Forbes - Lash Extensions From An AI Robot: Is This The Future Of Beauty?

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“My shock and curiosity were piqued when I learned that a fully functional AI lash extension robot exists in Northern California. This also meant I had to try it. Known as LUUM Lash, this is the first AI tool used to innovate the process of eyelash extensions, creating an entirely new category called “Beauty Experience Automation.” This autonomous robot performs a consumer service traditionally achieved by hand, at the scale of a nanometer. According to the brand, its machine is safer and more accurate than human eyelash extension application, and without any sharp instruments or tools.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dahvishira/2024/05/28/lash-extensions-from-an-ai-robot-is-this-the-future-of-beauty/?sh=78b219c56f7c

NYT - The Mostly Persuasive Logic Behind the New Ban on Noncompetes

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The Federal Trade Commission used two very different rationales to get to its near-total ban this week on noncompete agreements. One of them is a no-brainer. The other is provocative but not completely obvious. I guess I’d call it a brainer.

As you may have read, the F.T.C. commissioners on Tuesday voted3 to 2 on a final rule against noncompete clauses in employment contracts, which limit the ability of an employee to quit and immediately go work for a rival. The commission determined that they are an “unfair method of competition.” The rule takes effect 120 days after its publication in the Federal Register, unless a court blocks it before then.

Cildo Meireles, Babel 2001

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Babel 2001 is a large-scale sculptural installation that takes the form of a circular tower made from hundreds of second-hand analogue radios that the artist has stacked in layers. The radios are tuned to a multitude of different stations and are adjusted to the minimum volume at which they are audible. Nevertheless, they compete with each other and create a cacophony of low, continuous sound, resulting in inaccessible information, voices or music.

The Atlantic - One Reason Hybrid Work Makes Employees Miserable

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“The problem with overstuffed to-do lists isn’t just the total time required to execute their contents, but the fact that each new commitment generates its own ongoing administrative demands—emails, chats, check-in calls, “quick” meetings. That’s the overhead tax. Before long, knowledge workers find themselves spending the bulk of their time talking about work instead of actually doing it.”