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The ping or buzz of your phone that lets you know a new message has arrived is hard to ignore. But it can mean trouble when you’re trying to concentrate on a task, according to a new study that will be published in the June issue of the journal Computers in Human Behavior. The study found that whenever we receive a message notification, it interrupts our concentration for 7 seconds. It turns out that the type of information that we see in the notification also matters. The more personally relevant the notification, the larger the distraction.”This interruption likely arises from several…

An Iran-linked hacking group has compromised the personal email account of Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel. The breach came to light today. The hacking group, Handala Hack Team, gained access to photos and documents from the compromised account. “The FBI is aware of malicious actors targeting Director Patel’s personal email information, and we have taken all necessary steps to mitigate potential risks associated with this activity,” the FBI said in a statement. “The information in question is historical in nature and involves no government information.” The hackers have published some of the photos stolen from Patel’s account. They…

Over the last 5 years, the number of S Pass and EP holders grew by just 400 In debates over foreign labour in Singapore, one claim often surfaces: that foreign professionals are stealing well‑paid, high-skilled jobs from Singaporeans. But data from the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) figures paint a more nuanced picture that challenges the assumptions behind this narrative. According to provided stats, the number of foreign professionals barely budged between 2020 and mid-2025, and the best-paying sectors are still overwhelmingly held by locals. Here’s what the numbers actually show. There are at least 4 locals for every foreign professional…

Sales went up. Revenue did not follow. And nobody in the room can explain why. The answer is in the formula everyone learned and nobody uses. Sales went up this quarter. Good news travels fast in an organization. Then someone reads the revenue line. It did not move the way the sales numbers suggested it would. And the meeting that was supposed to be a celebration becomes a different kind of conversation entirely. This happens more than anyone wants to admit. And it happens for a reason that is sitting right there in the revenue formula, hiding in plain sight.…

The next time you’re scrolling your phone, take a moment to appreciate the feat: The seemingly mundane act is possible thanks to the coordination of 34 muscles, 27 joints, and over 100 tendons and ligaments in your hand. Indeed, our hands are the most nimble parts of our bodies. Mimicking their many nuanced gestures has been a longstanding challenge in robotics and virtual reality.Now, MIT engineers have designed an ultrasound wristband that precisely tracks a wearer’s hand movements in real-time. The wristband produces ultrasound images of the wrist’s muscles, tendons, and ligaments as the hand moves, and is paired with…

(GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier T-Mobile confirmed it made an unspecified number of layoffs this week. A tipster told GeekWire the number was in the hundreds, which the company did not verify. “To move even faster in a dynamic market while continuing to deliver best-in-class digital experiences for our customers, we’re further aligning our IT organization to support future growth and innovation,” T-Mobile said in a statement to GeekWire on Friday. “This includes the difficult decision of eliminating some roles while continuing to invest and hire in areas.” Posts on LinkedIn referenced the layoffs, with…

The arrival of spring means longer and warmer days. It’s one of those bittersweet connections we have with wanting a greener lawn but dreading the relentless maintenance under the scorching sun. Every weekend ultimately turns into a tug-of-war between wanting a good-looking yard and a simple, relaxing weekend. If you are a homeowner looking to keep your yard sharper without breaking a sweat, the limited-time Spring Sale on Lymow’s latest robotic lawn mower is the perfect chance to upgrade. With sales running from March 27th to April 5th, the ongoing Spring deal presents exclusive pricing with special bonuses, making the Lymow…

I first noticed it when, a few months ago, I opened an email from Ian, my literary agent. Before I’d had a chance to read anything he’d written, Gmail was recommending a full, fleshed-out, AI-generated reply, ventriloquizing ideas for a book and even my feelings about the job transition I’d recently made. It had mined my inbox to infer why Ian was writing to me and ingested bits of my style, even signing off with the lowercase “m” that I use with people with whom I have an easy familiarity.For around a decade, Google had been suggesting very generic, sometimes…

The world’s top AI research conference, the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems—better known as NeurIPS—became the latest organization this week to become embroiled in a growing clash between geopolitics and global scientific collaboration. The conference’s organizers announced and then quickly reversed controversial new restrictions for international participants after Chinese AI researchers threatened to boycott the event.“This is a potential watershed moment,” says Paul Triolo, a partner at the advisory firm DGA-Albright Stonebridge who studies US-China relations. Triolo argues that attracting Chinese researchers to NeurIPS is beneficial to US interests, but some American officials have pushed for American and Chinese…

Enterprises want to move beyond AI experimentation, but most still struggle to bridge the gap between promising proofs of concept and production-ready cloud-native AI platforms. The challenge is compounding as AI workloads converge with cloud-native infrastructure. European services company ITQ Consultancy B.V. is tackling that challenge head-on, using an AI-powered robot dog named Q9 to demonstrate what a full cloud-native AI platform can do when it is assembled the right way, according to Johan van Amersfoort (pictured, left), chief evangelist and AI lead at ITQ. With Red Hat Inc.’s OpenShift under the hood, Q9 is less a demo prop and more…