The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

On the other, open-plan workspaces are being recognized as a wildly distracting environment to to work in, where, according to one study by The Sound Agency, workers are 66% less productive. The human brain only has the capacity for 1.6 The human brain only has the capacity for 1.6 Create a “virtual wall”.

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The Next Web

MARCH 4, 2014

I’ve written how creativity works in the brain before, and I found it really useful to understand this process. There’s so much going on in the brain during creativity that science is still trying to pin down exactly how it all works. Sound — ambient noise levels are best for creativity. Or, I should say, multiple processes.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Meanwhile, Papercup’s existing angel investors include William Tunstall-Pedoe, the founder of Evi Technologies — the company acquired by Amazon to create Alexa — and Zoubin Ghahramani, former chief scientist and VP of AI at Uber and now part of the Google Brain leadership team.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

When I was 35, a ruptured brain aneurysm nearly killed me. Here are some tactics to try: Leverage tech: It may sound simple, but just putting a reminder in your phone or calendar can help you stay on track to make decisions in a timely manner. Living my best life, right? Until I collapsed, unconscious, on my bathroom floor.

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The Next Web

MARCH 7, 2014

Since our brains work so hard on tasks which require direct attention, sometimes they need little breaks. Since the brain benefits from exposure to nature, even if it’s just a glance out a window , an office plant can help you refresh, restore, and get back to work. The color yellow is your new best friend. Work from a communal space.

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The Verge

JULY 20, 2020

At Adobe, it sounds like Levoy could be planning to make a great camera not just for Pixel users, but for anyone with a smartphone. (The first iPhone with a second lens, the iPhone 7 Plus , came out in 2016.). Levoy’s efforts arguably inspired Apple, Samsung, and others to beef up their computational photography chops.

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TechSpot

APRIL 2, 2025

The research team overcame the issue of latency the delay between a person's intent to speak and the production of sound by leveraging advances in artificial intelligence. Their streaming system decodes neural signals into audible speech in near-real time. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

It doesn’t sound like it, no. And that was the only pure application of the network technology, to enable something that even remotely looked like 5G, and it doesn’t seem like it was a great idea. I’m not sure what the point of that was. We’ve talked a lot about Ford. We’ve talked about Lyft. Your other big partner is Volkswagen.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

This sounds like simple criteria to follow but the challenge is actually orchestrating brainstorming sessions where these two principles are consistently put into practice. What goes on in your brain during a group brainstorming session. Reach for quantity (come up with as many ideas as possible). Groups hate scary ideas.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

It boosts your mood and reduces anxiety, enhances brain function, while building self-esteem and body image. Promotes deep relaxation : The most effective relaxation music is slow in tempo, low in frequency, and free from sudden changes or jarring sounds. How does exercise impact wellbeing and confidence?

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The Next Web

JUNE 22, 2013

As discouraging as this may sound, realistic expectations are essential to startup success. Are you right-brained? It’s time to take on some left-brained hires to encourage balance. Yes, even the greatest ideas are still susceptible to ending up in the trash.

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Medium Technology Section

APRIL 19, 2025

This futuristic-sounding… Continue reading on Medium Imagine Googling anything without lifting a finger or playing a game without touching the mouse or keyboard.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 14, 2025

They made an appearance on Mashable's best earbuds of 2025 list as well, with our reviewer writing, "Even if you're not a full-blown audiophile, we're betting you'd be impressed by just how good these earbuds sound." They also offer excellent noise cancellation, customizable EQ, and eight hours of battery life. at Amazon as of April 14.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2021

For instance, they could track the nerve signals your brain sends to your fingers while you’re typing, so you can type on a virtual keyboard without physical buttons. When that happens, your brain sends signals to your hands and fingers telling them to move in specific ways in order to perform actions like typing and swiping.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

It gives us a vacation from work and worry; it offers a chance to socialize with close friends and interesting strangers ( and, occasionally, a politician ); it helps us exercise our brains and our reflexes.

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Forum One

JUNE 26, 2024

Psycholinguistics is a technical-sounding word but not a new practice. It combines methods and theories of psychology and linguistics to derive a fuller understanding of how the brain processes language. What is psycholinguistics?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The story above is about how your brain works. Your brain has a part called the Prefrontal Cortex, or “PFC” (remember “Paula Front-and-Center”?). It directs our attention, is responsible for moral decision-making, allows us to empathize with others, and helps coordinate the thousands of signals rushing around your brain.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

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Singularity Hub

APRIL 11, 2025

And when decisions dont work out, the brain updates its modeling of the consequences of actions”I dropped a gallon of milk because it was too heavy for meso that kids eventually learn not to repeat the same behavior. Learning from mistakes and wins sounds easy.

