Microsoft surveyed 2,000 people and used electroencephalograms (EEGs) to monitor the brain activity of another 112 in the study, which sought to determine the impact that pocket-sized devices and the increased availability of digital media and information have had on our daily lives.
Among the good news in the 54-page report is that our ability to multi-task has drastically improved in the information age, but unfortunately attention spans have fallen.
It may not be quite the self-aware computer network that takes over millions of computers and machines, but “Skynet” is real.
Documents published by The Intercept, leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, confirm that the Skynet program exists — at least in name only. Its name comes from the intelligent computer defense system in the “Terminator” films, which later destroys most of humanity in a nuclear apocalypse.
This floored me: Americans in the 43 states where lotteries are legal spent $70 billion on lotto games in 2014. Seventy billion? I thought. No, that’s impossible. That’s more than $230 for every man, woman, and child in those states—or $300 for each adult.
It’s our 100th #HonestTrailer ! To celebrate, we’re strapping down 2015’s kinkiest movie, #FiftyShadesOfGrey , in the Honest Trailers playroom. The safe word is “Mom porn.”
Recently, after watching Edge of Tomorrow — the Tom Cruise action-packed version of Groundhog Day — it became clear to me that there are very few opportunities in life to fail freely and start over until you get it right (the premise of both movies). This is the crux of many of the popular video games I grew up playing: Super Mario Bros., Sonic the Hedgehog, The Legend of Zelda, and even Grand Theft Auto allow you to attempt to achieve a goal and build expertise through repetitive failure until you advance.
