Consumer & Gadgets
Human washing machine goes on sale in Japan
After wowing World Expo visitors, a human washing machine is now on sale in Japan, a company spokesperson said Friday.This post was originally published on this site
Month: November 2025
Internet
Tim Berners-Lee wants everyone to own their own data. His plan needs state and consumer support to work
Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, has released an important new book about the problems we face online and how to solve them. It is called “This is for Everyone,” meaning that […]
Internet
The avatar in a wheelchair: A call for more diversity in the Metaverse
A study by the University of Stuttgart, the California State University at Fullerton, and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems has found that there are benefits to representing one’s real-life disability through an avatar […]
Mathematics
Consensus, bias and polarization: How mathematicians study opinions
How do opinions form and change in large groups of people? That’s not just a sociological question, it’s a mathematical one. Ph.D. candidate Federico Capannoli studied opinion dynamics. He defended his thesis on November 19.This […]
Consumer & Gadgets
How the far right weaponized gamers and geek masculinity
Earlier this year, Elon Musk was accused of cheating to fake his ranking in the action role-playing video game Diablo IV. At first glance, it looks ridiculous.This post was originally published on this site
Internet
Based in US or Nigeria? Musk’s X erupts over location feature
Elon Musk’s X erupted in uproar after the rollout of a feature revealing an account’s location, exposing what users describe as global troll farms and influence operations on the platform—including in support of Donald Trump.This […]
Consumer & Gadgets
AI tool helps visually impaired users ‘feel’ where objects are in real time
Over the last few years, systems and applications that help visually impaired people navigate their environment have undergone rapid development, but still have room to grow, according to a team of researchers at Penn State. […]
Consumer & Gadgets
Social media can be understood as a role-playing game like Dungeons & Dragons
It’s a cliché that any “geek” who knows how to program computers will also probably play Dungeons & Dragons, or D&D. If you need to find someone at work who can explain to you the […]
Mathematics
One university boosted gender diversity in advanced math by more than 30% in five years—here’s how
As the artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing industries explode, trained STEM professionals are in high demand. Mathematics is foundational to these fields.This post was originally published on this site
Consumer & Gadgets
AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories—new research
Since early chatbots were first conceived more than 50 years ago, they have become increasingly sophisticated—in large part, thanks to the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology.This post was originally published on this site