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10 Office Technologies That Changed Everything
These innovations took us from shabby offices with quill pens to today's high-tech workplace environments.
8 min |
December 01, 2025
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A Movie Lover's Guide To the Business of Work
Through the decades, these films reflected—and redefined—the workplace
5 min |
December 01, 2025
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Pixar's Andrew Stanton on 'WALL-E,' And the Past, Present And Future of Work
The movie’s director and co-screenwriter had a vision of a dystopian future that now seems disturbingly prescient
4 min |
December 01, 2025
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A Battle Brews Over Africa's Internet Addresses
Lu Heng began fiddling with the internet as a boy growing up in Shipu, a fishing village in China. During college, he sold time cards for World of Warcraft videogames, then launched a company to provide internet service in the Netherlands, where he was living.
5 min |
December 01, 2025
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'Zootopia 2' Tops Thanksgiving Box Office
\"'Zootopia 2' roared to life at the box office, dominating Thanksgiving weekend domestically and showing the right Hollywood movie can still make big money in China.
2 min |
December 01, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Americans' Long Love/Hate Relationship With Work
From the Protestant work ethic to 'rage quitting,' American attitudes about their work are driven by its promise of prosperity—and its precarious nature
10 min |
December 01, 2025
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6 Americans Who Reshaped The Face of Work
From Eli Whitney's cotton gin to Ted Benna's 401(k), these pioneers came up with ideas and innovations that still resonate today.
7 min |
December 01, 2025
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Performance Reviews Are Due For a Makeover
They've long been reviled by employees. The good news is that many companies are rethinking their approach.
5 min |
December 01, 2025
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Teens Use Al for Aid With Mental Health
But researchers urge caution, saying chatbots can miss critical warning signs of emergencies
2 min |
December 01, 2025
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Russia Dangles Business Ties To U.S. at Europe's Expense
Kremlin pitched White House on investments and industry to end war
10+ min |
December 01, 2025
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U.S. and Ukraine Discuss Thorny Issues
‘Productive’ talks center on land swaps, guarantees; Trump aides set Russia visit
3 min |
December 01, 2025
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Drug War Bolsters Defense Startups
The U.S. military has turned its attention southward, and the defense industry is lining up to sell it the tools for a different kind of war.
4 min |
December 01, 2025
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Guy Can't Forget First Love Bug
How Jeff Siegrist tracked down VW he sold in 1996
3 min |
December 01, 2025
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Northwestern, Targeted by Trump, Will Pay $75 Million Over 3 Years
Northwestern University agreed to pay the Trump administration $75 million to settle complaints of alleged discrimination at the university and to restore federal research funding.
1 min |
December 01, 2025
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The Things We Lose With Remote Work—and How To Minimize the Damage
Offices have historically been where relationships are built and learning happens. The key is figuring out how to keep those things with hybrid work.
5 min |
December 01, 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Robert Propst Invented the Cubicle. But Don't Blame Him.
The much-derided office workstation originally was designed to accomplish the opposite of what it became
3 min |
December 01, 2025
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China Turns Into Test Lab for West
Competition pushes some brands to use the Asian country as an innovation hub
5 min |
December 01, 2025
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Look Abroad for Clues on U.S. Debt
Politics and debt don’t mix well. Americans would be wise to look across the Atlantic to see how tough things can get.
4 min |
December 01, 2025
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Playwright Began With Abstract Ideas
Tom Stoppard, writer of intellectual plays that charmed both critics and crowds, has died. He was 88.
3 min |
December 01, 2025
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These 10 Books Changed the Way Americans Thought About Work
From Benjamin Franklin to the present, authors have focused on the evolving workplace, and what needs to be done to make it more effective
6 min |
December 01, 2025
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Manufacturing's Last Boom Will Be Hard to Repeat
The industrial golden age after World War II resulted from a convergence of factors unique to that time
4 min |
December 01, 2025
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How the Internet Rewired Work-and What That Tells Us About Al's Likely Impact
Pundits in the late 1990s offered all sorts of predictions about how the internet would affect jobs. For the most part, they were way off.
4 min |
December 01, 2025
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WHAT THE OFFICE OF THE FUTURE HAS IN STORE FOR YOU
Six experts offer their solutions to workplace-design annoyances
6 min |
December 01, 2025
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Crime Rings Use Hackers to Hijack Truck Shipments
Add hackers to the growing list of criminals driving a post-pandemic surge in cargo theft.
3 min |
December 01, 2025
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Biden’s IRA Is Harming Cancer Patients
Democrats’ 2022 Inflation Reduction Act wasn’t designed to kill cancer innovation, but new evidence reveals that’s what it’s doing, The law strongly discourages drug companies from performing the “follow-on” research after initial discoveries that accounts for a disproportionate share of progress in the fight against cancer.
3 min |
December 01, 2025
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U.S.'s AI Spending Props Up Economy Jolted by Its Tariffs
When President Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs in April, economists predicted a global shock: The U.S. would buy less from the world, cutting exports and jobs.
3 min |
December 01, 2025
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Diversity in the Workplace Needs a New Metric
True workplace diversity is about diversity of thought—and that kind can improve performance
4 min |
December 01, 2025
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Copper Thieves Wreak Havoc Across U.S.
Near-record prices for the metal are spurring criminals to cut and steal cables
4 min |
December 01, 2025
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The Neoliberal Turn (1970-Present)
1971: Undocumented Industry
1 min |
December 01, 2025
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Shedding Light On Dark Secrets
When Lea Ypi published “Free” in 2021, the book was acclaimed for its account of life under Enver
4 min |