterly, performance-based bonuses and rewards for perfect attendance with a lottery-based system, where eligible employees would be entered into a drawing for a variety of prizes if the company hit one of its performance goals […]
A religion based around artificial intelligence is in the news again, this time helmed by Anthony Levandowski, a former member of Google’s self-driving car team. His argument is that humans will eventually create AI that is more intelligent than we are, making it functionally god-like, so we might as well start planning for that eventuality. […]
Flickr/Mikko Koponen When you’ve reached a peak point of your career but don’t know how to move forward, you’re on a “career ledge.” It’s becoming more common amid rising expectations of universities and professional associations, high competition for graduate roles and increasing pressure on businesses to perform in the globalized economy. It’s possible to inch […]
In this edition of Star Wars Bits: A possible look at the planets featured in the Han Solo movie. An interview with the editor of From a Certain Point of View. Author Meg Cabot shares her love for Aunt Beru. Ron Howard shares more Han Solo set pics. Pablo Hidalgo answers some pressing (and nerdy) […]
An elderly Denver man who died in an elevator had pressed the help button twice, but remained trapped until the fire department discovered his decomposing body nearly a month later. Isaak Komisarchik, who was 82 and had early on-set dementia, went missing on July 5. On August 2, the Denver Fire Department found his corpse […]
Russian Foreign Ministry Photo via AP In the last three years, Russia has invaded one of its neighbors, entered a military conflict to support a long-time ally in the Middle East, and — quite credibly — been accused of hacking election campaigns from the U.S. and France.It’s all helping to create an impression of Russian […]
