The Senate recently paid close attention to the Big Tech privacy and data practices. We regularly hear senators inviting these companies’ CEOs to a hearing or asking the FTC or similar agencies to investigate Big Tech. Now, Senators Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren, Cory A. Booker, and Sara Jacobs have asked FTC for an investigation into Google and Apple. As per the report, these senators believe both companies are “engaging in unfair and deceptive practices by enabling the collection and sale of hundreds of millions of mobile phone users’ personal data....

When I disputed one of the core tenets of physics, he didn’t respond with the kind of implied put-down I was used to: “How could a high school student know better than the great minds of the ages?” Instead, he started out from the assumption that I may be right, and engaged me in a debate. The second law of thermodynamics did not fall that day, but I did come to a better understanding by being allowed to question it....

On stage—50 years into his career—Mason, who says, “Rock and roll is not an age, it’s an attitude,” is still a hard-driving rocker. In person, he’s a warm, direct, personable guy. He’s also a guy with a cause. Mason is concerned about soldiers who come back from war, having given some of their best years to their country, only to fall into a life of disappointment, despair, underemployment, and unemployment. “These men and women are highly disciplined, well-trained, hard-working committed people,” he told me at the party....

** We just love how braided wedding hair works for a range of themes, covering everything from formal ceremonies to laid-back bohemian events. To help you out, we’ve rounded up 39 different options of wedding braid hairstyles to give you ample inspiration to choose from. Read on to get inspired: 1. Double Layer Braids Double up on three-strand braids and layer them one on top of the other to create a double-layered look....

Mindfulness. It’s a pretty straightforward word. It’s the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. But how does that play out in the everyday world around us? To answer this question, we look to the key players bringing mindfulness into different aspects of society. Politicians talk about it. So do police officers, NFL teams, and neuroscientists, to name a few....