Amazon Launches 1-Hour Delivery But the Fees Are Outrageous

The world’s largest online retailer will deliver to your door within one hour, but it will cost you a bundle. Prime members pay an additional $9.99 fee per order for 1-hour delivery, while those without a Prime membership will have to fork over $19.99 per order. Amazon has also launched a 3-hour delivery, which is $4.99 per order for Prime members and $14.99 for those without Prime. More than 90,000 products are available for 1-hour delivery, including household essentials (cleaning supplies, paper towels), health and beauty items, over-the-counter medications, electronics, toys, and pantry staples. The company says reorganizing its U.S. delivery network and integrating AI technology has helped to reduce delivery times. You can check if your area is eligible by visiting Amazon's Get It Fast page or using the dedicated search filters on the Amazon app. 

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The Race to Establish an AI-free Logo

Organizations worldwide are racing to develop a universally recognized label for "human-made" products and services as part of the growing backlash against AI use. Declarations like "Proudly Human", "Human-made", '"No A.I" and "AI-free" are appearing across films, marketing, books and websites. These efforts are in response to fears that jobs or entire professions are being swept away in a wave of AI-powered automation. With so many competing labels — as well as confusion over the definition of "AI-free" — experts say consumers are in danger of being left confused unless a single standard can be agreed upon. A universal definition is essential to build trust, clarification and confidence. Organizations trying to come up with the labels are located in the U.K., Australia and the U.S. The arts industry is particularly rife with AI-made products and seems to be the current focus for the push back against AI use. Entire books and films are being made with AI far faster and more cheaply than using traditional methods. Some companies have already started labeling their products. For example, British publishing giant Faber and Faber has begun putting a “Human Written” stamp onto its books. Of course, an agreed upon logo is only part of the issue. The good news will be when the verification process is robust enough that people are able to rely on it.

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Study Shows Couples Who Share a Bed Wake Each Other Up 6 Times a Night

A recent study has revealed that couples who sleep in the same bed wake each other up an average of 6 times a night. When someone tugs at the covers, rolls over, or kicks their legs during the night, it can have a profound effect on their spouse. While these disturbances are often brief and forgotten by morning, they could be impacting your sleep more than you realize. The findings come amid a growing trend that’s been dubbed “sleep divorce.” As the name suggests, couples are choosing to sleep in separate beds — sometimes even separate rooms — to maximize their shut-eye. While this might sound like a slippery slope that could lead to full-blown divorce, it’s actually beneficial and could even save some marriages. According to sleep experts, separate sleeping arrangements allow each person to optimize their own sleep environment. That might include choosing a different mattress or bedding, adjusting light levels, controlling room temperature, or even changing the air quality in the bedroom. The sleep lab study revealed that the average couple experiences 51 leg movements per night, which joins snoring and insomnia as the top reasons for sleep disturbance in couples. Although sleeping in separate beds or rooms might be seen as a sign of relationship trouble, experts say that’s not the case. If a spouse’s sleep behavior is constantly disrupting sleep, the health benefits of sleeping separately outweigh the drawbacks.

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Why Memories Aren’t Always Reliable

Your computer can hold only so much data in its memory before there’s no room left. When that happens, not only can you no longer download or update new files, programs, or apps, the ones you already have often run less efficiently. So, does the same thing happen with our brains? Can they run out of memory storage? The answer is no — the human brain has virtually unlimited storage capacity. Brains and computers are somewhat alike in one way, however. Whenever you open a file on your computer and then close it, it re-saves the document. If you make any changes to that document, those changes become a part of the document, unless, of course, you tell the computer not to save the changes. Memories work in a similar fashion. Whenever you retrieve a memory, you open them up so they can incorporate new information. That could explain why you and your siblings have somewhat different memories of childhood. You have different memories of the same event because those memories have naturally migrated in different directions, and it’s not clear who’s right. What’s happening in these situations is that you’ve opened up a network of neurons and your memory makes small changes each time you do that. Over several years, that memory can morph into a slightly different memory. After a while, you’re no longer remembering an event — you’re remembering a memory. So, although you don’t have to worry about running out of room to store your memories, it may become harder to trust them.

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