Child Uses a Training Potty in the Middle of an Airplane

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Instagram uses Snapchat-like tags to make adding friends easier

Instagram has yet another answer to Snapchat, but this time it’s covering one of the basics: namely, adding friends. Months after it started testing, the social network has introduced “nametags” that make friend additions as simple as pointing your camera at a code, much like Snapcodes. Once you’ve created a nametag (complete with colors, emojis […]

Meghan Markle: 'Smart' Duchess uses these body language tricks when talking to the public

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, married Prince Harry at their wedding in May. Now in a big move since joining the Royal Family, she has released a cook book in aide of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Meghan Markle wore a £1,483 outfit to launch the Grenfell cookbook with mum Doria & Prince Harry.  The […]

US warns Syria response will be ‘stronger’ than ever before if Assad uses chemical weapons again

AP Photo/Hassan Ammar White House National Security Adviser John Bolton warned Syria on Monday that any use of chemical weapons against the Syrian people will result in a “much stronger response” than those following two previous incidents. The warning comes as Syrian, Russian, and pro-regime forces surround Idlib, the last rebel stronghold and the final […]

MIT CSAIL uses AI to teach robots to manipulate objects they’ve never seen before

In few fields has artificial intelligence’s (AI) impact been more transformative than robotics. San Francisco-based startup OpenAI developed a model that directs mechanical hands in manipulating objects with state-of-the-art precision, and Softbank Robotics recently tapped sentiment analysis firm Affectiva to imbue its Pepper robot with emoti…Read More

This cleverly designed duvet cover uses an optical illusion to make it look like you spent a ton of time making the bed

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Crane & Canopy Crane & Canopy is a luxury bedding and home company making some of the most comfortable sheets and duvet covers I’ve ever slept on.  The Nova duvet […]

What it’s like inside the internment camps China uses to oppress its Muslim minority, according to people who’ve been there

Kevin Frayer/Getty Images China is accused of detaining up to 1 million Uighur Muslims in internment camps in the western region of Xinjiang. Two Uighurs who had been inside those camps have told BBC Newsnight about the physical and psychological torture that goes on there. One described being shackled to a chair, deprived of sleep, […]

Holocaust Memorial Museum uses augmented reality to make history visceral

Aiming to capture and hold the attention of young students, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has launched a smartphone app that allows visitors to view a museum exhibit in augmented reality. The Washington, D.C.-based museum’s app lets visitors learn more about the lives of Lithuanian villagers who are featured in the Tower of Faces display…Read […]

HealthTap’s platform uses AI to dispense treatment advice

HealthTap, a Palo Alto, California-based company delivering connected health apps, announced a slew of platform updates today at VentureBeat’s Transform 2018 conference that “augmented the patient experience” with artificial intelligence. It also revealed that it has served more than seven billion answers to health patients’…Read More