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Remote work is quietly taking a toll on some people’s mental health, according to a University of Virginia economist.

Shwetha Srikanta’s AI systems help detect and stop sophisticated automated attacks, earning her top honors at Amazon’s global intern recognition event. Alex DunbarAug. 24, 2026

ChatGPT answers questions. ChatGPT Work does work. That’s because ChatGPT Work is agentic, which is a fancy way of describing how some AIs can go off and accomplish a series of tasks.

Utility portals are often framed as customer experience tools: a place to pay bills, review usage, report outages and manage accounts. But they serve another purpose, too: When they improve how frontline work is done, they serve as powerful employee support systems.

The aspect of remote work that is most missing is the classic water-cooler effect — a sociological phenomenon in which coworkers gather in shared spaces to have casual, spontaneous conversations.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the widespread adoption of remote work, but some companies are returning to office work due to concerns about employee isolation and decreased connection with the workplace. A research team led by Stephanie Johnson of the University of Colorado Boulder analyzed responses from 7,704 employees of a large American healthcare institution…

A rare wave of walkouts has forced Europe’s aerospace giant to rethink how quickly it brings office employees back to their desks.

Airbus has revised its approach to limiting remote work after facing union protests and a series of strikes at its Spanish facilities, sources revealed. Initially, the company aimed to have staff work on-site four days a week but has now retracted this decision.

Airbus has scaled back its initiative to cut down on remote working after facing union protests and strikes in Spain, insiders have revealed. The aerospace company aimed to increase in-office presence to four days a week but has adjusted its plan to accommodate two days of remote work.

Lev Shevtsov21 August 2026 14:59