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Editor's Note: Outsourcing dreaded chores may feel like an extravagance, Whillans told Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, "but if you removed your most disliked tasks even half the time or when your schedule is especially tense, it will pay off."
WorkWorkHow to Stop Doomscrolling--With Psychology The act of doomscrolling--spinning continuously through bad news despite its disheartening and depressing effects--and social media envy, like the fear of missing out, present greater risks to your health than were previously realized.
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WorkWe need to protect the protocol that runs Bluesky Last week, when Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta would be ending third-party fact-checking, it was a shocking pivot, but not exactly surprising. It's just the latest example of a billionaire flip-flop affecting our social lives on the internet. WorkWhy Is Every Human Being Riddled With Genetic Errors? A vast mosaic of cells, some that are identical and some that are slightly different, make up the human body. Knowable Magazine You began when egg and sperm met, and the DNA from your biological parents teamed up. Your first cell began copying its newly melded genome and dividing to build a body.
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WorkWorkHow to Create Your Own Custom AI Bots in Google Gemini Google hasn't been shy about pushing the Gemini AI bot into just about every app and device it can--from the Pixel 9 to your video calls--and most of the time you get the same experience when you call up the assistant.
WorkWork13 New Animal Species That Were Discovered In 2024 Despite our ability to populate almost all parts of the world, Mother Nature is still pretty good at keeping a few secrets from humans. But with every new trek into uncharted rainforests or further into the depths of the seas, we're still able to meet animals that are totally new to us. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkService as Software: How AI Agents Are Transforming SaaS The convergence of generative AI with traditional Software as a Service (SaaS) creates a new paradigm: Service as Software. This evolution transforms software from tools that assist decision-making to autonomous systems that deliver complete outcomes. WorkWorkTrump's Deportation Plan Could Start Next Week in Chicago The incoming Trump administration has planned for "post-inauguration" immigration raids in Chicago next week, according to two people familiar with the planning and correspondence reviewed by The New York Times, an opening step in President-elect Donald J. WorkWorkMark Cuban Asks for TikTok Alternative Built on AT Protocol Mark Cuban has been one of Bluesky's most vocal supporters in recent months. And now that the Supreme Court has upheld the TikTok ban, the billionaire entrepreneur is looking for something new. Bluesky is built on the AT Protocol, an open, decentralized network for building apps. WorkWorkBridging theory and practice in engineering strategy. Some people I've worked with have lost hope that engineering strategy actually exists within any engineering organizations. I imagine that they, reading through the steps to build engineering strategy, or the strategy for navigating private equity ownership, are not impressed. WorkWorkWorkAspiring Parents Have a New DNA Test to Obsess Over An emerging field of genetics promises to let parents choose the "healthiest" baby. The first time Jamie Cassidy was pregnant, the fetus had a genetic mutation so devastating that she and her husband, Brennan, decided to terminate in the second trimester. WorkWorkWe need to talk about human genome editing You have full access to this article via your institution. Scientists know about tens of thousands of DNA variants that are associated with human diseases. On their own, the vast majority of these variants have small effects. But taken together, the result can be substantial. WorkVintage cars survive Los Angeles area fires A vintage car sits parked in front of a home destroyed by the Palisades Fire on January 12, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. Some classic and vintage cars survived the destructive Eaton and Palisades Fires even though they were parked directly in front of homes that burned. WorkA New Way to Test AI for Sentience : Make It Confront Pain In the quest for a reliable way to detect any stirrings of a sentient "I" in artificial intelligence systems, researchers are turning to one area of experience--pain--that inarguably unites a vast swath of living beings, from hermit crabs to humans. WorkWorkThey Built a Home to Fend Off California Wildfires. But Will They Stay The house had already survived one historic California wildfire in 2018, the Woolsey fire, which destroyed more than a thousand other nearby homes. Now more catastrophic fires were underway, and Phillip and Claire didn’t trust the local government’s ability to respond. They believed their house could withstand any worst-case scenario, but lately they had also begun to wonder about the toll that exacted on them. WorkHow to Get Around the US TikTok Ban After an opaque and uncertain saga, TikTok went dark on millions of phones across the United States on Saturday evening around 10:30 pm EST. Google Play and Apple's App Store both pulled the app late Saturday as well. WorkHow Will L.A. Rebuild Tubbs Fire Recovery in Wine Country Offers Clues. The Williamsons know the pain and uncertainty being experienced by those who lost their homes in the Los Angeles fires — of wondering how they will ever rebuild and recoup the treasures they lost. Building anything in California is expensive and bureaucratic even in the best of times, and now thousands of residents in Southern California will be vying for the same permits, labor and materials at once. WorkFTC says partnerships like Microsoft-OpenAI raise antitrust concerns The Federal Trade Commission said in a staff report issued Friday that there are potential competitive issues in partnerships between big tech companies and generative AI developers -- specifically, Microsoft's backing of OpenAI and Amazon and Alphabet/Google's partnerships with Anthropic. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkTikTok Starts Going Dark in the U.S. The blackout capped a chaotic stretch for TikTok, which had made last-minute pleas to both the Biden administration and President-elect Donald J. Trump for a way out of the law. Until Saturday night, no one — including the U.S. government — was entirely sure what would happen to it when the law took effect. The United States has never blocked an app used by tens of millions of Americans essentially overnight. WorkApple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in U.S. Businessman Frank McCourt's internet advocacy group Project Liberty announced on Jan. 9, that it had submitted a proposal to buy TikTok from ByteDance at undisclosed terms. McCourt told CNBC on Friday that "we, I believe, are the only bidder" that meets the necessary criteria of disentangling the technology from the Chinese algorithm. WorkWorkTikTok is no longer available in the US Should an extension come, it's not clear what kind of arrangement the company may work out to remain in the US after all. Perplexity AI has reportedly submitted a bid to merge with TikTok's stateside operations, CNBC reported. Others, including investor Kevin O'Leary (of Shark Tank fame) have also made proposals or expressed interest in buying the service. |
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