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This was discovered by Radek Błędowski (via Mishaal Rahman). There are times when you look up your name online and you get information about yourself. It could be your social media platforms, posts you were tagged in, or any other information. While being searchable might be an honor to some people, others might not like that. Nowadays, being searchable online could pose a security threat. People can run amuck with any bit of information about you....

This shutdown of Hangouts has been coming for a long. Google began the groundwork for it a couple of years back, with Google Chat slotting in as the replacement. The migration started back in June 2020. The company continued to move users to the new, modern messaging service throughout the past two years. It is finally ready to kill Hangouts for once and all. The old Hangouts mobile apps appear to be the first to go down....

Self-compassion involves being open to and aware of one’s own suffering and offering kindness and understanding towards oneself. A study conducted by the University of Texas at Austin explores the link between self-compassion, academic achievement goals, and coping with academic failure. They analyzed how students dealt with disappointment after they failed their midterm exams. “The students who scored higher in self-compassion weren’t so derailed by the experience,” said Dr. Kristin Neff, who headed up the study....

Does online mindfulness work? Does online mindfulness work? A study in Australia found that an online 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program helps employees feel more optimistic and engaged in their work, and may decrease levels of striving and need for recognition. “While the ‘human element’ may potentially enhance the efficacy of face-to-face MBSR programs, the online program is more easily accessed, and this may mean the benefits of these programs reach more employees,” the study authors wrote in a paper published in Physiology & Behavior....

Today, we’ll show you how to enable Video Enhancer (or Video Brightness as Samsung now calls it), and what exactly this feature is. What is Video Enhancer? What is Video Enhancer? Video Enhancer isn’t new to Samsung smartphones, but this year on the Galaxy S22 it has been renamed to “Video Brightness” which is a more accurate name for this feature. So what exactly is it, and what does it do?...