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Have you ever had the experience of rereading a sentence multiple times only to realize you still don’t understand it? As taught to scores of incoming college freshmen, when you realize you’re spinning your wheels, it’s time to change your approach.This process, becoming aware of something not working and then changing what you’re doing, is the essence of metacognition, or thinking about thinking.It’s your brain monitoring its own thinking, recognizing a problem, and controlling or adjusting your approach. In fact, metacognition is fundamental to human intelligence and, until recently, has been understudied in artificial intelligence systems.My colleagues Charles Courchaine, Hefei…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 G60SF: One-minute reviewOK, let’s try to get one thing clear. The Samsung Odyssey OLED G6 G60SF is brand new. It’s a super-fast 27-inch OLED gaming monitor that runs at an epic 500Hz refresh rate. It’s brighter than previous Samsung 27 inchers. But it doesn’t actually sport Samsung’s very latest OLED panel technology.Indeed, the whole narrative around the various generations of Samsung’s QD-OLED technology has gotten…

Summary About the Song is a Now Playing card that provides details like song inspirations and behind-the-scenes stories for the current track. Stories are summarized from third-party sources. The feature is currently in beta and is available to Premium users on Android and iOS in the US, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia. Spotify has rolled out a ton of useful new features over the last couple of months, and that trend continues today with the announcement of About the Song. This aptly-named new feature “explores the meaning behind the music you’re hearing.” What is About the Song? Credit: Spotify…

A report last year claimed that Apple is working on a new AI-powered Health+ service that can give suggestions based on the gathered health data and even suggest form correction during exercise via the iPhone camera. However, the latest rumor is that the company is scaling back those efforts. A few months after Apple moved its Health and Fitness teams under the Services group, led by Eddy Cue, the company is giving up on its rumored Health+ service because Cue thinks Apple isn’t competitive enough. According to internal sources, Eddy Cue wanted Apple to move faster and be more competitive…

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images US employers announced over 108,000 layoffs across January, in the highest to start the year since the depths of the Great Recession in 2009. Many executives were quick to blame AI for the layoffs, though the real reason might be simpler: companies just aren’t optimistic about the direction the economy is heading. According to new reporting by CNBC, layoffs are up 118 percent from January, 2025, and a whopping 205 percent compared to December 2025. Throughout the month, US corporations tracked by analyst firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas only reported 5,306…

The battle for the cheaper tablet rages on, but it looks like Samsung’s won this round with its phenomenal Galaxy Tab A11. Even though there are heaps of cheap tablets now from the likes of Amazon, Honor and Xiaomi, it’s Samsung that’s just managed to outdo the competition by offering up a phenomenal Android tablet with such an impressive feature set. Once going for as much as £159, you can now get the Samsung Galaxy Tab A11, Android Tablet with a sleek design, 128GB Storage and 8GB Memory for just £119. That’s £30 off the current £149 recommended retail price,…

Spotify is rolling out a new “About the Song” feature that lets users explore the stories behind the music they’re listening to, the company announced on Friday. The feature displays short story cards that users can swipe through and rate with a thumbs up or down. These short swipeable stories are summarized from third-party sources to highlight interesting details and behind-the-scenes moments, the company says. With this new feature, Spotify is giving its users access to a feature that isn’t available on rival platforms like Apple Music. About the Song is rolling out in beta on mobile in English for…

Rita El Khoury / Android AuthorityTL;DR Android owners installing Google Play system updates noticed their software date rolling back to November from January. Google now characterizes the appearance of that November date as a “display-only” issue. Google is working to fix the update so it starts showing the correct date. Software updates are supposed to be pretty straightforward, right? A new one comes out, we install it, and we’re running the latest and greatest code — until the next update arrives, anyway. But the path we’re walking is always supposed to be a forward one — version numbers get higher…

Home » Artificial intelligence » SpaceX is Worth More than Tesla Tesla is down to $1.24 trillion in market capitalization. After SpaceX bought XAI a few days ago the valuation of SpaceX is $1.25 trillion. Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology. Known for identifying cutting edge technologies, he is currently a Co-Founder of a startup and fundraiser for high potential early-stage companies.…

Civilization VII Apple Arcade is now available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, so you can start a campaign on your phone and keep it going on a larger screen later. It’s the closest thing to true pocket Civ on Apple hardware, without ads, upsells, or a separate purchase for each device. The appeal is simple. Civ rewards short bursts and long nights, and this version finally lets you do both with the same save. But it also draws a clear line around what it can’t do yet. The portability comes with limits Your progress syncs across Apple devices, so a…