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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain It's Saturday afternoon and the kids are all connected to separate devices. So are the parents. Sounds familiar? Many families want to set ground rules to help them reduce their screen time—and have time to connect with each other, without devices. But it can be difficult to know where to start and how to make a plan…

During the launch of the Galaxy S23, Samsung revealed that it is making an XR product in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. While the device or its release date wasn't revealed, it was rumored that Samsung could launch the XR headset in late 2023, but that didn't happen. More information about the development of the company's first XR headset has now been reported. Samsung created the ‘Immersive Team' inside Samsung MX for XR headset development According to a new report from Hankyung, Samsung created a separate…

WhatsApp is one of the most lauded messaging apps out there. And it plans to better its service as it complies with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). As part of a new arrangement, WhatsApp will likely introduce cross-platform usability which may allow users to send messages to other third-party apps like iMessage, Telegram, Google Messages, Signal, etc. But, the feature’s success depends on the willingness of other companies to participate. Not to mention the concerns about privacy and encryption. WhatsApp…

Credit: Pixabay from Pexels "Should my twins be in the same class at school?" As a clinical psychologist specializing in twins, this is one of the most frequent questions parents ask me. Many schools continue to separate twins due to a deep-seated belief it is better for the development of separate identities. Both research evidence and clinical…

It’s official: 2023 was the hottest year on record. Independent analyses by NASA, NOAA, WMO, Copernicus and the UK Met Office all reached the same conclusion, with the year also breaking a slew of other records and experiencing a string of severe weather events across the globe.Each organization works with a slightly different data set and techniques, resulting in minor variations between the exact numbers they reach. However, all five were in agreement that 2023 was warmer than previous record-holder, 2016, by a wide…

Artist illustration of Nanotyrannus attacking a juvenile T. rex. Credit: Raul MartinNanotyrannus was a smaller, longer-armed relative of T. rex, with a narrower snout.A new analysis of fossils believed to be juveniles of T. rex now shows they were adults of a small tyrannosaur, with narrower jaws, longer legs, and bigger arms than T. rex. The species, Nanotyrannus lancensis, was first named decades ago but later reinterpreted as a young T. rex.The first skull of Nanotyrannus was found in Montana in 1942, but for decades,…

The debate rages on about whether fossils of small tyrannosaurs were a distinct species or just juvenile T. rexes. A new study claims to have found evidence that a mini tyrannosaur species stomped around alongside its famous, giant cousin – but other scientists aren’t convinced.Tyrannosaurus rex is one of the most well-studied dinosaurs, and of course its enormous size is well documented. But several smaller specimens have been discovered since the 1940s, and paleontologists have gone back and forth on whether these…

Singer-songwriter Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka seem to have called it quits. Since kicking off her Merry Christmas One and All! tour in mid-November, Tanaka has been absent from Carey’s shows, sparking fan speculation that the pop icon has split from her longtime boyfriend. Mariah Carey, who’s mom to 12-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe (who she shares with ex-husband Nick Cannon), is also celebrating the holidays in Aspen without Tanaka, 40, who has traditionally accompanied her to the snowy getaway,…

Tesla Cybertruck has officially launched and the range is a bit disappointing as the automaker introduces a new “range extender”, which is a separate battery pack that sits in the bed of the pickup truck. For a second, I was upset at the end of the Cybertruck delivery event because CEO Elon Musk didn’t mention anything about the vehicle’s range or pricing. It was certainly a strange decision. Tesla ended up releasing all the pricing and range details on its website right after the event.…

A graph showing the Google Perspective API results. Author provided As the war between Israel and Hamas has intensified in Gaza, disinformation and conspiracy theories about the conflict have been increasingly circulating on social media. At least that's what I found in my analysis of some 12,000 comments posted on Telegram…