WeCroak is an elegant app that doesn’t do much—but it will still cost you 99 cents in the app store. It simply reminds you that you are going to die. And more importantly, these morbid reminders may make you happier.
https://quartzy.qz.com/1183304/this-app-reminds-you-that-you-will-die/
Astronomers have spotted an oddly behaving star in the globular star cluster NGC 3201, which has led to a more significant discovery of a secret black hole hiding in the Milky Way galaxy.
Amazon has a transparency problem.
Three years ago, the retail giant became the last major tech company to reveal how many subpoenas, search warrants, and court orders it received for customer data in a half-year period.
While every other tech giant had regularly published its government request figures for years, spurred on by accusations of participation in government surveillance, Amazon had been largely forgotten.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-the-least-transparent-tech-company/
The promotion will be around until January 31, and a family of up to five lines can take advantage of it. You will need to switch over from another postpaid carrier plan to be eligible. Once you’re on Sprint you’ll get unlimited data, talk, text, up to 1080p streaming, and 10GB of mobile hotspot.
https://androidandme.com/2018/01/news/sprint-offering-year-free-service-switch/
Empathy is the ability most humans have to understand the way someone else is feeling. Unless you are a psychopath, narcissist, or sociopath, you will have the ability to feel empathy for others on some level.
Some of the top smartphone trends at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) include in-display fingerprint sensors and face-unlock features for devices outside of the high-end tier.
http://www.businessinsider.com/smartphones-announced-at-ces-2018-1
A decade ago, smart devices promised to change the way we think and interact, and they have – but not by making us smarter. Eric Andrew-Gee explores the growing body of scientific evidence that digital distraction is damaging our minds
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/your-smartphone-is-making-you-stupid/article37511900/
The flavor reaction. What makes bread crust brown and tasty? What makes the smell of searing meat so savory and delicious? How can grill marks and black crust on meats, supply such a flavor punch?
The darker days and colder weather can bring with them a feeling of low spirits. So, what makes people susceptible to seasonal affective disorder, and what are the best ways to treat it?
The human brain isn’t really empty, of course. But it does not contain most of the things people think it does – not even simple things such as ‘memories’.
https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer
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