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Heavy ChatGPT Users Tend to be More Lonely, Suggests Research
[Consumer]
2025/04/16 09:05
Studies show those who engage emotionally with bot rely on it more and have fewer real-life relationships.Heavy users of ChatGPT tend to be lonelier, more emotionally dependent on the AI tool and have fewer offline social relationships, new research suggests.Only a small number of users engage emotionally with ChatGPT, but those who do are among the heaviest users, according to a pair of studie...
This New e-Bike is Powered with a Laptop Charger
[Product]
2025/04/16 09:04
Ampler’s e-bikes are the first-ever to be USB-C chargeable—but it might be a long time before Americans can experience this tech.There’s now an e-bike that can be powered with the same charger you use for your MacBook. But like many innovations in the electric space, if you’re in the U.S. you’ll have to wait to get your feet in the pedals.The new bike is from Estonian e-bike company Ampler...
The Audio-Technica Hotaru : Vinyl That Floats, Light That Moves
[Design]
2025/04/16 09:03
You’ve never heard vinyl like this—because you’ve never seen vinyl like this. At Milan Design Week 2025, Audio-Technica unveiled a limited-edition turntable that levitates records in mid-air and floods your space with reactive color. It’s called the Hotaru, named after the Japanese word for “firefly.” Fitting, considering how it glows, flickers, and defies expectations in almost every dir...
(PDF) Earning Report - LVMH Q1 Misses Sales Forecast as Core Business Slumps
[Investing]
2025/04/15 09:10
LVMH's first-quarter revenue undershot expectations, as shoppers in the United States pulled back on beauty products and drinks while sales in China stayed weak.The 3% decline in first-quarter sales - well below analyst expectations for 2% growth in January to March - were a first sign that luxury companies could face another tough year following President Donald Trump's recent tariff announcem...
London-based AI Creative Studio Wonder raises €2.6 Million for GenAI Visual Content
[Investing]
2025/04/15 09:09
Wonder, an AI-native creative studio, has raised €2.6 million in pre-Seed funding to enable the next generation of filmmakers and storytellers to craft visual content and bring concepts to life faster – improving the efficiency of the content creation process.Backed by LocalGlobe and Blackbird, the round also saw participation from Mati Staniszewski (Co-founder, ElevenLabs), Laura Modiano (He...
Physicists have Designed a Urinal That Drastically Reduces Splashback
[Design]
2025/04/15 09:08
Three-dimensional renderings of urinals. From left to right: Duchamp’s “La Fontaine,” a contemporary commercial model, Cornucopia, and Nautilus. One of the most stubborn problems in modern hygiene begins with a simple splash.When men relieve themselves at public urinals, they often trigger an invisible but noxious cascade. Tiny droplets, unseen and unchecked, rebound from the urinal’s surfa...
BCG - Air Travel Demand Outlook 2025 : Steady Growth Despite Supply Constraints
[Consumer]
2025/04/15 09:07
After 6.5% growth in air travel in 2024, airlines should see similar growth in 2025, although many variables are in play.Ongoing aircraft and parts delivery delays are likely to limit capacity.Labor negotiations across the industry will result in long-term, step-change increases in wages.Air travel demand from India is rising, and there is cautious optimism for the return of Chinese internation...
(Video) UC Berkeley : Brain-to-Voice Neuroprosthesis Restores Naturalistic Speech
[Tech]
2025/04/15 09:06
Researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco connect their subject Ann's brain implant to the voice synthesizer computer.California-based researchers have developed an AI-powered system to restore natural speech for paralyzed people in real time and using their own voices.This new technology from researchers at University of California Berkeley and University of California San Francisco, t...
The Current Generation of Humanoid Robots (2025)
[Tech]
2025/04/15 09:05
A year ago this month, Boston Dynamics revealed its all-new humanoid robot, Atlas. This marked a shift in their strategy from hydraulic servos to electric– a stronger, more robust actuation suite that showed their seriousness when it came to competing to be the leader in the next wave of consumer appliances: Humanoid Robots. Shortly after this revelation, the first generation of this graphic c...
