The surprising reason you feel ‘meh’ about work
If you’re feeling disengaged, it probably has a lot to do with your company’s leaders—and their ideas about workplace culture. The post The surprising reason you feel ‘meh’ about work …
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Remote Work Dreams Fade as Economic Reality Bites
Image: simonapilolla/Envato Elements The days of everyone working from their kitchen tables or Amazon-purchased standing desks are fading fast. LinkedIn’s latest Workforce Confidence survey shows that remote work has been…
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Ending remote work has major consequences for women
Five years ago, when the COVID pandemic forced all non-essential workers to stay home, American families were swiftly forced to reorganize themselves. Suddenly, they had no childcare, no school, and…
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EVs don’t work for everyone – Press Enterprise
I spent the past two weeks deep undercover as an electric vehicle driver. This was largely in response to negative feedback I received to a recent column, but even more…
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INTRODUCING LITERA ONE: THE FIRST PLATFORM CONNECTING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF LEGAL WORK, SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING WITH MICROSOFT 365
INTRODUCING LITERA ONE: THE FIRST PLATFORM CONNECTING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF LEGAL WORK, SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATING WITH MICROSOFT 365 — Ending Workflow Fragmentation: Litera One Intelligently Connects Drafting, Review, Knowledge Management,…
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California Office for Civil Rights is closing under education cuts
When the Trump administration announced last week that about half the staff of the U.S. Department of Education were to be laid off, the slashing closed down the San Francisco…
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Why some CEOs hate remote work, and the Earth loves it
For nearly 76 percent of Americans in 2019, this was a typical workweek: Wake up, get dressed, pile into a car alone, work, drive home, sleep … and repeat five…
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This thumb-sized SSD is my new favorite iPhone accessory for work travel – how it works
ZDNET’s key takeaways The Planck SSD gives your connected device quick access to up to 2TB of storage. It has read and write speeds of up to 1,050 MB/s, giving…
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Can’t Get Rid Of Remote Work! — See Also
Hybrid Work Is Here To Stay: Anything but a five-day, in-person work week! It Won’t End With Perkins Coie: Will Williams & Connolly be the next firm caught in the…
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It’s not 40 hours—Gen Z don’t know how long they need to work in a week and even experts can’t decide
Google cofounder Sergey Brin told Gemini staffers a 60-hour workweek is the “sweet spot”—but experts say that’s outrageous. The answer isn’t 40 hours, either. The post It’s not 40 hours—Gen…
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Another New Study of Legal AI Shows Some Models Can Significantly Improve Work Quality and Efficiency
Just last week, I wrote about a first-of-its-kind benchmarking study of legal AI tools, and now comes another, much-different study, that is also the first of its kind. This time,…
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Supreme Court turns down Trump appeal over disbursing foreign funds
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts turned down an appeal from President Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday, keeping in place a judge’s order that requires the…
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Newsom suspends landmark environmental laws to speed up wildfire prevention efforts
Declaring a state of emergency, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday suspended two landmark state environmental laws to expedite measures he said were needed to protect communities against devastating wildfires. Newsom…
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LexisNexis Will Work More Closely with OpenAI To More Widely Deploy Its Models Across Products
LexisNexis Legal & Professional and OpenAI today announced plans to work more closely with each other to integrate OpenAI’s large language models and APIs across the LexisNexis product ecosystem. LexisNexis…
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Supreme Court pauses judge’s order to spend $2 billion in foreign funds
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Wednesday evening issued an order pausing a judge’s deadline requiring the Trump administration to send out nearly $2 billion in funds…
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This mechanical keyboard I tested works just as well for work as it does for play
ZDNET’s key takeaways The Cherry Xtrfy MX 3.1 mechanical keyboard is available now for $120. It’s a sleek and well-designed RGB keyboard with a handful of customizable lighting effects and…
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L.A. recovery czar sounds off over working for free: ‘I was lied to’
Steve Soboroff, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ wildfire recovery czar, went public with his frustrations about doing the job for free, telling an audience he was “lied to” — and…
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Is the workplace less friendly? Employees say they care less about having ‘work besties.’
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Workers may be leaning away from making friends at work — and…
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“I’m Afraid We Are Automating This Work Without Really Understanding It”
At this point, AI has touched pretty much every workplace and every job, to some degree—from customer service to medicine to the little automated pop-up that appears whenever I cut-and-paste…
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L.A. fire chief Kristin Crowley responds to ouster by Bass
Ousted Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley struck a defensive tone Saturday, issuing her first statement since being demoted by Mayor Karen Bass for failing to inform her about the…
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