The German union Verdi claims that Amazon “permanently endangers” workers by pressuring them to do more and more in a shorter time span, with constant performance monitoring, a “poor leadership culture” and short recovery times between working stints. In short: even if pay wasn’t an […]
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How Duolingo uses dirty gaming tricks to get you addicted to French
Riki Blanco After months spent away from the language-learning app Duolingo, my level-five French skills were in decline. The “food” category was particularly threatened, coded red (for danger) with just one “strength bar” remaining. I clicked it, and was asked to translate: Je mange un […]
Mattress startup Purple launches in 13 Mattress Firm store locations
A number of bed-in-a-box startups have taken different approaches to selling their mattresses and bed ware in the last year. Casper and Tuft and Needle, for instance, launched their own branded physical store locations. However, Purple, a mattress startup out of Utah that recently merged […]
La Valsusa torna a bruciare, incendi nei boschi di Caprie e Villardora
Tornano a bruciare i boschi di Caprie e Villardora. A Villardora hanno evacuato anche una donna che abitava in una borgata troppo vicino al rogo, ma che già in nottata è rientrata in casa. I vigili del fuoco sono al lavoro da questa notte sulle […]
Pensioni, novità Inps: prosegue riesame domande Ape e Quota 41
Rispetto a quanto dichiarato nei giorni scorsi dalla presidente del patronato della Cgil, l'Inca, in merito alle istanze di accesso al pensionamento con le formule #Ape Social e #Quota 41 per una parte dei lavoratori precoci introdotte con la fase uno della riforma #Pensioni, l'Istituto […]
Bitcoin Going Mainstream: Coinbase Has More Users Than Charles Schwab
Such large numbers of individuals creating accounts on cryptocurrency exchanges should put an end to the thought that Bitcoin is just a fringe economic event. Regardless of bullish or bearish expectations, the reality is that Bitcoin is gaining traction amongst members of the general public. […]
VFS Global opens Italy visa centre in Kuwait
… VFS Global, said, “We are privileged to extend our services on behalf of our longstanding client, the Government of Italy, to bring enhanced visa application processing services to the residents of the State of Kuwait. The launch of this centre serves the needs of […]
5 Ways Big Data is Changing Marketing
Big data is more than just a buzzword. In fact, the huge amounts of data that we’re gathering could well change all areas of our life, from improving healthcare outcomes to helping to manage traffic levels in metropolitan areas and, of course, making our marketing […]
Hong Kong Is Turning Caverns Into Real Estate
Hong Kong, to put it simply, is running out of room. More than 7 million people live in the 427 square mile autonomous region of the People’s Republic of China. Country parks take up 41 percent of the land mass, all of which is dotted […]
Furti in appartamenti e negozi: sgominata banda nel Milanese
Una banda specializzata in furti negli appartamenti è stata sgominata dai carabinieri del comando provinciale di Milano. Undici persone di nazionalità albanese e di età compresa tra i 21 e 47 anni sono state arrestate: 10 sono finite in carcere, una ai … by Livio Acerbo […]