Gadgets
Chinese dating simulator Love and Deepspace now has a period tracker—it signals a shift in mobile gaming
“24/7 companionship. Spend time with him whenever you want.”This post was originally published on this website.
Month: February 2025
Society
‘Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents’: A cult self-help book encourages detachment—but is that what we need?
Lindsay Gibson’s “Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents” has become something of a cult classic, with over one million copies sold. Many young people on TikTok claim the examples resonate with them, validating their own […]
Society
Study finds bullies have more children than non-bullies
A bully asserting their dominance on the playground or in the high school halls is likely to have more children in adulthood than their peers, new Brock University research has shown.This post was originally published […]
Gadgets
Apple to fix iPhone dictation glitch that suggests replacing the word ‘racist’ with ‘Trump’
Apple is fixing a bug within the dictation feature on some iPhones that briefly suggests the word “Trump” when a word with an R consonant is spoken, including “racist.”This post was originally published on this […]
Gadgets
AI tool lets users relight portraits using descriptive text prompts
An innovative AI model has been developed to create dynamic lighting effects in portrait images and videos using only text input. This technology allows users to adjust colors easily with descriptive prompts, such as “warm, […]
Politics
Purim and protest: The role of effigies in Cochin Jewish tradition
A new study on the unique Purim traditions of the Cochin Jewish community by Prof. Shalva Weil, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain, from Hebrew University, published in the Journal of […]
Business
Promoting the purchase of electric cars by adapting incentives
The electrification of the car fleet is one of the solutions proposed to combat greenhouse gas emissions. Swiss economists have assessed the financial incentive schemes available when purchasing new electric vehicles.This post was originally published […]
Gadgets
HikingTTE: A deep learning approach for hiking travel time estimation based on personal walking ability
At the University of Electro-Communications, a research team led by Mizuho Asako, Yasuyuki Tahara, Akihiko Ohsuga, and Yuichi Sei has developed a new deep learning model called “HikingTTE” that significantly improves hiking travel time estimation. […]
Business
Japan’s ANA to purchase mega-order of 77 new jets
Japan’s biggest airline ANA Holdings announced Tuesday it will purchase 77 new aircraft from Boeing, Airbus and Embraer to replenish its fleet in order to serve growing passenger demand domestically and internationally.This post was originally […]
Business
Efficiency’s dark side: Technostress and the dehumanizing impact of tech
Solveig Beyza Narli Evenstad has become all too familiar with the dark side of the push for greater efficiency, not only through her research, but also in her own life.This post was originally published on […]