Is Flexible Work Flexible Enough For A 100-Year Life?

A 100-year life means a 60-year career. Employers need flexible work arrangements that allow breaks, fewer responsibilities and new ways to contribute as needs change.

Zendesk CEO Tom Eggemeier says Meta’s Muse saved him $3,105 in five days
Zendesk CEO Tom Eggemeier says Meta’s Muse saved him $3,105 in five days

Zendesk will end the year with about $400m of AI revenue, up from about zero two years ago, chief executive Tom Eggemeier told TNW. Most of it comes from AI agents that customers pay for only when they resolve a case. Eggemeier has run Zendesk since la…

Can Ivee Fix The Workplace AI Training Gap?

Ivee’s AI Learning Companion moves workplace AI training into daily workflows, helping companies improve prompts, automate tasks and build lasting AI capability.

Miro CEO says companies must redesign work around AI, not bolt it on
Miro CEO says companies must redesign work around AI, not bolt it on

Miro co-founder and chief executive Andrey Khusid says adding AI to existing teams and processes will not deliver its full productivity gains. Companies need to redesign how work happens from the ground up, he said. He spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin o…

DoorDash’s Tony Xu says AI agents will increase demand for human labour
DoorDash’s Tony Xu says AI agents will increase demand for human labour

DoorDash co-founder and chief executive Tony Xu says more AI agents will mean more demand for physical delivery networks, and even for human labour. He spoke on Wednesday at Wave by Vento in Turin, in a session titled “Inside the Making of DoorDash”. A…

Changing Your Career Isn’t Easy
Changing Your Career Isn’t Easy

This article is crossposted from IEEE Spectrum’s careers newsletter. Sign up now to get insider tips, expert advice, and practical strategies, written in partnership with tech career development company Parsity and delivered to your inbox for free!Whe…

Bending Spoons’ Luca Ferrari says capital is no longer Europe’s big barrier
Bending Spoons’ Luca Ferrari says capital is no longer Europe’s big barrier

Bending Spoons co-founder and chief executive Luca Ferrari says access to capital is no longer the main obstacle for European founders. Strong companies can now raise at scale in Europe, he said on Wednesday. He was speaking on a panel at Wave by Vento…

Sereact’s robots now sort Zalando returns in Germany and Poland
Sereact’s robots now sort Zalando returns in Germany and Poland

Robots from Stuttgart start-up Sereact are now sorting Zalando’s fashion returns in live operations in Germany and Poland. The two-armed machines work at CEVA Logistics sites in Greven, Germany, and Świebodzin, Poland, the three companies said on Wedne…

Zoom CTO XD Huang on bringing Steve Jobs to every meeting
Zoom CTO XD Huang on bringing Steve Jobs to every meeting

Zoom has opened the speech recognition behind its My Notes tool to other companies, and is in conversation with some AI note-taking firms that are considering switching to it, chief technology officer XD Huang told TNW. He said Zoom wants AI that finis…

Newsom signs 13 AI bills, including a ban on AI-only firings
Newsom signs 13 AI bills, including a ban on AI-only firings

In California, an AI system will no longer be able to fire or discipline a worker on its own. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the No Robo Bosses Act on Wednesday, his office said. It was one of 13 AI bills he signed that day. The law, SB 947, bars employe…