Blog Coding Should be Taught Early Apple CEO Tim Cook says coding should be taught as early as elementary school: ‘It’s the most important language you can learn’ Apple CEO Tim Cook discussed the metaverse and more in an interview Friday with Dutch news outlet Bright. Cook told the outlet that programming is the “most important language you can learn.” Apple […]
Animals Ancient Bird Found in Australia Ancient bird found in Australia and thought to be eagle is a vulture In a case of mistaken identity, a new study reveals that a fossilized bird long thought to be an eagle is actually a vulture. The fossil has been held at the South Australian Museum for more than 100 years, where it has […]
Finance Mortgage Rates Hit a 12-Year High Mortgage rates continued to rise this week, reaching their highest level in more than a decade. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.11% in the week ending April 21, up from 5% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. It is the seventh consecutive week of increases and is significantly higher than the 2.97% average this […]
Finance Home Going for $800K Comes With Basement Squatter Home Going for $800K Comes With Basement Squatter: ‘It’s a Seller’s Market’ Virginia home listed for $800,000 in cash warns the new owner won’t have any access to the lower level and can’t even view it – because another person will be LIVING there with NO LEASE A home listed in Fairfax, Virginia has five […]
Blog California Lawmakers Call For 4-Day Work Week The California State Legislature is currently discussing a bill that would lower the official work week to 32 hours over four days, with overtime pay required for anything in excess of this. The California Assembly will consider legislation this year that would create the most substantial change to the modern concept of the workweek since […]
Blog Citigroup To Fire Unvaccinated Employees This Month Citigroup staff in the United States who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 by Jan. 14 will be placed on unpaid leave and fired at the end of the month unless they are granted an exemption, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. The US bank announced its plan to impose new vaccination […]
Blog Man Who Dumped 91,000 Pennies To Pay Ex-Worker Is Sued By Feds After a former employee of A OK Walker Autoworks filed a complaint with state labor regulators in 2021 accusing the owner of failing to issue his final paycheck of $915, he got an unwelcome surprise: a mountain of 91,000 pennies, covered in oil, dumped in his driveway. But the worker, Andreas Flaten, may be having […]
Blog The Great Resignation Another 4.5 million workers quit in the 8th month of record exits, and it shows how the Great Resignation is here to stay A record 4.5 million Americans voluntarily left their jobs in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This pushed the quits rate to 3%, matching the high from September. Workers particularly […]
Blog The 10 Hottest Jobs and Their Profiles Regardless of the reasons, the job market is hot, and some jobs are hotter than others. Here’s a little more information about each one of the jobs that made the top 10 hottest jobs list for 2021. These are the jobs that have grown fastest in Payscale’s database of salary profiles among people who have […]
Blog The Facebook Papers The Facebook Papers: What’s you need to know New documents — the Facebook Papers — are bringing more clarity to the social media giant’s problems and reinforcing a whistleblower’s claim that the platform profited off the spread of false information and relies on an algorithm that pushes fake news like drugs. What’s happening […]