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We’re all familiar with road rage, but apparently, parking lot rage often presents itself too. For some reason, people tend to feel entitled to a spot that they had their eye on, even if someone else got there first.One woman recently had an encounter with a furious Target customer who decided to harass her and her husband for simply having the parking spot that she wanted. Below, you’ll find the full story that was recently posted on the Mildly Infuriating subreddit, as well as a conversation with Mark Arnold, The…

USC researchers have created a low-cost, accessible learning kit to help college and high school students build their own "robot friend." Credit: James Kim / USC From smart virtual assistants and self-driving cars to digital health and fraud prevention systems, AI technology is transforming almost every aspect of our daily lives—and education is no different. For all its promise, the rise of AI, like any new technology, raises…

In the version of Android, you’re able to assign lock screen shortcuts. Swiping on your shortcuts will allow you to quickly open an app right from the lock screen. Well, it appears that Android will allow you to assign a note-taking app shortcut to the lock screen. Also, it appears that Google Keep may be an early option. It seems pretty odd that Android is taking so long to flesh out its lock screen shortcuts. Back before One UI, Samsung’s TouchWiz allowed users to set multiple apps as shortcuts on the lock screen. The…

The exterior of Starbucks' new Union Market locationSource: StarbucksStarbucks has unveiled a new store design focused on accessibility and inclusion, with fresh light fixtures and open floor plans.The coffee giant opened the first location with the new design on Friday in Washington, D.C.'s Union Market."Designing for disabilities is just good design for everybody," said Sara Trilling, president of Starbucks North America.She added that designing a more accessible cafe took about two years and that the company solicited…

Near the end of the 18th century, a Greek monk named Nikodemos was putting together a massive anthology of Byzantine texts on prayer and spirituality, which he would call The Philokalia. He lamented the state of learning among his fellow monks because they did not have access to the texts of their tradition: "Because of their great antiquity and their scarcity—not to mention the fact that they have never yet been printed—they have…

Stevie Wonder. Ray Charles. Andrea Bocelli. If you were to ask a random person to name a blind musician, one of those three would almost inevitably come up. Ask that same person about up-and-coming blind musicians, and they’ll likely draw a blank. That’s no accident, according to Athan Billias, president of the MIDI Association, the nonprofit organization in charge of the MIDI standard. “Music production is much more visually oriented,” than it used to be just a few decades ago, Billias says, which has made things a lot…

Lenovo plans to dominate the AI-powered laptops segment and make local, on-device AI PCs not just a possibility but also easily accessible to all. The push towards AI integration rises from the fact that traditional hardware upgrades alone are no longer sufficient to captivate consumers…

Image Source : FILE Representational Image Google Maps on iOS has a neat feature that shows weather info, but it wasn't available on Android until now. Recently, Google added this feature to the Android version of the app. Now, when you open Google Maps on Android, you'll see a small box below the search bar showing the temperature, Air Quality Index, and weather…

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You were trained as an engineer but you chose to become a social activist, who worked with children. What motivated you to take this step? PREMIUM Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi(Rajesh Kashyap/HT ) Right from my childhood, I was passionate about humanitarian causes. When I was a student — some 60 years ago, my parents wanted me to become an engineer. I belong to a modest family where nobody had studied engineering or medicine. I was good at mathematics and science, so I secured admission. But back in the…