11+ hour, 38+ min ago   (317+ words) How does procrastination arise? The reason you decide to postpone household chores and spend your time browsing social media could be explained by the workings of a brain circuit. Recent research has identified a neural connection responsible for delaying the…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (1412+ words) The online booking platform aims to streamline scheduling for everything from virtual appointments to workshops. With my aforementioned inexperience, I was anxious about getting an online presence built. But Acuity made the process super simple for a dummy like me....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (638+ words) Keeping a daily diary doesn't come easily to most people, but it takes less effort than you might imagine. It could also become a meaningful way to reflect and grow as a person. For more than 10 years, I've written a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (614+ words) If you're looking to get more organized in the new year, a planner is a good place to start, and Japanese planners might have caught your eye. Once you start looking into paper planners, it won't take long to start…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (348+ words) The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The Air Force tasked Dantzig with figuring out new ways to solve optimization problems such as these. In response, he invented the simplex method, an algorithm that drew on some…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1192+ words) Articles mentioned in this episode: You can follow Zo" Schiffer on Bluesky at @zoeschiffer and Brian Barrett on Bluesky at @brbarrett. Write to us at [email protected]. If you're on an iPhone or iPad, open the app called Podcasts, or just…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (686+ words) Cursor is one of the fastest growing AI startups of all time. Since its 2023 debut, the company says it has surpassed $1 billion in annual recurring revenue and counts tens of thousands of companies, including Nvidia, Salesforce, and PwC, as customers....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (733+ words) There's no shortage of choice when it comes to email apps, and given that Google, Microsoft, and Apple all offer perfectly capable email services free of charge, the less well-known alternatives can often get largely ignored. It's quicker and easier…...

2+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (381+ words) A lot of apps are adding artificial intelligence to their products in the most in-your-face manner possible. Companies like Google, Microsoft, and Meta are all adding colorful buttons and pop-ups to their user interface, and barraging their customers with marketing…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (349+ words) If you're a Windows 11 user, and specifically an owner of a Microsoft Copilot+ PC that has the necessary AI processing power, you can now take advantage of Windows Recall. It works like a memory for your computer, using screenshots to…...