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9 essential Perplexity AI search tips and tricks

Search engine, meet answer engine. Here’s how to get started with Perplexity.

All right, settle in, folks, because today we’re going to try to out-Google Google with the next generation of search: Perplexity.

Work friends may motivate people to return to the office

80% of employees report feeling more engaged at work when they have office friends.

Working from home allows for the flexibility and work-life balance that many modern employees require in order to feel content in their jobs. Therefore, being asked to return to the office can be a very tough sell. But a new report found one factor to be majorly motivating when it comes to in-office work. And, surprisingly, it doesn’t have to do with benefits, pay, or even flexibility. 

How to keep your company’s boomers happy by making the office Gen Z-friendly

Inclusive design is helping the aging workforce and transforming office spaces.

Today, the workforce is aging rapidly, but only 10% of companies have a strategy to retain mature workers, according to a survey by career support platform HR Brain. Since the 1980s, Pew Research Center reports the number of workers age 65 and older in the U.S. has “nearly quadrupled.

Wendy’s and Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ team up for a not-so-happy meal

Two sassy pigtailed icons are joining forces for a meal that offers ‘nothing happy’ and ‘cursed’ fries.

What happens when the wittiest fast-food chain in the country and one of television’s sassiest characters come together? A not-so-happy meal.

Alphabet’s Q2 revenue beats estimates as cloud computing surges

Google Cloud’s revenue growth surged nearly 32%, well above estimates for a 26.5% increase.

Alphabet beat Wall Street estimates for its second quarter on Wednesday, and cited massive demand for its cloud computing services as it hiked its capital spending plans for the year to about $85 billion.

How leaders can become AI fluent on the job

AI fluency, not just familiarity, is the next big leadership gap. Here’s how businesses can train their leaders and managers.

According to McKinsey, while more than 75% of organizations now use AI in at least one business function, only 1% describe themselves as fully “mature” in their deployment—and most executives still don’t feel confident leading it. Fluency, not just familiarity with AI, is the next big leadership gap.

‘Door kick challenge’ goes viral—but cops say the TikTok trend could lead to serious injury

A dangerous spin on ding-dong-ditching is spreading across the U.S., prompting police warnings as teens face criminal charges and life-threatening risks.

Ding-dong-ditching has resurfaced as the “door kick challenge.” But this time it could lead to criminal charges and potentially deadly consequences. 

Tesla reports steepest decline in quarterly revenue in over a decade

Reporting a 12% drop, Tesla is battling strong competition from cheaper EVs and a backlash against CEO Elon Musk’s political views.

Tesla says it has started production of a more affordable model and expects volume production in the second half of the year.

Taxpayer-funded vaccines meant to aid Africa are at risk of expiring

Democratic members of the House of Representatives signed a letter saying that 800,000 vaccines may expire.

Hundreds of thousands of doses of mpox vaccine that the United States had promised to send to African nations are in danger of going to waste, dozens of congressional Democrats said in a letter to the U.S. State Department on Wednesday.

Stocks rise to more records after U.S. strikes trade deal with Japan

Tariffs are certainly having an effect, as big U.S. companies across industries have been demonstrating through their profit updates in recent days.

U.S. stocks are rising toward more records on Wednesday following a trade deal between the world’s No. 1 and No. 4 economies, one that would lower proposed tariffs on Japanese imports coming to the United States.