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How Cycling Can Be 4 Times More Efficient Than Walking, Experts Explains
You're standing at your front door, facing a five kilometre commute to work. But you don't have your car, and there's no bus route. You can walk for an hour - or jump on your bicycle and arrive in 15 minutes, barely breaking a sweat. Many people woul
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Explained: Can Pizza Boxes Be Recycled
Have you ever gone to toss something into the recycling bin - a jam jar, a pizza box, a takeaway container encrusted with yesterday's lunch - and wondered if you're doing it right?
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Why Some People Suffer From Motion Sickness, What Actually Helps It
Whether you're in a ship, car, plane, or riding a rollercoaster, motion sickness can make you retch, vomit, sweat and become pale, and feel nauseated, dizzy and tired.
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Korean Pear Juice, IV Drips: Do These Trendy Hangover Cures Actually Work
Hangovers aren't just something to complain about over a greasy breakfast - they're big business. The global market for hangover cures is now valued at US$2.29 billion (A$3.53 billion) and projected to reach US$6.71 billion (A$10.33 billion) by 2032.
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Heart Attack Or Panic Attack? Why Young Men Calling Ambulances For Anxiety
Latest research shows young men are turning to ambulance services when their anxiety symptoms become overwhelming - some even think they're having a heart attack.
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Ray-Ban Meta Glasses to Launch in India Soon; Live Translation Feature Rolls Out Widely
Meta Platforms on Wednesday announced several new features for the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. The live translation feature has been expanded to all the markets in which the smart glasses are available, enabling users to converse in English and select other languages in real time, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI). Meta says it will soon introduce ...
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Selling Old Phone Or Laptop? Your Personal Data May Still At Risk
You're about to recycle your laptop or your phone, so you delete all your photos and personal files. Maybe you even reset the device to factory settings.
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Want To Read Voice Notes? WhatsApp Brings To You Voice Message Transcripts
On WhatsApp, voice messages can now be transcribed into text "to help you keep up with conversations no matter what you're doing".
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Phantom Cost Explained: Why People Think Freebies Are Too Good To Be True
If you're offered a free cookie, you might say yes. But if you're paid to eat a free cookie, would your response be the same?
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How AI Threatens Free Speech - And What Must Be Done About It
Threats of AI tend to be full of killer robots or fears that when they're not on killing sprees, these same robots will be hoovering up human jobs. But a serious danger is the impact these new technologies are likely to have on freedom of expression.
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"This Is The Future": ChatGPT Can Now Interpret Images And...
The new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT offer "a new, more intuitive type of interface by allowing you to have a voice conversation or show ChatGPT what you're talking about".
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5 Unusual Psychiatric Syndromes - Including One Where People Believe They're Dead
Most people are familiar with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but some conditions are so rare that many psychiatrists wont come across a single case in their professional lives.
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AI Isn’t Close to Becoming Sentient – the Real Danger Lies in How Easily We’re Prone to Anthropomorphise It
AI chatbots like ChatGPT that utilise language models to offer human-like answers have raised some old questions about the possibility of machines becoming conscious, self-aware, or sentient. Here are the real dangers posed by the development of AI tools and why machine sentience is still the stuff of science fiction.
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Sennheiser Conversation Clear Plus Announced, Helps Lessen Noise and Boost Voices
Sennheiser announced the Conversation Clear Plus Bluetooth-friendly earbuds on Thursday. These earbuds are not hearing aids, instead, they're wearable devices, which look and feel like true wireless earbuds, with innovative speech enhancement technology that Sennheiser claims sets a "new standard for speech-enhanced consumer wearables" in a crowded...
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Avatar 3: James Cameron Prepared to End Franchise With Trilogy if Avatar 2 Underperforms
Avatar: The Way of Water director James Cameron is prepared to end the franchise with Avatar 3 if the sequels underperform. Speaking to Total Film, the director cited the pandemic and streaming platforms as a hurdle to more Avatar films getting produced, further noting that he is willing to end it after the third film. “We're in a different world...
