Most millennials were already at risk of not achieving a financially secure retirement. The temptation to forgo long-term investments in favour of more immediate expenses has always been a hazard. Now, though, COVID-19 and the recession it caused are making a bad situation worse.

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There’s no doubt that Coronavirus has brought out the creativity in a lot of people. There are some people that have taken this creativity to an entirely different level and have started creating clothing from some of our most famous brands, including shorts made out of Indomie packaging.

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Equating digital technology with eco-friendliness is a common misconception. While our transition to virtual media reduces the manufacturing of hardware, the effects of deep learning, artificial intelligence, and massive server farms of the environment shouldn’t be overlooked.

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42% of employees believe that a gender pay gap exists in Malaysia, but only 30% feel the wage gap is present in their workplace. We discuss the phenomenon of the gender pay gap in Malaysia, how a pandemic affects the gap, and how to overcome it.

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An Indonesian man became an unlikely superstar when a YouTube video of himself staring into space for more than two hours gained over 2.8 million views.

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A Chinese tea farmer has become an e-commerce sensation after promoting her business through social media platform Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.

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The MCO has put a whole new focus on the video medium; there’s a webinar around every corner, an Instagram livestream every other minute, and a slew of YouTube tutorials that have sprung up. With that, technical and performance difficulties have also been rampant across the online video wave. We have 5 things you need to think about before you switch on that webcam for your next video appearance.

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As Uber heads to court next month, its London rivals are partnering up to take it down.

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A new partnership between eBay and LendingPoint is offering merchants on eBay access to loans. The pilot program will give eBay sellers in the U.S. access to funding to help grow and sustain their businesses.

The program, eBay Seller Capital is powered by the fintech company LendingPoint. The program offers access to installment loans for select sellers. It is currently available to select sellers and will roll out by being open to all eligible sellers.

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The pandemic and its ensuing global lockdown has created an economic mess. Surprisingly, that hasn’t stopped people from actually saving more and clearing their debts during the MCO. Could this be because of the moratorium? Or is it because there’s nothing much to spend on these days? While this isn’t a blanket scenario, many Malaysians seem to be using the MCO period to upgrade their financial standing.

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