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TikTok has a big ADHD problem

Fast Company Tech

None of them were found to be licensed mental health professionals. The sheer amount of misinformation becomes even less surprising when looking at the fact that about half of the TikTok creators analyzed in the study were using the platform to promote products like fidget spinners or services such as ADHD coaching.

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Woman Whose Last Name Is "Null" Keeps Running Into Trouble With Computer Systems

Futurism

Meanwhile, 36-year-old security auditor Joseph Tartaro says that for years he's been flooded with random traffic tickets from across the country ever since getting a license plate that reads, you guessed it, "NULL." "My My wife gets super pissed off about it and she hates that I still have the license plate," Tartaro told the WSJ.

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Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The ABC would wrap together efforts such as TIGAR as a sharing portal, capacity building efforts for countries trying to create accessible book services and looking at issues like licensing. So, in the meanwhile, we will need to rely on licenses: permissions agreements. My biggest argument was the “library with holes” problem.

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Google’s loss to Sonos settles it: Big Tech has an IP piracy problem

TechCrunch

But it confirms a problem that threatens America’s innovation economy and its international economic competitiveness. The problem? Years ago, Big Tech companies like Google decided that they profit more by stealing smaller companies’ intellectual property than buying or licensing it. Intellectual property theft.

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The open source problem

InfoWorld

Folks, we have an open source problem. And, no, it’s not the problem some think. But the problem isn’t the companies. At least, not the primary problem. You’ll hear people rail against corporations that falsely describing their code as open source. Sometimes they’re correct. Sometimes they’re correct.

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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

Children and teens who volunteer tend to have better health and lower levels of anxiety and fewer behavioral problems than those who dont volunteer. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. There are also health benefits for those who start volunteering much earlier in life.

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Why job postings may be attracting narcissistic candidates—without companies realizing it

Fast Company Tech

Some examples of rule-bender language include develops creative and innovative solutions to problems, communicates in a tactical and persuasive manner and thinks outside the box. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.

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