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Smartphones have become “the greatest parasite of the modern age,” according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) published in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy.This post was originally published on this site

Nintendo hopes to match the runaway success of the Switch when its leveled-up new console hits shelves Thursday, with strong early sales expected despite the gadget’s high price.This post was originally published on this site

Creators of the original antigravity treadmill continue to advance technology with a new company.This post was originally published on this site

After Tennant figured out how to keep its plants open during the pandemic, it had a second problem to solve.This post was originally published on this site

Open-heart surgery is a hard thing to practice in the real world, and airplane pilots cannot learn from their mistakes midair. These are some scenarios where virtual reality solves really hard problems, but the technology […]

Large language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning the functioning of the popular conversational platform ChatGPT, are now widely used by people worldwide to source information, as well as to summarize, analyze and generate […]

Capcom doesn’t have a huge presence for the Nintendo Switch 2 launch, but it is offering two stellar titles that have been released on other platforms. One game is “Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess,” which […]

Loot boxes and gacha are gambling-like products inside video games that players buy to obtain random rewards. Concerns have been raised about consumers, particularly children, experiencing financial harm and developing gambling problems. The previous Conservative […]

Would you adjust your electricity consumption if you received a notification on your mobile phone telling you when electricity was going to be most expensive the following day? Research shows that good information can influence […]

Learning to play music by ear is challenging for most musicians, but research from a team at the University of Waterloo may help musicians-in-training find the right notes.This post was originally published on this site