China’s millennials, Gen Z ditch work to become ‘full-time children’

China’s millennials, Gen Z ditch work to become ‘full-time children’

The parents of China’s youth are stepping up to make sure their children are living a stable life — all while having their kids wait on them hand and foot. The hashtags #fulltimedaughter, #fulltimeson and #fulltimechildren are taking root in China with a thread on Douban, similar to Reddit, with 4,000 members on the full-time … Read more

AI stole my job — pay is down 90% and my family is suffering

AI stole my job — pay is down 90% and my family is suffering

The AI revolution is here — and a 22-year-old copywriter is its latest victim. Sharanya Battacharya was once a ghostwriter and copywriter for a creative solutions agency while pursuing her degree, picking up a few SEO-optimized articles each week and earning just over $240 a month. That is, until ChatGPT came into the picture. By late … Read more

I was fired for being ‘lazy’ — all I did was check my phone at work

I was fired for being ‘lazy’ — all I did was check my phone at work

She’s toast. A UK restaurant worker claims she secretly filmed herself getting fired by a boss who reported that she had “the worst day of work he’d ever seen.” Sophie Alcock, 20, was sacked from the eatery Toast in Withington, Manchester, this month after just two weeks for alleged phone usage on the job. “The … Read more

World’s richest beggar is worth nearly $1M

World’s richest beggar is worth nearly M

It is a practice normally employed by the unemployed and people down on their luck. However, begging is turning out to be a lucrative job for one individual in Mumbai, India. Local media is reporting that beggar Bharat Jain has bagged himself $890,708 (₹7.5 crores) by panhandling on the streets of the tech and financial … Read more

Men who are unemployed would rather their female partner be out of work: study

Men who are unemployed would rather their female partner be out of work: study

Men who are unemployed and in heterosexual relationships where the woman is the breadwinner would rather their partner be out of work, a new study found. Over 42,000 people from nine European countries were analyzed by researchers at the University of Bath in the UK, finding that when the woman was the household’s financial provider, … Read more

‘An angel from God’: Dick Van Dyke hands cash to homeless people

‘An angel from God’: Dick Van Dyke hands cash to homeless people

Just call him jolly old Saint Dick. Dick Van Dyke was spotted Friday handing out money to homeless people looking for work at the Malibu Community Labor Exchange. The 96-year-old “Mary Poppins” star is allegedly a massive fan of the nonprofit and frequently returns to the spot to help those who are looking to find … Read more