“Welcome back John!” expressed in a delightful tone by Amazon Echo. This is no science fiction because Amazon’s Alexa can now express excitement and disappointment (also getting a radio-DJ voice) in hopes to make us feel more connected to these voice-activated devices.

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With the small-scale success of Amazon Go in recent years, the tech giant is now planning to open full-blown supermarkets around the US in 2020. While the concept may sound the same, implementing Amazon Go tech in a large-scale retail space is a whole other endeavor.

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Your Double Master’s Degree should secure your job in the impending AI takeover, right? Don’t be so sure. A new study has found that better-educated, higher-paid employees are more likely to be replaced by some form of technological disruption. Apparently artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation is more suited for those highly-skilled than we previously thought.

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Talking about how much or how little money you make feels taboo, and it shouldn't. Knowledge is power and Glassdoor info is hit or miss. Wouldn't it be great to know what your peers make so you can use that to leverage a raise? Or if your company does a "market adjustment" yet you don't see the data, wouldn't it be great to know how accurate it is or isn't? Would salary transparency help or hurt workplace wellness?

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Many kids today will have jobs that don’t even exist yet. As such, Generation Z and some millennials are working in industries and verticals that were yet to be invented 20 years ago. Looking back at how jobs have evolved over the last decade or so could give us some insight into what the kids of today will be working as when they grow up.

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Robert Walters recently released its Salary Survey for 2020 report with key trends and outlook that primarily identify key mid and high level roles in demand across industries in Malaysia and salary increment expectations for talents who are changing jobs. It’s not a surprise to see technology and transformation roles remain in high demand as the pace of digitalisation picks up and more companies are working at improving their business processes and delivery. We discuss some of the findings from this report.

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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” When we were kids, the answers tended to consist of careers like “firefighter”, “doctor”, or “teacher” - but children today have shown a preference for careers like “YouTuber”, “social media influencer”, or even “drone operators” instead. What’s causing this shift in career goals for the next generation?

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Bad managers are driving young employees away. Cultivate, a management training startup, thinks it can fix broken corporate cultures with $8 million in new funding.

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With the launch of Disney+, the streaming wars have officially begun. HBO Max is due in a few months, and Amazon is preparing for a surge of new subscriptions when their Lord of the Rings series launches. But the rise of streaming isn’t just a fad - it will inevitably change the way Hollywood makes content, and how we consume it altogether.

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You may have noticed that streaming services have been back in the news again, and the discussion about whether or not they should be censored has reared its ugly head again. Should streaming services be censored at all in a country where the Internet is supposedly ‘uncensored’ - do different rules apply to streaming video content? Do cultural sensitivities need to be taken into account, and will it limit the creativity of content creators?

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