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Google Search can check your grammar now | Mashable

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Google can now help you check your grammar, right there in the search bar.

The new AI-powered grammar check, which is only available in English so far, can help users see if “a phrase or sentence is written in a grammatically correct way or how to correct it, if not.”

It’s a pretty easy feature to use. Enter a sentence or phrase into Google Search, followed with the word: “grammar check” or “check grammar” or “grammar checker”. Sometimes these phrases aren’t even needed, but using them will ensure that the tool will pop up.

If the phrase entered is correct, Google will present a green check mark.

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Zoom might use your calls and data to train AI | Mashable

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There’s a chance your video calls will be used to train artificial intelligence.

Zoom updated its terms of service this week to allow it to use some of its users’ data for training AI. And the wording reads pretty strong, leading to lots of fears online.

The terms state the you grant Zoom “perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license and all other rights required or necessary” to customer content for a number of purposes, now including “machine learning” and “artificial intelligence.” Another section of the terms state that Zoom can use certain user data for “machine learning or artificial intelligence (including for the purposes of training and tuning of algorithms and models).”

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Wells Fargo says missing deposits glitch is resolved | CNN Business

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The Wells Fargo glitch that made some customers’ direct deposits disappear from their bank accounts is over, the bank said on Saturday.

“All accounts have been resolved and are showing accurate balances and transactions,” Wells Fargo spokesperson Amy Bonitatibus said in a statement to CNN. “We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.”

The issue began on Thursday when a wave of Wells Fargo customers complained on social media that they could not access the money they had deposited at the bank.

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Massive solar explosion felt on Earth, the moon, and Mars simultaneously for the 1st time ever | Live Science

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On Oct. 28, 2021, a huge burst of plasma and magnetized particles erupted from the sun. The massive solar outburst washed over Earth, the moon, and Mars, bathing them in radiation. And, for the first time, instruments on all three bodies measured the same event almost simultaneously.

On Mars, the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and NASA’s Curiosity rover registered the influx of energized particles. On the moon, these particles were picked up by the Chinese National Space Administration’s Chang’e-4 and NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). And closer to home, the German Aerospace Center’s Eu:CROPIS satellite detected the radiation from low Earth orbit. The effects of this solar hat trick were reported Aug. 8 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

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These Jobs Are Most at Risk of Layoffs | Business News Daily

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  • Layoffs continue to pile up across several industries thanks to inflation — and there might be more still to come in 2023.
  • Professionals in product management, quality assurance and marketing are the most likely to worry about budget and job cuts.
  • With the right strategies, you can tighten your balance sheet and navigate economic turbulence without letting workers go.
  • This article is for small business owners seeking advice on how to avoid layoffs, or those who want to execute layoffs properly if necessary.

Massive layoffs — at a pace nearing the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic — have rocked the workforce as the global economy inches toward recession. Within weeks, Twitter, Meta, Salesforce, Goldman Sachs, Amazon and other high-profile companies have laid off thousands of staff as businesses scramble to get ahead.

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How to Access Your PC From a Smartphone or Tablet | Business News Daily

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  • You can use remote PC access software to connect to your computer from a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet.
  • When you’re remotely connected, you can transfer files, print documents, and assist colleagues.
  • Consider security options and other features when choosing a remote PC access program that fits your organization’s needs.
  • This article is for business owners and IT managers who want their teams to connect remotely to their office computers.

The percentage of employees working remotely has remained high for the last two years. This arrangement leaves millions of employees needing remote access to the files stored on their office computers.

With remote access software, you can connect to your office PC while working remotely – even from your smartphone. We’ll explore how to access your computer from a mobile device and how remote PC access software can benefit your organization.

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What Are Internal Distractions? (With Examples) | LifeHack

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Ever tried to focus on a task, but found your mind wandering to that uncomfortable conversation from yesterday? Or maybe, right in the middle of an important presentation, you started planning what to cook for dinner? We all face the siren song of distractions, constantly luring our minds away from the task at hand.

It’s easy to point fingers on external distractions – the constant ping of our phones, the lure of social media, the colleague dropping by for a quick chat, or even the too-cold air conditioning in your office space.

But often, the culprit isn’t something outside of us; it’s within. It’s what we call internal distractions.

In this article, we’ll delve deeper into understanding how internal distractions cleverly hijack our focus, often unnoticed.

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As solar panels wear out, this massive recycling plant in Yuma, Arizona | Fast Company

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Sunlight beats down on a graveyard for dead solar panels in Yuma, Arizona, hundreds stacked in neat piles, waiting for their next life. The great majority of worn and damaged panels are still dumped in landfills. But with more and more piling up, many people know that needs to change.

In this desert city where Arizona, California, Sonora, and Baja California meet, North America’s first utility-scale solar panel recycling plant has opened to address what founders of We Recycle Solar call a “tsunami” of solar waste. Plans to address climate change rely on massively scaling up clean, solar electricity.

The panels, stacked and banded, come here from the company’s main collection warehouse in Hackettstown, New Jersey, plus six other locations across the country.

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How to Hire Seasonal Workers | AllBusiness.com

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With the unemployment rate remaining low throughout the country, small business owners continue to grapple with the labor shortage, making it especially difficult to find and hire employees. And if your business experiences seasonal ebbs and flows, attracting employees interested in temporary or seasonal work is even more challenging.

But finding seasonal workers is not impossible. To get insights and advice about seasonal hiring, I talked to Natalie Dopp, chief people officer at HireVue, a hiring technology company.

How to hire seasonal workers

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Can an Employee Call in Sick on Friday and Still Be Paid for Labor Day? | AllBusiness.com

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The last big weekend of the summer is traditionally Labor Day weekend. Many employees may be hoping for one final trip to the beach before the fall arrives. You have approved all of the requests for time off, but you know that if it is especially sunny and warm that weekend, someone on your staff is likely to develop a “last-minute stomach bug.” So do they need to be paid for Labor Day?

Holiday pay for non-exempt employees

Many employers include a specific provision in holiday pay policies that employees must work the scheduled day before and after a holiday in order to be eligible for holiday pay. No sweat if the employee is non-exempt, eligible to earn overtime, they don’t need to be paid for the Labor Day off. Make sure the policy is in writing and don’t issue it on the day after the holiday.

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