Category: Sleep

Nanit and Other Baby-Tracking Start-Ups Eye Collecting Even More Data

The New York Times – Business:
Nanit and other start-ups want to track your children through the night — and soon, for much longer than that.
Where to Enjoy an Airport Shower After a Long Flight

The New York Times – Business:
Affordable arrivals lounges offer amenities like nap pods and showers where weary passengers can freshen up. You may never start a vacation the same way again.
Eli Lilly Will Buy a Narcolepsy Drug Developer for $6.3 Billion

The New York Times – Business:
Eli Lilly plans to acquire Centessa Pharmaceuticals, which has been conducting a midstage clinical trial of its lead drug.
AWS Cloud-Computing Outage Left Smart Bed Customers Without Sleep

The widespread outage involving the cloud-computing provider Amazon Web Services was particularly disruptive ensnared unexpected consumers earlier this week: People who just wanted to sleep well.
Oura Heath’s C.E.O. Knows the Secret to Better Sleep

Oura Health makes a pricey smart ring that busy executives, celebrities and others use to track health measures like their sleep patterns. It expects $1 billion in sales this year.
Is Bed and Mattress Shopping Turning into a Consumer’s Nightmare?

Even sleep experts are exhausted by the hype.
Can An App Help You Tackle Jetlag? We Put Two to the Test.

Apps promising to swiftly ease jet lag have proliferated. We traveled to the other side of the globe and back to see if they made a difference for a long-haul journey.
How to Plan a Vacation With a Group (and Stay Friends)

An etiquette guide, with tips from seasoned trip organizers.
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Good Night: TikTok Invites Users to Meditate

Facing allegations that it knowingly lures young users into late-night scroll sessions, the company unveiled a new guided-meditation feature in the app.
Benzo Withdrawal Symptoms Can Be Life-Threatening

The drugs treat disorders such as anxiety, panic attacks and insomnia, but stopping them abruptly can compound users’ symptoms and even endanger their lives.
How to Prevent Jet Lag, According to Very Frequent Travelers

A long flight can be exhausting, but recovering from it needn’t take up half your trip.
Hotels Take Sleep Tourism to the Next Level

A.I.-assisted beds, on-call hypnotherapists and sequestered guest rooms, including one inside a stainless steel sculpture, are taking sleep tourism to the next level.