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For a lot of people, real life is deeply connected with the acting world, and sometimes even mirrors it, but that doesn’t stand true for Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal. “I think real life shapes you as a human, and acting shapes your imagination. I strongly believe that acting is not real life in any form,” Gyllenhaal tells us.He continues. “In fact, it is life that always shapes one as a human. So, I have a deep belief that you walk into a scene with all of your life experiences. And it is the skill of acting or the…

Snapchat now reaches more than 600 million monthly users and has over 332 million daily active users around the world, Snap announced at its annual Snap Partner Summit on Thursday. The camera app is also claimed to have over half a million partners, creators, and developers that help build new solutions on the platform. In addition to the insights, Snap announced its new features and experiences that are aimed to bolster the growth of Snapchat in the market. The company also introduced tools including Director Mode to…

Glance — the consumer Internet subsidiary of technology company InMobi — on Monday launched Glance TV as its latest offering to debut on TVs. Glance TV works as a platform for live and interactive content that will be available for access to users directly from the home screen of their smart TVs. Glance has partnered with both content partners as well as TV manufacturers to make its new experience live for users. Prior to the latest announcement, the company was known for driving its lock screen experience that is claimed…

Google at the I/O 2022 consumer keynote on Wednesday announced a series of updates aiming at Wear OS and Android tablets that are designed to upgrade user experiences across devices — not just limited to phones. One of the most important updates coming to Wear OS is the quick access to Emergency SOS. Google is also bringing Google Assistant support to smartwatches. Additionally, tablets based on Android are getting updated Google apps. Google separately introduced updated Google Wallet on Android to support things such as…

An ongoing study is testing a new kind of neuroimaging device designed to easily capture brain activity in real-time. These preliminary experiments will investigate the effects of ketamine on functional connectivity in the brain before, during and after an experience.The new technology leverages a pre-existing brain imaging technique called functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). The most common form of the technology is called continuous-wave fNIRS, but recently a more detailed and accurate iteration has been…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain I spent the 2020 spring break week setting up to teach my college courses online while helping to care for my 14-month-old grandchild, whose daycare had closed. At the same time, I couldn't help thinking, being the sociologist I am, of the devastating consequences of COVID-19 I saw for women like me, Black mothers, whom I have studied for over a decade.…

Elizabeth Simmons. Credit: University of California - San Diego LGBT+ physicists often face harassment and other behaviors that make them leave the profession, according to a new study, which comes as physics as a discipline has attempted to grapple with equity and inclusion issues. …