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With the increase of misinformation and disinformation spreading rapidly through social media, and its effects not only on people’s beliefs but even on a wider scale to politics and culture, do we need to start regulating a level of media literacy for social media users?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For some students at Chinese driving schools, learning to drive is pretty similar to playing a video game.   At the Guangshen Driving Training Group, one of the biggest driving training schools in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, students check in for practice sessions by scanning a QR code.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As more people - customers and employees - call for more diversity in their favorite establishments, companies like McDonald’s and Starbucks have tied executive bonuses to diversity. McDonald’s will also publicly release its workforce data for the first time in history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The market loves companies focused on automation. Whether it's those that deliver automation capabilities to businesses and consumers — e.g., Salesforce.com, ServiceNow, UiPath — or companies that embrace automation as a core part of their operational strategy — e.g., Amazon, Tesla, Uber, Google — the market rewards these companies with big valuations, high stock prices, fast-growing revenues and strong customer loyalty. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Automation and robotics have long been considered dangerous to the human workforce due to their replacive nature. However, that mindset seems to be changing as more companies employ automation tech to complement, and not substitute, its employees. Could a hybrid model be the future of human-robot dynamics at the workplace?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many Malaysians have been able to transition a lot of “real-life” activities onto a digital platform, but that may not be enough to consider Malaysia a competitor in the digitalisation race.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Business registration for aspiring entrepreneurs from the B40 target group will be made free, as a way to cope with the hardships of the pandemic. This will enable them to gain access to the various funds and loans introduced by the federal government for the continuation of their business operations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You know that thing where you stubbornly stay up late for no reason because you feel like you didn't get any time to yourself? There may be a way to stop that.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spotify is introducing a “Work From Anywhere” policy, where its employees can choose where they want to work from. This is hot on the heels of other big companies like Salesforce and Dropbox introducing similar policies, and it seems that working from home is going to be here to stay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Working from home has made it harder for management to not only monitor, but provide feedback to their employees. But it is possible to create positive feedback culture even when working remotely, as pointed out by an article on FastCompany. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.