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The Biggest Time Waste at Your Office Might Be Your Old PC

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These are today's best ideas

1. The biggest time suck at your office might be your old PC.

By Chris Stokel-Walker at Bloomberg

2. This credit card doesn’t use a pin, just your fingerprint.

By Cherlynn Low in Engadget

3. Should employers give paid time off for political activism?

By Susan Johnston in Fast Company

4. The NFL tries to protect players from concussions. Here’s why that doesn’t work.

By Louis Bien in SB Nation

5. Baseball has ‘farm teams’ to groom young talent. Tech companies should, too.

By Tarlin Ray in Recode

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