🧑🚀 All suited up with no space to go: Two NASA astronauts are stranded on the ISS because of ship thruster issues. One return plan was for the pair to hitch a ride on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. Bad news: Their spacesuits aren’t compatible. Even if they were, the Dragon capsule is full with no room to plug in.
Why is Duolingo so mean?
Would this type of reinforcement motivate you to keep going?
$2.4 to $15 million
Cost for your very own apartment on a luxury yacht that travels the world. Luxury liner “The World” will never call itself a cruise ship, trust me. It’s made up of 165 privately owned apartments, ranging in size from 290-square-foot studios to a 3,240-square-foot four-bedroom pad. Would you live on this?
Sweet dreams are made of cheese, so who am I diss a brie? Imagine being able to watch a video of your dreams. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging scanners, it could happen. We’ve already linked brain activity to visual experiences during sleep. Collect enough data, train an AI to decode the patterns and, boom, dreamy videos.
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What the average American eats each year. A 50-state survey showed one in six Americans, or a little over 16%, eats dessert daily. That percentage is highest in Tennessee, at 25%. On average, sweets cravings hit hardest at 2:30 p.m. For the record, Newman-O’s are my favorite cookie.
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Time by when the average person knows whether or not they're in for a bad day
Time by when the average person knows whether or not they’re in for a bad day. The top morning mishaps? Waking up sick, sleeping poorly, having a headache, losing your keys or forgetting your phone at home. Maybe we need mood rings.
🐔 Chick flicks: Chick-fil-A is dreaming up its own streaming platform. Step 1 is family-friendly content like game shows, followed by original series, animation and other licensed content. If it works, think of all the advertising bucks and data they’ll get their hands on.
The second Neuralink brain chip patient is doing well: “Alex” is using design software to create 3D objects and play the first-person shooter game Counter-Strike, all with his mind. The next frontier? Connecting the brain chip to the physical world, such as fully controlled robotic arms. Incredible stuff.
⚠️ Update ASAP: There’s a nasty zero-day flaw in Google Chrome that could let hackers run malicious code and take control of your computer. Protect yourself now: Go to Settings > About Chrome, download the latest patch and hit Relaunch. You should be on version 128.0.6613.85.
🔍 The “private” mode that wasn’t: Google is deleting $5 billion worth of browsing data illegally collected in Incognito mode. Not because they felt like it — as part of a class-action lawsuit. They kept it under the radar that in Incognito mode, internet providers, website hosts and companies can still see what you’re doing online.