To be the best at their jobs, people need relationships in the workplace. Employees who feel comfortable taking work challenges to peers or problem solving in tandem are more likely to excel in their work.
Theyâre also more likely to be happy, as recent research has revealed. Social connections in the workplace contribute to a greater sense of life satisfaction and well-being, one study found. Another examined the relationship between isolation and burnout and found that employees experiencing loneliness âexpressed a desire to be psychologically detached from their jobs for recovery.â Conversely, employee happiness leads to better outcomes, as research shows itâs ânot only correlated with workplace success,â but that employee happiness actually âprecedes measures of success.â
The move to hybrid work has deepened the challenge of establishing authentic workplace relationships, and itâs not going anywhere â 90 percent of businesses plan to keep a hybrid model in place and at least some of their workforce remote, according to Lenovo customer surveys. Amid this new standard for professional life, many employees are struggling to maintain meaningful relationships …
With the rapid introduction of computing that leverages AI, the gaming experience is set to take a step forward in 2025. In January, at CES, GIGABYTE provided a glimpse at that future when it introduced its B800 series motherboards.
Built to work with Intel B860 and AMD B850 chipsets, the mainstream B800 series models are redefining gaming performance. The motherboards continue GIGABYTEâs track record of innovation and the heritage of its Intel Z890 and X870(E) series motherboards, bringing the AI technology, friendly design, and ultra-durable components present in those models to new levels.
How GIGABYTEâs suite of AI solutions unleashes DDR5 performance
With its suite of AI-powered solutions, named D5 Bionic Corsa, GIGABYTE has emerged as a leader in innovation that leans on AI to get the most out of DDR5 memory. The solutions combine AORUS AI SNATCH software and AI-driven PCB design to approach 8600+ MT/s on AMD B850 motherboards, and 9466+ MT/s on Intel B860 motherboards with the HyperTune BIOS feature.
A closer look at the underlying technology:
Better DDR5 performance, in one click: With the AORUS AI SNATCH function, the B800 series delivers truly advanced overcloc …
The modern internet is nearly three decades old, and itâs starting to show its age. Think back to the â90s: some of what we built back then, though groundbreaking, now feels outdated. The Verge recently created a special issue on what we were doing online in 2004, highlighting how Web 2.0 was born. Take a step back and think about how weinteract, transact,andspend our time online. Are we clinging to old structures that no longer serve us? Is it time to remodel our digital lives and rethink how weâre building our online experiences to better reflect the way we live today?
In this emerging AI era, the very ideas of community and human connection are poised for redefinition. Brands and platforms will weaponize the terms in a bid to capture the attention of their ideal audiences.
But where are communities really headed? How should this evolution shape how creators and media companies build products and marketers engage with their audiences? These are the questions that will define the next phase of the internet.
The Verge partnered with Vox Mediaâs Insights and Research team, along with Two Cents Insights, to better understand how American consumers are embracing this s …
Panasonic’s new Lumix S1RII boosts the full-frame camera’s video capabilities to 8K. | Image: Panasonic
Panasonic has announced an upgrade version of 2019’s Lumix S1R with a new sensor, smaller body, faster autofocus, and video recording that tops out at 8K at 30 frames per second. Although the Lumix S1RII’s new 44.3-megapixel back-side illuminated CMOS sensor is smaller than the 47.3-megapixel sensor in its predecessor, its improved video capabilities, including capturing 5.8K Apple ProRes RAW HQ or ProRes RAW without an external recorder, will appeal to shooters looking for a highly capable hybrid camera.
The Panasonic Lumix S1RII is expected to be available in late March for $3,299.99.
Using a faster hybrid autofocus system that introduces phase-detect AF alongside the S1R’s contrast AF, the Lumix S1RII offers improved eye and face detection, along with better AI-powered tracking accuracy for moving human subjects. It can also automatically detect and focus on a wide variety of subjects, including animals, cars, motorcycles, bikes, trains, and airplanes.
The camera can capture full-resolution 12-bit RAW still images at up to 40 frames per second using its electronic shutter, or up to 10 frames per second (nine when capturing 14-bit RAW images) using its mechanical shutter’s “High Speed Plus” mode.
For photographers wanting more than 44.3-megapixels of resolution, the S1RII offers a handheld high-resolution mode that can capture still images at 177-megapixels by shifting the sensor half a pixel and capturing and merging multiple exposures.
In-body image stabilization improves to eight stops of shake reduction, or seven stops when using the S1RII with a telephoto lens that supports its own image stabilization. When capturing video, Panasonic says the camera features cropless electronic image stabilization with distortion correction that reduces “peripheral distortion while preserving the original angle of view.”
