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Why you can so often sense when someone is looking at you
Have you ever felt you were being watched? Almost everybody has. It’s a scientific phenomenon that is universal.
More than 80 per cent of women, and nearly three-quarters of men, questioned in Britain, the U. S. and Scandinavia, say they have experienced it — turning around to find someone staring at them, or looking at someone from behind who turned and looked back.
Numerous studies have proved that the sensation can be reproduced under rigorous laboratory conditions. Those who watch people for a living, such as private detectives and celebrity photographers, have no doubt it’s real. Professionals who use long-range lenses, including paparazzi and snipers, know the moment when the target senses their gaze and looks straight at them.
The Future of Gaming: StarEngine
Cloud Imperium Games, the developer of sci-fi epic Star Citizen, has released a breathtaking video showcasing the game engine’s capabilities.
Having entered pre-production in 2010, and first been made public in 2012, Star Citizen’s development is one of the longest-running of any game. It has generated both controversy and scepticism, due to this prolonged creation time, frequent delays, and the constant expansion of its scope, which has led some to question the feasibility of the project.
Despite these issues, the work-in-progress game has amassed a huge fanbase and unprecedented crowdfunding success. At half a billion dollars, it ranks as the highest crowdfunded video game and one of the highest-funded crowdfunding projects of any kind.
How advanced is whale talk? — David Gruber and Shane Gero
Explore how sperm whales use an array of complex vocalizations to communicate with each other, hunt, and assess their surroundings.—Soon after whaling ships…
There’s a secret WhatsApp group chat with more than 100 Silicon Valley CEOs in it and even they didn’t know what Sam Altman did to get fired
It turns out that billionaire tech moguls aren’t that different from regular people when it comes to industry gossip.
But no one seemed to know the real reason behind Altman’s firing. The Times reported that a flurry of messages ensued, including speculation about what Altman might have done to get the chop.
The WhatsApp group includes big names like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Dropbox chief Drew Houston, per The Times.
Altman’s abrupt ouster saw the appointment of two interim CEOs before he was reinstated just days later.