Saturday 11th May 2024

How to Implement AI -- Responsibly

Researchers engaged with organizations across a variety of industries, each at a different stage of implementing responsible AI. They determined that, although data engineers and data scientists typically take on most responsibility from conception to production of AI development lifecycles, non-technical leaders can play a key role in ensuring the integration of responsible AI. They identified four key moves — translate, integrate, calibrate, and proliferate — that leaders can make to ensure that responsible AI practices are fully integrated into broader operational standards.

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3 Management Myths That Derail Startups

In their work with more than 10,000 startup leaders across 70 countries, the authors identify three common management myths among startup leaders looking to grow their companies: the myth of scaling without hierarchy, the myth of structural harmony, and the myth of sustained heroics. By understanding why entrepreneurs fall for these myths, founders can better calibrate their own maverick impulses and instead rely on rigorous evidence about what actually leads to success.

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You're Back from Your Leadership Development Program. Now What?

Executives who go through leadership development programs often come back with new energy and purpose, ready to transform their teams, themselves, and their organizations. But it can be challenge to gain traction, sustain momentum, and achieve durable post-program results. Success requires determined effort and patience. To better navigate this reentry phase, remember to acknowledge the contributions others made while you were away, anticipate reactions to your new ideas, embrace the opportunity for change, clearly communicate your intentions, pace yourself, build a support network, and stay the course.

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Jumia Food delivery workers' final payments are still missing

Evans Kidia started working for Kenyan logistics firm Tenadel in Nairobi in 2021. His work entailed delivering orders for Jumia Food, the food delivery app of Africa’s largest homegrown e-commerce company. At the end of each week, Kidia told Rest of World, the Tenadel executives would check the amount he made on the Jumia Food app and pay him after deducting a commission.

The 43-year-old father of four worked in this arrangement for over two years — until December 2023 when Jumia discontinued its food delivery business in seven African countries, including Kenya.

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Razer Blade 18 (2024) Review: The Gaming Laptop of the Future

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Razer's Blade 14 is my go-to recommendation for anyone hunting for a good gaming laptop, but as impressive as it is, it trades power for portability. If that’s the kind of sacrifice you don’t want to make, then say hello to the Razer Blade 18—this is the powerhouse you’re looking for.


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6 Best Gaming Laptops (2024): From Cheap to Premium

We tested the latest and greatest gaming laptops—from portable machines to an 18-inch gargantuan—so you can level up your game anywhere.


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36 Best Graduation Gifts (2024): For College Grads

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Securing a degree is always worth celebrating, but the past few graduating classes have overcome more than the standard all-nighters and strict professors. After dealing with an ongoing pandemic, remote learning, and the rising prices of everything from food to fuel, the graduates of 2024 have succeeded against all odds.


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The Earth Is About to Feast on Dead Cicadas

Two cicada broods, XIX and XIII, are emerging in sync for the first time in 221 years. They’re bringing the banquet of a lifetime for birds, trees, and humans alike.


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Best Registries for Weddings and Baby Showers (2024): Advice and Tips

In the span of a year and a half, I had two weddings (one was a Covid-lockdown elopement, the other a post-lockdown reception) and a baby shower. I made multiple online registries in that time, because in true product reviewer fashion, I wanted to try every single popular one before choosing my favorite.

A good wedding registry or baby registry is easy for you to create, and for your loved ones to shop on your behalf without worrying whether you already have an air fryer or high-quality bed sheets. The best registries are easy to navigate and buy from because, let's be honest: You're not getting as many gifts if it's a pain in the rear to shop for you. Not all registries are equal, and there are a ton of options to navigate. Here's what you should keep in mind as you choose an online registry and which ones we like best—based on my own research and testing plus feedback from other WIRED reviewers.


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The Best Period Underwear, Menstrual Cups, and Reusable Pads (2024)

Periods are normal and shouldn't be embarrassing to talk about. It’s ingrained in us early, though, especially for those of us who are whisked away in elementary school to watch a short video on “becoming a woman.” That’s about where public education on menstruation begins and ends—a secret discussion that boys can’t be privy to. In an effort to break the stigma, some of us at WIRED discussed how we manage our period flows and habits.

Long before pads and tampons were available, people simply bled into their clothes or used homemade flannel cloths if flows were particularly heavy. Women often stuffed rags that were then washed and reused later (hence the phrase “being on the rag”). Now there’s period underwear, menstrual cups, reusable pads, applicator-less tampons for less waste, and even subscription services to get products delivered to your door every month.


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