AmiMoJo writes: More than 3,000 workers at 60 companies across Britain will trial a four-day working week, in what is thought to be the biggest pilot scheme to take place anywhere in the world. Employees from a wide range of businesses and charities are expected to take part in the Read more…
Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens their health. A record number of over 6000 cities in 117 countries are now monitoring air quality, but the people living in them are still breathing unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter and nitrogen Read more…
The Seattle Times surveys the landscape after a historic unionization vote at an Amazon warehouse in New York — and finds the same sentiments are spurring activism by workers three timezones away: As the world watched thousands of Amazon warehouse workers in New York form on Friday the company’s first Read more…
“For 50 years, interplanetary probes have returned thousands of striking images of the surface of Mars, but never a single sound.” So says the largest fundamental science agency in Europe, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (France’s state research organisation). Then they made a surprising discovery. Researchers studying recordings Read more…
“Google is taking aim at Microsoft’s dominance in government technology and security,” reports NBC News: Jeanette Manfra, director of risk and compliance for Google’s cloud services and a former top U.S. cybersecurity official, said Thursday that the government’s reliance on Microsoft — one of Google’s top business rivals — is Read more…
Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% passive stake in Twitter, according to a 13G filing, Bloomberg News reports. Twitter rose about 26% in pre-market trading. Musk, 50, polled his more than 80 million followers on Twitter last month, asking them whether the company adheres to the principles of free speech. Read more…
The western United States, “once a beacon for all that was new and hopeful in America, could become an example of the grim, apocalyptic future the nation faces from climate change,” writes USA Today. The last five years already have been harrowing. Whole neighborhoods burned down to foundations. Children kept Read more…