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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: In a paper, published last month in the journal The Anatomical Record, researchers offered a novel take on falling felines. Their evidence suggests new insights into the so-called falling cat problem, particularly that cats have a very flexible segment of their spines that allows them to correct their orientation midair. [...] People have been curious about falling cats perhaps as long as the animals have been living with humans, but the method to
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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The AI boom has created a strange divide in corporate America. Big companies are pouring billions into AI projects, hiring armies of engineers, and locking in deals with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Meanwhile, thousands of industrial and mid-market businesses are ... Read more ›
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TCL rolls high brightness and saturated color into its 27R94. It’s a 27-inch gaming monitor with 4K resolution, a Mini LED backlight with 2,304 dimming zones, HDR1400, Adaptive-Sync and 165 Hz. Read more ›
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Nexxen, the advertising technology platform powered by unique data and media, has launched a new predictions report on Singaporean viewership of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, using Nexxen’s proprietary data and resources to track past, present, and future audience behaviour. Through data-driven forecasts based on historical trends as well as current analysis, the report offers ... Read more ›
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Brembo recently announced its new Sensify braking system, and it's about to change the rules of the game. How does the system actually work? Read more ›
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Привет, Хабр. Меня зовут Антон, я технический директор ERA2.AI. Несколько лет назад мы плотно занимались YouTube, контентом и продакшеном: снимали обзоры, стримили процессы, монтировали ролики, делали обложки, озвучку, тексты, аудиодорожки, рендеры и всё то, из чего обычно состоит бодрая контентная мясорубка.Расскажу, как мы упёрлись в потолок по штату сотрудников, почему новые руки не ускорили процесс, как Telegram-боты заморозили готовые наработки и чуть не отправили проект в кому, зачем мы вернули... Read more ›
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The American Bankers Association amplified warnings the Senate’s Clarity Act could push deposit flight into stablecoins unless lawmakers tighten yield limits. Read more ›
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Smart energy management just took a step closer to becoming simpler. This week, the organizations behind Matter, the smart-home interoperability standard, and the OpenADR protocol, which sends signals between the grid and the home, announced an agreement to work together. This should make it easier for connected appliances to participate in demand response programs (DR) […] Read more ›
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Microsoft expanded passkey support across Entra ID, Microsoft account recovery, and consumer services anchored by smartphone-based credentials and biometrics. Read more ›
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Using robots to approach Russian soldiers in surrender situations keeps Ukrainian soldiers safe from attacks, manufacturer DevDroid said. Read more ›
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OpenAI launched Advanced Account Security for ChatGPT, letting users protect accounts with smartphone passkeys and custom Yubico hardware security keys. Read more ›
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ДМС становится все более привлекательной частью оффера при трудоустройстве в компанию. С точки зрения невозможности бесконечного роста оплаты труда, компании всё чаще предлагают дополнительные бонусы, такие как ДМС.В этой статье я попробую разобрать ДМС через призму рынка труда и старения населения. Читать далее Read more ›
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Corpay will use stablecoin rails in its treasury operations to improve capital efficiency, reduce reliance on pre-funded accounts, and move funds across its global footprint. Read more ›
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In 2026, agentic AI is transforming industries by taking initiative, requiring robust ethical governance and transparency Read more ›
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“When you’re 16, 30 seems ancient. When you’re 30, 45 seems ancient. When you’re 45, 60 seems ancient. When you’re 60, nothing seems ancient.” — Helen Mirren Read it back slowly. The first three lines feel like things you’ve actually thought. The fourth one feels like a trick. What Mirren is doing in one sentence ... Read more Read more ›
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Apple's first foldable iPhone, expected to be called the "iPhone Ultra," is shaping up to launch with a noticeably restrained selection of colors, according to multiple leakers, with sources pointing to as few as two options and a deliberate avoidance of bold or vibrant finishes for the device. In February, the Weibo leaker known as "Instant Digital" shared a broader account of the foldable iPhone's design, describing it with just... Read more ›
