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Wearable Brain Devices Will Challenge Our Mental Privacy

Science and Technology / March 28, 2023

[colabot7] A last bastion of privacy, our brains have remained inviolate, even as sensors now record our heartbeats, breaths, steps and sleep. All that is about to change. An avalanche of brain-tracking devices—earbuds, headphones, headbands, watches and even wearable tattoos—will soon enter the market, promising to transform our lives. And threatening to breach the refuge …

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Tornadoes at Night and in the Southeast Are Especially Deadly

Science and Technology / March 27, 2023

[colabot7] Editor’s Note (3/27/23): A deadly tornado struck Mississippi in the evening hours last Friday. This December 2021 story explores why tornadoes that strike at night and in the Southeast are often more fatal. It was around 9:30 PM, hours past sunset, when a violent tornado leveled the town of Mayfield, Ky., on December 10. …

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Guns Now Kill More Children and Young Adults Than Car Crashes

Science and Technology / March 27, 2023

[colabot7] Editor’s Note (3/27/23): Today a shooter killed at least six people, including three children, at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn. This story from 2022 discusses how firearms have become the leading injury-related cause of death for children in the US For much of the past few decades motor vehicle crashes were the most …

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AI’s gold rush, and how to regulate generative models

Science and Technology / March 27, 2023

[colabot7] Whether it’s based on hallucinatory beliefs or not, a gold rush has started over the last several months to make money from generative AI models like ChatGPT. You can practically hear the shrieks from corner offices around the world: “What is our ChatGPT play? How do we make money off this?” But while companies …

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Microplastics are messing with the microbiomes of seabirds

Science and Technology / March 27, 2023

[colabot7] To find out if the microbes being introduced might be “good” or “bad,” Fackelmann and her colleagues analyzed the microbiomes and looked up individual types of microbes in databases to learn what they do. They found that with more plastic, there were more microbes that are known to break down plastic. There were also …

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Unboxing Is So 2012. The Internet Wants Packing Videos

Science and Technology / March 27, 2023

[colabot7] It can take Lisa Harrington two hours to pack a single order from one of her customers. Not because it’s particularly challenging or the items she’s packing require anything special. It just takes time to set up all the camera angles and get the lighting right. Harrington founded her drinkware brand, Mermaid Straw, in …

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5 Best Password Managers (2022): Features, Pricing, and Tips

Science and Technology / March 27, 2023

[colabot7] There are apps for Android, iOS, Windows, MacOS, and Linux, as well as extensions for all major web browsers. Bitwarden also has support for Windows Hello and Touch ID on its desktop apps for Windows and MacOS, giving you the added security of those biometric authentication systems. Bitwarden recently introduced passwordless authentication support, meaning …

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Plastics Are Devastating the Guts of Seabirds

Science and Technology / March 27, 2023

[colabot7] This might be why her team got contrasting results in their analysis: The more individual microplastics in the gut, the greater the microbial diversity, but the higher mass of microplastics, the lower the diversity. The more particles a bird eats, the greater the chance that those hitchhiking microbes take hold in its gut. But …

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