The Daily Populous

Saturday April 15th, 2017 night edition

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“You’ve got Spotify looking at your choices of song and providing suggestions on things you selected before now,” says musician Eduardo Miranda.

“If you have something that is more connected to your own biology, it’s another way of providing services that may be more personalized.”.

For his next act, he is using brainwave-imaging software to change how he creates his music.

Each track is timed to the millisecond to the rhythms required to stimulate and coerce brainwaves into the desired state.

Recently, producers have reached out to Brain.fm to learn how to create music more biologically in key with their target audience.

“When a musician makes music, they say the whole ‘self expression’ bit and that it’s about me, me, me,” he says.

By synchronizing our biological rhythm to environmental cues like music, consumers will soon be able to optimize and choose when they relax, focus, and fight anxiety. »

Print Book Sales Saw a 3% Gain in 2016 Over the Previous Year, Marking the Third Straight Year of Increasing Physical Book Sales

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For 2016, the publishing industry overall was up about 3% in units sold over 2015, which is the third straight year of rising sales.

Part of this may be due to the fact that there are a growing number of popular adult non-fiction books hitting the market.

The fact that e-book sales are only about 17% lower than physical book sales makes it imperative to look into both formats when discussing authors and their works. »

Smoking to kill 200 million in China this century: WHO

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Smoking-related diseases will claim 200 million lives in China this century and plunge tens of millions into poverty, a report said on April 14.

Smoking-related diseases will claim 200 million lives in China this century and plunge tens of millions into poverty, a report said Friday.

China is the world's largest consumer and producer of tobacco, and the industry provides the government with colossal sums. »

'They will kill me': Saudi woman fleeing to Australia forced back to kingdom

Authored by au.news.yahoo.com

Dina Ali Lasloom, 24, intended to flee to Australia to escape a forced marriage, Human Rights Watch cited a Canadian witness as saying.

Arranged marriages are the norm in Saudi Arabia, where a "guardianship" system requires a male family member, usually the father, husband or brother, to grant permission for a woman's study, travel and other activities.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was on a state visit to Saudi Arabia on Monday and Tuesday when the incident occurred. »