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How an ‘always-on’ work culture can create a vicious cycle that damages workers and employers

How an ‘always-on’ work culture can create a vicious cycle that damages workers and employers

The glamorisation of high-pressure work environments, like the infamous “996” culture (where staff work from 9am until 9pm six days a week), often portrays relentless dedication and long hours as key to career success. A…

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Photos of Australian kids have been found in a massive AI training data set. What can we do?

Photos of Australian kids have been found in a massive AI training data set. What can we do?

Photos of Australian children have been used without consent to train artificial intelligence (AI) models that generate images. A new report from the non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch has found the personal information, including photos,…

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Brent crude oil holds above $87 a barrel By Reuters

Brent crude oil holds above $87 a barrel By Reuters

By Paul Carsten and Robert Harvey LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices for held above $87 a barrel on Thursday, near their highest level since late April after data the previous day showed a decline in U.S.…

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Britain desperately needs more family homes – a tax cut might help encourage older people to downsize

Britain desperately needs more family homes – a tax cut might help encourage older people to downsize

The UK’s current housing crisis manifests in several ways, with inadequate numbers of new homes (especially affordable ones), high house prices and rising rents. There are major affordability problems especially for young people, and growing…

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Female staff make up over 60% of average comms team

Female staff make up over 60% of average comms team

Most communications departments of central banks have a majority of female staff, data from the Communication Benchmarks 2024 shows. The average proportion of female staff is 61.5%, according to data from 32 communications teams. Male…

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AI could revolutionise environmental planning – if we don’t get trapped in the ‘iron cage of rationality’

AI could revolutionise environmental planning – if we don’t get trapped in the ‘iron cage of rationality’

Increasingly low-cost environmental sensors coupled with AI-powered analytical tools dangle the promise of faster and more insightful environmental planning. The need for better decision making about the way we use ecosystems and natural resources is…

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Oil prices retreat from 2-mth highs; demand hopes, supply risks persist By Investing.com

Oil prices retreat from 2-mth highs; demand hopes, supply risks persist By Investing.com

Investing.com– Oil prices fell from two-month highs in Asian trade on Thursday, as traders collected some profits from a strong run-up this week, while soft U.S. economic data raised some concerns over long-term demand. But…

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British netball wants to turn professional, but there are risks in making money the goal

British netball wants to turn professional, but there are risks in making money the goal

There was some football on over the same weekend, and a music festival too. But despite the distractions of the Euros and Glastonbury, on June 29 2024, 8,000 British netball fans watched Loughborough Lightning successfully…

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Gold investment demand to rise By Investing.com

Gold investment demand to rise By Investing.com

Citi analysts have introduced a framework for understanding and forecasting gold prices, which they state aims to rejuvenate investment in this asset by providing a robust, regime-independent model. This framework is said to explain annual…

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why kids need to know how the planet works

why kids need to know how the planet works

Over the last few decades Ghana has seen a rise in environmental degradation such as pollution, deforestation and land degradation. These have been driven by urbanisation, industrialisation, carbon emissions and waste burning. Environmental problems have…

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