All posts tagged: Distracted

After using these JBL headphones, I’m wondering if we’re all too distracted by Sony and Bose

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pros and cons Pros Feature-rich Comfortable to wear Auracast and LC3 availability on iOS Cons ANC performance can be better Shallow earcups Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Flagship offerings from Apple, Sony, Bose, and other premium consumer audio giants often dominate the conversation about headphones. JBL tries its hand at winning some of this market share with its premium Tour One M-series headphones, but simply can’t compete with the prowess of its competitors’ use of higher-quality build materials, more advanced noise cancellation technology, and smoother app user interfaces. Also: I listened to Sony, Bose, and Apple’s flagship headphones – and this pair’s ahead of the pack However, JBL’s strength is where its competitors aren’t as successful: midrange headphones. JBL has refreshed its Live-series headphones, with the Live 780NC, delivering its conventional suite of “I can’t believe these are in a pair of midrange headphones” features in a redesigned frame with slimmer yokes, more minimal branding, and an overall look that most users can get behind. If premium headphones aren’t in your budget …

Feeling distracted? How hobbies can help you find ‘flow state’ and save your brain

Published by Sam Flores

We live in what has been called the “distraction economy”: an environment full of triggers that are engineered to demand our attention at every turn. The result is often fragmented attention, loss of focus and sometimes even increased rumination and anxiety. Becoming fully absorbed in an activity is rare. Think of a time a film was so engrossing that you didn’t reach for your phone – the film-watching experience was no doubt the better for it. You can actively seek out this experience, which is known as “flow”. Hobbies are a great way to find a flow state and make outside distractions – work emails, unread messages, breaking news and chores – disappear. The concept of flow was developed by Hungarian-American psychologist Mihaly Csíkszentmihályi. In his seminal 1990 book on the topic, he describes flow as: “A state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience is so enjoyable that people will continue to do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing …

Meta Adding Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses That Identifies People in Real Time, Hoping the Public Is Too Distracted by Political Turmoil to Care

Published by José Betancourt

Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images When Meta announced it would strip its failed VR goggles division for parts, the bet was simple: funnel that money into sleek, AI-powered smart glasses instead. Emboldened by the product’s early success, the company is now working on rolling out a massive facial recognition feature across its entire smart glasses platform — a launch which involves timing the announcement with political drama to minimize scrutiny. According to new reporting by the New York Times, Meta could make the facial recognition features available to smart glasses owners as early as this year. Internally, the software goes by the designation “Name Tag.” Per the NYT‘s sources, it would let anyone who owns Meta’s smart glasses to identify people in the real world, instantly pulling up their information through Meta’s AI assistant. Since early 2025, NYT notes, Meta insiders have been hemming and hawing over how to roll out the feature, acknowledging significant “safety and privacy risks” associated with the feature. Disturbingly, documents viewed by the paper reportedly show the …

Do you like cat photos? Are you constantly distracted? You’re probably actually quite good at focusing: 10 myths about attention | Life and style

Published by Sam Flores

It’s believed that we have about 50,000 thoughts a day: big, small, urgent, banal – “Did I leave the oven on?”. And those are just the ones that register. Subconsciously, we’re constantly sifting through a barrage of stimuli: background noise, clutter on our desks, the mere presence of our phones. Every second, 11m bits of information enter our brains. Just 0.0004% is perceived by our conscious minds, showing just how hard our brains are working to parse what’s sufficiently relevant to bring to our attention. It’s no wonder you feel distracted. Formidable though they may be, our brains’ processing powers are a poor match for the fast-paced modern world, the constant pings of our devices and sources of distraction. Many of us routinely feel overwhelmed, and struggle to focus on what we need to get done. But a new book suggests doing so may be easier than we think. In Focus On-Off, Dutch experts Mark Tigchelaar and Oscar de Bos argue that we can better harness our attention by better understanding our brains, and learning …

Matt Damon Says Netflix Wants Plots Reiterated for Distracted Viewers

Published by Daniella Wilson

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are opening up about the changes Netflix has made to its filmmaking approach. During a Friday appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience to promote their new Netflix film The Rip, which they star in and produce, the duo discussed the differences between watching a movie in theaters versus at home and how phone-distracted viewers are influencing how films are made. “I went to see One Battle After Another on IMAX — there’s nothing like that feeling,” Damon said, recalling a trip he took with his family. “You’re in with you know a bunch of strangers, but people in your community and you’re having this experience together. I always say it’s more like going to church — you show up at an appointed time. It doesn’t wait for you.” Watching at home is a very different experience, Damon said. “You’re watching in a room, the lights are on, other shit’s going on, the kids are running around, the dogs are running around, whatever it is. It’s just a very different level …

Ferry Crashed From Distracted Operator Looking At Phone, Officials Say

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new video loaded: Ferry Crashed From Distracted Operator Looking At Phone, Officials Say The ferry was carrying 267 passengers and crew members on board when it struck a rocky islet in South Korea on Wednesday. About 27 passengers suffered minor injuries or dizziness. The ferry’s captain and two officers were charged with injury by gross negligence. By Jake Lucas and Jorge Mitssunaga November 20, 2025 Source link

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