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  • Microsoft envisions 'scoring' meetings based on body language
    Technology
    Engadget

    Microsoft envisions 'scoring' meetings based on body language

    Microsoft has applied for a patent on technology that would score meetings based on body language and facial expressions.

  • Philip Green urged to plug pension gap before Arcadia administration
    Business
    The Guardian

    Philip Green urged to plug pension gap before Arcadia administration

    Philip Green urged to plug pension gap before Arcadia administrationTopshop and Burton owner expected to enter administration within hours

  • Hawaii seeks to be seen as a remote workplace with a view
    News
    Associated Press

    Hawaii seeks to be seen as a remote workplace with a view

    Software engineer Raymond Berger begins his work day at 5 a.m., before the sun comes up over Hawaii. Now that Hawaii's economy is reeling from dramatically fewer tourists, a group of state officials and community leaders wants more people like Berger to help provide an alternative to relying on short-term visitors. Coinciding with the approach of winter in other parts of the U.S., “Movers & Shakas" — a reference to the Hawaii term for the “hang loose" hand gesture — launches Sunday as a campaign to attract former residents and those from elsewhere to set up remote offices with a view.