The Lumix S1RII includes a 5.76 million dot OLED viewfinder as well as a three-inch articulated 1.84 million dot touchscreen LCD display that flips out and rotates up and down for videographers. That screen is slightly smaller than what the original S1R featured, but then, the new S1RII is smaller and lighter than its predecessor — 1.75-pounds compared to 2.24 pounds.
Both SD USH II and CFexpress Type B card slots are included, but videos can also be captured to an external SSD drive using the camera’s 10Gbps USB-C port. The Lumix S1RII also features a full-sized HDMI port for connecting it to a larger display.
Just a month after it sent shockwaves through tech stocks and wiped out over $1 trillion in U.S. stock market value, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is already preparing to do it again. Now, according to an exclusive report from Reuters, […]
At this point, I have personally used iPad Pro, I loved the desktop-level experience that Lumafusion brings to the . It has everything most editors would need. Lumafusion has continued to evolve over time, adding features like Multicam editing, external SSD support, speed ramping, keyframing, and so much more. But with Lumafusion’s new v5.2 update, they are bringing one feature I have really wanted!
Apple has been running a variety of ads over the past year pushing Safari as the privacy-friendly browser choice for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users. But in iOS 18.4 beta 1, there’s a new Safari feature that may accidentally undercut that message—despite offering solid utility.
At least nine US states are considering legislation that would make app store owners like Apple and Google responsible for age verification before giving access to apps with minimum age requirements. Currently the legal responsibility lies with developers.
The issue is most applicable to social media apps, which typically have a minimum age of 13, and is an approach advocated by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg …
Paola Morales and Ana Mafud will co-anchor Noticiero Telemundo Arizona for NBCUniversal Local's Telemundo Station Group's Telemundo 39 Phoenix (KTAZ) and Telemundo 40 Tucson (KHRR). The two will anchor weekdays at 4, 4:30 and 5 p.m. newscasts. Morales joined Noticiero Telemundo Arizona in 2015 as reporter based in Tucson before and promoted to news anchor...
Orbital mobility took center-stage in the space industry last year, with venture capitalists funneling massive sums into startups developing tech for nimble satellite operations. So it’s no surprise that one of the most recent deals is to Magdrive, a UK-based startup that says its electric propulsion system for satellites will deliver a higher thrust in […]
DoorDash has reached an agreement with the New York Attorney General over an old practice wherein the company used customers' tips to subsidize its drivers' pay. As the office of New York AG Letitia James explained, its investigation had revealed that DoorDash wasn't giving its drivers the tips customers sent them through the app from May 2017 through September 2019. Now, the company will pay $16.75 million in restitution that will be divided between 63,000 drivers. The Attorney General told The New York Times that a lot of drivers will receive payments in the low thousands, but some will get as much as $14,000.
Within the two-year period mentioned above, the service promised Dashers a guaranteed pay for each delivery. When customers checked out an order, they saw a message that said: "Dashers will always receive 100 percent of the tip." Most customers reading that would take it as their driver will get what they were tipping them on top of their payment. Instead, the service used their tips to cover the drivers' guaranteed pay. If a customer tipped $6 for an order with a guaranteed payment of $10, for instance, DoorDash would only pay $4 out of its own pocket. That means the driver would still only get $10 instead of $16.
"DoorDash misled customers who generously tipped and deceived Dashers who deserved to be paid in full. This settlement returns millions to the pockets of hardworking Dashers and ensures transparency in DoorDash’s payment practices going forward," James said in a statement. In 2020, DoorDash also settled a similar lawsuit in Washington, DC for $2.5 million. It settled another lawsuit of the same nature in Illinois last year for $11.25 million.
The company ended its unfair tipping practices in 2019. In New York, app-based delivery companies are now required to pay their drivers a minimum wage that's currently set to $19.56 per hour, not including the tips they get from customers.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/apps/doordash-to-settle-new-york-lawsuit-over-misleading-tipping-practices-by-paying-17-million-143018965.html?src=rss
A sprawling Minnesota refinery wants to make low-carbon aviation fuel mainstream—but without government support experts believe the project could be "dead in the water."
In this episode of The Speed of Culture podcast, Suzy founder and host Matt Britton sits down with Randi Stipes, CMO of The Weather Company, who reveals how AI-driven weather intelligence is reshaping industries--from marketing and supply chains to aviation and defense. Weather is more than just a forecast--it's a powerful decision engine shaping what...
