Ars Technica

MARCH 18, 2025

Optical illusions tell a lot about how people see things. Optical illusions are great fun, and they fool virtually everyone. But have you ever wondered if you could train yourself to unsee these illusions? Our latest research suggests that you can. For example, look at the picture below. The Ebbinghaus illusion.

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Engadget

APRIL 11, 2025

That part of the company, which employs over 25,000 people, houses its Pixel phones and smartwatches, Nest devices, the Android and ChromeOS platforms and Chrome browser. As it said it would do earlier this year , Google has laid off hundreds of employees from its Platforms and Devices division, The Information reported.

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Futurism

APRIL 19, 2025

People dont just taste food in an objective way," Daniel Rosenfeld, a University of California Los Angeles behavioral scientist who specializes in plant-based food perceptions, told the website. When it comes to expectations regarding plant-based foods, societal norms play a big role in how people feel, the researcher noted.

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Ars Technica

APRIL 22, 2025

For people who carefully control the software installed on their mobile devices, the sudden appearance of a package called SafetyCore was an affront to the sanctity of their phones. To make the feature sufficiently private, all the detection happens on the device.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

MC: Theres no shortage of people offering leadership advice on LinkedIn and TikTok. BG: First, be out there talking to your people all the time about your purpose and values. Is there information overload? BG: I think a lot of those writers are looking for an edge. A lot of the academics are thinking, How can I do something different?

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 25, 2025

People from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur flocked to shopping malls on Friday to get the latest edition of the oh-so-collectible furry, while they quickly sold out online. on Friday, dozens of people lined up in the early morning hours in front of a Chicago Pop Mart store for the toy. Meanwhile, in the U.S. By 6 a.m.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

They can help you raise money, gather volunteers, inspire your donors, better understand your supporters, and connect with people who may not have heard of your organization. Volunteer Recruitment: A QR code displayed on banners at a maker’s market or fundraising event can simplify sign-up for interested people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Social media still dominates the list as it has every year for the last decade, but in 2024, our statistics posts dominated the list: 1) 2024 Email Marketing Statistics for Nonprofits 2) 10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits 3) 5 Fundraising Trends to Watch for in 2024 4) 2024 Online Fundraising Statistics for Nonprofits 5) 6 Strategies to (..)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Digital communities allow nonprofits to reach more people, amplify their message, and increase their overall impact. Share the number of attendees, the amount of funds raised, or the number of people helped, and explain how these results will contribute to the nonprofit’s mission. Highlight key data.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

In a recent study, 70% of disabled people surveyed said theyve shown up to a building only to realize they couldnt get inside. This study was conducted in the United States, where we have the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a law intended to protect the rights of disabled people and ensure accessible infrastructure.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Last Wednesday, Meta successfully obtained a ruling blocking whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams from promoting her memoir Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism. As a result, an arbitrator has temporarily banned Wynn-Williams from promoting Careless People or personally distributing it. stars out of 5.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 7, 2025

People who answer the surveys are merely the people who like taking surveys, or else have some kind of axe to grind. The only people who are going to review it are those with a problem. If things are working, people arent going to grind a gear. Actions may be loud, but people do have something to say.

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Ars Technica

APRIL 25, 2025

That's because of the trouble many people have understanding dialogue in modern viewing situations, and Netflix has now introduced a subtitles option to help.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 21, 2025

Inequity was especially pronounced in Louisiana, where people of color were underrepresented in both high- and low-paying jobs at chemical plants and refineries. You hear it a lotthat Black people are not getting the jobs, she said. Louisiana was the only state in which people of color are underrepresented in both pay categories.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Printful’s goal is to make on-demand manufacturing the norm for a planet with finite resources and people with infinite ideas. About the Sponsor Printful is a print-on-demand company that offers hundreds of customizable products and various services, including Quick Stores , the easiest way to create an online store.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

Surely no one would willingly admit to leaving people unanswered for hours on end. Poll a group of friends and you’ll realize: Most people hate read receipts. And let’s be honest: people have been rationalizing delayed responses since the days of love letters.) How do people feel about read receipts?

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

People will likely continue to reach out to you, hoping for you to provide quick answers or jump in to help them fix an issue the way you used to. After all, people have grown accustomed to your old ways of working. I understand that people may be upset that Im not involved any longer. This is easier said than done.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

On the one hand, we have an influx of near-perpetual articles urging people to unlock or fulfill their own potential, saying essentially that anything else equates to failure. Here are some ideas: Make a list of 510 people in your field who started around the same time as you. What is talent? How to do it? More risk-taking?

