A buyout offer by billionaire Elon Musk has now turned into a big legal battle between him, Twitter, and a former employer who served as the security chief. Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko already said that the company has lied about its security measures, and a judge allowed Musk’s lawyers to use these claims as a part of their complaint. Later, Musk’s lawyers intended to use Twitter’s severance payment to Zatko as a way to pull out of the deal....

Meditative visualisation is a helpful exercise that may give you an insight into what your true and deep intentions in practising mindfulness are. When I first used this meditation, I was surprised and fascinated by the insights into my own deep motives. You can read through these instructions and practise on your own or record them as an audio and listen to it as you practise. Alternatively, ask a friend to read out the meditation to you slowly....

1) THE SILENT SIGH A sigh can mean many things—relief, exasperation, pleasure, exhaustion, even sadness. Physiologically, sighing regulates and resets our breathing rate. Kids and adults sigh unconsciously, and we can unintentionally offend others when we do so. The Silent Sigh is a deliberate and respectful way of sighing. I learned it from Irene McHenry, an educator and fellow board member at the Mindfulness in Education Network. This practice allows us to let out excess emotion and reset our body and breath....

The Xiaomi 12 Ultra may be the first phone from the company with an in-display ultrasonic fingerprint scanner The Xiaomi 12 Ultra may be the first phone from the company with an in-display ultrasonic fingerprint scanner The company has been using in-display fingerprint scanners for quite some time now, though those were optical ones. Optical fingerprint scanners are known to be less safe than ultrasonic ones, even though they tend to be faster to unlock, at least those good ones....

It can be tempting to come to mindfulness training and hope for lots of techniques to help us handle specific situations. What’s the right method for dealing with a parent or child, or for making the right career move, or for managing depression? Of course, there are ways to approach these situations artfully, but in mindfulness training, we focus first on becoming familiar with the workings of our internal processes, seeing parts and patterns with a precise, open eye....