TikTok shows dominance among young Americans amid looming US ban, new research reveals
Social media is widely viewed as dynamic, innovative and driven by the ethos to "move fast and break things."
Jan 17, 2025
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Apple loses top spot in China smartphone sales to local rivals
Apple lost its status as the best selling smartphone brand in the crucial Chinese market last year, new data showed Thursday, with a pair of local rivals surpassing it with surging shipments.
Jan 16, 2025
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Nintendo hopes to reprise blockbuster Switch with 2025 successor
Nintendo is betting on the 2025 release of a bigger, better version of its blockbuster Switch console to keep up the success of the third best-selling games machine of all time.
Jan 16, 2025
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Cat-like robot mimics bunting behavior to alleviate human tension
The behavior of a cat rubbing its head against a person, known as bunting, is an expression of affection and is believed to have a healing effect on humans.
Jan 15, 2025
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Coevolution of AI and society: Study explores opportunities and risks
A recent study involving Central European University (CEU) is paving the way for a new field of research that merges artificial intelligence and complexity science to understand how ongoing interaction between humans and ...
Jan 14, 2025
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Amsterdam experiment shows how households can cut energy costs by about 50%
Many people around the globe are living in energy poverty, meaning they spend at least 8% of their annual household income on energy. Addressing this problem is not simple, but an experiment by MIT researchers shows that ...
Jan 13, 2025
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Five ways 'fake' mobile games fail to meet advertised expectations
The mobile game advertisements that pop up all over social media platforms may promise better, more complete games than they actually deliver. Researchers at Penn State studying these "fake games"—or those that promote ...
Jan 13, 2025
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What Meta's move to community moderation could mean for misinformation
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other services has announced it will discontinue its third-party factchecking programs, starting in the US. Journalists and anti-hate speech activists have criticized ...
Jan 13, 2025
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Smart glasses enter new era with sleeker designs, lower prices
Producers of hi-tech connected eyewear are multiplying their innovations with increasingly discreet models in an attempt to make a difference in a highly competitive—and fast-emerging—market.
Jan 11, 2025
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Video game play gets frisky at CES gadget gala
Video game play met romantic intimacy in a corner of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Thursday—but it hasn't always been smooth sailing for sex toys at the Las Vegas gadget extravaganza.
Jan 9, 2025
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