Author: Awais

For managers and senior staff, hotel operations demand your complete attention. Between orchestrating seamless guest experiences, optimising revenue management, directing front and back-of-house teams, and maintaining property standards, your leadership responsibilities span every area of the business. 

HR automation is the process of using technology to handle human resources tasks with less manual work. Instead of manually tracking applicants, onboarding new hires, or managing time-off requests, you can set up automations that move data between tools and keep employee records up to date—saving time and reducing admin headaches.Hiring the right people and setting them up for success is one of the most rewarding parts of HR—but it can also feel like playing a (highly regulated) game of whack-a-mole. You’re reviewing resumes, scheduling interviews, sending offer letters, and setting up onboarding tasks, all while trying to keep the…

While cardio exercises like running on a treadmill or cycling local trails are often the go-to for those looking to trim down, they aren’t the only way to cut fat and reach your fitness goals.  If losing weight or improving muscle tone are your biggest goals, strength training may be a better option.Strength training can help jump-start your metabolism, melt fat and leave you fitter than ever — when done correctly. A recent Reddit thread in the beginner fitness community sparked a discussion on the weight loss benefits of strength training compared to cardio, with many people sharing that they’ve found…

One winter a few years ago, I sat in the kitchen sipping red wine while my husband, Jake, made store-bought hot chocolate at the stove. We gave each other a knowing look, one that longtime couples share. I half-joked, “We should booze up the hot chocolate.” Jake was intrigued and didn’t complain as I poured a splash of red wine into the small saucepan. He stirred the thick mixture with a rubber spatula until all the wine had disappeared, then turned off the stove. The hot chocolate flowed like dark, liquid velvet as Jake poured it into our mugs. We…

Character.AI announced on Tuesday that it’s launching “Stories,” a new format that allows users to create interactive fiction that features their favorite characters. The feature comes as an alternative to the company’s chatbots, which are no longer accessible to users under 18 as of this week. The change follows growing concerns about the mental health risks of AI chatbots that are available 24/7 and can initiate conversations with users. Several lawsuits have been filed against companies like OpenAI and Character.AI over their alleged role in users’ suicides. Over the past month, Character.AI has been slowly phasing out access for minors,…

There’s little need to subscribe to a premium streaming service like Netflix to find something to watch this holiday season. You can stream dozens of great Christmas movies on YouTube and other places for free. This list includes romantic films, animations, dramas, and even the best Christmas special of the season. Every movie is free to watch with ads. So grab some hot cocoa and start streaming! This exciting animated movie will whisk you away to a fantasy land where a wizard’s apprentice must correct what the Dark Wizard did on Christmas Eve many years ago. Perfect for kids and the…

I was having lunch with a friend recently where we were bond- ing over our love of giving homemade preserves during the holidays. “It’s something everyone can appreciate,” the friend said, adding that a jar of apricot spread or a pot of fig jam from a late-summer harvest is a simple and personal gift.I find the sentiment that food brings us together especially true of holiday food gifts when the creativity that takes place in the kitchen becomes the building blocks that make memories, create traditions, and fuel our connection to others.Rolling and wrapping caramels to drop into a sleeve.…

When Substack launched in 2017, it was intended to be a haven for writers building an audience independently without the backing of a publisher. The platform enabled writers to send long-form newsletters directly to subscribers’ inboxes. Spurred on by the COVID pandemic and fewer traditional media opportunities, Substack amassed a large network of writers with 1 million paid subscribers in 2021. By 2025, Substack CEO Chris Best reported 5 million paid subscribers and 20 million monthly active users. Consumers’ appetite for niche, community-based experiences on social media is behind the steady growth. People are hungry for intentional, slower-paced feeds. Sprout’s…

[Submitted on 24 May 2025 (v1), last revised 24 Nov 2025 (this version, v3)] View a PDF of the paper titled MoveGPT: Scaling Mobility Foundation Models with Spatially-Aware Mixture of Experts, by Chonghua Han and 5 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:The success of foundation models in language has inspired a new wave of general-purpose models for human mobility. However, existing approaches struggle to scale effectively due to two fundamental limitations: a failure to use meaningful basic units to represent movement, and an inability to capture the vast diversity of patterns found in large-scale data. In this work, we…

Live Updated at 2:31 pm ET November 25, 2025 Once upon a time, Americans lined up in droves outside Walmarts and Targets, still full from Thanksgiving dinner, so they could be first in the door. Thankfully, these frenzied Black Friday free-for-alls are a relic of a bygone era. Now, not only can you order all of the best Black Friday deals online, but for the past few years, retailers have also been launching their Black Friday sales weeks in advance of Thanksgiving.Case in point: Amazon officially launched its Black Friday sales on Thursday, Best Buy dropped a ton of new…