The Reserve Bank of India’s first pilot for a retail e-rupee, its version of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), will be launched on Dec. 1, it said in a statement on Tuesday. The pilot will cover select locations in a closed user group comprising participating customers and merchants, the Read more…
hy is everyone getting remote working wrong? Researchers at tech analyst Gartner believe a rigid requirement to return to offices is a mistake. But the researchers also believe so-called “hybrid” schedules often are also flawed: “Most of those work models delivered below-average outcomes,” the research found, and the common factor Read more…
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: A new book identifies “26 Lines of Code That Changed the World.” But its cheeky title also incorporates a comment from Unix’s source code — “You are Not Expected to Understand This”. From a new interview with the book’s editor: With chapter titles like “Wear Read more…
A hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, a milestone in the campaign to fundamentally change Britain’s approach to work. The 100 companies employ 2,600 staff — a tiny fraction of the UK’s working population — Read more…
Meta Platforms was slapped with a $277 million fine for failing to prevent the leak of the personal data of more than half a billion users of its Facebook service. The Irish Data Protection Commission, the main privacy watchdog for Meta in the European Union, levied the fine following a Read more…
“Protesters clash with police as unrest rocks cities across China,” reads CNN’s headline. The Guardian calls it “the biggest wave of civil disobedience on the mainland since Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago,” noting one crowd numbered over 1,000 protesters. “Crowdsourced lists on social media claim protests have been Read more…
A universal flu vaccine that protects against all strains of the virus could be available in the next two years, according to a leading scientist. An experimental vaccine based on the same mRNA technology used in the highly successful Covid jabs was found to protect mice and ferrets against severe Read more…