After a conversation about subtly snarky emails went viral on twitter, it might be worth asking yourself: are you being accidentally rude? A couple of weeks ago, Danielle René caused a stir when she tweeted her preferred method of subtly putting someone down in the workplace by email: using the simple phrase "per my last email." Alongside her favourite passive aggressive clap back, the Washington
At what age are you officially old and boring? A few recent surveys reckon it’s your mid-thirties
Canny investors have bought an entire San Francisco street – a practice in the US that goes back hundreds of years
Microchip implants - now being offered to workers by some companies - do come with risks, but not the ones you might imagine
They’re lazy, bored and are constantly job-hopping – or so the stereotypes would have you believe. Jess Holland takes another look at the myths of Gen Y. Type “millennials are” into a Google search bar, and you’ll find that “lazy” comes up as one of the top three autocompletes. The common perception is that members of the generation born between the early 1980s and late 1990s are easily bored, cra
One plane, two cars, 770 miles and six hours – all to get to work and back One plane, two cars, 770 miles and six hours – all to get to work and back. Editor’s Note (December 21, 2017): Through to the end of the year, BBC Capital is bringing back some of your favourite stories from 2017. Curt von Badinski, a mechanical engineer and co-founder of a San Francisco-based tech company, has a six-hour d
As artificial intelligence allows machines to talk more and more like humans, companies are increasingly turning to robots to answer calls from their customers. It was only after Ruaraidh Menzies’ friend had left the club that Saturday night in Glasgow that he realised his jacket and wallet were missing. Menzies tried calling the venue on his phone, but could not get through to anyone.
Even moss is appreciated by the mindful Japanese (Credit: Andrew Whitehead/Alamy) Mindfulness has become trendy around the world in recent years – but in Japan, it’s been ingrained into the culture for centuries. As the sleek shinkansen bullet train glided noiselessly into the station, I watched a strange ritual begin. During the brief stop, the conductor in the last carriage began talking to hims
Pasalubong is more than simply a souvenir or gift, with layers of meaning and ritual behind the word. As the daughter of a mother who worked overseas, I always looked forward to receiving pasalubong from Mama when we were kids. It came every few months in the form of balikbayan (return [to] country) boxes filled with chocolates, canned goods, toiletries, cosmetics, clothes, shoes and anything else
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