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Remote workers with college degrees are flooding low-skill jobs and making more than doctors back home
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Remote workers with college degrees are flooding low-skill jobs and making more than doctors back home

Report warns a college degree no longer guarantees skilled work in today’s AI-powered global job economy Remote jobs, once seen as offering freedom,...

Tracking apps monitor remote employees’ performance—and invade their privacy
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Tracking apps monitor remote employees’ performance—and invade their privacy

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Digital monitoring is now a regular part of our working reality. From CCTV cameras to call recording, surveillance in...

Workers are fighting back against RTO mandates – as survey claims remote work really does make you more productive
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Workers are fighting back against RTO mandates – as survey claims remote work really does make you more productive

Study reveals continuing resistance to RTO mandates Many workers say they would look for a new job, or just quit, if forced to...

New metamaterial enables remote movement of objects underwater using sound
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New metamaterial enables remote movement of objects underwater using sound

The metamaterial created by Zhang is used to push and rotate an object adorned with the University of Wisconsin’s Bucky the Badger. Credit:...

Engineers develop intuitive haptic devices for safer remote robot control in industrial settings
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Engineers develop intuitive haptic devices for safer remote robot control in industrial settings

Robotic teleoperation system for high-risk steel production operations. Credit: POSTECH A research team has developed a novel haptic device designed to enhance both...

Remote workers increasingly hold two jobs in secret, risking burnout legal action and a collapse in employer trust
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Remote workers increasingly hold two jobs in secret, risking burnout legal action and a collapse in employer trust

Many employees secretly hold multiple remote jobs due to low oversight Social media tips help workers juggle meetings across dual roles Undisclosed multitasking...

Think your best remote coder is legit? Ask them about Kim Jong Un
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Think your best remote coder is legit? Ask them about Kim Jong Un

North Korean agents use AI to apply for remote tech jobs Simple questions about Kim Jong Un instantly derail their job interviews Laptop...

Google is demanding that some remote employees return to the office, or lose their jobs
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Google is demanding that some remote employees return to the office, or lose their jobs

Google is asking workers to come back to the office three days per week Different teams will have slightly different mandates Those unwilling...

Zoom remote control feature abused for crypto stealing cyberattacks
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Zoom remote control feature abused for crypto stealing cyberattacks

Cybercriminals are inviting victims to talk to “journalists” On the Zoom call, they’re asked to grant permissions for remote access Those that grant...