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� � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � How bosses keep track of your attendance at the office, from under-desk sensors to badge swipes - Business Insider    Companies mandating employees return to the office know not everyone will comply. The upswell in return-to-office mandates is putting renewed attention on surveillance tools that help companies keep tabs on workers. There was a marked shift this year in where we work. Accounting firm EY released its third annual Future Workplace Index on Monday, which anonymously surveyed more than 500 US C-suite and business leaders across multiple industries this fall. Just 1% of respondents reported having a policy of full-time remote work, defined as less than one day in the office per month, compared to 34% last year. With heightened focus on hauling workers back to the office, companies are deploying more "bossware" technologies to monitor compliance with RTO mandates. Continued here � � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � I went to school in the US and Japan. Japan gave me a sense of community, but the US taught me to have my own opinions. - Business Insider    For six years of my early life, I had the fortune of partaking in a unique educational journey that spanned two countries, giving me a bicultural perspective of public school systems in Japan and the United States. From the age of six through 12, I lived with my grandparents in Okinawa, Japan, for two months every year, attending the local elementary school. The rest of the year, I was in California, USA, attending school there. This experience showed me first hand the differences between the two education systems straddling the Pacific Ocean, and I've come to believe that the Japanese public school system, particularly at the elementary level, offers some valuable lessons for the United States. Continued here � � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Hugh Grant says he was finally offered more 'interesting' roles when he got 'too old and fat and ugly' to do rom-coms - Business Insider    Hugh Grant may be known for all the romantic comedies he's starred in, but he's excited that those days are behind him. In an interview with Drew Barrymore on The Drew Barrymore Show, the 63-year-old actor reflects on his career and the projects that he's taken on in recent years. "I got too old and fat and ugly to do romantic comedies, obviously, so I got off with more interesting things," Grant told Barrymore. Continued here � � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � The 10 Best Films of 2023 - The Atlantic    Cinema continued to wobble back to its feet in 2023: Blockbuster events such as “Barbenheimer” proved that audiences had an appetite for more than just superhero movies at the box office, while the rippling effects of the writers’ and actors’ strikes forced Hollywood to examine the unsettling implications of the past decade’s streaming revolution. But as usual, the art form itself didn’t really suffer, especially if you knew where to look, and curating my list of the year’s best films proved extra difficult. So strong were this year’s offerings that my honorable mentions include excellent films by some of my most-loved auteurs—Ferrari (from Michael Mann), May December (Todd Haynes), The Holdovers (Alexander Payne), and The Killer (David Fincher), all worthy additions to totemic bodies of work. There were wonderfully challenging entries, such as Ari Aster’s unhinged Beau Is Afraid, and Jonathan Glazer’s chilling The Zone of Interest, designed to rattle the viewer in their seat; Bradley Cooper’s Maestro takes the staid biographical film in directions I couldn’t have anticipated, as did Matt Johnson’s winsome Blackberry. In the end, I opted for a mix of old and new, small and giant, with my apologies to many a runner-up. Here are my 10 favorites of the year, ranging from a modest YouTube documentary to a near-billion-dollar-grossing dramatic extravaganza. The business is still figuring itself out, perhaps, but the medium is as vibrant as ever. Continued here

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