Microsoft What would the world be like if the Black community had access to financial health and wellness tools that not only lead to economic mobility, but generational wealth? In ABC’s Our America: In the Black, Microsoft Philanthropies specialist Darrell Booker seeks to find the answer to that question, exploring how three individuals at different …
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‘I was making 130k’: Expert says tech companies are laying off workers—then reposting same job at 20-30% less salary
In a TikTok video that has swiftly captured the attention of over 455,000 viewers, career coach Mandy (@careercoachmandy) unveils a concerning trend in the job market that has sparked widespread conversation. The clip, a response to a commenter, sheds light on a practice becoming all too common among companies: Reposting jobs at significantly lower salaries following …
Tech CEO furious at bouncer who won’t let him into club
In the epic battle between a New York City bouncer in a fedora and fur coat versus two entitled rich kids, it’s pretty obvious who’s winning. In a viral TikTok from user @theeuropeankid, which has garnered about half a million views, a tech CEO and his friend, are seen trying (and failing) to get into …
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Scientists tested 3 popular bottled water brands for nanoplastics using new tech, and yikes
Evian, Fiji, Voss, SmartWater, Aquafina, Dasani—it’s impressive how many brands we have for something humans have been consuming for millennia. Despite years of studies showing that bottled water is no safer to drink than tap water, Americans are more consuming more bottled water than ever, to the tune of billions of dollars in bottled water …
‘bing ding ding ding boom psheen pfoom’: Trump’s ‘Looney Tunes’ explanation of missile defense tech gets mememed
A video of former President Donald Trump’s detailed and sound effect-laden description of the missile defense technology he hopes to implement in the U.S. has captured the internet. While campaigning in Laconia, New Hampshire on Monday, Trump told an audience of supporters that the operators of the Iron Dome-like system are “not muscle guys here” …
Toxic Employee Tries To Get IT Tech Fired After He Bumped Her With A Keyboard, But He Turns The Tables And Sends Her Packing
When it comes to workplace lawsuits, some of your coworkers may just be out to get you, or more accurately, out to get that FAT settlement check! This Redditor learned that the hard way when a woman at his work tried to get him fired over a keyboard bumping into her! Check it out! Alright, …
Impatient Salesman Insists That Important Product “Must Ship Today,” So Lab Tech Maliciously Complies And Ruins His Reputation
Ahh, one of my favorite kind of stories. The kind where karma kicks in. This man took to Reddit to share his friend’s story… When I was a tech at a calibration lab, we had a torque wrench arrive for calibration. Now, to do the job right, you must let the wrench sit in the …
Supervisors Demand Task They Think Is Impossible, So Tech Worker Gets Revenge And Ends Up With 600 Days Worth Of Pay
Are y’all ready, friends? It’s time for yet another “Malicious Compliance” story from the pages of Reddit. And this one will leave you shaking your head at the incompetence of these folks! Read on to see what happened. “This was almost 10 years ago, contracting for a VERY large financial services provider. For some context …
‘We want people who are going to do whatever it takes.’ – Tech Worker Claims That Companies Create Standards That Force People To Lie Constantly
Filling out a resume and keeping to your experience, is always what’s been taught to us, but have we been doing it the right way? @dinnerpancakes is a former tech boss and he says, NO, absolutely not. Yep, I know. Read on to learn his version of how we should be doing it… He told …
Companies Want to Hire Liars, Tech Worker Claims in Viral Clip
A TikToker shared the day he learned corporations intentionally sought to hire “liars” from an interaction he had with a supervisor at a former job. Source: TikTok | @dinnerpancakes Corporations want to intentionally hire liars. That’s what TikTok user Dinner Pancakes (@dinnerpancakes) in a video that’s accumulated over 938,000 views on the app. He shared …
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‘Isn’t ebt for groceries?’: Nail tech says customer tried to pay for $100 nails with EBT. Did it work?
The U.S. has several benefits programs available to residents intended to help them through hard times, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. These benefits, often referred to with the term “food stamps” are provided using electronic benefits transfer cards, also known as EBT cards. There are fairly strict regulations for items eligible for …
The dumbest moments in big tech in 2023
The tech story of 2023 was the rise of commercially available AI—most notably in OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It was, or could be, a world-altering tech, one that evangelists and entrepreneurs and venture capitalists cite as the new way Silicon Valley is triumphing over the feeble failings of our mortal existence. What they’d rather you not think …