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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Bumblebees can use tools to solve a problem, according to experiments that demonstrate their remarkably advanced cognitive abilities. The bees were given an adapted version of an experiment that, 100 years ago, first demonstrated chimpanzees could work out how to retrieve an out-of-reach banana by stacking boxes. Since then, various other primates, elephants and crows have joined an elite cohort of species known to be capable of this level of insight an
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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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Madden NFL 27 Arcade Edition arrives on Apple Arcade on August 6 with full seasons, franchise management, 11-on-11 matches, and no in-app purchases. Read more ›
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Monumental, an Amsterdam-based company automating construction with robotics and software, today announced a €27 million ($32 million) Series B to grow their engineering team, scale the number of robots deployed, expand the range of construction tasks the robots can handle, and fund its expansion into the US. The round was led by Khosla Ventures, with ... Read more ›
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Samsung will preload the Amazon Music app on upcoming Galaxy smartphones and tablets, adding to the long list of bloatware. Read more ›
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Netflix and YouTube are converging as the two companies chase creators, short-form video, and TV ad budgets. Read more ›
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What do Jet Set Radio, the PS1-era Tony Hawk's games, Hi-Fi Rush, and OlliOlli all have in common? Well, aside from being clear influences on Denshattack!, they are all cult classics: games that remain relevant, popular, and influential way beyond their respective eras. And it looks like they've got another stablemate in Undercoders' unlikely arcade grind-'em-up. Because this game is incredible. Read more Read more ›
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It's been a while since a platformer has left me amazed, and Denshattack! easily provides one of the best experiences in the genre. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Krebs on Security: Microsoft today released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, almost triple the number of vulnerabilities the software giant fixed in its record-smashing Patch Tuesday release last month. Microsoft attributed the burgeoning patch counts to vulnerability discoveries aided by artificial intelligence. Nearly 60 of the bugs quashed in July's Patch... Read more ›
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Birmingham-based Saible, a UK construction fintech building software to stop project money from being delayed, withheld or trapped before it reaches suppliers, has raised £2.9m from angel investors. Saible says it tackles one of construction’s most persistent problems – systemic cash extraction by late and non-payments. On a large project, up to five tiers can ... Read more ›
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Both 8BitDo and GameSir announced tiny gamepads designed to turn smartphones into Game Boy-inspired handhelds at CES 2026. GameSir released its Pocket Taco months ago, but the longer wait for 8BitDo's FlipPad has been well worth it. While the Pocket Taco may be a better fit for some players and devices, the FlipPad is a […] Read more ›
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While you may very well have been underwhelmed by Apple Intelligence, at least you had access to it. That hasn't been the case for those in China so far, even as we are now 21 months after the initial launch. However, that is finally about to change. Apple Intelligence has now received the green light from the Chinese government. The service has been registered with the Chinese cyberspace regulator for... Read more ›
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Stripe is making its biggest move yet to reshape the payments industry. The fintech giant, together with private equity firm Advent International, has submitted an offer to acquire PayPal for more than $53 billion, according to Reuters. If completed, the transaction ... Read more ›
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In this week's, Morgan Stanley’s Denny Galindo writes that as the crypto market expands, solana has historically been a better portfolio diversifier than ether, despite being more volatile. Read more ›
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This is possibly the most idiot-proof camera ever made, with instructions literally printed on the body. Read more ›
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We don’t need to imagine the privacy pitfalls of age verification. They’ve been happening for years, argues Cardano Foundation CEO Frederik Gregaard. Read more ›
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Промышленные производства во всём мире активно внедряют роботов, и Россия старается не отставать от этого тренда. В 2025 году плотность роботизации в стране достигла 29 роботов на 10 тысяч занятых. Это на 36% больше, чем было годом ранее, но даже с таким показателем мы только на 43-м месте в мире. Государство ставит цель: к 2030 году 145 роботов на 10 тысяч человек и 25-е место в мире. Многие предприятия в... Read more ›
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I invited cleaners and a chef from the startup Shift into my New York apartment. They worked for free — but recorded the process to train AI robots. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: An Australian beach community was confused -- and later delighted -- by the discovery of six metallic-looking spheres that washed ashore last week. The mystery, and the ensuing attention, prompted a bunch of alien jokes from local residents and businesses. But Australia's space agency put the speculation to rest on Monday, saying that the spheres appeared to be rocket... Read more ›
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BrianFagioli writes: Valve has released Proton 11.0-1, a major update to its Windows compatibility layer for Linux that makes more games playable while fixing a long list of bugs affecting existing titles. The release restores compatibility for many EA games after a recent EA App update, moves classics like Resident Evil (1996), Resident Evil 2 (1998), Dino Crisis, and SHOGUN: Total War from Proton Experimental into the stable release, and... Read more ›
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Europe's General Court dismissed Apple's challenge to the EU's designation of its App Stores and iOS as "gatekeepers" under the Digital Markets Act. The ruling means Apple remains subject to DMA obligations requiring it to allow alternative app stores, support interoperability with rival services, and avoid favoring its own services over competitors. MacRumors reports: Apple took its case to Luxembourg's General Court in 2024 after the European Commission designated its... Read more ›
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alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: A software developer made a Chrome and Firefox extension called Knockoff that automatically hides, grays out, or filters products from sketchy brands on Amazon, which highlights just how many shady brands are on the platform and how commonly they show up on searches for basic items. In just a few minutes of using the extension, Knockoff dimmed product listings for screwdrivers made by... Read more ›
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StatCounter's June 2026 data shows Windows made up 56.55% of global desktop OS usage, dropping Microsoft's share below 60% for the first time in years. Linux, meanwhile, reached 4.39%, "one of its strongest recent showings in the company's desktop OS statistics," reports Linuxiac. From the report: Apple's desktop platforms also remain a major part of the picture. StatCounter lists OS X at 11.89% and macOS at 4.48% for June 2026,... Read more ›
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Apple says it will spend $30 billion to design US-made Broadcom wireless connectivity chips, part of its broader push to diversify its supply chain and support domestic chip production. CNN reports: The agreement with Broadcom will lead to the production of 15 million chips in United States and allow Broadcom to invest $1.5 billion to expand and modernize its manufacturing facilities in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is part of Apple's... Read more ›
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Meta is rolling out an update that will disable the camera on its smart glasses if the device detects that someone has tampered with or destroyed the privacy LED. "The update is meant to address modders who have taken actions such as physically drilling into the LED light," reports The Verge. "Meta has previously tried to discourage tampering with the LED light. For example, starting with its second generation glasses,... Read more ›
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John Deere has agreed to a 10-year FTC-supervised right-to-repair settlement requiring it to provide farmers and independent repair shops with the same repair resources available to authorized dealers. The deal resolves antitrust claims from the FTC and five states alleging Deere monopolized equipment repair services, contributing to higher costs and delays for farmers. Wired reports: The full statement (PDF) lays out obligations for John Deere's repair services, requiring the company... Read more ›
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oumuamua writes: Anthropic researchers have identified an internal activation subspace, J-space, that acts as a functional digital equivalent to the human brain's global workspace. The significance of this discovery lies in demonstrating that Claude's internal architecture satisfies five key cognitive properties of human conscious access -- verbal report, directed modulation, internal reasoning, flexible generalization, and selectivity -- meaning it processes complex, deliberate reasoning within this worksp Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a legal petition demanding it set limits on toxic Pfas "forever chemicals" in food, marking another setback for public health advocates' push to limit exposures to the dangerous compounds. The agency is refusing to set limits despite a growing body of science and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finding food is the biggest... Read more ›
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