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Despite the fact that half of us did not grow up in picture perfect families, it can be difficult to open up to loved ones about your painful upbringing. So when someone finally gathers the courage to share, it’s important to be present and listen closely to what they want to discuss. Unless, of course, they decide to start talking hours past your bedtime.One man recently posted on Reddit detailing how he fell asleep while his girlfriend was sharing about her rocky relationship with her father on a late-night phone…

Being in a relationship requires making compromises. Your partner might prefer Thai food when you were really craving Indian, and you may find your bedtime becoming earlier and earlier after moving in with your partner to accommodate their sleep schedule. But making compromises requires healthy communication, otherwise you might end up in uncomfortable misunderstandings often. One woman recently shared a story on Reddit detailing how her boyfriend showed up at her home several hours later than the time they agreed upon,…

If you’ve been dreaming about another platform for the stylishly sleepy rhythm game Melatonin, there’s no need to pinch yourself. Developer Half Asleep announced plans to bring its chill beats to PlayStation 5 on March 12, 2024.  True to the name of the devs themselves, Melatonin is all about bridging that gap between our reality and the world of dreams. Naturally, the best way to do so is through the lens of a rhythm game, complete with an appropriately dreamlike color palette and audio and visual cues that get the beat…

Samsung has developed an improved Battery Protection feature for the Galaxy S24 series. It offers more options that can potentially extend your phone's battery life in the long run, especially if you often leave your Galaxy S24 plugged in to charge overnight. Before One UI 6.1 and the Galaxy S24 series, the “Protect Battery” feature consisted of a simple ON/OFF toggle switch that limited the maximum charge to 85% of the battery when enabled. The Galaxy S24 series introduces a more clever system that can even adapt to…

Nina Raemont/ZDNETZDNET's key takeaways At $40 (and regularly on sale for half that price), the LC-Dolida sleep mask headphones to block out light from the streetlights and dim down the whooshes and whirs of sound, but I was in the market for a product that could do both. Enter LC-Dolida's sleep mask and headphone combo. I wanted to test them out to see if they lived up to their high Amazon rating, so I spent a week sleeping with them on my head to find out. Also: This women's smart health ring uses AI to analyze…

Researchers have studied the Ciomadul volcano to understand how long-dormant volcanoes can suddenly erupt. Their findings on the chemical and mineral composition of the magma provide valuable insights into volcanic reactivation and eruption forecasting, highlighting the potential dangers of inactive volcanoes. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Even in a quiet dormant phase, a volcano can rapidly become active and its eruption can pose a previously unknown threat to the surrounding area.Can a volcano erupt after tens of thousands…

Pregnancy can be both a magical and a challenging time at once, so it’s no surprise that a soon-to-be-mom might need a helping hand or someone there for her when things get tough.For this 7-months-pregnant redditor, things got uncomfortable during a friend’s wedding. She asked her husband to leave early and stay with her in case she needed him; and he did. But the situation eventually left the dad-to-be sour and the mom—asking if she was a for making him leave the wedding.In order to understand both sides better, Bored…

The turmoil at OpenAI over the past five days has captivated the tech industry and kept entrepreneurs, journalists, and anyone who still has an X account glued to their timelines for the latest emoji updates and lower-case missives. In the meantime, some of the most prominent AI companies—including OpenAI—continued to do what Silicon Valley is known for: Drop new products.The unexpected firing of Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, was followed by an avalanche of new AI features from competitors, including Anthropic and Stable…

We’ve all been there: lying in bed wide awake and desperately wondering how to get to dreamland. In fact, scientists say it’s pretty normal to have a little trouble falling asleep or staying asleep from time to time. “There’s this expectation that we should just go to sleep and stay sleeping for seven to eight hours,” says Roxanne Prichard, a neuroscientist at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. “That’s just not biologically supported with how humans sleep.” While having trouble drifting off to sleep isn’t unusual,…

A recent study found an association between insomnia symptoms, such as difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early, and an increased risk of stroke, especially among individuals under 50 years of age. The research also emphasized that managing insomnia symptoms at a younger age might help in stroke prevention, but it also acknowledged a study limitation that the self-reporting of insomnia symptoms might not be accurate.New research reveals that individuals below the age of 50 face an even higher…