There’s no shortage of GPS trackers for parents who want to keep tabs on their children’s driving. After all, car accidents are the leading cause of death for American teens. For some parents, that’s enough. For others, nothing but a full-on ankle monitor—the kind used to track people released on bail or parole—will do.

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For jobseekers, freelancers, and business owners alike, it can be tough to discern how much you are worth financially. Here’s how to avoid both overestimation and underestimation of how much you are actually worth.

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Most people looking for a job put it on hold in December. That’s generally because hiring slows down during the holiday season as people take vacations and lose time to seasonal events, and companies do other year-end activities like budgeting and employee evaluations. December may not be when you’ll land a lot of interviews for permanent work, but it’s still a time of opportunity.

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The shift to renewable energy has been a major challenge for many countries, but in Africa, the solution to their renewable energy woes may lie in the so-called “miracle tech”, Blockchain.

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The professional world epitomizes leadership. No matter what industry you’re in, being a leader is the holy grail of personal, professional, and career success. As a result, most people want to become one–and we glorify the journey of those who do “make it” to the top. As for their “followers”? We barely give them another thought. This is a big problem.

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Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is on a mission to eliminate all mosquitoes worldwide in an attempt to eradicate dangerous mosquito-borne illnesses. 

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Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said a cashless society meant that payments would be made through electronic payment platforms. “The government is thinking of ways to introduce a cashless society. When we use cash, sometimes it is used for corruption among others. When we introduce a cashless (system), it will make it difficult for them to hide and give cash bribes to anyone as everything is recorded. Each transaction is recorded in the bank among others so that we know who gives and receives and receives cash inducements.”

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A company in China has come under fire for their controversial fitness rules; mainly fining employees for not hitting the mandate of 180,000 steps a month.

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Sleep deprivation is a massive problem in Japan, even leading to a specific term for death by sleep deprivation - “karoshi” - and so in an effort to combat the “sleep is expendable” attitude, a Japanese company is awarding points to their employees worth up to $570 a year that can be exchanged for meals in the company’s cafeteria… if the employees get a good night’s sleep.

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After years of engaging with famous personalities to tout their products, brands are beginning to realize that influencers may not be as effective as they first imagined. Micro influencers, though, could be the next big thing.

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