Why I’m finally making a switch to Gemini AI from Google Assistant
Since its debut in 2016, I've frequently relied on Google Assistant to make calls, set reminders, add calendar events, set alarms, control smart home devices, and more. Its personalized, conversational approach changed how I interact with my phone. Over the...
2025 will finally be the year when majority carries a flip phone in their pocket
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE may not look as rad as its premium sibling, but could play a crucial role in making foldables more attainable in 2025.
That AI chatbot on your phone is not a therapist, warn scientists. AGAIN
In a research, AI chatbots flunked as therapists, giving risky advice and missing crises. For real support, stick to humans—they’re much less likely to steer you wrong.
Science Says Mindfulness Apps Can Fix Your Focus Fiend at Any Age
A month of meditation can literally rewire your brain's attention system, improving focus and memory for all ages, with benefits even for the easily distracted.
Screens after sunset: your phone is the supervillain of your nighttime health
Think your phone’s just keeping you up late? According to Dr. Randy J. Nelson, the blue glow from your screen isn’t just ruining your sleep—it’s also messing with your immune system, metabolism, and mood.
Google Search could be smothering your creativity
A Carnegie Mellon University study reveals starting your brainstorming process with Google can be detrimental to the group's creativity.
Teams relying much on search engines often produced inundatingly same, less original ideas due to a cognitive bias called "fixation effect," where seeing popular answers converges our thought process instead of diverging it.
While individuals weren't necessarily dumber with Google, groups of Google users seemed to get stuck in a rut, often coming up with the same common ideas, sometimes even in the same order! Talk about a copy-and-paste creativity crisis.
"This appears to be due to the fact that Google users came up with the same common answers, often in the same order, as they relied on Google, while non-Google users came up with more distinct answers," explained lead author Danny Oppenheimer.
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