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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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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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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is off to a roaring start, with Ubisoft trumpeting 2m copies sold on launch day alone. But despite its success, Ubisoft Barcelona - one of the studios involved in its development - is still facing layoffs, and workers are currently staging a three-day strike in protest. Read more Read more ›
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Most robotics startups promise what factories might look like years from now. Walden Robotics says its robots are already on the job. The company emerged from stealth on Wednesday with a $300 million seed round, valuing the startup at $1.1 ... Read more ›
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Urban mobility is increasingly shifting toward electrification as cities aim to reduce emissions and improve air quality. However, while more than 60 per cent of new passenger cars sold in the EU we... Read more ›
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Monumental,the Amsterdam-based construction technology company developing autonomousrobotics and software for the building industry, has raised $32 million in aSeries B funding round led by Khosla Ven... Read more ›
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Realme today expanded its portfolio of Narzo Series smartphones with the unveiling of the Narzo 100x. The biggest highlight of the Realme Narzo 100x is its 8,000 mAh Titan battery, advertised to deliver up to three days of battery life on a single charge. The 8.8mm thick smartphone supports 45W charging, all-scenario bypass charging, and reverse wired charging. The Realme Narzo 100x is built around a 6.81" HD+ LCD with... Read more ›
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XGIMI's Eflin Flip 4K is a portable, stylish projector that provides outstanding image quality at a great price. Read more ›
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The energy and commodity trading software firm has promoted two internal executives to lead product strategy and global revenue growth. Read more ›
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Landmark Technologies, an Irish provider of IT and cybersecurity services, has announced the results of new research which reveals that a fifth of office workers in Ireland (20%) expect to have AI colleagues in the next three years. The research, carried out by Censuswide on behalf of Landmark, surveyed 1,000 employees in Ireland on attitudes […] Read more ›
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Over 40,000 blind and visually impaired children in the UK could benefit from a tech breakthrough that will make block coding accessible for them. A new screen reader compatibility has launched in Microsoft MakeCode, removing barriers that have long prevented many blind and low vision pupils from taking part in block-based coding alongside their classmates. ... Read more ›
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Managed Accounts roll out globally, so your kids can stop ruining your algorithm. Read more ›
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From cutting and stitching to custom fitting, Matrix Sports manufactures half a million gloves each year for one of football's crucial positions. Read more ›
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Spotify just brought its Managed accounts service to its free tier, meaning your kids’ top track need never bag the top spot again Read more ›
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At its peak, around 12 million people subscribed to World of Warcraft so that they could explore the realm of Azeroth together. The audience for PointlessQuest is quite a bit smaller. On launch day, the game hit a peak of 15 concurrent players… and no, that sentence isn't missing a word. Then again, basically everything […] Read more ›
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I frequently visit and explore Europe, and my favorite city is Zadar, Croatia. There are a ton of activities to do here, and the pace feels relaxed. 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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