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How Cycling Can Be 4 Times More Efficient Than Walking, Experts Explains
You're standing at your front door, facing a five kilometre commute to work. But you don't have your car, and there's no bus route. You can walk for an hour - or jump on your bicycle and arrive in 15 minutes, barely breaking a sweat. Many people woul
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Explained: Can Pizza Boxes Be Recycled
Have you ever gone to toss something into the recycling bin - a jam jar, a pizza box, a takeaway container encrusted with yesterday's lunch - and wondered if you're doing it right?
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Why Some People Suffer From Motion Sickness, What Actually Helps It
Whether you're in a ship, car, plane, or riding a rollercoaster, motion sickness can make you retch, vomit, sweat and become pale, and feel nauseated, dizzy and tired.
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Korean Pear Juice, IV Drips: Do These Trendy Hangover Cures Actually Work
Hangovers aren't just something to complain about over a greasy breakfast - they're big business. The global market for hangover cures is now valued at US$2.29 billion (A$3.53 billion) and projected to reach US$6.71 billion (A$10.33 billion) by 2032.
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Heart Attack Or Panic Attack? Why Young Men Calling Ambulances For Anxiety
Latest research shows young men are turning to ambulance services when their anxiety symptoms become overwhelming - some even think they're having a heart attack.
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Ray-Ban Meta Glasses to Launch in India Soon; Live Translation Feature Rolls Out Widely
Meta Platforms on Wednesday announced several new features for the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. The live translation feature has been expanded to all the markets in which the smart glasses are available, enabling users to converse in English and select other languages in real time, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI). Meta says it will soon introduce ...
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Selling Old Phone Or Laptop? Your Personal Data May Still At Risk
You're about to recycle your laptop or your phone, so you delete all your photos and personal files. Maybe you even reset the device to factory settings.
-
Want To Read Voice Notes? WhatsApp Brings To You Voice Message Transcripts
On WhatsApp, voice messages can now be transcribed into text "to help you keep up with conversations no matter what you're doing".
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Phantom Cost Explained: Why People Think Freebies Are Too Good To Be True
If you're offered a free cookie, you might say yes. But if you're paid to eat a free cookie, would your response be the same?
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How AI Threatens Free Speech - And What Must Be Done About It
Threats of AI tend to be full of killer robots or fears that when they're not on killing sprees, these same robots will be hoovering up human jobs. But a serious danger is the impact these new technologies are likely to have on freedom of expression.
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"This Is The Future": ChatGPT Can Now Interpret Images And...
The new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT offer "a new, more intuitive type of interface by allowing you to have a voice conversation or show ChatGPT what you're talking about".
-
5 Unusual Psychiatric Syndromes - Including One Where People Believe They're Dead
Most people are familiar with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but some conditions are so rare that many psychiatrists wont come across a single case in their professional lives.
-
AI Isn’t Close to Becoming Sentient – the Real Danger Lies in How Easily We’re Prone to Anthropomorphise It
AI chatbots like ChatGPT that utilise language models to offer human-like answers have raised some old questions about the possibility of machines becoming conscious, self-aware, or sentient. Here are the real dangers posed by the development of AI tools and why machine sentience is still the stuff of science fiction.
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Sennheiser Conversation Clear Plus Announced, Helps Lessen Noise and Boost Voices
Sennheiser announced the Conversation Clear Plus Bluetooth-friendly earbuds on Thursday. These earbuds are not hearing aids, instead, they're wearable devices, which look and feel like true wireless earbuds, with innovative speech enhancement technology that Sennheiser claims sets a "new standard for speech-enhanced consumer wearables" in a crowded...
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Avatar 3: James Cameron Prepared to End Franchise With Trilogy if Avatar 2 Underperforms
Avatar: The Way of Water director James Cameron is prepared to end the franchise with Avatar 3 if the sequels underperform. Speaking to Total Film, the director cited the pandemic and streaming platforms as a hurdle to more Avatar films getting produced, further noting that he is willing to end it after the third film. “We're in a different world...
