The Daily Populous

Thursday October 5th, 2017 night edition

image for Japanese woman 'dies from overwork' after logging 159 hours of overtime in a month

Miwa Sado, who worked at the broadcaster’s headquarters in Tokyo, logged 159 hours of overtime and took only two days off in the month leading up to her death from heart failure in July 2013.

Clocking off: Japan calls time on long-hours work culture Read more.

Sado’s death is expected to increase pressure on Japanese authorities to address the large number of deaths attributed to the punishingly long hours expected of many employees.

Labour standards officials ruled that her death had been caused by stress brought on by long working hours.

Takahashi had been working more than a 100 hours’ overtime in the months before her death.

Research shows that Japanese employees work significantly longer hours than their counterparts in the US, Britain and other developed countries.

Sado, a political reporter, covered the Tokyo metropolitan assembly elections and national upper house elections in June and July 2013. »

Google shows off wireless headphones that it says can translate languages on the fly

Authored by cnbc.com

Google released a line of new products on Wednesday, including its first pair of premium wireless headphones, which can support live translation between languages.

In addition to the translation of 40 languages, Google Assistant can also alert users to notifications, send texts and give directions.

"It's an incredible application of Google Translate powered by machine learning — it's like having a personal translator by your side," Payne said. »

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017

Authored by nobelprize.org

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017.

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2017 is awarded to the English author Kazuo Ishiguro.

MLA style: "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 - Press Release". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. »

Dead or Alive Xtreme PC will downgrade boob physics on low-end hardware

Authored by pcgamesn.com

DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round: Core Fighters | 4 October 2017 Dead or Alive Xtreme PC will downgrade boob physics on low-end hardware.

Dead or Alive is a pretty good fighting game series best known for its innovations in the field of physics simulations.

You’ll be able to enjoy the full benefits of Soft Engine 2.0 with Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation on PC, provided you’ve got the specs to run it. »

Claims That Net Neutrality Hurt Broadband Investment Are Crap

Authored by dslreports.com

Claims That Net Neutrality Hurt Broadband Investment Are Crap.

As ISPs have poured millions of dollars and thousands of lobbyist man hours into killing net neutrality protections, they have made one common refrain: that the FCC's fairly modest net neutrality rules somehow destroyed network investment in the United States.

That is, if you're playing along at home, not a slowdown by any measure, and the lion's share of these investment plans occurred while net neutrality rules were in place. »