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Nov 16, 2020 • 8min
Filling In Your COVID-19 CV Gap
How do you explain away the gaps in your CV to potential future employers? That’s already a massive hill to climb, but COVID-19 has created a huge gap in many a résumé. So what’s a good way to resolve the issue?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 16, 2020 • 15min
Fighting Groupthink In Virtual Meetings
Groupthink is the practice of thinking or making decisions as a group, which can often lead to rushed decisions or agreements, which is bad for business. And digital communication may be only contributing to the issue further. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 13, 2020 • 7min
Paying For College With Coconuts
The Venus One Tourism Academy in Bali knows it’s a tough time for students, especially when it comes to getting payments in for tuition fees. The alternative? Finding value in the world around you… and paying your tuition in coconuts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 13, 2020 • 22min
McDonald’s New Vegan Option: The McPlant
As more people lean towards a predominantly plant-based diet, McDonald’s has announced the McPlant - a vegan burger with a patty from a yet-to-be-announced supplier. The McPlant is the fast food giant’s answer to Burger King’s Impossible Whopper, a wholly plant-based burger with patties by Impossible Foods. With fast food chains embracing more vegan options, will meat substitutes break into the mainstream market to override meat completely? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 13, 2020 • 6min
Dutch Students Build Electric Car From Recycled Material
Dutch students have created a fully functioning electric car made entirely out of waste, including plastics fished out of the sea, recycled PET bottles and household garbage.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 13, 2020 • 22min
McDonald’s New Vegan Option: The McPlant
As more people lean towards a predominantly plant-based diet, McDonald’s has announced the McPlant - a vegan burger with a patty from a yet-to-be-announced supplier. The McPlant is the fast food giant’s answer to Burger King’s Impossible Whopper, a wholly plant-based burger with patties by Impossible Foods. With fast food chains embracing more vegan options, will meat substitutes break into the mainstream market to override meat completely? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 12, 2020 • 9min
UK Independent Bookshops Go Online To Reach New Audiences
Faced with closures because of coronavirus measures and fierce competition from retail giant Amazon, 250 independent UK bookshops have banded together on a new online platform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 12, 2020 • 8min
PlayStation 5 Prices Soar in China Due to Pandemic
The PlayStation 5 is finally here, but apparently not all price tags are created equal. In China, the next-gen console is selling for three times its recommended retail price due to pandemic-related shortages. The question is, will that stop gamers from purchasing the highly anticipated gaming system nevertheless? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 12, 2020 • 22min
Co-Living In COVID-19
The pandemic has posed quite the obstacle for maintaining human connection, and while group chats and e-conferences have taken off, face-to-face interaction is sorely missed. A potential solution to that, however, could be the advent of co-living.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 11, 2020 • 8min
Pandemic results in millions of new web users in South-East Asia
Coronavirus-related curbs have led to a spike in first-time Internet users across six South-East Asian countries, according to a Google report published Tuesday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


