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GUEST RESEARCH:  Resorting to extreme measures to beat rising living costs and property prices, one in 10 Australian white-collar workers are performing multiple full-time jobs, according to a new survey by global job site, Indeed. 

Australian financial technology company Raiz Invest claimed it has helped Australian Millennials and Gen Zs to save and invest $441 million in 2023 and $2.4 billion since its launch in 2016.

GUEST OPINION by Bradley Pulford, Managing Director at HP Australia, and New Zealand: In just a few short years, our collective relationship with work has changed drastically. We recently released our first ever Work Relationship Index, revealing some interesting truths about how people view their own relationship to work, including the expectations they have of their bosses, and ultimately; how happy they are at work. The long and the short of it is; we want more from our jobs, and especially our bosses.

GUEST OPINION: I’m always surprised by the statistics about electronic waste (e-waste) and how little is understood about this critical environmental issue.

Under half (48%) of Australians have heard of ChatGPT, and almost a quarter (23%) have interacted with the AI chatbot, according to YouGov Surveys: Serviced research.

Nokia phone maker HBD Global has launched two new 2660 flip phones in pop pink and lush green.

GUEST RESEARCH: A survey commissioned by UiPath, a leading enterprise automation software company, found that 78% of Australian workers are experiencing burnout.

The creator economy grew worldwide by more than 165+ million creators over the past two years to 303 million. In Australia, the economy increased by three million since 2020, according to the Adobe Future of Creativity Study.

There is a large and growing demand for government services across Australia with the public comfortable using personalised artificial intelligence, according to the inaugural Publicis Sapient Digital Citizen survey.

Thirty-six percent of Australians – equivalent to almost 7 million people – are looking to buy a new mobile in 2022, with the Apple iPhone at the top of Australians’ shopping list, according to a survey by comparison website Finder.

Australian employees are working longer hours, feeling more pressure to be ‘always on’ and are more likely to switch jobs than most global regions, according to new research from Adobe.

49% of gen Z and millennials aged 18-39 have stalked their ex or partners online, according to a study by software company NortonLifeLock. Due to the depiction of stalking in TV shows and pop culture, 22% of Australians believe it is harmless to stalk, and younger generation agrees with this behaviour.

Biometric authentication is key to future payments in Australia, according to a new survey which reveals that nearly a fifth - or 17% - of Aussies are interested in using a microchip in their hands to make payments easier.

Nearly 2.5 million Australians are using the social media app TikTok, an app that the Americans want to ban but which Australia has no problem with, the research firm Roy Morgan says, adding that this number means the addition of more than 850,000 users in the first half of 2020.

In the 12 months to January 2019, more than 1.5 million Australians used one of the latest "buy-now, pay-later" digital payment methods, with millennials making up the biggest share, according to a newly published report.

Australians are expected to spend $10.7 billion this Christmas, an average of $573 each, according to a new survey which reveals that millennials — or those between the ages of 22 and 36 in 2018 — will be some of the more generous spenders, splurging far more on gifts than the national average.

Britons are breaking their mobile devices in ways that we in Australia, people in the US and those around the world are likely doing in the exact same "loo-dicrous" ways.

A third (35%) of Aussies have used Internet and online dating apps, with the number using the apps rising to half among millennials.

Facebook, Netflix and Instagram achieved the highest positive Word of Mouth Scores in Australia in the latest YouGov brand index.

Commuting consumers have taken to streaming their favourite entertainment and TV shows to a new height, with 64% using their smartphones and mobile devices for streaming, according to a new report which reveals that even the toilet is not out of bounds for these streaming "on the go" junkies.