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Coachella and Google DeepMind are teaming up to reimagine what a music festival can be. The partnership is testing AI-built artist tools, immersive digital environments, and three-dimensional performance archives — raising a genuine question about whether the future of live music is actually live at all.
Shifting gears, a new report from Action on Smoking and Health puts the cost of smoking in England at at least twenty-one point eight billion pounds in twenty twenty-four — a twenty-five percent jump. That figure captures healthcare strain, lost productivity, and social care costs, and it lands as policymakers weigh tougher tobacco regulations.
And on the lighter end, a quirky piece making the rounds asks what happens when a human tries eating like a monkey — whole unprocessed foods, nothing refined. It sounds absurd, but the underlying question about how far modern diets have drifted from anything evolutionary is one nutritional researchers take seriously.
Three very different stories, one common thread: the choices we make about how we live, and what they actually cost us. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
