YouTube, traditionally a video sharing platform, has a large section dedicated to podcasts on its home page. Credit: YouTube There’s been a striking decline in public confidence in social media…
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Solar energy is now the world’s cheapest source of power, study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Solar energy is now so cost-effective that, in the sunniest countries, it costs as little as £0.02 to produce one unit of power, making it cheaper…
Competition heats up to challenge Nvidia’s AI chip dominance
Nvidia is far in the lead when it comes to the semiconductors needed for AI technology. The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has whetted the appetites of Nvidia’s competitors, who are…
Do You Get Déjà Vu? Memory Glitches Make Time Feel Repeated
Summary: Déjà vu—the eerie feeling that a new moment has happened before—has puzzled scientists and philosophers for centuries. Neuroscientists now believe it’s a normal brain glitch tied to how memory…
Misophonia Might Be a Brain Regulation Disorder
Summary: A new study shows that misophonia, strong negative reactions to certain sounds, is closely linked to cognitive and emotional inflexibility. Participants with high misophonia severity struggled to shift between…
How Growing Up Changes the Way We Hear, and Feel, Music
Summary: Our music preferences evolve across life — from youthful exploration to nostalgic reflection. A large-scale analysis of 40,000 users’ streaming data over 15 years revealed that young listeners engage…
Amazon is overhauling its devices to take on Apple in the AI era
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When Amazon.com Inc. recruited longtime Microsoft Corp. product chief Panos Panay in 2023 to run its devices division, his new colleagues thought the e-commerce giant was…
AI in an ‘industrial bubble’ but will benefit society: Bezos
Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos has invested in the American generative AI start-up Perplexity. Artificial intelligence technology is in an “industrial bubble,” Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told a tech conference in…
Swiss solar furnaces recycling watchmakers’ waste metal
Panatere metallurgical engineer Jean-Francois Dionne, wearing a thermal protective suit, shows an aluminum ingot. A Swiss company inaugurated two solar furnaces on Friday in a watchmaking city, aimed at melting…
