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Celeb Plastic Surgeon Dr. John Layke Shares the Sneaky Summer Skincare Mistakes You Might Be Making

Celeb Plastic Surgeon Dr. John Layke Shares the Sneaky Summer Skincare Mistakes You Might Be Making

Published by Daniella Wilson

Summer is officially glow season, but some of your favorite warm-weather habits could actually be sabotaging your skin. To find out what not to do this summer, ET caught up with celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. John Layke, who shared the biggest skincare mistakes he sees during the hottest months of the year and how to avoid them. Dr. John Layke/Instagram First up: Overdoing it with heavy active ingredients. “During the peak summer months, skin is more sensitive to the sun when using retinol, so decrease the frequency of usage to 3 days per week and ensure multiple reapplications of sunscreen,” Layke says. But that doesn’t mean you should break up with retinol altogether just because the sun is out. Layke recommends reaching for the ProRetinol Age Rewind from his Beverly Hills MD line with Dr. Payman Danielpour to help maintain a smooth complexion. Beverly Hills MD “It helps increase cellular turnover, leading to fresher, healthier skin,” the Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery Group doctor explains. And while everyone loves a good serum, sunscreen like his brand’s Sheer Radiance SPF …

10 Sneaky Ways Restaurants Secretly Make People Overeat

10 Sneaky Ways Restaurants Secretly Make People Overeat

Published by Jenni Sidey

Unfortunately, there are many sneaky ways restaurants secretly make people overeat. And though some establishments tout providing high-quality foods, the dietary quality of restaurant meals is much lower compared to food cooked at home, creating potential problems. So, before you eat a meal outside of your home, remember that things aren’t always as they seem. Here are the sneaky ways restaurants often make people overeat: 1. Bottomless drinks and refills antonioodiaz | Shutterstock While it may seem like free refills are a great perk, with the cost of living rising, having anything free nowadays is a rarity in itself. However, while free refills on drinks don’t sound problematic, they can pose an issue when it comes to consumption.  A study published in Psychological Science found that free refills actually increased consumption in customers, particularly when a waiter offered to serve that refill. Of course, this issue can be made better or worse depending on the size of the cup, but free refills are a slippery slope of overconsumption without people even realizing it.  RELATED: 13 …

Sneaky: AI auto-complete may be shaping our views

Sneaky: AI auto-complete may be shaping our views

Published by skeptic

Today, we can barely write an email or text without AI trying to finish our sentences. Even programs like Microsoft Word have auto-complete functions that use AI to predict what you’ll write next. Sometimes, using that prewritten text can save time on typing. But beware: Auto-complete tools may shape what you think — without you even realizing it. Scientists Say: Artificial intelligence Few people recognize that AI shortcuts like this are pushing them to think a certain way, says Mor Naaman. “It’s the subtlest of manipulations.” Naaman is an information scientist at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. This influence may not matter much when AI auto-completes simple emails. But when people use these tools to discuss social issues, it‘s a different story. Let’s learn about bias Some AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT and Claude, are incredibly popular. But imagine if lots of people use one based on an AI model that’s biased about a certain topic. That could widely affect public attitudes on that topic. It might, for example, affect what people think or how …

The Sneaky Way AT&T Is Hiking Rates on Legacy Customers This Month

The Sneaky Way AT&T Is Hiking Rates on Legacy Customers This Month

Published by skeptic

The upcoming billing cycle is about to get more expensive for long-term AT&T wireless phone plan customers. While the carrier is shifting its focus to newer “2.0” service tiers, those holding onto older unlimited contracts are being hit with a mandatory monthly surcharge starting this month. The logic behind the price jump feels inconsistent, as the specific dollar amount varies wildly across different generations of retired plans. On a support page that went live when it announced its revamped “2.0” unlimited phone plans, the carrier revealed that the prices of its “retired” unlimited wireless plans — the ones customers who haven’t upgraded are still using — will go up by as much as $20 starting in April.  AT&T is implementing two price changes. If your account with a “retired” plan has a single line, the price goes up $10. If you have two or more lines on an account, the price increase is capped at $20 for the account. Perhaps to offset the sting, affected plans will get an extra 20GB of high-speed hotspot data each month.  However, not everyone …