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Some female meerkats have a brutal, bloodthirsty streak, and now we may know why
Live Science - 12 Dec 2023 15:20
Dominant female meerkats' quest for dominance may be down to genes that give them the upper hand.
Google's Super-Fast Fiber Internet With WiFi 7 Is Also Super Expensive
Gizmodo - 12 Dec 2023 16:40
Just how fast do you need your home internet to be? More importantly, how much are you willing to fork over to Google each month to turn your home into a miniature data center? According to Google, the answer is an eye-g...
Netflix's Blue Eye Samurai is coming back for a second season
The Verge - 12 Dec 2023 01:46
Netflix Netflix's Blue Eye Samurai animated series from co-creators Amber Noizumi and Michael Green has turned out to be one of this year's surprise hits, and the streamer already has plans to keep the momentum going wit...
IBM debuts next-gen quantum processor and IBM quantum system two, extends roadmap to advance quantum utility
Phys.org - 12 Dec 2023 17:06
At the annual IBM Quantum Summit in New York, IBM debuted IBM Quantum Heron, the first in a new series of utility-scale quantum processors with an architecture engineered over the past four years to deliver IBM's highest...
A scheme for realizing nonreciprocal interlayer coupling in bilayer topological systems
Phys.org - 12 Dec 2023 16:21
The exchange of energy and environment is inevitable in any physical system, so non-Hermitian systems that can be described by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians are ubiquitous. There are two kinds of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians,...
Toddlers Who Eat Fish Have Lower Developmental Delay Risks
Neuroscience News - 12 Dec 2023 02:04
Introducing fish to toddlers' diets could reduce their risk of neurodevelopmental delays. The study, involving 142 children, found that eating fish at least once a week was associated with decreased neurodevelopmental de...
A New Essential Guide to Electronics by Naomi Wu details a different Shenzen
Ars Technica - 12 Dec 2023 22:41
Eating, tipping, LGBTQ+ advice, and Mandarin for "Self-Flashing" and "RGB."
Canadian Space Telescope CASTOR Aims to Take the Reins from Hubble
PetaPixel - 12 Dec 2023 23:39Artificial intelligence systems found to excel at imitation, but not innovation
Phys.org - 12 Dec 2023 20:36
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are often depicted as sentient agents poised to overshadow the human mind. But AI lacks the crucial human ability of innovation, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley ...
24 Million Ukrainians Knocked Offline In War's Biggest Cyberattack Yet
Motherboard - 12 Dec 2023 17:34
The telecom Kyivstar reported a major cyberattack that took out mobile service and internet connectivity in Ukraine on Tuesday.
This must be the best holiday deal on the Razr Plus 2023
Android Authority - 12 Dec 2023 19:06
You can now save $300 on the impressive clamshell phone and get a free $50 gift card thrown in.
Novel Nanoparticle Delivery System Targets Alzheimer's Inflammation
Neuroscience News - 12 Dec 2023 17:35
A new study demonstrates a breakthrough in Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatment using lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to deliver small interfering RNA (siRNA) to the brain's microglia. This approach effectively suppresses a pro...
Microsoft Office and Windows 11 Are Just $50 Through 12/25
TechRepublic - 12 Dec 2023 12:15
Get Microsoft products for a huge discount this holiday season. They will make a perfect last-minute gift for anyone on your list.
Apple iPad 10.9" 256GB Bundle - CNET
CNET - 12 Dec 2023 03:41
Bluetooth keyboard, trackpad & other accessories.
Google Loses Antitrust Case Brought by Epic Games
Wall Street Journal - 12 Dec 2023 03:10
San Francisco jury said Google created antitrust market with its app store
Astronaut shows off vintage Nobel Prize in space -- and talks 'quantum dots' ISS experiment (video)
SPACE.com - 12 Dec 2023 03:00
A quantum experiment, based on a Nobel Prize work, is mounted outside the International Space Station. The new Nobel laureate called the ISS to talk about it all.
Google's App Store Ruled an Illegal Monopoly, as a Jury Sides With Epic Games
Wired - 12 Dec 2023 02:41
A jury in San Francisco unanimously found that Google stifled competition for its app store. A judge will now decide on what fixes to require at the company, but appeals could delay the impact of the case for years.
Boffins fool AI chatbot into revealing harmful content - with 98 percent success rate
The Register - 12 Dec 2023 01:47
This one weird trick works every time, most of the time Investigators at Indiana's Purdue University have devised a way to interrogate large language models (LLMs) in a way that that breaks their etiquette training - alm...
Game studio shuts down just days after launching anticipated MMO
The Verge - 12 Dec 2023 22:57
Image: Fntastic The Day Before, an open-world zombie survival MMO, experienced a dramatic series of events resulting in its developer closing down four days after the game's launch. After a much-hyped trailer launch back...
iOS 17.3 Beta Adds Collaborative Apple Music Playlists Again
Mac Rumors - 12 Dec 2023 21:08
The iOS 17.3 beta that Apple released today once again includes support for collaborative Apple Music playlists, allowing Apple Music subscribers to build playlists with friends, family members, and others who shar...
Google's Gemini AI hints at the next great leap for the technology: Analyzing real-time information
Phys.org - 12 Dec 2023 18:37
Google has launched Gemini, a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that can seemingly understand and talk intelligently about almost any kind of prompt--pictures, text, speech, music, computer code and much more.
China's SpaceX wannabe recycles a rocket after just 38 days
ReadWrite - 12 Dec 2023 17:27
The private Chinese launch enterprise i-Space has successfully recycled a rocket just 38 days after its previous take-off. i-Space, also […] The post China’s SpaceX wannabe recycles a rocket after just 38 days appear...