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• Nomophobia: the irrational fear of being without a mobile phone
• The New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears. This Is Profound.
• No car? No problem. Internet Roadtrip offers unique online travel experience
• Human-AI coaching models boost weight loss
• Your Samsung smart fridge may have ads on it now, because of course it does
• Roblox meets 'Bake Off' with new competitive baking game
• Microsoft just added AI agents to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - how to use them
• Can anyone become an influencer? Three people with zero followers find out
• New California law aims to hold driverless car companies accountable for traffic violations
• Researchers detail 6 ways chatbots seek to prolong ‘emotionally sensitive events’
• UMSI launches mentorship program matching students with successful alumni
  
  

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Learn more about the stories you heard today:

• Media Forensics Hub launches updated “Spot the Troll” quiz
• Slop added to Cambridge Dictionary, as AI redefines language
• WindowSwap
• Radio Garden
• Judge rules Google can keep Chrome, but must share some search engine data with rivals
• Japanese Cities Use Social Media to Teach Tourists Manners
• Know Before You Go – Visit Kanazawa
• Replika
• I went on a date with my AI dream guy. Then I cried over shrimp
• Dating an AI: How Much Is It Really Happening?
• Multi-language audio – YouTube Blog
• These weather apps actually care about your privacy
• AI Darwin Awards
• Tired of cookie consent pop-ups? You soon may see less of them
• UMSI convenes scholars and industry leaders to shape human-centered AI
  
  

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Learn more about the stories you heard today:

• World’s first robot Olympics held in China (Quartz)
• AOL to discontinue dial-up internet service (CNN)
• Versailles statues can now talk to visitors with AI (New York Times)
• Instagram’s new map feature raises privacy concerns (CBS News)
• Boston Public Library digitizes archives with OpenAI (NPR)
• ‘Tradwife,’ ‘delulu,’ and ‘skibidi’ among new Cambridge Dictionary words (Sky News)
• 10 surprising things your smartphone camera can do (MakeUseOf)
• Texas A&M researchers map U.S. power outage hot spots (Texas A&M)
• Interactive power outage map (Netlify app)
• Focus Friend app overtakes ChatGPT on App Store (Lifehacker)
• Pomodoro Technique (Wikipedia)
• How to minimize distractions in Chrome (HowToGeek)
• School of Information launches two new AI courses open to all U-M undergraduates

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