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M+R

AUGUST 23, 2023

You open TikTok to recharge your brain and treat yourself to some bite-sized videos. Further edits to the content, such as adding locations, hashtags, or sounds, can be done within the TikTok app. Pairing content with viral sounds helps push your content to the forefront and makes the content searchable with the sound.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 17, 2013

If you start a positive habit and see that it has a positive effect upon your business or health outcomes, your brain is more willing to utilize resources to continue that behavior and scan for new ones,” said Shawn Achor , author of The Happiness Advantage. An upward spiral certainly sounds better than a downward spiral, right?

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2021

It sounds simple, but Google’s research paper highlights just how many challenges there are in tricking your brain into thinking there’s a real human being sitting just a few feet away from you. Audio is another challenge, as the system needs to make it sound like a person’s words are coming from their actual mouth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

Anne Grady, in a recent HBR blog post , describes the harm that repeated stress triggers can create in the workplace: “When you are triggered, the emotional part of your brain takes over. Your logical brain temporarily shuts down, and you lose the ability to solve problems, make decisions, and think rationally.

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The Verge

MARCH 5, 2021

It makes sense, then, that the infinitely listenable quality of video game music, much of which has become seared to my brain after days spent in virtual worlds, combines really well with the soft electronic sounds of lo-fi chillhop beats , which I can also listen to for hours on end. Now, I’m hooked.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

From the sound of it, it’s a similar shift into a premium subscription service as the one Oura went through a while back. Per Interaxon: The Company aims to leverage these patterns through the development of groundbreaking metrics that will provide users meaningful insights into brain health and lifestyle factors (i.e., that affect it.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

This means that through most of the year, the fundraising beat sounds more like a faint pulse. June = African-American Music Appreciation Month, Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Awareness Month, LGBT Pride Month, National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, PTSD Awareness Month. But you know that your need for funds is year-round.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

robot vacuum just sounds like a good deal without any other context. Best robot vacuums deals ahead of Amazon's spring sale Opens in a new window Credit: Roborock Roborock Qrevo Master 🔥 $799.99 at Amazon $1,399.99 Save $600 Get Deal Why we like it More than 40% off a $1,399.99 And that's totally accurate. Roborock Saros 10R.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Pick the Bot’s Brain AI powered chatbots learn from user interactions. This sounds obvious, but it’s surprising how frequently choices are made for less objective reasons. Integration with member data gives the bot real clout. There are two types of chatbots. You can even create a bot using Facebook Messenger.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Although this explanation sounds more like it belongs in the classroom than the office, my takeaway is the focus on uniquely human skills. Don’t waste valuable brain power. Set the example by modeling the behavior you would like to see.

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The Next Web

JULY 24, 2013

Xan Blacker, co-founder of Ticckle, explained to The Next Web that Ticckle’s main aim was to “tickle your brain” through discussion of ideas – he actually doesn’t really like the word debate, he explained. It all sounds very light-hearted. If you tickle someone into responding, they’ll Ticckle you in response.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2023

Sounds like a useful feature, no? Elsewhere, we have some interesting cross-pollination between brain science and AI. These Berkeley researchers used a machine learning model to interpret brain activity while listening to music, and reconstruct some of the clusters that were focused on rhythm, melody, or vocals.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

. “That really inspired us to build, I think, a new kind of product, one that could get better over time and better support the needs of people who use hearing aids, and be a hearing aid that gets better, but also one that could use artificial intelligence to actually improve the sound that somebody gets,” Song explained.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2022

Severance , the creepy Apple TV Plus drama about workers who find work-life balance by surgically altering their brains, has been renewed for a second season, the streamer announced Wednesday. Severance stars Adam Scott as a worker drone who surgically divides his work and home personalities | Apple. The show starring Adam Scott as Mark S.,

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Sound like an odd match? Founder and CEO Corey Jaskolski’s experience includes work with both National Geographic (where he was recently named Explorer of the Year ) and a 3D media startup. In fact, he told me that his time with National Geographic made him aware of the need for more data sets in conservation.

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NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

Does the following sound good to you? We still have a few slots available in our Nonprofit Tech Academy for spring 2014, but the application deadline is fast approaching. Thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 9, 2024

For example, our brains are hardwired to involuntarily respond to seeing or hearing our own names. You may think you sound excited but it comes off like youre screaming at someone. Since it sounds a bit disingenuous, its best to remove or replace them with more accessible language. it wont translate very well to your reader.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

I will then proceed to save face by making up the smartest-sounding stuff I can on the fly. But I will know deep down that whatever I just said was a load of nonsense, and on a subconscious level, my brain work towards getting this meeting over with as soon as possible to avoid further callouts.

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