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Any 90s kid would have a bunch of CDs stashed somewhere in the house, back when using disc players was still a thing. I know many of mine are now scratched and unusable, so I’d probably recycle them soon. But Lenne and Hanny Zulkiflly thought, why not capitalise on their …

In their 2020 COVID-19 Labour Pulse Survey, employment agency Randstad Malaysia found that 91% of Malaysians intend to upskill and reskill. Dictionary Time: Reskilling is the process of learning new skills so you can do a different job, or of training people to do a different job. Talentguard 55% of them …

Dmitry Demidovich / Shutterstock.com Taxes are a hot topic in 2021. The new president has promised to raise taxes on the wealthy, and the Tax Foundation reports 26 states and the District of Columbia have made noteworthy changes to their tax codes. In some states — such as Arkansas and …

The rooms that make up the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at Indiana University are lined wall to wall with identical shelves. Each shelf is filled with uniform racks, and each rack with indistinguishable glass vials. The tens of thousands of fruit fly types within the vials, though, are each magnificently …

Handmade parcels and handwritten letters are always a little more special because of their personal touch. Those extra details tell me the amount of effort that went into making these things look presentable to me, which I appreciate. Kurukynki, a stamp producer in Malaysia, is a startup that helps with …

There seems to be some sale ongoing at any point of year. Particularly from August to December, we see e-commerce sites hosting huge shopping festivals each year. 8.8, 9.9, 10.10 and the hugely celebrated 11.11 are just some of the key dates of the online shopping calendar. The ones that …

Prostock-studio / Shutterstock.com There are many things we purchase these days that we’d never have dreamed of paying for a few decades back: Television channels? Grocery bags? Drinking water? But a savvy shopper can find a way to get many things free. From entertainment to education, knowing these tricks can …

One of the COVID-19 precautions many businesses are taking is refusing to accept cash. It’s not only an effort to limit the risk of passing on the virus but a step towards an all-digital economy. One that Kabbage, a fintech company and small business lender, is ready to meet.  Kabbage …

Fresh figs are a rarer sight in supermarkets, and when you find them, chances are that they’re usually not all that sweet. But why? According to Lawrence and Cheah, co-founders of Figara11, the imported figs sold in supermarkets have to be picked from their trees before ripening. It’s because fully …