August 25, 2024 How to reclaim a few hours of meeting time a week (and still get more done) Here’s how to figure out when a meeting could be an email, how to trim your meeting times down, and which gatherings to cut all together. BY Kathleen Davis Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company‘s newsletter on … Continue reading How to reclaim a few hours of meeting time a week (and still get more done)
Threads is testing disappearing posts that expire after 24 hours The post and replies would go away after the time is up. cheyenne macdonald Sun, Aug 25, 2024 Meta Threads is testing the option for users to put a 24-hour expiration timer on their posts, after which the post and all replies … Continue reading Threads is testing disappearing posts that expire after 24 hours
July 22, 2024 The new Kamala Harris presidential campaign branding came together within hours After President Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, the campaign’s design team got to work on a new branding universe for Harris. BY Hunter Schwarz In less than 24 hours, Vice President Kamala Harris went from running mate to presidential candidate, … Continue reading The new Kamala Harris presidential campaign branding came together within hours
May 15, 2024 Junior Bank of America banker who died was working over 100 hours a week Wall Street has grappled for years with overwork among junior staff. BY Reuters The 35-year-old Bank of America investment banker who died from a blood clot earlier this month wanted to leave the U.S. bank because he was working … Continue reading Junior Bank of America banker who died was working over 100 hours a week
April 17, 2024 California’s $20 minimum wage is official. Now some fast-food workers say their hours are being cut Two workers talk about the fight for a higher minimum wage, and the changes they’ve seen since its implementation on April 1. Laura Reyes was in the middle of her shift as a cook at Burger … Continue reading California’s $20 minimum wage is official. Now some fast-food workers say their hours are being cut
By Michael Grothaus October 18, 2023 If you’re the average smartphone user in America, you likely spend over four hours a day in the apps on your iPhone or Android device. That’s according to the latest Market Pulse Ranking report from mobile market trends firm Data.ai. Specifically, the report says Americans spend 4.33 hours … Continue reading We now spend over 4 hours a day in apps, with Threads and ChatGPT leading download growth
73% of U.S. households now stream, up from 69% in 2022. Streaming trends from Comscore’s State of Streaming report. Chris Wood on September 6, 2023 Hours of connected TV viewing increased 21% in May 2023 compared to May 2022, according to Comscore’s latest State of Streaming report. The percentage of TV watchers who stream has … Continue reading CTV viewing hours rise 21%
By Michael Grothaus July 26, 2023 The McKinsey Global Institute has just released a report in which it explores, among other things, how generative AI technologies like ChatGPT may affect employment and work in America by 2030. The report will be a relief to many as it suggests that generative AI will likely not … Continue reading Generative AI could free up 1/3 of your working hours. These 13 sectors will be most impacted
By Michael Grothaus July 06, 2023 While it’s too early to call Threads—Meta’s new microblogging platform—a bona fide “Twitter killer,” Mark Zuckerberg’s answer to Elon Musk’s flailing social network is off to a good start. Zuckerberg took to the new platform to announce that within the first four hours of its launch, five million … Continue reading 10 million users joined Meta’s Threads in just 7 hours. It took Twitter 780 days to do that
By Chris Morris June 22, 2022 Even by Elon Musk’s exaggerated definition of weird, the past 24 hours or so have been more than a bit peculiar. On Tuesday alone, Musk stoked investor fears at an economic forum; both dissed cryptocurrency and pumped it up; swung the ax at his flagship company while … Continue reading Elon Musk’s wild 24 hours: Twitter deal setbacks, Dogecoin hype, and a Tesla employee lawsuit
