Job titles come and go with the times, but no one expected the modern-sounding ‘Chief Digital Officer’ to enter the endangered species list so soon. Although data, social media, and tech continue to (heavily) influence the way companies operate, there seems to be a declining need for this one specific role in the office.  

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Companies have been hiding read receipts in your emails for decades. Now everyone’s doing it. Here’s how to shut that down.

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Increasingly, the most important issue for everyday internet users is privacy—and rightly so. In today’s connected world, we’re being tracked and surveilled more than ever by everyone from search giants and social media companies to ISPs and advertising firms.

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Singapore is set to introduce a new anti-fake news law, allowing authorities in the city-state to remove articles deemed to breach government regulations.

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It’s that “free year” you took after a 6-month internship. It’s that two-year freelancing phase. And maybe it’s the 15-month break you took from work to complete a course. Whatever the case, explaining the gap in your resume can get tricky and maybe even slightly awkward, so here’s how you can do it well.

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We’re following up on an article that we talked about last week - about how there’s less than a 5% success rate for fresh graduates getting an interview. We speak to Avinash Kumar, Monroe Consulting, to get a recruiter's point of view.

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Every year, big brands try to outdo each other with clever April Fools’ pranks. When done right, these pranks enter a (sort of) pop-culture zeitgeist and can have incredible shelflife, making them a marketer’s dream.

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Imagine how easy and unstressed life and decision-making would be if there were a foolproof formula for knowing absolutely when to bail on something—a relationship, a job, a goal, a venture, a life path. We take a look at several ways you can tell that it's the right time to quit, all drawn from research.

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After two years of stalling, Apple has called it quits on their charging mat, AirPower, even after alluding to its ability to charge AirPods as recently as four days before the cancellation. Why has Apple pulled the plug?

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In the vein of Amazon and other online shopping platforms, McDonald’s is leveraging on artificial intelligence insights to help them predict what you’re going to want to order.

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