Everyone’s been blaming immigrants for taking jobs.

Automation and robots will decimate the workforce in the next 20 years.

You’ve been warned.

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It is no secret that many technology companies rely on surveillance capitalism to drive higher revenue. In the end, the amount of data they can collect has an impact on their algorithms and products.

Amongst the many technology companies, it seems Amazon has a very interesting case. Amazon products such as Amazon Prime, Alexa, AWS, Alexa and even the Kindle are not free. This means that there is no need for Amazon to track user habits to make a profit.

Amazon does indeed sell advertising based products, but these are mainly restricted to sellers using the platform. An example of this would be sellers spending money to appear on the top of search results. The advertising products do not take into account the preference of the users or their online behaviour whereas social media does. …

Can you believe it has been a whole year since we were told to work from home due to the ongoing pandemic? As you get used to working from home and limit yourselves to COVID, are you increasing your risk for injuries and other health problems by working at home?

A survey done by an insurance company named Chubb has found that 41% of Americans who were working from home reported either a new on the increased shoulder, back and sometimes even neck pain. …

Two-factor authentication or 2FA as it’s known adds another step in your login verification process. 2FA combines something you know

Your username

Your password

With something you have

Security key

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Have you ever “logged in with Google” or “logged with Facebook” to gain access an account that isn’t any of these two? If you have then you have used single sign-on. You probably used this feature because it saved you from creating an account. This is the point of single sign-on.

History of Single Sign-On

Forbes says that SSO was created in the late years of the 80s as an identity and access management system that would help government agencies and companies to combine their employee’s login details into a single framework. …

Have you ever experienced peace? I am not talking about world peace that you see advertised of your Twitter feed on a daily basis. I am talking about the peace that can be found within yourself. Peace isn’t easy to achieve, it takes self-discipline and focus. Achieving peace should be one of your priorities in your life and should not be neglected. Only peace who have mastered these skills can achieve true peace. Many people have achieved peace in their lives, so why can’t you?

You may be thinking to yourself, “How do I achieve peace”? It starts with you making a decision to be at peace. Peace with your life, job and even your family. Nobody is coming to save you or help you. Not your mother, nor your father and not even the government. You must and will soon realise life is what you make it be. Your future is quite literally in your hands. So if you’re life isn’t going the way you want it to go, then it is your fault and your fault alone. Blaming your failures on other people or anyone else makes you a beta and a loser. You know it is true. You have you change that. Your future self will thank you for it. Even your children and grandchildren will thank you for it. You won’t regret it. …

I was rudely woken up by the sunrise which reflected of my wardrobe mirror and onto my face. The reflection made me get up out from bed, just so I could close the curtains. The darkness consumed my room, That’s better, I thought. I decided whether or not I should go back to sleep or start my day. I finally came to the conclusion that I would start my day, rather than to let it go to waste.

But what now? I was awake before anyone else which was a first for me, as I’m never awake early. Rather than doing what I normally would do, I decided to read a book. The book was called, “How To Win Friends And Influence People”, by Dale Carnegie. You should definitely consider reading it. I was looking forward to the weekend as I had no work or college. I went downstairs, tackling each step cautiously as If I was a mouse. When I completed my feat, I treated myself to some breakfast. In excitement I made my way to the kitchen. Laughter could be heard in t he distance. It was the laughter of children playing and behaving mischievously. I continued to look outside and reminisced about when I was a child. To be young, free and have no care is the most exciting feeling in the world. Then you grow up and forget about your childhood. …

As the saying goes, “Nothing is certain except death and taxes.” Death is an integral part of life. Before you were born you were already dead waiting to be born amongst others. Death can come to you at any time, any day and any age. Do not think that you are invincible from death. you are not guaranteed tomorrow. I urge you to visit your local graveyard and look at the age of when people parted this earth. You will come across a diverse range of ages, races and religions. Do you still think you can out live death? Do not be scared of death, it is a part of your life and always will be. …