Scooter startup Bird is raising $300 million in an extension of its previous fundraising round led by the financial giant Fidelity - in what seems to be an attempt to help solve some of the ‘First Mile, Last Mile’ issues in the US. Would scooters work here in Malaysia though? Would you feel comfortable scooting to the transportation terminals?

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It’s always been said that your environment affects you mentally as well, and that’s also true of productivity. Turns out, it’s pretty simple to redesign your work space in a way that will make you more productive.

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The fight between taxi drivers and Grab drivers isn’t slowing down. Recently the Road Transport Department (JPJ) issued summons to one of Grab’s drivers, prompting the company to question the authorities if they were “deliberately” misinterpreting laws. Will this battle ever end?

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According to a study by Science Advances, 11% of users older than 65 shared fake news articles, while just 3% of users 18 to 29 did. So why is the older generation more susceptible to sharing fake news?

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Former Facebook employees say they felt pressure to remain positive and were discouraged from speaking up while working for the social-media giant, some even characterised the internal culture at Facebook as “cult-like.”

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A vast array of companies are increasingly capturing information about your every move for profit, and in ways that can adversely and quietly impact you. We look at the tech that deserves our vigilance before creepy creeps into dangerous.

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While Netflix’s valuation continues to grow, the streaming giant has yet to turn their traffic into a significant, direct revenue stream. However, signs are pointing to Netflix implementing the “whale” mechanism to address this very issue.

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What was once an extra is now a necessity, as companies give their employees free ice cream and beer, snacks and prime rib — often with an agenda attached.

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Amazon is quietly piloting a program to let brands like Maybelline and Folgers pay to send free samples to consumers — all based on what the retail giant already knows they're likely to buy.

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More than 30 million people around the globe have speech impairments and must rely on sign language, which poses a language barrier when seeking to communicate with non-sign language users. One man thought that he might be able to break that barrier through an invention.

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