The idea is to encourage yourself to do something, but something that you don’t put emotional effort into. This builds willpower, which you can then apply to the things you are emotionally invested in. Out with the old This is the time of year when we focus on new beginnings (naturally), but it’s also worth...
you can’t do You will never have an accident at home, on the road, in the office or in nature. All you can do is make sure you are ready. Many commercial first aid kits are bulky, overpriced, and lack a lot of useful equipment. Build your own to take with you on hikes and...
Limitless variety Fashion items, skin colors, body shapes, hairstyles and other digital identity choices on today’s immersive platforms are already enabling millions of people to be who they want to be in these environments. 2023 will be a breakthrough year for people who have fully realized themselves in the digital space, as more and more...
In August Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare was one of hundreds of targets in a massive criminal phishing campaign that hacked numerous technology companies. While some Cloudflare employees have been deceived by phishing messages, attackers couldn’t dig deeper into company systems. This is because as part of Cloudflare’s security measures, each employee must use a physical...
The lockdown and the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the sudden drop in the price of powerful PC graphics cards this year, have led to an unexpected resurgence in PC gaming. The argument against PC gaming often boils down to this: it’s cheaper and easier to deal with a gaming console...
In 2023 emotional AI, a technology that can perceive and interact with human emotions, will become one of the dominant applications of machine learning. For example, Hume AI, founded by Alan Cowan, a former Google employee, is developing tools to measure emotions through verbal, facial expressions, and vocal expressions. Swedish company Smart Eyes recently acquired...
Blockbusters are back baby! Between an early return to Avatar: Path of Water and $1.5 billion Top Shooter: Maverick brought globally, everything old is new again (again) in Hollywood. This could be very good for studios in the coming year, which promises some very long-awaited sequels, hot Willy Wonka, superheroes galore and a few minutes...
“I don’t remember much and, to be honest, I felt terrible the next day,” Will says. “If it’s a particularly big night, you should remember to take a pink capsule before bed, which I consider a bit of a chore. I think having something like this makes you more aware of what you’re consuming, and...
Who is calling shots about how many days you end up working in the office? It slowly dawned on the bosses that it wasn’t them. Real holders of power? The elusive “top talent” that every firm tries to attract. Raj Chowdhury, an economist at Harvard Business School, argues that throughout history, the most sought-after candidates...
causation will be hard to prove – did the words of the chatbot really pissed off the killer? Nobody will know for sure. But the perpetrator spoke to the chatbot, and the chatbot supported this action. Or maybe the chatbot broke someone’s heart so badly that they wanted to kill themselves? (Already, some chatbots drive...
