7 h. ago ‘The bot asked me four times a day how I was feeling’: is tracking everything actually good for us?

Gathering data used to be a fringe pursuit of Silicon Valley nerds. Now we’re all at it, recording everything from menstrual cycles and mobility to toothbrushing and time spent in daylight. Is this just narcissism redesigned for the big tech age?I first heard about my friend Adam’s curious new habit in a busy pub. He said he’d been doing it for over a year, but had never spoken to anyone about it before. He had a furtive look around, then took out his phone and showed me the product of his burning obsession: a spreadsheet.This was not a record of his annual tax return or numbers he was crunching for work (Adam is a data scientist). Instead, it was a spreadsheet recording the minutiae of his life, with dozens of columns tracking every element of his daily routine. It all started, he told me, because of a recurring argument with his boyfriend. His partner didn’t think they spent enough time together, but Adam thought that they did. There was only one way to settle this, he decided: co...

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50 h. ago Patsy Kensit, 56, reveals she has been diagnosed with PTSD as she admits 'I feel mislead and hurt' in a candid post about her mental health

Patsy Kensit has revealed she has been diagnosed with PTSD as she got candid about having 'a bad day' and admitted feeling 'mislead and hurt'.

Science

53 h. ago Call the Midwife's Helen George feels 'nothing but love' after debuting new romance

Actress Helen George has revealed she feels 'nothing but love' days after enjoying a romantic Valentine's Day night with her new boyfriend following her split

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3 d. ago ‘I’ve served my country for 20 years’: trans military members fear an assault on their rights – and their honor

As the defense secretary introduces a flurry of anti-trans policies, servicepeople fear the worst – a blanket ban – is yet to comeFor Bree Fram, an active duty lieutenant colonel in the US space force with 22 years of military experience, the last few weeks have been “incredibly challenging”.“Like thousands of other transgender military personnel, I am doing my job every day, while feeling fear and uncertainty of what is coming next,” said Fram. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trans military members on the feared ban: ‘I would meet Trump to show how we’ve served our country’

As the defense secretary introduces a flurry of anti-trans policies, servicepeople fear the worst – a blanket ban – is yet to comeFor Bree Fram, an active-duty colonel in the US space force with 22 years of military experience, the last few weeks have been “incredibly challenging”.“Like thousands of other transgender military personnel, I am doing my job every day, while feeling fear and uncertainty of what is coming next,” said Fram. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago Netflix fans loving Robert De Niro film that 'feels like a warm hug' before Zero Day

Robert De Niro is set to make his TV series regular debut in Netflix's highly-anticipated political thriller Zero Day

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