What all this says is that simple decisions are best made by careful conscious thought. But for complicated decisions, the best choices may result from “deliberation without paying attention,” that is letting the thinking be done by the unconscious mind

Brake pad dust can be more toxic than exhaust emissions, study says

Research shows move to electric vehicles may not be enough to enable pollution from cars to be eradicated

Examples of wasted potential:

Sarah: Built a fusion reactor at 16. Now? Debugging fintech payment systems.

James: 3D-printed prosthetic limbs for A-levels. Today? Writing credit risk reports.

Alex: Developed AI drone swarms for disaster relief at 18. Graduated with top honours from Imperial. His job? Tweaking a single button's ergonomics on home appliances.

These aren't outliers. They're a generation of engineering prodigies whose talents are being squandered.

This isn't just wage disparity. It's misallocation of human capital on a national scale.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT search tool may be open to manipulation using hidden content, and can return malicious code from websites it searches, a Guardian investigation has found

"Between 2009 and 2012, iPhones had a built-in "Send to YouTube" button in the Photos app. Many of these uploads kept their default IMG_XXXX filenames, creating a time capsule of raw, unedited moments from random lives.

Inspired by Ben Wallace, I made a bot that crawled YouTube and found 5 million of these videos! Watch them below, ordered randomly."

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. Mark your calendars as the latest release date moved from February 11, 2025, to February 4, 2025

the Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, this website has had volunteers rate 2,000 characters on a 100 point scale from "depressed" to "bright"

Russian spy ship escorted away from area with critical cables in Irish Sea

Yantar intelligence ship was seen operating drones in an area containing subsea energy and internet infrastructure

Nach 2,5 Jahren Krieg... IT-affin sind sie dort offenbar nicht.

“Never, ever take health and lifestyle tips from a centenarian.”

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Scientists say flaws in previous research mean health benefits from alcohol were exaggerated

Drück die Daumen, dass der Y2K24 hier die EU noch zum Umlenken bringen wird (läuft ja gerade...)

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The lifespan of game consoles: From birth to obsolescence

800,000 people in Europe and the US appear to have been duped into sharing card details and other sensitive personal data with a vast network of fake online designer shops apparently operated from China

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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: The polygonal evolution from 1997 to the modern remake project

The number of people living with or dying from disorders of the nervous system has risen dramatically over the past three decades, with 43% of the world’s population – 3.4 billion people – affected in 2021

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