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Gen Z flocks to Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets: ‘It’s so personalized to being human’ | Health & wellbeing

Gen Z flocks to Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets: ‘It’s so personalized to being human’ | Health & wellbeing

Published by Sam Flores

Did you drink ice water today? If you did, that was “not very Chinese of you”, according to Sherry Zhu, a 23-year-old Chinese American creator based in New Jersey. If you were really serious about “becoming Chinese”, you would be sipping hot water every day, she warned in a TikTok video with millions of views. “I really do feel like, digestion-wise, a lot better when I’m drinking hot water,” she later explained to GQ. Zhu’s guidance is taken from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), a health system that dates back 5,000 years and offers a holistic approach to treating symptoms – physically, emotionally and spiritually. Other creators of Chinese descent have their own TCM hacks: keep your feet warm and your periods will be more bearable. Drink tea made with goji berries, jujubes and ginger as a cure-all. Move your body every day to promote the flow of qi, or internal energy. “Do my Chinese baddie routine with me,” they caption their videos in half-authoritative, half-joking tones. “Advice from your Chinese big sister.” Creators of non-Asian …

Can Google save Apple AI? Gemini to power a new, personalized Siri

Can Google save Apple AI? Gemini to power a new, personalized Siri

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Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Google’s Gemini will power Apple’s Siri on the backend. The goal is to drive a more advanced and personalized Siri. However, Siri still needs to be more reliable and less prone to errors. With pressure on Apple to finally get Siri right, the company is turning to its arch-rival in business for help.  In a joint statement released Monday, Apple and Google announced a multi-year partnership in which Google’s Gemini and cloud technology will power Apple Intelligence features, most notably a more advanced (and more personalized) Siri, which is expected to launch this spring. In the statement, Apple referred to Google’s AI as the most capable platform for Apple Foundation Models, which lets you access and run large language models (LLMs) directly from your device.  Also: How to remove Copilot AI from Windows 11 today “The next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google’s Gemini models and cloud technology,” the companies said. The idea is to utilize …