r/technology • u/Immediate-Link490 • 8h ago
Software MapQuest is No. 1 on the App Store after refusing to change Lake Ontario’s name
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r/science • u/Phylogenix • 6h ago
Psychology A meta-analysis of 71 studies involving 216,000 participants found climate messages evoking emotions through storytelling or awe at nature were more effective at motivating action and policy support than scientific facts, while appeals to personal responsibility had little impact.
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r/science • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 19h ago
Health This New Zero-Cal Sugar Is 3,500 Times Sweeter Than Sucrose – But Doesn't Spike Insulin
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Psychology People who expressed positive views regarding masturbation, oral sex, and anal sex reported higher levels of sexual pleasure and satisfaction, greater sexual self-efficacy and self-esteem. Accepting attitudes toward masturbation consistently related to better outcomes across all four domains.
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r/science • u/rustoo • 15h ago
Social Science Study: Managers can be trained to lead neurodiverse teams. Managers can avoid equating charisma, eye contact, verbal fluency or constant sociability with leadership potential, and instead reward clarity, reliability, deep focus, creative problem-solving and direct communication.
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Neuroscience Children who display more symptoms of ADHD tend to earn lower grades in school and the symptoms directly cause poorer academic performance. Genetic data from twins and siblings found that ADHD symptoms negatively affect grades, while grades do not appear to influence the severity of ADHD symptoms.
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r/science • u/TorrensUni • 3h ago
Health Deep learning system fuses MRI and SPECT brain scans, hits 99% accuracy classifying tumors using a Vision Transformer
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r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 20h ago
Psychology People who perceive their country as more democratic tend to report better mental health. The study suggests that believing one's political system is fair, responsive, and representative may contribute to greater psychological well-being and life satisfaction.
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r/technology • u/Vucea • 16h ago
Society We Are Living in the Fantasy World of 13-Year-Old Boys: Many of the tech billionaires who built our world have taken the wrong lessons from their favorite science fiction.
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r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • 1h ago
Artificial Intelligence AI Billionaires Are Spending Millions to Change Your Mind About Data Centers - Gadget Review
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r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 16h ago
Society Oklahoma Tells City it Can't Charge $17,125.44 for a Records Request Related to Data Center Arrest / The city tried to charge a farmer more than $17,000 for bodycam footage and records related to his arrest at a city council meeting.
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r/technology • u/Hrmbee • 13h ago
Business GoPro has been acquired and is getting into ‘defense, government, robotics and aerospace’ | Right after a YouTuber became GoPro’s biggest shareholder, the company got sold
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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 13h ago
Health In the U.S Richmond's violence prevention program was responsible for 61% decline in gun violence deaths and injuries. The health impacts are lives saved, safer streets, and community members with a renewed positive life outlook
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r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 8h ago
Software Apple Maps follows Google in renaming Lake Ontario / ‘Lake America’ now shows up across Apple and Google’s navigation apps.
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r/science • u/Wagamaga • 19h ago
Neuroscience Researchers found a significant association between declining air pollution and improved cognitive development in children. The study analyzed data from over 1,000 mother-child pairs and found a 26% increase in cognitive scores at age 3 with reduced air pollution in New York City.
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r/technology • u/ControlCAD • 5h ago
Business Read John Ternus's full memo to Apple employees on first day as CEO: "We’re lucky to have a CEO who led with his values with decency and humanity. I’m honored to be stepping into role at what is truly the greatest company in the world. We have a huge launch next week that’s going to be phenomenal."
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r/technology • u/Kymmieuwu • 10h ago
Artificial Intelligence Pentagon official overseeing military AI sold millions worth of stock in AI firm
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r/technology • u/heeroo0 • 8h ago
Software Sony Claims Digital Game Ownership Is Impossible
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r/technology • u/TurbulentTopic39 • 3h ago
Politics Apple Maps changes name of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'
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r/science • u/johnhemingwayscience • 19h ago
Health Combining four natural compounds, spermidine, fisetin, berberine, and urolithin A, offers a multi-target defense against aging. By triggering distinct repairs like clearing zombie cells and recycling damaged mitochondria, using them together could significantly extend human healthspan.
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r/technology • u/TurbulentTopic39 • 12h ago
Politics Quebec updates government websites to remove ‘Lake America’ from some maps
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r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 17h ago
Business Mozilla launches ad blocking for Firefox on iOS
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r/technology • u/YouKnowNothing67 • 2h ago
Hardware Sony Says It No Longer Needs To 'Aggressively Sell' The PS5
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Social Science Streaming services, like Spotify/ Netflix have recommendation algorithms identify content a user engaged with most and suggest more of same. Content/ genres with low engagement get dropped. But engagement-driven curation can trap consumers in 'overfamiliarity' leading to less long-term satisfaction.
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r/technology • u/vgsa • 6h ago
Artificial Intelligence AI token prices are hitting new record lows
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