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When Renita Adams puts a pot on the stove in her Virginia home, she also puts a rubber band around her wrist. The 62-year-old retiree prefers a tight band that squeezes a little bit, so she won’t forget it’s there–usually one of the colorful, stretchy ...

What Happens When Your Body Becomes a Sensory Deprivation Chamber?

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2023 by Lauren Leffer

Programs meant to distinguish chatbot text from human writing have more than a few problems. Here’s a new one to add to the list: AI detectors often incorrectly categorize writing by non-native English speakers as bot-produced. More than half the time,...

AI Detectors Discriminate Against Non-Native English Speakers

This entry was posted in artificial intelligence deep learning Emerging-Technologies and tagged google on July 10, 2023 by Lauren Leffer

A solar storm this week means the Northern Lights are taking a trip south. The celestial display, also known as the Aurora Borealis, is expected to be visible in more than a dozen U.S. states on Thursday night, according to the Aurora forecast from the...

The Northern Lights Will Travel South on Thursday

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2023 by Lauren Leffer

If you’re a longtime Spotify Premium subscriber, your account could be set for a shake-up. Spotify is ending all support for payments made via Apple’s App Store billing system, and consequently, some subscribers are slated to get the boot.Read more...

Spotify to Boot Legacy Subscribers Who Still Pay Through Apple’s ...

This entry was posted in app-store apple inc Spotify and tagged apple on July 6, 2023 by Lauren Leffer

Justin Bieber has seemingly lost more than 1.2 million real, fungible U.S. dollars on a single digital image of a sad chimpanzee. The multihyphenate pop sensation and mega-star joined in on the crypto/NFT celeb-endorsement hype train in January 2022, w...

Justin Bieber’s Bored Ape Has Lost More Than $1.2 Million ...

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 5, 2023 by Lauren Leffer

On Monday, the world reached a new milestone. July 3, 2023, was Earth’s hottest day on record. Averaged across the whole planet, and all 24 hours, the composite surface temperature was 17.01° Celsius (~62.62° Fahrenheit), according to the University of...

Monday Was Literally Earth’s Hottest Day Ever Recorded, Then Tuesday ...

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 5, 2023 by Lauren Leffer

A few mosquitos in Florida have tested positive for the the parasite that causes malaria. The finding follows multiple confirmed human cases of the disease—four in Florida and one in Texas—believed to be the first domestically acquired instances of mal...

Mosquitos Carrying Malaria Found in Florida

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2023 by Lauren Leffer

When does a squirrel become a pancake? Answer: Apparently, when the world becomes a griddle. It’s officially sweat season for humans in the U.S., which means it’s sploot season for squirrels. And if you don’t know what that means, keep reading.Read mor...

To Survive Extreme Heat, Squirrels Go ‘Sploot’

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2023 by Lauren Leffer

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court made prosecuting online harassment more difficult. In a 7-2 ruling on Tuesday, SCOTUS determined that a lower court’s decision to convict and imprison a Colorado man for stalking was flawed. The majority opinion in the...

Supreme Court Ruling Will Make Online Harassment Harder to Prosecute

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2023 by Lauren Leffer

Weather is big news in Alaska. In a place where many people’s lives and livelihoods are directly tied to the environment, knowing what’s in the forecast is often a question of survival. Very soon though, the state’s most reliable source of meteorology...

It’s About to Be Much Harder for Rural Alaskans to ...

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2023 by Lauren Leffer