All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy (or a maniac, if you’ve seen The Shining). But is being too engaged with work really a bad thing? In the age of work-life fulfilment and the mythical “hustle”, isn’t being utterly dedicated to your work a positive?

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It’s 2019, and a $47 billion company is going public with an all-male board of directors.

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A resourceful teenager appeared to have taken the rise of increasingly powerful smart home devices to its logical conclusion – tweeting from her family’s smart fridge after her mother confiscated her phone.

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Millions of people make supporting income by selling food out of their home kitchens. We rarely think of regulations and food safety practices that are (or should be) imposed on these businesses. On the flipside, will laws stifle a person’s ability to earn additional income? We look at a very unique case in New Jersey, and discuss if home cooks should follow certain regulations before selling their tasty dishes.

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London-based fintech Flatfair, that lets landlords offer “deposit-free” renting to tenants, just raised $11 million in funding. It plans to invest the funds in building new features with “a focus on making renting fairer and more transparent for landlords and tenants.” Landlords love it. Tenants love it. Could this be the future of tenancy around the world?

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The Center For Humane Technology has one main goal - to reverse the effects of “human downgrading” caused by our overt dependency on tech. Tristan Harris, an ex-Google design ethicist, is concerned that the overabundance of tech in our lives has caused us to stop growing on a mental and emotional level.

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The packaging industry is one that is deemed as the 3rd largest industry in the world. Just think about it, almost everything is in a package and shipped in package and came out from the factory in a package. But does packaging have any influence on your buying behaviour? We dig deeper to see how businesses can tap into the power of packaging purchases.

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Ever wonder why Netflix shows look so good? The streaming service has strict guidelines for technology and equipment used to film their homegrown content. Their benchmarks are so high that some Hollywood execs and camera-makers are offended, calling the service’s “elitist” demands a marketing ploy.

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Huawei claims more people around the world will potentially be living with robots in just six years time. The new extended family, which will be made possible by AI, 5G and other hi-tech advances, does not sound as far-fetched as it once seemed.

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The average age of entrepreneurs is around 40 years old. But as they say, success can come at any age. So could the next generation of entrepreneurs perhaps be seniors above the age of 65? One company in the US certainly believes so by empowering them with the tools they need to succeed in today’s digital age. Have we abandoned them too soon?

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