From a research paper [PDF]: Many workers care about more than financial compensation in their job. Nonmonetary incentives often matter, too. A firm’s mission and the design of one’s job can create meaning and purpose for employees. As a result, firms will have reason to care about meaning of work. We believe economists can usefully…

Nintendo’s brawler game is getting some more characters. …read more Source:: CNet

Dozens of trading groups are manipulating the price of cryptocurrencies on some of the largest online exchanges, generating at least $825 million in trading activity over the past six months — and hundreds of millions in losses for those caught on the wrong side, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. From a report: In…

Dozens of trading groups are manipulating the price of cryptocurrencies on some of the largest online exchanges, generating at least $825 million in trading activity over the past six months — and hundreds of millions in losses for those caught on the wrong side, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. From a report: In…

Hundreds of people had their homes foreclosed on after software used by Wells Fargo incorrectly denied them mortgage modifications. From a report: The embattled bank revealed the issue in a regulatory filing this week and said it has set aside $8 million to compensate customers affected by the glitch. […] Wells Fargo said the computer…

What’s going to keep a clock running for a century, unattended? Well, whatever’s running it will have to sip power, and it’s going to need a power source that will last a long time. [Jan Waclawek] is looking into solar power for daytime, and capacitors for nighttime, to keep his clock running for a hundred…

Marvel’s first Wakandan adventure is still raking in money. …read more Source:: CNet

You thought paying $1,000 for an iPhone was a lot? It may be just the beginning. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader shares a report: Not quite, but it’s certainly more than a blip in the cultural history of communication: in 2017, for the first time, the number of voice calls — remember, those things you did with your actual voice on your actual phone — fell in the UK. Meanwhile, internet addiction keeps…

HTC issued a major software update, Samsung showed off the Note 9, Motorola announced a new old phone, and Microsoft released a new small computer. …read more Source:: ZDNet