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Image Source : REUTERS TCS announces salary hikes: Up to 8% increase for Indian employees, 2-4% for international staff. As the end of March approaches, anticipation for annual appraisals builds up among employees. However, details regarding the expected salary hikes at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have surfaced online ahead of the official appraisal period. Sources…

Photo: Phillip Tracy / GizmodoA good mouse has the potential to upgrade your computing experience significantly. If it’s made with ergonomics in mind, it will feature a thumb rest or the kind of design that’s good for your wrist—a vertical mouse. If it’s a gaming mouse, it will prioritize customizable buttons, a high polling rate, adjustable DPI, and RGB lighting. The features you look for in a mouse ultimately depend on your needs. We’ve made an elaborate list with a bunch of different categories so you can find whatever…

A norm just a few years ago thanks to the pandemic, working from home is now being slowly eliminated or minimized in some workplaces, to the joy or sadness of those who got used to wearing pajamas “to work”.Like many things in life, this, too, is a double-edged sword; anyone who’s ever had to do their job remotely knows just how good it feels to get a little bit more sleep in the morning but how frustrating it can be asking can you hear me now? on Zoom for the sixth time.These situations are just a couple of examples of…

If it’s not Slack or Teams, it’s likely Google Meet. In today’s post pandemic world, you’re likely going to be using one of these programs for your next interview, office meeting, or big grant proposal. Getting prepared for these events today requires a lot more than dusting off a suit and picking out the office-suitable makeup. If you’re using Google Meet, for example, you’ll also want to pick out a professional 360-degree background and check to see that your camera and mic are working appropriately. What if you do…

Is this what the future of working from home will look like?A startling AI-generated image of what the average work-from-home employee could look like in 25 years has been making the rounds online — and causing quite a stir.Job search site DirectlyApply published the AI-generated image, created using what they say is an aggregation of data sourced from psychologists and fitness experts.Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >>The image depicts a woman, named Susan, wearing tight, ill-fitting clothing…

Tata Motors anticipates a significant boost in electric vehicle (EV) sales next year, attributing this surge to the removal of the work-from-home (WFH) trend by corporate entities. Shailesh Chandra, Managing Director of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles and Tata Passenger Electric Mobility, emphasized the growing potential in the employee transport segment as companies resume providing transportation to their workforce. Moreover, with companies incentivizing employees to choose EVs, Tata Motors aims to tap into this…

Strangely enough, routers have had a huge technological bump in the last few years due to the number of devices that need to be connected to the internet. That’s one of the main aspects of the new Wi-Fi 6, a standard that not only increases speeds and quality of the connection but addresses the issue with ten devices or more needing to connect to the internet constantly without impacting quality. To that end, if you haven’t upgraded your router or mesh network in three to five or more years but are increasingly…

Microsoft Microsoft Office (and Microsoft 365) are still the standards for many businesses, schools, and colleges around the world. While the browser-based, and free, Google Docs and Google Sheets are starting to dig into the market share of these products, in the battle of Microsoft vs Google, Microsoft still holds the gold standard. While there is a Microsoft Word free trial, for most of the goodies we need to pay. And, that need for payment can be quite a drain, as often this is software we need to do work,…

Anyone considering a new printer is wise to look at the differences between inkjet and laser so they can find the best printer for their needs. For many people, a laser printer is the best option thanks to their fast speeds and reliability. If that sounds like what you need, read on while we take you through the best laser printer deals available right now. Prime Day Laptop Deals by Type HP LaserJet M209dwe Printer — $99, was $149 The HP LaserJet M209dwe Printer promises to offer the fastest…

Work can be pretty stressful these days: globally tech workers have had to deal with the effects of the pandemic, adjust to remote work—and handle all those more recent return-to-office mandates—in addition to dealing with fears of redundancy in an environment that has seen hundreds of thousands of sector layoffs since mid-2022. It’s not surprising that workers are feeling the strain. Forty-four percent of European workers reported that their work stress had increased as a result of the…