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3 weeks agoAnalysis junglman
New research finds that fully remote workers are less productive than their in-office counterparts
A new study found that a group of fully remote data-entry workers in India were 18% less productive than those that worked in the office.
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1 month agoExpression junglman
Sources of seismic activity imaged using telecom fibre cables
‘Rupture’ during moderate-sized earthquakes could result from breakage of locked patches of a fault.
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2 months agoExpression junglman
'It almost doubled our workload': AI is supposed to make jobs easier. These workers disagree | CNN Business
A new crop of artificial intelligence tools carries the promise of streamlining tasks, improving efficiency and boosting productivity in the workplace. But that hasn’t been Neil Clarke’s experience so far.
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2 months agoCurrent Event junglman
Tesla Identified As Most Recalled Car Brand, Mercedes & Toyota Least
iSeeCars used NHTSA's list of recalls from 2014-2023 to learn which of today's cars are expected to have the most recalls over an expected 30-year lifespan.
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2 months agoCurrent Event junglman
How addictive, endless scrolling is bad for your mental health
Social media has redefined human connection, especially if you’re part of the millennial or Gen Z generation. It is so deeply interwoven into every aspect of our lives that it’s almost impossible for us to withdraw from our digital devices. Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and other such platforms are everywhere, allowing us to communicate and connect with people from all over the world.
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2 months agoCurrent Event junglman
ChatGPT users drop for the first time as people turn to uncensored chatbots
OpenAI's immensely popular ChatGPT has started losing users for the first time, The Washington Post reported today. According to data firm Similarweb, ChatGPT's mobile and desktop traffic worldwide decreased by nearly 10 percent from May to June. Another data firm, Sensor Tower, reported that ChatGPT's iPhone app downloads have been steadily dipping since they peaked in early June.
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2 months agoCurrent Event junglman
Zuckerberg’s ‘Twitter killer’ Threads hits 70m sign-ups in two days
Microblogging platform apparently fastest-downloaded ever, with Elon Musk threatening to sue over ‘copycat’ app
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2 months agoCurrent Event junglman
Illegal trade in AI child sex abuse images exposed
Paedophiles are using the technology to create and sell life-like abuse material, the BBC finds.
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3 months agoCurrent Event junglman
Australia plans huge fines if big tech fails to tackle disinformation
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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3 months agoCurrent Event junglman
Lundqvist, Barrasso, Ouellette, Turgeon, Vernon get Hockey Hall of Fame nods
Henrik Lundqvist, Tom Barrasso, Caroline Ouellette, Pierre Turgeon and Mike Vernon were named as inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame's class of 2023 on Wednesday.
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3 months agoCurrent Event junglman
Microsoft says its weird new particle could improve quantum computers
Researchers at Microsoft say they have created elusive quasiparticles called Majorana zero modes – but scientists outside the company are sceptical
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3 months agoCurrent Event junglman
Students are more willing to do homework when they view their teacher as attractive
In a new study published in Frontiers in Psychology, researchers found that students are more open to participate in school activities and expect to earn higher grades when they view their teacher as attractive. The findings provide evidence that children’s perception of teacher attire attractiveness is related to important school outcomes.
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3 months agoExpression junglman
Inside the war tearing psychoanalysis apart: ‘The most hatred I have ever witnessed’
A professor was accused of antisemitism. The controversy has exploded into a bigger, messier debate about the future of psychology itself
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3 months agoExpression junglman
For reasons no one can fathom, McDonald’s has released a new Game Boy Color game
Krool Games regularly develops new games for Nintendo's 25-year-old handheld.
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3 months agoCurrent Event junglman
One man’s nearly 40-year, 8-bit quest to finish his teenage Commodore 64 RPG
There are stories that some of us, at a certain stage of adulthood, should never hear. Not if we value our time or our storage space. I regret to inform you that Mike Brixius, on his RavenWolf Retro Tech channel, offers just such a story about his quest to finish his own Commodore 64 CRPG from 1984. He will be able to do it, too, because he kept all the disks, tapes, notes, and hand-documented assembly code print-outs ever since his teenage project.