I love that Gen Z always finds a way to make things fun.
The ‘Case of the Mondays’ savings
✏️ I found some neat stuff to help you kick off your workweek:
- Put this knitted potato (30% off) on your desk for some cute motivation.
- Snag a rotating organizer ($10) to grab a pen from any angle.
- Feeling chilly in the office? Warm up with a lap blanket ($35). Click the coupon for 10% off!
- For my cat lovers, here’s an adorable note dispenser (33% off).
- Grab a memo board ($7) to keep your notes nice and organized.
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Smile for Zuck and get paid — May 24th, Hour 4
Meta is hiring people to sit and make facial expressions for hours. Why? To train AI clones, of course. Plus, Jeff from Dallas says his wife suspects the office IT guy is listening to her personal calls. Later, I dive into EMF blockers and Jeff Bezos’ over-the-top wedding.
Down under deception: Most listeners in Australia thought “Thy” from “Workdays with Thy” was a real radio host for six months. The truth that she’s actually an AI from ElevenLabs only came out after some listeners dug into her backstory. Thy’s next career move? Running for office.
8.2 billion
How many people we thought were on Earth. Researchers studied 35 years of data and say we’ve been underestimating rural populations by 53% to 84%. Turns out people are a lot harder to count when they don’t live near a Census office.
💸 Skip paying for Office: Why shell out for Microsoft Office when Google Workspace is free? If you’ve got a Google account, you can whip up docs, slides and spreadsheets right in your browser. No installs, no fuss. Since it’s all in the cloud, you can log in from anywhere and share stuff when you need to.
Scammers pretending to be the Social Security office
Be careful what information you give over the phone, especially if you aren’t expecting a call.
Clear signs you’re using AI to write
Use ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude to craft that perfect office email? From overused words to perfect grammar, here’s how to avoid sounding like a robot.
60 hours
How much Google’s cofounder wants employees to work. Sergey Brin says the sweet spot is 12-hour days Monday through Friday, in the office. His goal? For Google to win the AI race.
😱 Robin Hood: Hackers dropped a toolkit that permanently unlocks almost all versions of Windows (7 and up), plus Office 2013 to 2024. They’re giving it away for free because “profiting from piracy is not good.” How ethical. Go with the free LibreOffice instead.
Gen Z vs. the bosses
Big names like Elon Musk, Jamie Dimon, and Trump are demanding employees return to the office. Some are complying, others are quitting. Is Gen Z about to be left behind?
When you don’t excel, people spreadsheet: On Tuesday, July 30, Outlook was stalling, the Starbucks app crashed and Office 365 was down for eight hours. We now know a cyberattack took down the cloud computing system Microsoft Azure and a ton of apps and services with it. D’oh! Microsoft’s attempts to stop the attacks actually made the outages worse.
Global tech outage wreaks havoc
A software update by CrowdStrike took down tons of computer systems around the world. Banks, businesses, hospitals, and more were all impacted. Plus, Amazon Prime Day updates and Zoom’s demand for a return to the office.
July 13th, 2024
AT&T says nearly all its customers’ records were hacked in 2022. Plus, MrBeast hits 300 million subscribers, Airbnb’s hidden camera issue, and the cringe-worthy new office buzzword. That and much more, plus all your calls and questions!
The post office delivery scam
Did you get a text about a package from the post office or FedEx? Stop and think. This message could be a dangerous scam.
Bryan Johnson says he's aging in reverse
Remember Bryan Johnson, the tech millionaire trying not to die? He says his body now ages only 7.6 months for every 12. We’ll also cover how employers are luring people back to the office and why Apple is changing plans for the Vision Pro headset.
60% decrease
In high-paying remote jobs in the past year. Wanna make the big bucks? You’ll probably have to do it in person; only 4% of jobs paying over $250,000 annually are fully remote. And in a survey of 1,000 companies, 90% said they expect a full five-day week back in office by the end of 2024.
Gen Z is taking parents to job interviews
I can promise any Gen Z that if they walk in my office looking for a job and their MOM is sitting in the lobby…it’s going to be a no. Mommy can’t hold your hand through life kiddo!
Employees are suing over going back to work
With the COVID emergency long gone, can employers fire workers who refuse to come back into the office? Plus, Apple Watch gets the FDA green light, why you should power down, and watch for this TSA scam.
Employees are suing over WFH
Is it possible to be fired for refusing to return to the office? Recent lawsuits nationwide are raising this question.