Recent progress in LLM-based AI was built on the theory that attention was all you needed. Amazon’s Hector Ouilhet Olmos argues that human-focused AI also needs awareness and friction in the right ...

Charlie the Beagle's dog-loving family shares how their adorable pup constantly demands attention and completely respects zero personal space. Centcom commander visits USS Lincoln after reports of ...

Earlier this week, a collection of popular ASMR YouTubers discovered their accounts were simultaneously terminated. With no prior warning or the usual strikes, YouTubers such as Slight Sounds, ...

Google and YouTube elicited calls of anger and outrage earlier this week, when they shuttered the accounts of a number of content creators working in ASMR spaces, 404 Media reports. These creators—the ...

Can't seem to concentrate? This is the article for you! Here's how to build deeper focus and stick with it. This feature is part of Reader’s Digest’s August/September 2026 print cover story, “The New ...

AI roleplay has grown into a crowded category, with dozens of apps all claiming to be the answer for long-form, in-character conversation that doesn’t hit a wall mid-scene. Some sit behind ID ...

There’s a common narrative around Gen Z: they have short attention spans, they’re chronically online, and they’re disengaged. And to reach them, marketers need to jump on the hottest microtrend and ...

For over 5 years, Arthur has been professionally covering video games, writing guides and walkthroughs. His passion for video games began at age 10 in 2010 when he first played Gothic, an immersive ...

The number of job openings went up in April, according to Tuesday morning’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, from the Labor Department. That number is the highest its been in almost ...

The Legend of Vox Machina's journey from Kickstarter darling to one of the best animated fantasy shows on TV is an inspiring one. Now, four years after the ultra-popular animated adaptation of ...

A century before social-media bans and advice to disable device notifications, the inventor and science-fiction writer Hugo Gernsback proposed a more extreme way to avoid distraction: an isolating ...

Last year, I took a drastic step to protect my attention: I cut off my home internet service. I already refuse to get a smartphone and have long paid for an app to block internet access on my laptop ...