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  Ace Your Next Job Interview With A Custom Podcast From NotebookLM

  Forbes - Phil Kirschner

  In today’s hyper-competitive job market, preparing for interviews requires more than just rehearsing responses to common questions. Standing out means demonstrating both your skills and a deep understanding of the role, company, and industry you aim to join. Hiring managers also expect candidates …

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  Generative AI (Probably) Won’t Take Your Job. But It Will Change How You Work

  Forbes - Bernard Marr

  When you read or listen to anything about generative AI and its impact on jobs, it's often a story of job losses. Massive waves of job losses as more and more tasks are given over to machines. But the truth is more complicated – and more optimistic – than that. Because, rather than job displacement, …

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  WhatsApp is testing a much higher file size limit for sharing

  Android Authority - Hadlee Simons

  This would be a long-overdue upgrade for the Facebook-owned IM app. One area where Telegram is undoubtedly superior to WhatsApp is the file size limit for sharing, allowing users to send files as large as 2GB to each other. Meanwhile, WhatsApp tops out at 100MB for shared files. Fortunately, …

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  You can now listen to Apple Music on PlayStation 5

  9to5Mac - Benjamin Mayo

  Apple and Sony today announced that the Apple Music app is now available on PlayStation 5 consoles, joining the likes of Spotify as an official music service on the PlayStation system. Apple Music is fully integrated into the PS5 with support for background music listening whilst gaming, 4K music …

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  Working from home is causing breakdowns. Ignoring the problem and blaming the pandemic is no longer an option

  The Globe and Mail - Tim Kiladze and Tamsin McMahon

  By conventional measures, last year was stellar for Erin Durant. The pandemic had been tough, but as a litigator in Ottawa now working from home, her practice was busier and more profitable than ever. She planned her typical brief break over Christmas, expecting to return to work refreshed in …

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  At home for a year, office workers complain of aches, pains and Zoom fatigue

  CBC News - Thomas Daigle

  As a physiotherapist, Matthew Laing is seeing first-hand the consequences for many people who have been working from home for nearly a full year …