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Disengaged Or Ready For More? 7 Signs You've Outgrown Your Job
Disengagement is at an all-time low. Maybe it's just time to level-up. Global employee engagement has fallen to its lowest level since 2020, according to Gallup's State of the Global Workplace 2026 report. While declining engagement is often…
'A bit nuts': Families vie for $3.3m Balmain home, defying weak market
A local family paid $3,312,000 for a Balmain home at an auction that was brought forward from a five-week campaign to 16 days due to unexpected interest. The modern, freestanding residence on a corner block at 10 Terry Street had retained elements…
Inside the unseen operation to turbocharge Claude Code
An Anthropic project is using feedback from about 1,000 human software engineers to improve the performance of Claude Code, the AI coding tool whose recent advancements have disrupted the vibe-coding industry. The project, known internally at…
Taskmaster star's past stint on The Chase revealed: 'You took the minus offer!'
Taskmaster star Maisie Adam has revealed her past stint on The Chase, back when she was a student in 2014. The comedian competed on the popular ITV gameshow against Chaser Paul Sinha, but went home without winning any money. Since then, Adam has…
Joanne Froggatt's crime drama hailed as having 'one of the best twists of all time' is leaving Netflix
Joanne Froggatt's Australian crime drama North Shore is leaving Netflix on 19 June - giving you just under three weeks to binge watch the 'superb' series. The story unfolds across six episodes, following an unlikely detective duo who are thrown…
Nicolas Cage has 'zero idea' whether long-awaited sequel to his '90s classic will happen
Nicolas Cage has provided a disappointing update on the sequel to his 1997 blockbuster Face/Off. According to the actor, he currently has 'zero idea' whether the hugely-anticipated project will even happen. The original movie starred Cage and John…
I Don't Think No One Liked That Show, Guys' - Emilia Clarke Says She's Sorry About Secret Invasion, Solo, and Terminator
Game of Thrones alum Emilia Clarke has her fair share of controversial movies and shows under her belt, but she knows the response to projects like Secret Invasion and Solo: A Star Wars Story is 'not personal.' The actress behind Daenerys Targaryen…
CEOs blame AI for layoffs, but an MIT professor says it fits a long-running pattern to find a cover story. 'They've been saying that for 20 years'
Late last week, Wix joined a flurry of tech companies that have been citing AI as a motivation for layoffs, and one expert says this pattern reveals a trend companies have been reluctant to admit for years. Avishai Abrahami, the CEO of the…
Masters of the Universe Gets Last-Minute Theatrical Shakeup as Star Wars Winds Down Imax Run
Masters of the Universe has added last-minute Imax screens to its theatrical rollout after Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu opened up room for the large-screen format earlier than expected. Star Wars fans were anticipating Disney's sci-fi…
50 Thoughts I Had About the Season 3 Finale of 'Euphoria'
Well, team, we've officially reached the Season 3 finale of Euphoria. Recapping this show has been an odd thing (joyful in that I simply love watching television, strange in that Sam Levinson really did not do his big one with this season), but…
An IG post changed my life after 7yrs single - I flew 7k miles & met my man
WALKING through Paris, I spotted a poster for Bali in the travel agent's window. It was the third time the Indonesian island had popped up that week – hours earlier, I'd noticed several Instagram stories about it and, a few days before, an…
Love and the appeal of a foreign culture took a Swiss architect to Hungary
Series Swiss entrepreneurs abroad, Episode 6: Schweizer Architekt in Ungarn: -Ich wollte ein Land, das anders ist als die Schweiz- Original Changer de vie pour créer librement: le pari réussi d'un architecte suisse à Budapest…
The Mandalorian and Grogu Knocked to Third at the Box Office With 69% in Weekend 2 Drop as the Star Wars Spin-Off Trails Behind New Horror Movies
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu struggled to find success in its second weekend in theaters, resulting in a 69% drop at the box office. The Disney+ show's transition to the big screen had a domestic haul of $25 million from 4,300 locations in…
Lions great's former home sells for millions in fierce inner-city auction
An iconic Coorparoo home once owned by former Lions captain Michael Voss has sold over reserve after a local family splashed $5.023 million during one of Brisbane's fiercest auctions since the federal budget poured fresh uncertainty on an already…
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