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In Chinese culture, pigs indicate wealth, success, productivity, and virility but even a high-rise pig farm can affect the animals. The pig is among the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac and people born under that sign are believed to be hardworking, compassionate, and generous. Poems, stories, and songs celebrate them. In many parts of […]

Amazon Alexa appears to be a big flop with the e-commerce giant, According to Business Insider the voice assistant unit is one of the hardest hit. Alexa has been in existence for the last 10 years and was copied by Google and Apple as well but it never managed to create a running revenue stream. […]

Tech firms seem to be laying off staff at massive rates and Following closely behind Meta/Facebook, Amazon and Twitter, the latest company that has been asked to do so is  Alphabet the parent company of Google. With the downfall in tech stocks, firms are attempting to cut costs. Managers at Alphabet have been asked to fire […]

There is a silver lining for companies Americans amidst the news of gloom and doom with an impending recession ahead. According to global advisory, broking, and solutions company, WTW, overall salary increases in the United States are forecast to rise 4.6% in 2023 from 4.2% this year. Despite the threat of an impending economic downturn, […]

“The people have spoken, Trump will be reinstated on Twitter,” Musk tweeted but Trump said after being reinstated, “Truth Social is doing very well. I’ll be staying there.” It’s very clear, Trump is not going back to Twitter. And the callous ‘tug-of-war’ begins. The Ban and the Mistake The former President was banned from the […]

Twitter actually closed all its offices until Monday Nov 21 after hundreds of employees resigned. The resignations were as a result of Elon Musk’s ultimatum telling them they need to commit to a “hardcore” work environment. “Please continue to comply with company policy by refraining from discussing confidential company information on social media, with the […]

Three women sought help from a well-known plastic surgeon for a boob job and ended up seduced and sexually violated. Dr. Olivier Branford, 49, married with three children, and a leading social media influencer in the area of plastic surgery, allegedly showered women with compliments before getting them to have sex with him at his […]

Luxury brand Balenciaga has deleted its Twitter account which had nearly one million followers. While most brand names have simply put a hold on advertising on Twitter, Paris-based Balenciaga is the first luxury brand to make an exit. The brand did not share any details other than to confirm its leaving. The situation with Twitter’s […]

The cost of calling out your boss can be very high as one engineer recently learned. In this case, the employee was Eric Frohnhoefer who had publicly argued with Elon Musk on the Twitter platform. According to The Verge, the whole argument started on November 13 when Musk tweeted an apology for Twitter being slow […]

How come the poor nations are always the ones suffering from heatwaves, famines, and typhoons when all these climate change issues are caused by the insensitive actions of wealthy countries? In Pakistan, floods disrupted the lives of 33 million people and submerged a huge part of the country; the economic toll is pegged at $30 […]

Twitter began rolling out a controversial new paid subscription system on Saturday that the social network’s unpredictable new owner, billionaire Elon Musk, ordered staff to build after taking over last week. Days into the Tesla boss’s stewardship of one of the world’s leading platforms for discourse and activism, his promises and provocations are prompting a […]

Singapore is known in the global business community as a hub for finance and home to many multinational corporations, that’ve chosen to set up their headquarters here and you would be surprised to know that 99% of the island’s economy actually thrives on local SMEs. These small and medium enterprises form the core of the country’s […]

With the freedom to work from anywhere for many people since the pandemic, European countries have also become more flexible about issuing work visas. Countries across Europe are now offering digital nomad visas which indirectly helps their country’s economy too with an influx of young people. (Source euronews.travel) Here’s a quick glance at some of […]

Microsoft has always been one of the few tech giants that have been hailed as recession proof and yet the company retrenched some 1,000 people recently. Axios reported that the layoffs were across regions and offices globally. “Like all companies, we evaluate our business priorities on a regular basis, and make structural adjustments accordingly. We […]

Digital nomads take note, Portugal is providing a work visa designed specifically for remote workers allowing people to live and work in the country for up to 12 months according to a Time Out report. Portugal is not the first country to offer a work visa designed specifically for remote workers. In case you’re wondering […]