Bose’s cure for insomnia

Tech gadgets have made falling asleep ever harder, said Brian Chen in The New York Times. And until recently there’s been a dearth of gadgets to remedy our insomnia. Now Bose, the high-end audio equipment maker, has introduced a set of $250 ear buds that “mask noise and help people doze off.” Called Sleepbuds, they “fit snugly inside your ears and play soothing sounds, like the rustle of leaves or a crackling campfire, on a loop all night.” After five nights of using Sleepbuds, “my verdict was mixed.” The design is impressive enough— they are comfortable to wear lying down—and they mask the annoying noises I usually hear at night. But I didn’t get any more sleep than normal. Mostly what I found was that “noise was not the root of my sleep problems.” results to its outside army of fact-checkers. Facebook aims to stamp out doctored content such as the photo of a Mexican politician that was recently “photoshopped onto a U.S. green card,” wrongly suggesting he is a U.S. resident. Lawmakers and security experts are especially concerned about the prospect of “deepfake” audio and video hoaxes, widely seen as the next propaganda battleground.