I’m sure you know by now that I often speak about the harms of the appeal to nature fallacy and messaging that exploits chemophobia (the unfounded and irrational fear of…
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Conversion practice linked to greater risk of mental health symptoms, US surveys of LGBTQ+ people suggest
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People identifying as LGBTQ+ who have undergone conversion practice—commonly known as conversion therapy—are more likely to experience poor mental health, according to a study published in…
Many Verizon customers across the US hit by service outage
The Verizon logo is seen on a storefront, Friday, Sep. 1, 2023, in Boston. Credit: AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File Some Verizon customers across the U.S. were hit by a service…
Hubble captures stellar nurseries in majestic spiral galaxy IC 1954
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy IC 1954. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble…
AI Detects Depression Through Eyes and Facial Cues
Summary: Researchers are developing AI-driven smartphone applications to detect signs of depression non-invasively. One system, PupilSense, monitors pupillary reflexes to identify potential depressive episodes with 76% accuracy. Another tool, FacePsy,…
AI-powered apps show potential for detecting depression through eye snapshots
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It has been estimated that nearly 300 million people, or about 4% of the global population, are afflicted by some form of depression. But detecting it…
Will Meta’s Orion smart glasses be the next ‘iPhone moment’?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Meta supremo Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Orion smart glasses, a new augmented reality (AR) prototype, at the annual Meta Connect developer conference. Ten years in the making,…
Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end
In 2023, 42 state attorneys general sued Meta to remove Instagram features that Meta’s own studies had shown – and independent research had confirmed – are harmful to teenage girls.…
Is it bad to listen to music all the time? Here’s how tunes can help or harm
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. I like to listen to…
AI Can Improve CX, QA Without Cutting Jobs, Expert Says
Artificial intelligence may be the next great thing for industry, but users still fear its shortcomings in business and digital testing. While customer experience (CX) and quality assessment are radically…
