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March 31, 2016
"Game Of Thrones" Cast Gets Stumped In A Game Of "Sword Or Metal Band"?
Ahead of the season-six premiere of Game of Thrones, the cast promotes its charity contest with Omaze by playing a surprisingly tough game.
WHAT: A surprisingly difficult game of "Sword Name or Metal Band" where some people who should really know better have to determine the provenance of titles like Oathkeeper and Savage Grace.
Exploring This Huge Virtual Heart Showed Me The Future Of Medicine
Could VR be for medicine what CAD was for architects?
I stand, a cyborg micronaut, in front of the biggest human heart any person has ever seen.
As WeWork Rises, So Does The "Airbnb Of Office Space"
Office-space marketplaces like LiquidSpace use a different model to capitalize on the same trends that fueled WeWork's success.
When PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) recently modernized the majority of its 83 U.S. offices, it added more common space and made each office smaller, reducing the space per employee by 30%. "More and more we are a virtual company," says Toni Cusumano, a principal in the company's global human capital practice. "People don't go into our offices the way they used to. We've shifted down."
This Women's Clothing Brand Is Made For Professional Women Who Hate To Shop
MM.LaFleur has found success selling workwear to busy women who want to look great but defy stereotypes about fashion.
"I'm so sick of the stereotype that all women are shopping-obsessed," Sarah LaFleur, the 32-year-old cofounder of the workwear brand MM.LaFleur, tells Fast Company.
Are We On The Verge Of Eliminating Jet Lag?
New lighting plans on airlines are helping passengers adjust to new schedules. But how close are we to eliminating jet lag altogether?
When flight attendants start wheeling out dinner service on certain Singapore Airlines flights headed east, the cabin lighting dims to mimic candlelight. During dessert—though it's still light outside—the cabin lights up to look like sunset. By the next morning, a few hours before passengers have to wake up, the lights simulate sunrise.
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Why Salary Transparency Didn't Eliminate The Gender Wage Gap At This Startup
Even with Buffer's commitment to full disclosure, the company found it was still paying women less than men. Here's why.
Salary transparency is a great equalizer in theory; when everyone knows what everyone else is making, it's hard for wage gaps to exist. In practice, it's a bit more complicated and doesn't always work as intended.
These Will Be The Top Jobs In 2025 (And The Skills You'll Need To Get Them)
As work changes at warp speed, here are 2025's hottest job sectors (and the skills you'll need to work in them).
Two-thirds of Americans believe that, in 50 years, robots and computers will do much of the work humans now do. The World Economic Forum's 2016 report, The Future of Jobs, estimates that 5 million jobs will be lost to automation by 2020 and that the number will keep growing. Jobs that once seemed like "safe bets"—office workers and administrative personnel, manufacturing, and even law—will be hit hardest, the report estimates.
March 30, 2016
See How Clean (Or Toxic) Your Home's Air Is With Dyson's New App-Connected Purifier
With the Pure Cool Link purifier fan and its companion app, the company continues its foray into the Internet of Things.
Last year, Dyson released an autonomous robotic vacuum called the 360 Eye. Complete with a companion mobile app for iOS and Android called Dyson Link, the smart robot was the company's first foray into connected technology and the Internet of Things. But it was, and remains, available only in Japan. Now, the company is unveiling another connected product, and this one is available in the U.S.
Bye-Bye, Bullies: This School's "Buddy Bench" Helps Lonely Kids Find Playmates
A Canadian elementary school found a simple way to help kids play nice and encourage broader social circles.
Bid farewell to your cynicism, friends, because a school in Canada has introduced a "buddy bench" to promote inclusive playtime.
Mayo Clinic Technology Said To Alleviate Nausea From VR
The technology, known as GVS, helps overcome the visual-vestibular mismatch that makes some people sick.
VR sickness could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to new technology developed at the famed Mayo Clinic.
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