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XXongo writes: A New York times article suggests that merging the diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome into the Autism diagnosis in 2013, thus creating the "autism spectrum disorder," was not helpful (paywalled; alternative source). That broadening of the diagnosis, along with the increasing awareness of the disorder, is largely responsible for the steep rise in autism cases that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called "an epidemic" and has attributed to theories of causality that mainstream scientist
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Google is sending notifications to get users to enable Health Connect, Android’s health and fitness data aggregator. Read more ›
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Julie Jordan-Wade said she's struggling to provide for the child she's raising — but she's not ready to settle for any job. Read more ›
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Qualcomm has acquired microcontroller maker Arduino to further its ambitions of bringing AI to the edge. Read more ›
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Mandy Liu has worked at both EY and Meta. While consulting relied more on soft skills, she developed her technical knowledge faster in Big Tech. Read more ›
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Realme’s latest smartphone collaboration comes from the realm of dragons and thrones. The Realme 15 Pro Game of Thrones Limited Edition is now official and makes for a fitting gift for any fan of the series. The phone features several design elements inspired by HBO’s Game of Thrones and features a unique heat-sensitive back panel that changes color when heated up. The black leather rear panel turns red when exposed... Read more ›
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Some AI executives are predicting huge job losses. Yet, AI companies are hiring so much it's boosting Silicon Valley's office market. Read more ›
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Samsung has offered orange colors before, but this vibrant shade would be more in line with Apple's latest wares. Read more ›
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If nothing else, I'm down for a debate where nobody gets mad. Read more ›
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The best noise-canceling headphones you can buy are on sale during Amazon Prime Day. Read more ›
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Jamie Dimon says JPMorgan's $2 billion AI investment has already matched its cost in savings. "It's the tip of the iceberg," he adds. Read more ›
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We asked this year's Rising Stars of Wall Street to explain what they do so anyone can understand. Here's what they said. Read more ›
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Premium over-ear headphones no longer need to be overly expensive, believes Nothing's CMF brand. Meet the CMF Headphone Pro, for just €100 (but down to €80 at the moment), these are well-made, feature-rich, and most importantly, they sound excellent. For the price, you get the headphones, a nice soft-touch bag, and a 3.5mm audio cable. The headphones come in Light Grey, Light Green, and Dark Grey. The headphone band design... Read more ›
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If you're reading this, then you're probably one of the "hyper enthusiast, price-insensitive players" keeping the games industry going. Read more Read more ›
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We put a lot of deals in front of you during Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days, covering many of the categories we typically feature day-to-day on the site. Unsurprisingly, some deals are a bigger hit than others, due in part to the steepness and/or the rarity of the discount. In other cases, it comes down […] Read more ›
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A former leader at Google and Microsoft shares how a traumatic brain injury reshaped her career, leadership, and approach to work. Read more ›
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It’s day two of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days shopping event, and while Apple does not offer the most compelling discounts, we’ve scooped up some of the best deals on iPhones from Amazon across the US, UK and Germany. These will be valid until midnight today, and as usual require an active Amazon Prime subscription. iPhone 16e is down €130 in Germany to €569 and £494 in the UK. It... Read more ›
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Buried within iOS 26 is a hidden history that lets you see every call you've ever exchanged with a specific contact, potentially going back years. You might not know it, but you can access this detailed call history on your iPhone in seconds. Viewing the new extended history screen can come in handy when you need to recall when you last spoke with someone. It's also pretty useful when you... Read more ›
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As a busy mom, I find myself using ChatGPT almost every day. It's helped me meal plan, tackle screen time, and offered up ways to connect to my teens. Read more ›
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Amsterdam-based Fellos, a digital men’s health clinic, has secured €2,15M in growth capital from strategic investors, including a group of healthcare professionals, Dutch Operator Fund, and Capital Mills. Based out of Amsterdam, Dutch Operator Fund is an investment fund targeting tech-driven Dutch startups in the pre-seed and seed stages. The fund, which was launched last ... Read more Read more ›
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Microsoft is eliminating all known workarounds that let users install Windows 11 without an internet connection or Microsoft account, forcing everyone through the online setup process. The Verge reports: "We are removing known mechanisms for creating a local account in the Windows Setup experience (OOBE)," says Amanda Langowski, the lead for the Windows Insider Program. "While these mechanisms were often used to bypass Microsoft account setup, they also inadvertently skip... Read more ›
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The director of a tour operation remembers two tourists arriving in a rural town in Peru determined to hike alone in the mountains to a sacred canyon recommended by their AI chatbot. But the canyon didn't exists — and a high-altitude hike could be dangerous (especially where cellphone coverage is also spotty). They're part of a BBC report on travellers arriving at their destination "only to find they've been fed... Read more ›
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James Marriott, writing in a column: The world of print is orderly, logical and rational. In books, knowledge is classified, comprehended, connected and put in its place. Books make arguments, propose theses, develop ideas. "To engage with the written word," the media theorist Neil Postman wrote, "means to follow a line of thought, which requires considerable powers of classifying, inference-making and reasoning." As Postman pointed out, it is no accident,... Read more ›
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Ford's push for a four-day in-office workweek hit turbulence when someone hijacked meeting room screens to display an anti-RTO protest image targeting CEO Jim Farley. The company quickly removed it and is investigating. The Detroit Free Press reports: According to photos employees took of the image, which were posted on social media and sent to the Detroit Free Press, it contained an image of CEO Jim Farley along with a... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Tucked in the foothills of Tennessee's Smoky Mountains is a factory that has figured out a way to manufacture in America that's cheaper, quicker and better. It's the home of a famous American writing implement: the Sharpie marker. Pen barrels whirl along automated assembly lines that rapidly fill them with ink. At least half a billion Sharpie markers are churned out here every year,... Read more ›
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Currently DNA synthesis companies "deploy biosecurity software designed to guard against nefarious activity," reports the Washington Post, "by flagging proteins of concern — for example, known toxins or components of pathogens." But Microsoft researchers discovered "up to 100 percent" of AI-generated ricin-like proteins evaded detection — and worked with a group of leading industry scientists and biosecurity experts to design a patch. Microsoft's chief science officer called it "a Windows... Read more ›
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"It's not just you. The internet is getting worse, fast," writes Cory Doctorow. Sunday he shared an excerpt from his upcoming book Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. He succinctly explains "this moment we're living through, this Great Enshittening" using Amazon as an example. Platforms amass users, but then abuse them to make things better for their business customers. And then they abuse those... Read more ›
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Paramount has acquired The Free Press, Bari Weiss's Substack-born media outlet, for $150 million and appointed Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News. The move effectively places a conservative-leaning Substack writer at the helm of a legacy news network, following the FCC's approval of the Skydance-Paramount merger, which required CBS to feature a broader "diversity of viewpoints from across the political and ideological spectrum." The Verge reports: Before starting The Free... Read more ›
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Americans' confidence in the mass media has edged down to a new low, with just 28% expressing a "great deal" or "fair amount" of trust in newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly, according to Gallup. From the report: This is down from 31% last year and 40% five years ago. Meanwhile, seven in 10 U.S. adults now say they have "not very much" confidence... Read more ›
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The mass adoption of ChatGPT is yet to have a big disruptive impact on US jobs, contradicting claims by chief executives and tech bosses that AI is already upending labour markets. Financial Times: Research from economists at the Yale University Budget Lab and the Brookings Institution think-tank indicates that, since OpenAI launched its popular chatbot in November 2022, generative AI has not had a more dramatic effect on employment than... Read more ›
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