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A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do?

Before Sebastian Castillo cracks open a book on the bus, he has an intrusive thought: Should he tap the stranger next to him on the shoulder and clarify that yes, he’s starting this book on Page 1, ...

In the textile city of Karur, Naveen Kumar begins his day not by writing code, but by performing hundreds of precise hand movements to fold towels.