Latest Articles - June 2019
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Toxic work cultures make Best Employees Quit
Whenever a boss acts like a dictator – shutting down, embarrassing, or firing anyone who dares to challenge the status quo – you’ve got a toxic workplace problem. And that’s not just because of the boss’ bad behavior, but because that behavior creates an environment in which everyone is scared, intimidated and often willing to throw their colleagues under the bus, just to stay on the good side of the such bosses |
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Inside the incredible LEGO House with architect Bjarke Ingels
WIRED takes a tour of the new LEGO House in Billund, Denmark. The "home of the brick" was designed by Bjarke Ingels Group and completely inspired by LEGO. The building uses the same dimensions as LEGO bricks, so you could technically build it out of LEGO. |
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Pet Photography quick tips: Keeping and capturing a dog’s attention
Capturing and maintaining a dog’s attention during a shoot could just be the hardest thing a photographer can do. Here are a few tips to help out. |
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70 Years of Ferrari: How Craftsmen and High-Tech Robots Build the World’s Most Famous Cars
70th anniversary of Ferrari, Ferrari and the Design Museum in London invited WIRED inside Ferrari's car factory in Maranello, Italy to see how it builds iconic cars like the 488 GTB and LaFerrari using a combination of high-tech, autonomous machines and traditional handmade techniques. |
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The North Face just did the 1 thing no marketer should ever do
The company 'hacked' Wikipedia pages and replaced images of famous locations with images featuring it's products in an attempt to rank at the top of search results. |
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Want to make your LinkedIn profile really stand out? New LinkedIn research shows you how.
A recent LinkedIn survey revealed that nearly one-fifth of hiring managers say they have eliminated a candidate from consideration because of inappropriate photos online. |
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Ferrari’s latest goes 211 MPH with 986 HP—and It’s a hybrid
If you’ve worried that the slow death of the internal combustion engine will put an end to palpitations behind the wheel, hang on to that defibrillator. Our hearts go out to those with a few hundred thousand dollars to spend on the SF90 Stradale. On Wednesday, Ferrari unveiled the plug-in hybrid electric that, thanks to a battery, is the most powerful production vehicle ever to roll out of Maranello |
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Buying too much stuff is driven by uncertainty
Even though we have relatively little compared to most, we’ve still managed to accumulate too much, from getting gifts from other people to buying necessities (and non-necessities) along the way. Stuff just piles up over time — that’s the nature of stuff. |
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A boat made from plastic waste is one of Kenya’s solutions to a global problem
One group of local fisherman in Kenya are building a boat entirely from plastic waste to raise awareness about marine plastic pollution. |
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8 great tricks for reading people's body language
You already pick up on more body language cues than you’re consciously aware of. UCLA research has shown that only 7 percent of communication is based on the actual words we say. As for the rest, 38 percent comes from tone of voice, and the remaining 55 percent comes from body language. Learning how to become aware of and to interpret that 55 percent can give you a leg up in interpersonal communnication. |
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A Mindful method for when you’re tired
Being tired can have such huge effects on us. And many people are tired much of the time, from being overworked and underslept. So what can we do? Well, there are the usual methods of trying to get better sleep, like better sleep hygiene, setting a consistent bedtime and wake time, and so forth. These are highly recommended. |
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Is a "Cloud-First" approach right for your organization?
I'm a proud advocate of cloud computing. I believe it's a great way to offload unnecessary technical burden from IT staff, create flexibility, and streamline processes. But when I hear people talking about using a "cloud-first" approach, it gives me pause. While this architectural strategy is almost certainly discussed with the greatest intentions, it has the potential to send IT projects and upgrades down the wrong implementation path. |
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Does Stretching Do Any Good?
Generations of athletes, from youth leagues to professional sports, were taught to stretch before practice and games to improve performance and prevent injury. The routine typically went something like this: Stand on one leg, hold your heel to your hiney, and count to 10. .... |
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A Ramadan etiquette guide for non-Muslims
There are about 7.6 billion people in the world. And around 24% of them -- 1.8 billion -- are fasting from sunup to sundown. Every day. For an entire month. It's Ramadan, the holiest month of the Muslim calendar. But what if you're not a Muslim -- just a caring, considerate person. Is there anything you should do so you don't come across as insensitive to your fasting friends in the US during Ramadan? |
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What makes a cryptocurrency Bitcoin?
According to listings on coinmarketcap.com, there are now six major cryptocurrencies that all claim to be Bitcoin, and more are in the works. In addition to Bitcoin Cash (which, with over US$20 billion market capitalization, is arguably the biggest Bitcoin contender), Bitcoin Gold, Diamond, Private and Dark all somehow attempt to piggyback on Bitcoin’s stained but bright brand. |
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Appreciation of the works of L S Lowry
I think it’s fair to say that L S Lowry is probably one of the best known 20th century painters in the UK, with his work being more easily recognisable to British people than many other national or even international artists. This wide recognition and easy acceptance have led to a healthy and consistently strong level of interest from private collectors over the last 60 or more years. |
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Sleep is your superpower
Sleep is your life-support system and Mother Nature's best effort yet at immortality, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. In this deep dive into the science of slumber, Walker shares the wonderfully good things that happen when you get sleep -- and the alarmingly bad things that happen when you don't, for both your brain and body. |
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TESLA Model Y reveal, Model 3 road trip and factory tour | Top Gear
Welcome to the ultimate Tesla day out. Top Gear Magazine's Jack Rix takes on a marathon Tesla-based 24 hours that includes: touring the massive Fremont Factory where the Model S, 3 and X are built, road tripping from San Francisco to Los Angeles in a Model 3 Performance and going rogue at the reveal party for the new Model Y SUV in the evening, hosted by Elon Musk himself |
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The 11 Life Lessons it turns out I’ve taught my six kids
As a father, there are few things more meaningful than to see how you’ve helped your kids through your example and talks over the years. We have a mixed family of 6 kids, ranging from 13 years old to 26 years, and all of them are wonderful human beings. It turns out, there were some lessons that all or most of the kids put on their list, which I’m going to share with you here. |
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You've been charging your smartphone all wrong
No matter what you do, your phone's battery capacity — which translates to its lifespan — will degrade as you use it. All smartphone batteries have a limited lifespan, but the common habit of charging phones overnight could actually be shortening that lifespan, according to a battery-technology expert. |
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The 5 best ways to make business connections, according to master networkers
Last month, Austin's SXSW festival, brought together a host of high-profile business executives and innovative entrepreneurs at the Founders House. Naturally, it was a group that was highly experienced and savvy in the art of networking. Some of the luminaries in attendance passed on their best tips for making connections at such events or anywhere you're trying to meet potential business partners and develop new opportunities. Here are their five key lessons. |
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How did the qwerty keyboard become so popular?
It isn't easy to type "QWERTY" on a qwerty keyboard. My left-hand little finger holds the shift key, then the other fingers of my left hand clumsily crab sideways across the upper row. Q-W-E-R-T-Y. There's a lesson here: it matters where the keys sit on your keyboard. There are good arrangements and bad ones. Many people think that qwerty is a bad one - in fact, that it was deliberately designed to be slow and awkward. |