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London-based Ever Wondered, a journalist-led strategic communications advisory firm, has launched today to help startups, scale-ups, VC funds and corporates cut through across traditional media, owned channels, LinkedIn, and AI search. Founded in 2026 by Sam Shead, formerly Tech & Innovation Editor at LinkedIn News and a tech journalist at the BBC, CNBC and Business ... Read more ›
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The e-ink device market has exploded. From bare-bones readers to color note-takers, there's never been a better time to ditch your phone screen and pick up a dedicated reading device. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In a makeshift demonstration kitchen in Concord, California, cooking oil splatters in and around a frying pan, which catches fire on an unattended gas stove. Within moments, a smoke detector wails. But in this demonstration, something less common happens: An AI-driven sensor activates and wall emitters blast infrasound waves toward the source of the fire in an attempt to put it... Read more ›
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Astronomers have identified 27 potential new circumbinary planets -- worlds that orbit two stars, like Star Wars' Tatooine. "To date, only about 18 circumbinary planets ... had been identified in the universe," reports the Guardian. "More than 6,000 planets have been discovered that orbit single stars, like Earth does around the sun." The Guardian reports: In a timely publication for May 4, also known as Star Wars Day, scientists have... Read more ›
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GameStop has made an unsolicited $56 billion cash-and-stock offer to buy eBay (paywalled; alternative source), with CEO Ryan Cohen arguing he can turn the marketplace into a far larger Amazon competitor. "EBay should be worth -- and will be worth -- a lot more money," Cohen said in an interview. "I'm thinking about turning eBay into something worth hundreds of billions of dollars." The Wall Street Journal reports: Cohen said... Read more ›
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Anthropic is reportedly nearing a roughly $1.5 billion joint venture with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, Hellman & Friedman, and other Wall Street firms to sell AI tools to private-equity-backed companies. "The investors aim to create a company that acts as a consulting arm for Anthropic and helps teach businesses -- including the private-equity firms' portfolio companies -- how to incorporate AI across their operations," reports the Wall Street Journal. Anthropic, Blackstone,... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg's Ashley Carman: Welcome to the modern era of podcasting in which thousands of new shows are released into the world every day with a sizable portion likely being AI-generated. Figuring out exactly which ones fall into that growing category is becoming more difficult just as the industry is starting to take this issue seriously. In only the past month or so, Amazon... Read more ›
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AMD is preparing expanded HDMI 2.1 support for Linux, following earlier delays after the HDMI Forum rejected an open source implementation of HDMI 2.1 as proprietary technology. As GamingOnLinux reports, AMD developer Harry Wentland submitted a patch series to the Linux kernel mailing list, noting that it brings "HDMI FRL support to the amdgpu display driver" and that "DSC is still being tested and will be sent out later." A... Read more ›
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Google's Pixel 11 lineup could see RAM cuts or lower starting configurations because of the global memory shortage, with leaks suggesting the base model may drop from 12GB to 8GB while Pro models could add 12GB versions below the current 16GB tier. The Verge reports: There will be 16GB configurations available for each, but adding a lower-spec model could mean the 16GB version is getting a price hike. However, the... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: A new, bipartisan bill introduced (PDF) by Democratic Senator of California Adam Schiff and endorsed by the biggest AI developers in the world -- including OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft -- would change the K-12 curriculum to shoehorn in "AI literacy," something that young people and teachers alike already hate in schools. The Literacy in Future Technologies Artificial Intelligence, or LIFT AI... Read more ›
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The Trump administration is reportedly considering an executive order to create a working group that could review advanced AI models before public release. The shift follows concerns over Anthropic's powerful Mythos model and its cyber capabilities, with officials weighing whether the government should get early access to frontier models without necessarily blocking their release. The New York Times reports: In meetings last week, White House officials told executives from Anthropic,... Read more ›
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OpenAI president Greg Brockman's testimony dominated the fifth day of the trial for Elon Musk's lawsuit against the AI company. Brockman took the witness stand on Monday, disclosing that his stake in OpenAI is worth nearly $30 billion, despite not personally investing money in OpenAI. The judge also declined to admit a pretrial text in which Musk allegedly warned Brockman that he and Altman would become "the most hated men... Read more ›
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