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Teachers say mobile phones make their lives a living hell – so one Massachusetts school barred them

ROME (AP) — Friar Paolo Benanti wears the plain brown robes of his medieval Franciscan order as he pursues one of the most pressing issues in contemporary times: how to govern artificial intelligence so that it enriches — and doesn’t exploit — people’s lives. Benanti is the Vatican’s go-to person on the technology and he […]

Ken Fritz spent 40 years turning his living room into what some audiophiles called the world’s greatest hi-fi system. What would it all mean in the end?

The human body maintains the ability to adapt to exercise at any age, showing that it’s never too late to start a fitness program.

According to Masimo’s filing with the Federal Circuit, Apple told the U.S. law enforcement agency that its redesigned watches ‘definitively do not contain pulse oximetry functionality’

Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 — it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people’s science fiction fantasies of human-like machines. Catalyzing a year of AI fanfare was ChatGPT. The chatbot gave the world a glimpse of recent advances in computer science even if […]

After three-plus hours on the treadmill belting out every song on the Eras tour, I can tell you why Swift’s concert training regimen works

“No one chasing money in media ever chased Twitter. But anyone chasing power found themselves irresistibly drawn to the platform.”

In a countdown so highly anticipated in the design world that it's akin to New Year's Eve, the 2024 Pantone colour of the year was revealed this morning. And it is: Peach Fuzz.

AI is on its way to a drive-through near you.

More parmesan on your durian-seed rigatoni?

I love these busy, wordy, and brightly colored sweaters from Kendall Ross. From her about page: Kendall Ross, aka “I’d Knit That”, is an Oklahoma City based fiber artist. She is best known for hand-knitting colorful, wearable ar

This pattern is an 9-page downloadable PDF to make your very own beautiful watermelon cactus – makes a great gift! Get the pattern via Etsy, designed by Rosalie Bull of Simply Rose Creations.…

The collective erosion of X, Instagram, and Facebook marks a turning point for millennials, who are outgrowing a constant need to be plugged in.

SEO experts got very rich filling the web full of garbage. But are they to blame or is Google?

Nothing, Forever is getting another round of virality as people gawk at what might be the end of the first big AI show.

It was 1990, and Donovan Bailey was doing well for himself. But the Jamaican Canadian had a nagging desire to race. So when he went to see some friends who were in town for a track competition, he decided to compete — and he won.

For many years Canada has been at the forefront of the indie rock scene. So much so that, without you noticing, many of the albums you consider modern, relevant examples of the country's music culture are actually long past their prime.

Papercraft artist Charles Young has been sourcing color combinations from this book and using them to construct extremely tidy a

For more than 100 years, clergy, scholars and ordinary people have spent their days studying and their nights sleeping in this unique institution.

Good compact phones died with the iPhone Mini.

Adobe has unveiled a sparkling, interactive dress — and got the research scientist who created it to model the high-tech couture.

Stanford’s new Foundation Model Transparency Index found developers don’t disclose societal impact at all.

Apple's rumored foldable iPad is now in "intensive development" and could be announced as soon as late 2024, DigiTimes reports. In a...