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Sep 8, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · MaryLou Costa

    Should promotion depend on how workers use AI? (opens the original)

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    It's in Duncan Trevithick's interest to be good at using AI at work - if he can use it to get more tasks done, faster, he'll qualify for a bonus at the end of the year. On the surface, it's a great incentive. But he's questioning what's really in it for him. "The uncomfortable interpretation is that employees are being assessed on how effectively they can participate in their own redundancy," says Spain-based Trevithick, 34, who works in marketing for an AI training data company. But if he uses

  2. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · MaryLou Costa

    The firms turning recruitment into X Factor-style competitions (opens the original)

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    Yumi Liberman was up on stage in front of a panel of judges and an audience of 300 people, and she had to perform. But rather than singing, dancing or playing a musical instrument, she and two friends were in an auditorium in London in 2024 to pitch their business idea, hoping to secure a full-time job with cosmetics giant L'Oreal. "It reminded me of when I used to do competitive sports growing up and the pressure would get heavy," says Liberman, now 24. "But somehow you just get into flow mode.

  3. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · MaryLou Costa

    Is it time to stop using glue and labels on paper? (opens the original)

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    While paper or cardboard packaging might on its own be recyclable, the presence of a label, a seal or a coating can negate that. That's because non-recyclable adhesives, or "stickies" as they are known as in the industry, can cause damage to recycling machinery, make the resulting batch of recycled paper inferior, or even cause a batch of paper to be recycled to be rejected, according to scientists, external at NC State University. And that's a shame as paper is one of the most recycled material

  4. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · MaryLou Costa

    Manufacturing: How trainees combine tech and age-old skills (opens the original)

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    Ollie Priestley is not just doing any mechanical apprenticeship. Working at specialist car restoration business Tolman, Priestley, 29, has embarked on a "heritage vehicle technician" apprenticeship. He's learning the skills to work on modern classic cars that need a mix of traditional and new techniques to restore. New technologies are enabling those techniques - from computer-aided design (CAD) for new vehicle components, to 3D printing them, as well as learning the intricacies of a car's elect

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