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Research cited shows 38% of employees went through multiple RTO policy changes in 2024, with 6% experiencing more than five. One large retail company first required three in-office days, fell short, then mandated four days to force compliance toward three — a tactic that ultimately achieved the target attendance level.
Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to 'The Social Network' debuted to an estimated $5.5 million at the domestic box office this weekend, falling short of the studio's own projection of $7-8 million. The film depicts whistleblower Frances Haugen's leak of internal Facebook documents, in contrast to the earlier film's $22 million opening and $97 million domestic total.
Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' will return to theaters again later this month, following a limited run in July that was not a one-time event. The film is now set to screen in theaters on an ongoing, regular basis going forward.
The film 'The Social Reckoning' debuted with a $5.5 million opening weekend, a figure characterized as a disappointing result. No further box office or production details were provided in the available report.
Researchers at the University of Limerick had 189 participants interact with male and female-presenting AI assistants in a virtual reality office, dividing real money as payment for completed tasks. The female-presenting agent, "Johanna," received 10.25 percent less pay than the identical male-presenting agent, "Johan," and was also rated as less human-like, according to the study published in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction.
New research finds that having a good relationship with one's manager correlates with higher job satisfaction regardless of whether employees work remotely, hybrid, or in-office. The finding comes amid continued employer pushes to bring workers back to physical offices after the pandemic.
A new employee reported being reprimanded by a manager for consuming a single cup of coffee daily at work. The incident, shared online, has prompted wider discussion about office culture and how new hires are treated. An expert cited in the discussion said the coffee itself wasn't the real issue at stake.
The U.S. Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital has issued Wolfspeed Inc. a conditional 30-year loan commitment letter worth $1.5 billion. Wolfspeed, which makes silicon carbide and gallium nitride materials, plans to use the funds to upgrade GaN epitaxy capabilities and develop radiation hardening for its products. The loan requires Wolfspeed to issue warrants for up to 7.5% of its fully diluted equity, and remains subject to due diligence, government approvals and existing lender consent.
Microsoft is offering its Office 2021 suite for a one-time payment of $29, significantly discounted from its regular price. The package includes core applications like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and others, with enhancements such as improved collaboration features and dark mode. This deal is available for both Windows and macOS users for a limited time, with options to upgrade to Office 2024 or choose more affordable versions like Office 2019.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu's new film Digger, starring Tom Cruise and marking his first English-language project since 2015's The Revenant, earned about $20 million globally in its opening weekend against a reported budget of $125 million or more. Reviews and audience reactions have been sharply divided, with some praising its unconventional structure and others calling it nearly unwatchable. The project originated years ago at Netflix with Leonardo DiCaprio attached before moving elsewhere.
Alejandro González Iñárritu's new film 'Digger', starring Tom Cruise as an oil tycoon responsible for a catastrophic iceberg break, opened to weak box office numbers. The film is structured as a satirical play within the film, revealing partway through that Cruise's character is actually an actor named Curtis Markson portraying the oil baron Digger Rockwell in a production about the climate crisis. The cast includes John Goodman, Sophie Wilde and Jesse Plemons.
Books by People, a British startup, has received UK Intellectual Property Office approval for a thumbprint-shaped mark certifying that books were written by humans without AI assistance. The certification process involves an authorship declaration, proprietary software analysis, and manual review of drafts and research materials, going beyond the honor-system approach used by earlier labeling efforts like Human Authored. Five publishers have signed up, with the first certified book expected by year's end, and publishers will pay a membership fee plus per-book certification costs.