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The games might not be much more than a fun way to compete with colleagues and others in your work sphere, but LinkedIn's goal is of course to get you to spend more time on its website. And if the success of super popular games like Wordle is any indication, LinkedIn might be on to something. Even Netflix has jumped on the gaming trend, recently adding playable titles on top of regular content.Microsoft, which has plenty of gaming expertise, acquired LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in 2016. Microsoft also acquired…

We Need to Investigate UFOs. But Without the Distraction of Conspiracy TheoriesA former government official calls for investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena without succumbing to conspiracy theories about extraterrestrialsBy Sean Kirkpatrick Credit: Moor Studio/Getty ImagesLittle else titillates and piques the national interest like unidentified flying objects and space aliens. After more than a century of films featuring intelligent creatures from other worlds, and over seven decades after the U.S. government…

Indian roads are filled with surprises. There are several examples available online that show how risky it is to ride on Indian roads. Every day, hundreds of accidents are reported from across the country. In some cases, people get involved in accidents for no fault of their own, due to wrong-side driving, reckless driving, jaywalkers, and stray animals. We have seen several instances where stray cattle have caused accidents on highways. Here, we have one such video where a cow comes in front of a biker and causes a…

An infographic showing the effects of solar engineering methods. Credit: OceanCare The United Nations Environment Assembly this week considered a resolution on solar radiation modification, which refers to controversial technologies intended to mask the heating effect of greenhouse gases by reflecting some sunlight back to space. Proponents argue the…

A text message written by Rebecca Grossman, who is on trial for the murder of two boys killed in a car crash, reveals how the Hidden Hills socialite briefly turned her head while driving, distracted by a woman wearing inline skates.Prosecutors this week used Grossman’s own words to describe the Sept. 29, 2020, collision that killed 11-year-old Mark Iskander and his 8-year-old brother, Jacob.“I do take accountability,” Grossman wrote in a June 2022 text message to a friend, Rose Wiltshire. “I turned my head to the…

Even with Taylor Swift festively donning a Santa hat bearing Travis Kelce’s jersey number, and prominently cheering for her boyfriend from a VIP suite at Arrowhead Stadium, he and and the rest of his Kansas City Chiefs looked frustrated and miserable as they lost 20-14 to the Las Vegas Raiders on Christmas Day. It was the team’s third loss this season with Swift in attendance, prompting prominent sports analyst Skip Bayless to raise the question that appears to be on the minds of some Chiefs’ fans. In a post on X Monday,…

by Philip Stirm, DIPF | Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation Distribution of responses to the questions regarding the extent of digital distractions during learning. Credit: Education and Information Technologies (2023). DOI: 10.1007/s10639-023-12198-2 Those who learn digitally are quickly distracted. This is because the devices used offer many opportunities to…

Elon Musk's selection of a new CEO for Twitter may remove a big distraction for the billionaire and allow him to focus more on Tesla, which has been struggling with a drop in demand for its electric vehicles, analysts said.Shares of the world's most valuable electric vehicle maker, which have gained 40 percent this year, rose about 2 percent in trading before the bell on Friday. The stock had its worst year in 2022, losing 65 percent, amid Musk's on-again, off-again offer for Twitter.Ever since Musk bought Twitter in a…

A Tesla store in Changzhou, China, in April 2022. Tencent, known as one of the world's largest gaming and social media firms, invested in Tesla in 2017, taking a 5% stake for around $1.78 billion.Sheldon Cooper | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesTesla will "keep blowing our minds" with technology even while CEO Elon Musk is distracted with Twitter, according to the executive to who led an investment from Chinese technology giant Tencent into the U.S. electric carmaker.Tencent, known as one of the world's largest…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The vast majority of parents believe social media is a major distraction for students, according to a new nationwide study. The online study, conducted in November and December, surveyed a nationally representative sample of more than 10,000 parents of K-12 students. An overwhelming majority from…