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It's like going off a drug.

«Ironically, the brain's evolution is what enables us to believe in religion at all.»

Being more intentional with our social interactions can improve our well-being and help stave off emotional burnout.

«Additional research has found that loneliness can have the same physical impact as smoking 15 cigarettes per day, physical inactivity, and air pollution.»

ChatGPT is the most advanced technology of its kind and its popularity is growing fast. Especially among students.

From doomscrolling and decaying fashion trends to “rotting in bed” memes, all this chat about “rot” reflects a very real mental health crisis.

Being there for someone who’s not OK can be extremely taxing. Here's how not to lose yourself in the process.

Financial catastrophe is now only a few clicks away, a problem that is showing quiet signs of becoming a crisis. "I can't just get rid of my phone," one problem gambler says.

It's about rewiring the gamer's relationship to video games, not abstinence.

AI researchers are warning developers to focus more on how and why a system produces certain results than the fact that the system can accurately and rapidly produce them.

The Stable Diffusion Explorer shows how words like "assertive" and "gentle" are mapped to sexist stereotypes.

Venture capital subsidizes unprofitable businesses like WeWork and Uber. Society pays the price.

To some, LinkedIn's try-hard nature has become a perfect example of the worst of corporate culture. But the site's influencers say the joke's on everyone else, as they pull in big money with ease.…

People are creating a new kind of nonconsensual pornography by combining deepfakes with 3D avatars that can be manipulated to do whatever they want.

Someone used an algorithm to paste the face of 'Wonder Woman' star Gal Gadot onto a porn video, and the implications are terrifying.

Musk's first few days at Twitter create the image of someone who owns a company he doesn't want and has no idea how to manage.

Zoom's privacy policy isn't explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all.

Competition, miscalculations, and regulatory scrutiny have all but killed the advertising giant's dreams of diversifying its business and rolling up the digital world into its platform.

This is the latest example of how bias creeps into artificial intelligence.

A treasure trove of design documents shows how ‘The Sims’ became one of gaming’s most beloved franchises.

How easy is it to exploit Airbnb? While searching for my grifter, I found out.

Top marketplaces facilitate epic amounts of theft and wash trading, scams are rampant, and the cringe is unbearable. Can it last?

European regulators are cracking down on Facebook's ability to transfer data across the Atlantic. Now the tech giant is threatening to pull its services from more than 400 million European users.

What we call social media networks are anything but. Now that they're beginning to unravel, we should ask what it would take to create social media for people, not advertisers.

A 1972 MIT study predicted that rapid economic growth would lead to societal collapse in the mid 21st century. A new paper shows we're unfortunately right on schedule.

«The best available data suggests that what we decide over the next 10 years will determine the long-term fate of human civilization.»

Everyone from Silicon Valley billionaires to self-help enthusiasts is repurposing Stoicism for our modern age, with results that are good, bad, and highly indifferent.

«Things like “wake up early,” “go for a walk,” “journal,” “eat well,” “read,” and “get active” are good pieces of advice, but surely not specifically Stoic behaviors. »

A dive into the thriving black market of John Deere tractor hacking.

The “synergistic mindset” is about making unavoidable stressors work in your favor.

«Students who watched the training session exhibited a lower stress response based on heart rate and other physiological measures.»

Bitcoin’s surge in price has sent its electricity consumption soaring.

From birthdays to ‘hot-vax summers,’ everyone knows anticipated delights can be a letdown. That phenomenon has a name: the paradox of hedonism.

«“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”»

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