Seniors using AI may have better mental health: study

Everybody needs some botty.  And when there aren’t any warm bodies in the room, folks over 50 are turning to chatbots for companionship — so says a recent survey on seniors and sophisticated technology.  “Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the way we live, and its impact on seniors is no exception,” wrote the authors of an…

Here’s how to tell if your phone is listening to you — and how to stop it

Listen up. Experts from NordVPN have outlined a four-step process that anyone can follow to find out whether their phone is listening in and using private discussions for targeted advertising, Daily Mail reported. Some smartphone users worry that their device is listening to them speak when they least suspect it. wachiwit – stock.adobe.com The first…

Elon Musk claims Jeff Bezos urged people to sell their Tesla, SpaceX stock because Trump would lose

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have for years duked it out for the unofficial title of the world’s richest person. Now, with Donald Trump heading back to the White House, they seem to be competing for who can win — or at least not lose — the president-elect’s favor. Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX founder…

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says X rival is ‘billionaire proof’

Bluesky has surged in popularity since the presidential election earlier this month, suddenly becoming a competitor to Elon Musk’s X and Meta’s Threads. But CEO Jay Graber has some cautionary words for potential acquirers: Bluesky is “billionaire proof.” In an interview on Thursday with CNBC’s “Money Movers,” Graber said Bluesky’s open design is intended to…

Is ‘Glicked’ the new ‘Barbenheimer’? ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ collide in theaters

“Barbenheimer” was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture. But, more than a year later, that hasn’t stopped people from trying to make “Glicked” — or even “Babyratu” — happen. The counterprogramming of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” in July 2023 hit a nerve culturally and had the receipts to back it up. Unlike so many things that begin…

Alphabet shares slide 6% following DOJ push for Google to divest Chrome

Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Alphabet shares slid 6% Thursday, following news that the Department of Justice is calling for Google to divest its Chrome browser to put an end to its search monopoly. The proposed break-up would, according to the DOJ in its Wednesday filing, “permanently stop Google’s control of this critical…

Shares of Google parent plunge after DOJ seeks forced selloff of Chrome browser

Shares of Google parent Alphabet plunged more than 6% on Thursday after the Justice Department asked a federal judge to order a selloff of Google’s Chrome web browser – one of several remedies aimed at breaking up the Big Tech firm’s monopoly over online search. The stock drop signaled anxiety on Wall Street about Google’s future after…

Reddit down for thousands day after rolling out fix for software bug

Reddit was down for thousands of users on Thursday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, a day after the social media company said it had fixed a bug following a recent software update. The company had rolled out a fix for a software bug that prevented tens of thousands of people from accessing the social media platform on…

NY woman receives first fully robotic double lung transplant

Cheryl Mehrkar was an “adrenaline junkie” who relished being a scuba divemaster and riding her 2003 Harley-Davidson Sportster in North Carolina, Maine, and near her home in Dutchess County. She had also achieved a fourth-degree karate black belt and dabbled in skydiving and bungee jumping. Now, Mehrkar has a new feat for her unusual résumé…

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