Nicole Kobie, WIRED

Nicole Kobie

WIRED

United Kingdom

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Past articles by Nicole:

EV Charging Costs Penalize Urban Drivers

While suburban drivers can comfortably charge at home, those in low-income areas face higher prices—if they can find a station that works. → Read More

What Will Work Look Like in 2022? (Hint: Not the Metaverse)

Here’s what industry leaders think about the future of work, from changing office hours to, yes, staying in the meatspace. → Read More

What Will Work Look Like in 2022? (Hint: Not the Metaverse)

Here’s what industry leaders think about the future of work, from changing office hours to, yes, staying in the meatspace. → Read More

Online Courses That Are Actually Worth Taking

Here’s how to navigate the avalanche of web learning—and find classes that can help with your work and life. → Read More

You Don’t Have to WFH at Home—Try These Places Instead

Mix up your new normal by seeking out quirky local coworking spaces—or find some inspiration in a museum. → Read More

You Don’t Have to WFH at Home—Try These Places Instead

Mix up your new normal by seeking out quirky local coworking spaces—or find some inspiration in a museum. → Read More

6 Ways to Fix Your Recruitment Problem

It’s time for companies to listen to candidates, understand the skills they actually need, and use technology when it helps. → Read More

6 Ways to Fix Your Recruitment Problem

It’s time for companies to listen to candidates, understand the skills they actually need, and use technology when it helps. → Read More

Why you should take your sick days

People who work from ill make more mistakes, while sickness presenteeism also lowers productivity and performance → Read More

Want to fix Britain’s broken trains? Look at Austria

Austrians will soon be able to travel huge train distances for next to nothing – and it’s all part of an effort to tackle the climate crisis → Read More

Concrete is a climate disaster. It’s time to clean it up

Producing the cement used to make concrete accounts for eight per cent go global greenhouse emissions. The material must mend its ways → Read More

Why you should quit your job right now

Quitting your job can feel stressful, but it shouldn’t be: consider it professional self-care → Read More

You should get a week off to help with burnout

From Bumble to Hootsuite and LinkedIn to Mozilla, company shutdowns are easing the strain of burnout → Read More

What really happened in Iceland’s four-day week trial

The success of the trial made global headlines. But the actual results tell a more complex story → Read More

Forget a four-day work week. How about seven?

Companies have spent years experimenting with ditching ‘fixed’ weekends altogether – with surprising results → Read More

It’s time to start farming salmon on land in eco-friendly bluehouses

It may not sound logical, but startup Atlantic Sapphire says that farming fish on land could actually be more sustainable → Read More

20 Things That Made the World a Better Place in 2020

From record-beating scientific discoveries to an elephant baby boom, this year was about much more than just a global pandemic. → Read More

These photos prove a future with no waste is possible

As humans squander the Earth’s resources and throw away unwanted goods, meet the companies and communities offering ways of transforming waste back into reusable products → Read More

These companies are hosting the weirdest office Christmas parties

From baubles of six to out-of-work actors and awkward Zoom calls, the office Christmas party just got even weirder → Read More

The race is on to make contact tracing apps work across borders

The EU is trialling Bluetooth app interoperability across multiple countries. But even if the tech can be made to work, the political will to create a global contact tracing system may never emerge → Read More