Good news! Malaysians are expected to get a 5.2% salary raise in 2019 according to Mercer Malaysia, with life science and technology industry leading the way. Are you satisfied with your current pay and how do you request for a pay raise?

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A recent study shows more employees are becoming friends with their bosses. From meeting their significant other, going to their homes and even doing exercises together are becoming more common in the workforce. But these are also the same very person who determines your salary, workload and everything. Is it wise to be best pals with your boss?

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The point of making mistakes is to learn from them and not repeat them. But surprisingly, we still aren’t very good at the second part! Here are 10 mistakes that smart people never make twice.

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Young gamers in China are using just about every trick in the book to try to circumvent new age restrictions on China's most popular games. The country's biggest video game publisher, Tencent, recently started using facial recognition software to verify player identities and limit playtime for those under the age of 18.

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The solution to the global food waste problem may have been in our sewers (and occasionally in our bathrooms) this whole time. Billions of cockroaches are being farmed in China in an attempt to tackle food waste… and for better or worse, it may actually be working!

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The language learning app, Duolingo, have made guilt-tripping an artform with their cartoon owl mascot, Duo. If you miss a week of lessons, the app sends you an email with an animated crying version of Duo. Why is technology guilt-tripping us so effective? We ask our listeners about the worst ways technology has guilt tripped them.

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A robot hailed as the most advanced created in Russia was actually just a man in a suit. The android – known as Boris – took to the stage at a Russian technology conference to delight the world with its entirely lifelike moving and dancing. It was so impressive that it appeared on Russian state television, celebrated as the most modern robot, and produced by a team of students.

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You’ll soon be able to listen to an audio news playlist curated by Google Assistant to inform you on the topics you’re interested in thanks to Google’s latest Assistant feature. It uses artificial intelligence to help make these custom news bundles. Will you jump on this?

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Crooks who steal Amazon packages from people’s doorsteps this Christmas season could end up on the Jersey City Police naughty list, thanks to a sting designed by the retail giant and local authorities.

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How much screen time is too much for your kids? A new study shows that kids are showing different patterns in brain scans when exposed to heavy usage of smartphones and tablets. But scientists say that they don’t know yet if this is actually a bad thing. Have we jumped into a conclusion that on screen time for kids are a bad thing and creates anxiety and depression?

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