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“Employees are being assessed on how effectively they can participate in their own redundancy”
Duncan Trevithick gets a bonus if he uses AI to finish more work. He has done the maths on what that actually buys him, and the answer is…
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Health
Searches for ‘cycle-syncing’ are up 740%. The people giving the advice are mostly not researchers
Thousands of videos tell women to match their workouts to the phase of their menstrual cycle. Most of the advice comes from wellness…
Health
A million young people are being offered a free meningitis B jab after the Kent outbreak
Nearly 90,000 doses had already gone into arms with 135,000 more booked, after the UK’s fastest-growing outbreak. The programme targets the…
Technology
Tonight at 11pm Dhaka time: iPhone 18 Pro, a foldable "iPhone Ultra", and Apple’s first big event under a new CEO
Apple’s "Surprise and Shine" event starts at 11pm Bangladesh time on Wednesday. Expected: iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max on a 2-nanometre A20…
Technology
A Dhaka firm will build Timor-Leste’s national planning system — and the thing that decides whether it works is not the software
Dream71 has won UNDP work to build a planning and investment system for a whole government in six months. These projects rarely fail on…
World
Tirana has almost 400 dental clinics for 600,000 people. That is not an accident
A window cleaner from Bolton is showing off a new set of teeth fitted in the Albanian capital. Albania is moving decisively into medical…
Technology
WhatsApp calls by link, no account needed — and the security question that comes with every join-by-link system
A link that opens a WhatsApp call in any browser solves a real business problem. It also makes the link the credential, which is the lesson…
World
900 flights delayed in one day, some by 11 hours — and the industry is told to treat it as a warning
Thunderstorms over southern England in late June left about 900 Heathrow and Gatwick flights delayed and dozens cancelled. Some in the…
Health
What heat actually does inside the body — and why the salt matters as much as the water
Blood vessels open, blood pressure drops, the heart works harder. Sweating costs you fluid and salt, and it is the balance between them…
World
India used to call it “dog fruit”. Then a Bollywood star mentioned it and prices doubled overnight
Fifteen years ago ripe avocados fell off Indian trees and were eaten by dogs. A grower in Kerala who planted them only as shade for coffee…
Health
Meningitis can kill within hours. The glass test is the last sign, not the first
Most people know to press a glass against a rash. Far fewer know that the rash is a late sign and may never appear at all. Here is what…
Technology
The robot that replaced the ducks — and the quiet agronomy that decides whether it works anywhere else
It does not kill weeds. It clouds the water so they cannot get light, which is why the method needs a flooded field at a precise depth and…