There are 2.5 billion people around the world who don’t have access to safe, affordable sanitation systems. That means every time they go to the bathroom they have to put themselves in an unhealthy or dangerous situation.

It’s a problem that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation believes can be solved by innovative technologies. And through their Reinvent The Toilet Challenge, they’ve recruited scientists and engineers from around the world to make new types of toilets and public sanitation systems for places that can’t afford modern upgrades. One of the companies they’ve funded, New Zealand-based Scion Research (a government-owned company), is developing a new type of toilet that used pressure and microwave technology to treat sewage right in people’s homes.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

Microsoft's rumored Fortnite Xbox One appears to be real... and it wouldn't just be a basic software bundle. WinFuture claims to have obtained images and details of the system, and the Xbox One S variant would come in a very, very conspicuous "Gradient Purple" shade with a similarly-shaded gamepad -- there would be no mistaking that you bought a limited edition. Buyers would also get a ready-to-play copy of Fortnite itself, a month of Xbox Live Gold, 2,000 V-Bucks and an exclusive Dark Vertex skin to be the coolest kid on their block.

The system itself would be a standard disc-based version of the Xbox One S with 1TB of storage.

Read more at Engadget.

As an executive at Amazon who built the Alexa Smart Home group, Charlie Kindel became very familiar with the company’s use of so-called future press releases. Employees who are planning new projects write fake news releases as if they were promoting the finished product to the world in order to focus early on what will excite customers.

Kindel left Amazon last year and took a top role at Control4, a company that’s developing software and hardware to control the connected home. For his new gig, he brought along the Amazon press release tactic and other strategies.

Read more at CNBC.

Do you have anxiety? Have you tried just about everything to get over it, but it just keeps coming back? Perhaps you thought you had got over it, only for the symptoms to return with a vengeance? Whatever your circumstances, science can help you to treat anxiety.

Anxiety can present as fear, restlessness, an inability to focus at work or school, finding it hard to fall or stay asleep at night, or getting easily irritated. In social situations, it can make it hard to talk to others; you might feel like you’re constantly being judged, or have symptoms such as stuttering, sweating, blushing, or an upset stomach.

Read more at Inverse.

Chrissy Teigen makes her living being an authentic person. After initially coming into the public eye as a model and then marrying singer John Legend, she is now arguably one of the most famous people on the internet. She has amassed more than 30 million followers on her social media platforms, has two bestselling cookbooks and her own line of cookware at Target, hosts her own television show... the list goes on. And let's not forget her adorable children, the sweet little icing on all that cake.

But life isn't perfect. Teigen admits she found postpartum depression "embarrassing" when she realized she was struggling with the condition after her daughter was born, and it brings up an excellent point about how a person's public persona can affect the way they feel about themselves.

Read more at Romper.

When it comes to paying women equally to men for their work, most industries still have a long way to go. We know that progress has been slow since the Equal Pay Act was passed in 1963 across sectors and that for women of color, the gap in pay compared to white men is even larger than that of white women’s.

As we mark Equal Pay Day on April 2 this year, many are looking to the Paycheck Fairness Act (which bars employers from asking for previous salary information) to help shrink the gender wage gap. But the data is not particularly encouraging. While women are being hired in greater numbers for historically male-dominated professions — such as financial managers and surgeons — women across those industries aren’t reaching the high earning power of their male peers.

Read more at Money.

Social media has taken root in people’s lives and although it can be a potential market for good, services and career development, when wrongly used, the same platforms can ruin your career dreams.
Lotte Bosco Bogere, a procurement officer, says most people think what they post on social media is their business but he advises that it is good to use social media platforms for more productive things.

“Sometimes an interviewing panel can peruse your social media platform during an interview and the content they find there might ruin your chances of attaining the job,” says Bogere.

Read more at Monitor.

The federal government would save money if a bipartisan bill to give marijuana businesses access to banks is approved, according to a report released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Friday.

The legislation, which cleared the House Financial Services Committee in a bipartisan vote of 45 to 15 in March, would change federal law to protect financial institutions that service the cannabis industry from being penalized by regulators. That reform would set off a chain of events, beginning with a likely increase in the number of banks accepting deposits from those businesses, CBO reasoned.

Read more at Marijuana Moment.

Today, Dell announced the launch of the new Vostro 13 5000 and Vostro 15 7000 specifically designed to meet the needs of our small business owners, home-office and mobile workers. The two new additions to the Vostro portfolio are affordable, high-performance laptops that will help our customers achieve their business goals and objectives.

– The Vostro 13 5000 is the thinnest and lightest Vostro ever, weighing just 1.18kg. At just 14.9mm thin, it is encased in a durable aluminium cover. The FHD display is surrounded by a 3-sided narrow border, which was made possible with the new 2.7mm HD webcam. While the HD camera provides a clear viewing experience, Waves MaxxAudio Pro boosts volume and SmartByte software ensures video-conferencing applications receive network bandwidth priority to reduce buffering, making it the perfect laptop for on-the-go business professionals who need to attend meetings from anywhere.

Read more at Irish Tech News.

The next time you’re looking for financial tips, forget about Warren Buffett or Jeff Bezos. Try Elmo, Cookie Monster and Big Bird.

That’s because the iconic Sesame Street characters are part of a program to bring financial smarts to kids around the world. Developed by Sesame Workshop and the MetLife Foundation, the program uses videos, comics, games and activities to make money seem … well, a little less boring, and a little more meaningful to kids’ daily lives.

Read more at Fortune.