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Try wrapping your head around this thought: the scientific community is declaring that smartphones may have evolved into digital parasites, subtly exploiting human vulnerabilities for the benefit of tech giants. A new study is saying that...
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The US continues to lead the pack in AI development as it houses the industry's biggest tech companies and investors. However, a recent study - Stanford AI Index Report - reveals that the US lead has narrowed with China rapidly closing the...
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A new UK study is claiming that your phone isn't the source of distraction, or at least it's not that black and white. The research found that when smartphones were taken out of reach in a simulated work environment, people continued to...
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As a popular online research tool that gives users unlimited access to various interdisciplinary literature, Google Scholar is relied upon worldwide for conducting research and in-depth analysis. Sadly, a new study has revealed that Google...
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A long-term study monitoring health impacts of 83,000 adults have definitely found that standing desks per se might not be all they're cracked up to be. Following years of scientists (and standing desk advocates) warning on the harms of...
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The amount of gamers in the world seems to increase drastically year-over-year. There are now a myriad of ways you can game, from consoles, PCs, to mobile devices like smartphones. It is only fitting that attention is drawn to the mental...
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If you're a parent of a young child who is suddenly prone to angry outbursts, you may want to limit their time in front of an iPad (even one of the new M2 iPads) or other tablet. No, we're not offering up parenting advice, but passing...
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Video games sometime get a bad rap. Politicians like to link them to real world violence, despite studies suggesting otherwise, and you have heard growing up that too much gaming will rot your brain. Will it really, though? A new study...
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Over the years, several studies have linked violent video games to violent behaviors in real life. However, those studies have been a pain in the side of ordinary people who understand the studies are a bunch of hogwash. A new...
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If you have ever been harassed while playing an online game, you are far from alone. That is not to say that this revelation will come as any consolation, but according to a new study by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a not-for-profit...
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We all know that Google gathers a plethora of data on us as we surf the web and stay logged into Google accounts. You might think that Chrome's incognito mode allows you to surf the web anonymously where Google isn't tweaking results of...
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If Hasbro had any sense, it would an iPhone game piece to the board game Monopoly, and dip it in gold so that it stands out among the others. After all, owning an iPhone is top indicator of wealth, right? Right!? Hey, don't shoot the...
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Creature comforts inside automobiles are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with a larger emphasis placed on the infotainment system. However, drivers should use caution when fiddling around with in-vehicle electronics. There have been...
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It's hard for many of us to trust the studies that seem to come out on a daily basis covering a variety of topics. You can find studies on the same subject that come down on completely different sides of the topic depending on who funded...
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It's a funny thing, I've killed more people over the years than I care to remember. Some of them I shot down in the streets because they were invading my turf, and others I ran over with a car—it's hard to avoid plowing through pedestrians...
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You wouldn't know it by the way people with smartphones tend to ignore their physical surroundings in favor of whatever is on their digital screens, but use of social media apps is down. That's according to market research firm SimilarWeb...
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Today's video games can cost more to make than a blockbuster movie. The level of graphical detail is pretty amazing in some cases, and when you throw in ambient sound effects and an engaging storyline, it's easy to be sucked into a virtual...
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We always knew that watching videos of cats was good for a few laughs, hence why so many of our work days are interrupted by having to watching "just one more clip." If that sounds familiar, don't beat yourself up over it -- a new study in...
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Consider it an unfortunate sign of the times we live in that companies have to set aside enormous funds to contend with the cost of cyber related crimes. We're not talking chump change here -- according to a study by security firm Ponemon...
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At this point, the resetting of a mobile phone to a from-the-factory state is something we have all done, perhaps simply to get a fresh start with a device that has become sluggish and over-burdened with years of downloaded flotsam. But...
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For whatever reason, there are certain songs that, once heard, tend to play over and over again in your head. It's quite annoying, and try as you might, there's no easy way to purge the unwanted tune from memory, or so we've always...
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It's said that a single bad apple can ruin the whole bunch, but Internet trolls are even worse. They not only ruin what could have been an engaging discussion on an interesting topic with intelligent individuals, but they often manage to...
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