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Just recently, the company had to lay off an enormous 11,000 employees. That’s about 13% of its entire workforce, and it’s more than several big companies even have. That’s nearly twice the entire Twitter workforce before its own massive job cut. This massive layoff came about because Meta’s stock plummeted more than 70% this year, and it’s hemorrhaging money. The company has been burning through money on the Metaverse, and Apple cut off its access to iPhone customer data, which was a massive revenue stream for the company....

The fifth and final step asked participants to take part in exposure exercises. The exercises required participants to provoke IBS symptoms, to eliminate behaviours that served to control symptoms, and to expose them to situations where symptoms were particularly unwanted. The results of the study showed that compared to the control group, participants in the mindfulness training group improved on IBS-related quality of life and gastrointestinal-specific anxiety, depression, and general functioning....

That may seem like a silly question, since by all expert accounts the mind is just what the brain does. The mind is the output—in thoughts, emotions, memories, and desires—of the electrical and chemical activity of the 100 trillion or so synapses in the human brain. So the question is akin to asking which you value more: the cool air that your air conditioner puts out or the unit itself. (I am writing this on a 96-degree day; substitute “warmth” and “radiator” if you are reading this in winter....

“We are excited to pay homage to our Finnish roots and love for ice hockey as the Official Partner of the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship and look forward to sharing the experience with our loyal customers and avid hockey fans in the USA,” HMD Global’s VP for North America, Cristian Capelli, said. Additionally, the company is also promoting its rugged smartphone, the Nokia XR20, with a series of marketing materials....