Meanwhile YouTube tries to copy TikTok by pushing Shorts.

About bloody time.

Japan’s proportion of elderly people is the highest in the world.

A battle is brewing between the city and its booksellers, who have been warned that the kiosks will have to be taken down for the Paris Olympics – an unprecedented move since the book stalls took up full-time residence along the Seine more than 160 years ago.

Pros

• Classic design, compact, lightweight, grippy, well-protected.
• Excellent OLED screen with immersive aspect, 120Hz, HDR10.
• Outstanding battery life.
• Superb speakers.
• The latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset.
• Great photo quality across all cameras, day and night.
• Dependable video quality, great sound, top-notch stabilization.
• No-nonsense launcher based on Android 13.
• Plenty of professional camera apps.
• 3.5mm jack, microSD expansion, physical camera shutter key.

Cons

• No charger and no cable in the box.
• No dynamic refresh rate for the screen.
• No telephoto camera, no macro capabilities.
• Throttles under heavy loads.
• 128GB storage is the only built-in storage option.

Scientists are scouring garbage sites around the world for bacteria, fungi and even insects that harbor enzymes that could be harnessed for breaking down various polymers. It’s early days, but if the efforts can be efficiently scaled-up, such biological recycling could put a dent in the plastic waste problem.

I’ll leave this here

A new character has stepped onstage in the story of human aging: neural excitation.

The brain’s neural activity, long implicated in disorders ranging from dementia to epilepsy, plays a role in human aging and life span, according to research led by scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School.

The study, published on 16 Oct. in Nature, is based on findings from human brains, mice and worms and suggests that excessive activity in the brain is linked to shorter life spans, while suppressing such overactivity extends life.

The 1998 Godzilla.

It’s ok 👍

I want to be very clear: this is not my car. An Audi E-tron parked across multiple spots in order to access a Tesla Supercharger.

Link to the original study

The real reason seems to be clear: data and revenue. Like other automakers, GM is looking to monetize data-driven add-on features and services. They’re hoping to achieve profit margins of over 20% on “new businesses” by 2030, and the all-new subscription-based infotainment system will play the central part.

This is a familiar approach; every automaker now wants to be the next Netflix of the auto industry, where your car becomes another subscription service.

GM’s competitor, Ford, is also vying for a slice of this pie, aiming to create a “software-defined vehicle” with over-the-air updates and paid features.

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Such a sad, bitter, incompetent manager.