Latest from Owen Hughes
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The key to a happy and productive workforce? Flexibility, trust and a focus on wellbeing
A survey of 10,000 UK workers found that the ability to work remotely, and being trusted to do so effectively, were key drivers of both happiness and productivity among employees.
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Ireland gave all employees a right to disconnect. Now UK workers want one, too
Working from home continues to take its toll on the mental health of employees, who want new rights to protect them against 'the dark side of remote working'.
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Machine learning on Raspberry Pi just took a big step forward
Raspberry Pi 4 owners can now train their own custom models using Edge Impulse's cloud-based development platform for machine learning on edge devices.
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Microsoft Word's improved comments feature makes teamwork even easier
Microsoft Word gets a modern comments experience fit for the cloud collaboration era.
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This browser extension promises to block Google's controversial new tracking algorithm
DuckDuckGo has launched a new browser extension for Chrome that will prevent FLoC, a new tracking technique used by Google to support web advertising without identifying users.
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Coding interviews are terrible. Can we make them better?
Software engineers have long faced excruciating interview processes involving unstructured, arbitrary exercises that seem rigged to catch them out. So why are they still putting up with it?
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This country just gave all workers a 'right to disconnect'
Employees in Ireland can no longer be penalized for ignoring work-related calls, emails and other forms of communication outside of their agreed hours.
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Spending on tech is about to rocket. But it won't be the IT department doing the buying
Worldwide IT spending will top $4.1 trillion in 2021 as businesses bounce back from the pandemic with new digital ambitions, says Gartner.
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Programming languages: Objective-C slides down the popularity rankings
Objective-C was the language used for OS X and iOS development before the arrival of Swift in 2014.
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More laptops and tablets, fewer desktops. How remote working is changing the hardware we use
Gartner predicts that 6.2 billion laptops, tablets and smartphones will be used around the world in 2021, as organizations embrace remote- and hybrid-working styles.