One detail is missing in the article - The period length over which the tests were taken. From my experience, it takes some days getting used to Dark mode.

Anyway, I love my dark UI and I've no intention of switching back even if it'll make me 5% more efficient.

That's what happens when the selling point for the last 2 years is zero-width bevels... Does anyone, other than product designers and gadget reviewers, really care about the width of the bezel? I'll only see that elegant beauty for a minute - once; before I shove the phone in a protective case for the rest of its working life - thus adding the missing bezel myself.

For the same reasons the keep building houses made of plywood in tornado alley ... short-term thinking & self denial

Young humans, in their first 18 years of training, consume fuel and void waste in similar quantities to a working productive adult... This process is highly inefficient. Students should eat less.

Highly talented artists were and are rare.

There was plenty of trash music in the 40-50-60s too. You just filter and forget it and the good stuff is remembered.

Now everyone and their neighbor can record video/audio and upload it to Youtube in a minute... So long I'm not forced to listen it, they're welcome to enjoy themselves.

If you change the communication system at the office ... the way your employees communicate will change!!

There problem isn't finding a replacement for WhatsApp, convincing your contacts to migrate with you is the difficulty.

So you participated in a conference publicly criticizing the justice system... It's a safe bet the AI just flagged you as a potential law breaker.

You might also say: "I don't care about income tax - I'm unemployed!" or "I don't care about free speech - I've nothing to say!" or "I don't care about affordable health care - I'm healthy!"
When the situation changes for you and you suddenly start caring - it'l be too late.

People like the associations the smell invokes - an exciting new addition/change in your life that you're going to enjoy - not the odor itself. Same as enjoying the mixture of paint thinner + cleaning detergents + plaster + wood shavings + wet cardboard ... it all combines into "new house smell".

The difference, perhaps, is no one believed Facebook's statement for a second.

The Russians have no need for farther intrusions. They successfully installed their trojan horse in 2016 and it's been working brilliantly obstructing, jamming, overturning and breaking administration systems ever since.

Well, that plan is canceled.

Unless I'm the passenger.

That's evolution, right there, in front of your eyes! Those critters are getting smarter!