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From leaving tissue packets to claim tables to queuing for hours just because others are doing it, these uniquely Singaporean behaviors that baffle tourists actually reveal sophisticated psychological adaptations to urban density, multicultural harmony, and collective social contracts that Western minds rarely grasp.
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The Galaxy A37 and A57 are expected to drop next month, and usually, the current models become more affordable. However, according to the latest tip, the company is planning to hike the prices of Galaxy A models in India by around INR 1,000. The Galaxy A56, on the other hand, will see its price go up by INR 2,000. The new prices will go into effect next week as early... Read more âș
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Appleâs iOS 26.2 introduces a screen flash notification option, expanding accessibility features and giving users another way to spot alerts instantly. Read more âș
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If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained âmetalinguisticâ abilities? Read more âș
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Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Dec. 14, No. 447. Read more âș
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The R programming language "is sometimes frowned upon by 'traditional' software engineers," says the CEO of software quality services vendor Tiobe, "due to its unconventional syntax and limited scalability for large production systems." But he says it "continues to thrive at universities and in research-driven industries, and "for domain experts, it remains a powerful and elegant tool." Yet it's now gaining more popularity as statistics and large-scale data visualization become... Read more âș
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IKEA is doubling down on its mission to make smart tech feel less like âtechâ and more like home decor. The furniture giant is rolling out a fresh lineup of Qi wireless chargers, moving beyond just smart lights and sensors. The headliner here is the VĂSTMĂRKE wireless charger â a fun, compact little gadget that ... Read more âș
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There are a number of new and notable features on the latest model of iPhone, but one feature can actually be rendered useless by a simple screen protector. Read more âș
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Dick Van Dyke , who celebrated his 100th on Saturday, hasn't shied away from sharing his advice for a long, healthy life. Read more âș
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The return of measles, weakening vaccines, and the complete destruction of the CDC are just a few of Kennedy's ignoble accomplishments in 2025. Read more âș
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Five lawsuits were filed in Texas this week, putting some of the biggest names in PC tech under an uncomfortable spotlight, as their components are still being found in Russian weaponry. Read more âș
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Ahead of its entry into the US, the European brand with an ex-Ferrari boss and decades of motorsport success has a new EV to take on Porsche and Polestar. WIRED tries it on for size. Read more âș
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Half-Life fans are nothing if not patient. For the diehard fans out there, the latest test of patience comes from Insider Gaming Weekly's podcast, which claimed that the third installment in the Half-Life franchise is set to release with the launch of the Steam Machine sometime in spring 2026. "The window I was specifically told was spring 2026 for the Steam Machine, for the Frame, for the Controller, for Half-Life... Read more âș
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This week the Free Software Foundation honored Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, and Govdirectory with this year's annual Free Software Awards (given to community members and groups making "significant" contributions to software freedom): Andy Wingo is one of the co-maintainers of GNU Guile, the official extension language of the GNU operating system and the Scheme "backbone" of GNU Guix. Upon receiving the award, he stated: "Since I learned about free software,... Read more âș
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Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock said on X that his company reviewed 176,000 resumes but most of them were "slop." Less than 450 people were hired, he said. Read more âș
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Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle. Read more âș
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In 1975, 23-year-old electrical engineer Steve Sasson joined Kodak. And in a new interview with the BBC, he remembers that he'd found the whole photographic process "really annoying.... I wanted to build a camera with no moving parts. Now that was just to annoy the mechanical engineers..." "You take your picture, you have to wait a long time, you have to fiddle with these chemicals. Well, you know, I was... Read more âș
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Companies like Meta are offering huge pay packages for top AI talent. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, however, says he isn't giving in to the pressure. Read more âș
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Thereâs a reason emotional intelligence keeps showing up in research about what separates good leaders from great ones, successful relationships from failing ones, and people who navigate life smoothly from those who constantly hit walls. Studies have consistently shown that EQ often matters more than IQ when it comes to career success, relationship satisfaction, and ... Read more Read more âș
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If you had met me in my early twenties, you would have met someone who believed discipline was something you were either born with or you werenât. I genuinely thought successful people had some rare inner circuitry the rest of us didnât. They woke up early because it was ânaturalâ for them. They stayed consistent ... Read more Read more âș
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Iâve been watching my friends navigate their relationships with their aging parents, and thereâs a pattern I canât ignore. Some people talk to their parents daily. Others manage a obligatory call on holidays. A few have cut contact almost entirely. The difference isnât random. It comes down to specific behaviors that accumulate over decades and ... Read more Read more âș
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My sister rang me the other day, a bit emotional. Sheâd just spent the afternoon with our dad and her daughter, and something had shifted. Theyâd been in the garden together, the three of them. Dad was showing his granddaughter how to plant tomatoes, patiently explaining about spacing and depth, letting her make mistakes without ... Read more Read more âș
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The class that insists itâs âcomfortable but not richâ while sending their kids to schools that cost more than the median income. Nobody thinks theyâre upper middle class. Iâve noticed this pattern since I started writing about class. People earning $300,000 call themselves middle class. People living in million-dollar homes describe their situation as âcomfortable.â ... Read more Read more âș
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I spent most of my thirties trying to make everyone happy. When I left corporate to start my own consultancy, I thought the freedom would be exhilarating. But instead, I found myself saying yes to every client request, nodding along with bad ideas, and bending my recommendations to avoid conflict. Running that solo business forced ... Read more Read more âș
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I have a confession to make. My partnerâs dad is in his late sixties, and the guy moves better than me and most people I know in their thirties. He plays tennis twice a week, keeps up with his grandkids without breaking a sweat, and recently helped me move furniture up three flights of stairs ... Read more Read more âș
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I watched a guy at my gym spend forty minutes on his phone between sets last week. Same routine heâs had for years. Same weight. Same results. Or lack of them. It got me thinking about how many of us are stuck in loops we donât even notice. We say we want to progress, but ... Read more Read more âș
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My father spent thirty years in sales management, getting passed over for promotions repeatedly, staying loyal to companies that werenât loyal to him. For most of those years, he seemed fine. He went to work. He came home. He watched TV. He complained about his boss sometimes, but who doesnât? It wasnât until much later ... Read more Read more âș
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For years, I thought my body waking me up at 6:45 AM without an alarm was just a quirk. Then I started interviewing people whoâd built careers and lives they genuinely loved, and I noticed something. Almost all of them had figured out how to work with their mornings instead of fighting against them. These ... Read more Read more âș
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