Eyeglasses are being augmented with screens, AI, and the power to unnerve people. We tested a pair from Even Realities to see how. Source: How smart glasses changed my interactions with people – The Washington Post
Source: LLMs can predict educational and psychological outcomes from childhood essays with remarkable accuracy
Google Opal makes app creation easy with AI and no coding required. Explore its features and see how it’s changing app development forever. Source: Google Opal Review: Build Apps Without Coding Skills – Geeky Gadgets
With the LifeStraw Escape, you can now purify enough water for a whole campsite, a group, or even a small village — just fill it up and pump. Source: LifeStraw Launches 5-Gallon Water Purifier | GearJunkie
With Air Quality Index standards under threat, crowdsourced air quality maps are more important than ever. Source: Why You Need an Outdoor Air Quality Monitor (2025) | WIRED
Time for a service. Source: Air Conditioning Could Put You at Risk of ‘Sick Building Syndrome’ : ScienceAlert
“Looking only at one half of the population is a mistake.” Source: A solution to the child care shortage is hiding in plain sight | Vox
Marijuana users have “superior performance across multiple cognitive domains,” according to a new large-scale study funded by the U.S. federal government, with the effects of cannabis on cognition “presented concurrently across a range of brain systems.” The research, published this month…
Was your kid’s report card written by a chatbot? Source: The AI Takeover of Education Is Just Getting Started – The Atlantic
The German luxury giants easily outsell Cadillac every year. But when it comes to electric vehicles, Caddy is on top again. Source: Cadillac Is Finally Beating The Germans
The quaint towns of Western Mass. are more affordable than homes in Greater Boston. Source: With culture and wilderness, you don’t have to settle for less in the Berkshires
Kia ran the EV4 around the Nurburgring almost 480 times to try to kill its battery—here’s what happened. Source: The Kia EV4 Ran For 6,200 Miles At The Nurburgring. Its Battery Wouldn’t Die
Plastic pollution is a “grave, growing and under-recognized danger” to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. Source: Plastic pollution ‘grave and growing’ health threat: Lancet
Real estate is the biggest industry by GDP in 26 states. Find out why it dominates—and what fuels the rest of the country. Source: The Biggest Industry in Every State, Mapped