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Bionic Reading and A Startling Cancer Trial

Good news like this usually doesn't show up - but here it is - a recent drug trial seem to have a 100% hit rate with eradicating cancer. It feels almost too good to be true.

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Notifications require some much-needed attention

Notifications are begging for attention from product designers. They have slowly transformed from an afterthought to a carefully thought-out utility. Canvs Editorial discusses why designers need to up their notifications game.

How the Internet Turned Us Into Content Machines

Two new books examine how social media traps users in a brutal race to the bottom.

What does “tech company” even mean anymore?

What do glasses, furniture, and a hotel company have in common? They’re all somehow tech startups.

Typography usually isnt the cause for headline-worthy news, but this certainly could be

'Bionic Reading' is a new typographical trick that can help people with attention deficiencies and people at large in reading more effectively and with greater focus. Check it out for yourselves, it's quite something.

Why airlines have a 91% churn

When consumers do attempt to make a booking on their mobile, 91% will abandon their cart (the eCommerce average is between 65-75%). When asked why, consumers cited the main reason as 'a bad customer experience'.

Volvo will use Epic’s Unreal Engine to create ‘photorealistic’ graphics in its electric cars

The crux of the Volvo / Epic partnership will be the “human-machine interface” (HMI), which, in the context of vehicle ownership, is another way to describe the way car owners interact with their vehicle’s software.

The need to personalize fonts for each individual reader

Adobe’s most recent research paper, published in ACM’s Transactions on Computer Human Interaction (TOCHI), explores how font selection affects the reading performance of a general population of adult readers.

Haggling as an app feature

InDriver's unique haggling feature has seen it expand from its roots in Yakutia to markets around the world.

New EU Rules on USB-C Charging Could Force an iPhone Redesign

European lawmakers have mandated that mobile devices (looking at you, Apple) must charge using the same standard connector cable.

Policing tech’s biggest ethics panel collapses over proposed Taser drone

Axon is hitting pause on its sudden plans to equip drones with Tasers, which infuriated members of the company’s one-of-a-kind panel of advisers.

Honorary mentions

World's fastest supercomputer

World's biggest plant

Announcements from WWDC 2022 keynote

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