A.I. Dating Apps Complicate China’s Efforts to Boost Birthrate
As China grapples with a shrinking population and historically low birthrate, people are finding romance with chatbots instead.
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President Emmanuel Macron’s Cultural Legacy At Risk After Louvre Chief Resigns
President Emmanuel Macron has championed a refurbishment of the museum, but the fallout from a sensational heist has put his plans at risk.
Many people don’t see mental images. The reason offers clues to consciousness
Think about your breakfast this morning. Can you imagine the pattern on your coffee mug? The sheen of the jam on your half-eaten toast? Most of us can call up such pictures in our minds. We can visualize the past and summon images of the future. But for an estimated 4% of people, this mental…
The biggest barrier to accessibility is not usability
People avoid products that signal limitation, but they shouldn’t. Accessibility is often treated as a technical problem. Does it meet standards? Is it ergonomic? Is it safe? Those questions matter, but they are incomplete. Many products fail not because they don’t function, but because they make the user feel singled out.
Hormone Cream Claims to Boost Women’s Testosterone, Without Using Testosterone
The wellness industry is no stranger to bold promises, from peptide regimens to seed cycling and “moon milk.” Collagen-infused beverages with questionable flavor profiles have also made the rounds. Still, a hormone cream claiming to boost libido, improve energy, and support testosterone levels — without containing testosterone — raises eyebrows even in a crowded market….
Kalshi Accuses a ‘MrBeast’ Employee of Insider Trading
The prediction-market platform said it had reported the employee to federal regulators. The show’s parent company said it had “no tolerance for this behavior.”
Antonio Tejero Molina, 93, Dies; Spanish Colonel Led Failed Coup
He held Spain’s Parliament hostage for 18 hours on Feb. 23, 1981, before surrendering after it became clear that he had little support from the country’s armed forces.
Chemists have chased the perfect red for centuries, but one might be closing in
TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images Mas Subramanian accompanies his wife, Rajeevi, to art museums all over the world. But, until fairly recently, he rarely lingered over the paintings. While she could spend hours with Monets and Picassos, he was content to pass the time with a book instead. “You go and see everything,” he…
US hockey star Hilary Knight responds to Trump’s ‘distasteful joke’ about women’s team | USA ice hockey team
Hilary Knight, the captain of the US women’s ice hockey team, has responded to comments made by Donald Trump after the Americans won gold at the Winter Olympics, calling the president’s quip a “distasteful joke”. After the US men’s ice hockey team won gold on Sunday, Trump called into the locker-room celebration and invited the…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: This isn’t our first SaaSpocalypse
Salesforce pulled out all the stops to convince investors that the AI revolution won’t be its death when it announced fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday. Salesforce reported a solid quarter of $10.7 billion in revenue, up 13% year-over-year. For the year, it reported $41.5 billion in revenue, up 10% over the previous year, with both results…