4 01732 759725 NEWSEuropean workers do one month’s less work each year than US counterparts Every day, Europeans spend about one hour less on productive work than Americans, according to time-tracking and productivity monitoring software specialist DeskTime. Its data shows that while American office workers spend an average of 6 hours and 10 minutes on work-related programs and applications each day, European office workers manage just 5 hours and 20 minutes. The 50 minutes of extra work undertaken daily by American workers adds up to 27 additional 8-hour working days over the course of a year. DeskTime’s analysis of the working habits of 7,000 of its users in the US and 10,000 in Europe shows that the average workday in the US lasts 9 hours and 13 minutes, with workers spending 2 hours 25 minutes a day away from their desks in meetings or on breaks and 37 minutes of their computer time on unproductive activities. In Europe, the average workday lasts 8 hours and 46 minutes with employees spending 2 hours and 39 minutes off-line and 47 minutes of work-time on unproductive activities. DeskTime says the difference in hours worked is partly explained by the EU’s Working Time Directive, which sets the maximum workweek at 48 hours and requires employers to make sure staff take regular breaks and paid leave. A 2024 survey by Kickresume found that only 34% of Americans are either happy or very happy with their work-life balance, compared to 51% of Europeans. … AI users are happiest Workers who use generative AI daily are more productive and enjoy better job security and higher pay than infrequent users, according to PwC’s 2025 Global Workforce Hopes & Fears Survey. The survey of 50,000 workers in 48 countries shows that compared to infrequent users, daily users of GenAI are more likely to experience tangible increases in productivity (92% v 58%), job security (58% v 36%) and salaries (52% v 32%). Daily GenAI users are also more optimistic about the future of their role (69%) than infrequent (51%) and non‑users (44%). That said, the actual number of daily GenAI users is still small. While 54% of workers say they have used AI in their work in the last 12 months, only 14% of those surveyed use it daily, a very small increase on 2024 (12%). www.pwc.com … ChatGPT now most downloaded app OpenAI’s ChatGPT is the world’s most downloaded app, reaching over 900 million downloads in just 11 months, 200 million more than TikTok and 380 million ahead of Instagram, according to AppMagic data seen by Techgaged.com. NEWS The UK’s Top 20 Passwords 1. admin 2. 123456 3. password 4. 12345678 5. 123456789 6. Password1 7. Password 8. 12345 9. Lennon11 10. 1234567890 11. Password123 12. Fortnite21 13. password1 14. qwerty123 15. qwerty 16. 123qwe 17. abc123 18. Strongman12 19. daday123 20. Liverpool1 No one who reads this list of the UK’s Top 20 passwords, compiled by NordPass and NordStellar, can be surprised that 80% of data breaches are caused by compromised, weak and reused passwords. Words, number combinations and common keyboard patterns dominate the list, as they have done for the last six years. However, there has been a significant increase in the use of special characters within passwords this year, with 32 passwords on the global list featuring at least one special character, up from six in 2024. On the downside, the most used special character is @ and its use is typically no more complicated than P@ssw0rd, Admin@123 or Abcd@1234. NordPass recommends the following best practice: Create strong random passwords or passphrases. Passwords should be at least 20 characters long and consist of a random combination of numbers, letters and special characters. Never reuse passwords. Each account should have a unique password because if one account gets broken into hackers can use the same credentials for other accounts. Regularly check the health of your passwords. Identify any weak, old or reused ones and upgrade them to new, complex passwords. Use a password manager. It can help you generate, store, review and safely manage all your passwords. Turn on multi-factor authentication (MFA). It adds an extra layer of security that can help keep hackers out even if a password gets breached. nordpass.com
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