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Ars Technica

APRIL 21, 2025

Neuroscientists are striving to give a voice to people unable to speak in a fast-advancing quest to harness brainwaves to restore or enhance physical abilities. But some labs are making strides by concentrating on technology that converts thought patterns into speech.

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Engadget

APRIL 8, 2025

The Guardian reported that the UK's Ministry of Justice has been developing an algorithm designed to identify people who could become killers. Based on the documents acquired by the group, Statewatch claimed that the program developed its prediction tool based on police data about between 100,000 and 500,000 people.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The findings counter a prevailing narrative that it's become trendy , and common, for young people to diagnose themselves with a specific condition without any professional help or support. People may be exposed to misinformation or hear about cures that don't exist. Every year, two million people in the U.S.

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Ars Technica

APRIL 25, 2025

Salt Typhoon is one of a half-dozen or more hacking groups that work on behalf of the Peoples Republic of China. The FBI is offering $10 million for information about the China-state hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon and its intrusion last year into sensitive networks belonging to multiple US telecommunications companies.

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Futurism

APRIL 22, 2025

Sometimes we think were just being nice by inviting people to a meeting who dont have to be there." Those sentiments were on full display in this year's letter when he trashed people who can't seem to stay off their phones when they're supposed to be paying attention. "I This has to stop. Talk like you speak get rid of the jargon."

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

Employees are incredibly curious about how to use AI to make their jobs easier and accelerate their growth, but very few people feel like they know how to do that. When people understand both what they are doing and why theyre doing it, theyre more likely to embrace change. Is it overwhelming to a lot of people? Definitely.

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 21, 2024

We want to know what people want from us, what they want to do next. It seems though like a gulf is growing – or perhaps has been there for a long time – between the perception of the member need, and what people actually want. Do we even know what they care about? On top of that is the issue of the sampling bias itself.

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Ars Technica

MARCH 3, 2025

That's gotten some people talking about the possibility that we're on the cusp of AGI, or artificial general intelligence. While some of this is marketing fanfare, enough people in the field are taking the idea seriously that it warrants a closer look.

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Engadget

APRIL 1, 2025

The move comes in the face of shrinking box office receipts and fewer people heading to the cinema in general. Not to mention its also planning to produce an equal number of films thatll go direct to Prime, which seems counter-intuitive given the desire to push people toward theaters.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

That means that the people that you work with most frequently tend to be really important, specifically leaders. Forgo the Fearless Leader The first mechanism she suggests is realizing that people don’t want superhero leaders, who are stoic, decisive, and unafraid. People are looking for authenticity.

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Ars Technica

MARCH 24, 2025

Risky business The company launched around the time that "gene chips" first allowed people to broadly scan the human genome for sites where variations were common. But its big selling point for many people was the opportunity to explore their heritage.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Musk and his team, which includes people as young as 19 years old , seized access to a system with sensitive data about government employees, like home addresses, Social Security numbers, and birth dates.

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Ars Technica

MARCH 31, 2025

The system at the Interior Department gives DOGE "visibility into sensitive employee information, such as Social Security numbers, and the ability to more easily hire and fire workers," the NYT wrote, citing people familiar with the matter. The agency's CIO and CISO are reportedly under investigation for their "workplace behavior."

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

Bickel As gerontologists social scientists who study aging populations we envision a future in which older people leave a doctors visit with a prescription to go volunteer for something. In addition, their blood pressure is lower , and they appear to be aging more slowly than other people of the same age. AP Photo/Joshua A.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

Rice, the worlds most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions rise, potentially putting billions of people at risk of cancers and other diseases, according to new research published Wednesday in The Lancet. This is one more reason to interveneto control peoples exposure.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Moving into the executive ranks often means leading the very people you once worked alongside. For example, some people are motivated by public recognition, but others arent. Start with those people. Many of us want to get promoted at work, but dont often stop to consider what that means. What seems to motivate their engagement?

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 21, 2025

The problem with modern stress for so many people is that the rattlesnake never leaves the path. Bad Stress Versus Good Stress Many of us live in a state of chronic agitation that includes personal hardship, overwork, past trauma, and a 24-hour social media algorithm designed to keep people in a state of amygdala hijack.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

It turns out that if you want the people who work in an organization to feel appreciated, you need to show that they are respected and valued every day. It is particularly important that significant recognition, praise, and rewards be given to people whose actions and ethos are aligned with the mission of the organization.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

Many people have been waking up over the last 24 hours to find that they have received a payment of around $40 from Facebook. The first question people have is whether the payment is legitimate. Starting yesterday, people began posting on social media that they had received a payment of around $40 from Facebook.

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