Enlarge People have long tried to use music as a tool to improve their abilities. Soldiers chanted songs when marching into battle, sailors sang songs on long voyages, and cloth makers sang when weaving. But do we have any evidence that music makes a difference for any of our activities? We’ve only recently started to […]
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Michael Jackson music: Wade Robson SPEAKS OUT on if he thinks fans should STOP listening
Earlier this month Leaving Neverland aired on Channel 4, seeing two men allege that Michael Jackson sexually abused them as children. The controversial documentary, which has been dismissed as untrue by the Jackson estate and family, has seen various radio stations and even an episode of The Simpsons, featuring the late star, dropped from the […]
Ivanka Trump looks solemn, listening in on Donald's meeting after UN ambassador resigns
Ivanka Trump, 36, was in Washington DC this morning, attending a meeting between Donald Trump and the United Nations ambassador to the US. Watching from the sidelines, Ivanka looked serious and solemn as she listened in on the talks between her father and ambassador Nikki Haley. The UN ambassador resigned today from her post, the […]
Opening Pandora’s Box: GM Tracking Consumer Listening Behavior in Cars
General Motors has begun surveying how its drivers experience in-car multimedia, specifically the radio, as part of its new strategy to track customer habits and maximize the profitability of information. With 4G LTE WiFi connectivity now featured inside millions of GM vehicles, the automaker believes technology can be used to fine tune its future marketing […]
Sci-Fi Writers Are Predicting the Future, but Is Anyone Listening?
Author Walter Jon Williams has forecasted a lot of things, but rarely gets credit. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b9c282aca79862d1ac3316c/master/pass/ArabSpring-108195327.jpg
13 Powerful Listening Skills to Improve Your Life at Work and at Home
Listening is probably one of the most underrated leadership and business skills. We all know listening is a critical component of our work, but not everyone invests the time necessary to become a better listener.Even when we work to become better listeners, we live in an age of perpetual distractions. From ever-growing to-do lists to […]
‘The CIA is listening & may kill me’: Duterte mulls ditching his smartphone
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is thinking of dumping his smartphone over fears that the CIA is constantly eavesdropping on his conversations and might use his private information to eventually assassinate him. “I know, the US is listening. I’m sure it’s the CIA, it’s also the one who will kill me,” Duterte said in Cebu City […]
‘Coffee Talk’ Is A Chill Game About Brewing Beverages And Listening To People
If you’ve got a hankering for a short and sweet slice-of-life story with some weirdness thrown into the mix this fine Sunday morning, might I recommend the demo for the upcoming narrative coffee shop simulator, Coffee Talk? Developer Toge Productions describe Coffe Talk as “a game about listening to people’s problems and help them by […]
If the doctor is listening, you have 11 seconds
After a doctor poses a question — such as “what brings you here today?” — patients get a median time of 11 seconds to answer before the doctor interrupts them, according to the findings of a new U.S. study.
‘I am enraged’: Father of Parkland shooting victim blasts the listening session Trump held with mass-shooting survivors
CNN The father of a Parkland school shooting victim criticized a listening session President Donald Trump held with survivors and family members of victims of school shootings. “I want them to look me in the eye and acknowledge the role that guns play in the hunting of my daughter,” he said. He criticized Trump’s discussion […]