future of work

(ChatGPT via David Nield)When you've decided on the types of jobs you want, a chatbot can help you understand anything from finding out what a typical day looks like, to the sorts of skills…

Microsoft Teams is getting a refreshed set of animated backgrounds in reportedly the biggest update to the virtual backgrounds in Teamssince the original collection launched in 2020. With…

Microsoft Corp. has added the technology to its products, including search engine Bing, while competitors Google and Baidu are pushing to launch similar tools. Despite its sudden…

Michael Arendt has spent his career on the water. After working his way up through the US Merchant Marines from deckhand to riverboat captain, he came ashore in 2001 to work as a lock and…

There are two fundamental truths about the workforces of today and tomorrow: the first is that having the right skills is essential; and, second, too many young people around the world…

Facebook parent Meta is supporting Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) with $1 million for the XR Open Source (XROS) fellowship program. Run by FICCI, XROS will…

So much of what marginalized people go through at work comes down to the workplace environment: how people in the office get along with one another, who asks whom out for lunch, who gets…

Brian Villani, 26, tall and in khakis, extroverted, both opinionated and earnest, shares a garden-level apartment with two roommates in greater Boston that’s outfitted with the material…

As companies increasingly involve AI in their hiring processes, advocates, lawyers, and researchers have continued to sound the alarm. Algorithms have been found to automatically assign job…

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island have voted against unionizing, marking the first loss for the fledgling, worker-led Amazon Labor Union (ALU). When the tally concluded Monday,…