Enterprise Explores

We’ve gone from drives to optical discs to massive data farms all around the world, but as Microsoft has proven with the first fully automated system to store and retrieve data in manufactured DNA, the future of large scale data storage could actually be very, very compact.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Facebook acknowledged on Thursday (March 21) that it left hundreds of millions of user passwords readable by its employees for years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The default voice option for the three AI assistants - Siri, Cortana, and Alexa - is female. And while you can opt for a male voice for Siri and Cortana, there is no gender-neutral voice option for any AI. Enter: Q, a creative project by Virtue Nordic, and potentially the first genderless AI voice in the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are many things we can take away from Marie Kondo’s Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. We’re drowning in excess stuff, and many of us are seeking self-help strategies to simplify and streamline our lives. Decluttering has captured the public imagination because it delivers a psychological as well as a practical benefit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

‘Texting during the interview process has become increasingly popular as modern candidates have expressed a desire for the process to be fast, convenient, and easy’ - those are not our words, but they are the words of Kurt Heikkinen, president and CEO of recruiting firm Montage. How would you feel about being interviewed via text message? What are the barriers you’d need to overcome?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A major part of entrepreneurship, especially when it comes to expansion, requires pitching to external investors. But what are these potential funders actually looking for? What questions are they asking about your business when you’re not in the room any more?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

JPMorgan Chase has started testing videogames based on neuroscience in their hiring process. According to analysts, this may be a more effective method of hiring people.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stand-out employees have a few things in common: They are passionate about what they do and who they work for. And they genuinely want to see their employer do well, they respect their management team, and they strive to outperform themselves each day. Needless to say, these types of people are incredibly hard to find.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens after your career journey ends? What does retirement even look like? And how can you achieve that vague, often quoted dream of “early retirement”? We ask our listeners about the concept of retirement and what it means to them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

US companies are going to keep hiring foreign tech workers, even as the Trump administration makes doing so more difficult. For a number of US companies that means expanding their operations in Canada, where hiring foreign nationals is much easier.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.