Things are getting dystopian: you’re in a Chinese public restroom, nature calling urgently, but the toilet paper dispenser won’t budge until you scan a QR code and watch a 30-second ad on your phone.

This feels like the endpoint of our ad-supported everything culture—the same logic that gives you “free” social media in exchange for your data, now applied to toilet paper. It’s like Netflix’s ad ...

A new technique called ‘mind captioning’ generates descriptive sentences of what a person is seeing or picturing in their ...

AI can now turn brain scans into text. It’s not mind reading but it’s pretty close.

Educators and students usually engage using laptops, tablets, or desktops. So when a QR code is plastered on a slide, agenda, ...

SCAN Health Plan is teaming up with big-box retailer Costco to offer members notable cost savings on medications, key vaccinations and other over-the-counter essentials. Costco will become a preferred ...

Anthropic is exploring whether AI models can experience “introspection,” or awareness of their own internal state, as a tool ...

Pensioners across India must submit a Life Certificate annually to continue receiving their benefits. The government has ...

JPMorgan Chase has told staff to hand over their biometric data if they want to enter the bank’s new multi-billion-dollar headquarters, despite previously telling them it was optional. Employees at ...

Print quality, the ability to generate sharply drawn text and accurate representations of images, is the most obvious way to tell a good printer from a bad one.

Marni Jameson is the award-winning author of seven books, including “Rightsize Today for Your Best Life Tomorrow.” If you ...