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A recent study provides evidence that non-deceptive placebos—placebos given with full disclosure—can effectively reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, even when administered remotely. The findings, published in Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, demonstrate the potential of this simple, low-cost intervention to…
Chinese officials have reportedly discussed selling TikTok’s US operations to Elon Musk as the threat of a US ban looms. Sources “familiar with the matter” told Bloomberg that Chinese officials would “strongly prefer” that ByteDance remain in control of TikTok…
Virtualization software like Parallels and VMware Fusion give Mac owners the ability to run Windows and Linux on top of macOS, but for Apple Silicon Macs, that support was limited to the Arm-based versions of those operating systems. And while…
Texas has sued insurance provider Allstate, alleging that the firm and its data broker subsidiary used data from apps like GasBuddy, Routely, and Life360 to quietly track drivers and adjust or cancel their policies. Allstate and Arity, a “mobility data…
China has announced plans to build a giant solar power space station, which will be lifted into orbit piece by piece using the nation’s brand-new heavy lift rockets.
The giant isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi due to its resemblance to Darth Vader’s iconic helmet from “Star Wars.”
The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire.
Misinformation travels far and fast online, and according to new research published in Science, outrage is the fuel behind its spread. By examining millions of social media interactions, researchers found that misinformation sources consistently provoke more outrage than credible news,…
People who appreciate good astrophotography will no doubt be familiar with the work of Don Pettit, a veteran NASA astronaut who is closing in on having lived 500 days of his life in space. Pettit is now in the midst…
Amazon is gearing up to relaunch its Alexa voice-powered digital assistant as an artificial intelligence “agent” that can complete practical tasks, as the tech group races to resolve the challenges that have dogged the system’s AI overhaul. The $2.4 trillion…
