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Brains of parrots, unlike songbirds, use human-like vocal control
A parrot called the budgerigar controls its vocalizations with a flexible system.
Apple and Google in the hot seat as European regulators ignore Trump warnings
Apple will have to open iOS up more, and Google could face steep fines.
US tries to keep DOGE and Musk work secret in appeal of court-ordered discovery
Judge's discovery order is too "intrusive," Trump admin tells appeals court.
Plex ups its price for first time in a decade, changes remote-streaming access
You've got until April 29 before the Lifetime Pass more than doubles in price.
Trump fires both FTC Democrats in challenge to Supreme Court precedent
Democrats fight "illegal" firings that leave only Republicans at consumer agency.
Meager 8GB of RAM forces Pixel 9a to run “extra extra small” Gemini AI
Some of Google's coolest AI features don't work on the 9a.
Judge disses Star Trek icon Data’s poetry while ruling AI can’t author works
Computer scientist won't give up fight to copyright AI-made art after court loss.
Volvo is using Gaussian splatting in virtual worlds to make safer cars
Massive parallel testing means Volvo can work through lots of unusual scenarios.
Saltwater contamination in freshwater systems is on the rise
Salt is starting to pollute the freshwater sources people rely on.
Google reveals Pixel 9a, with the largest battery ever in a Pixel
Google promises preorder details in the coming weeks.
Florida man eats feral pig meat, contracts rare biothreat bacteria
It took nearly two years for doctors to figure out the cause of his chest pain.
Can NASA remain nonpartisan when basic spaceflight truths are shredded?
"Let's bring them home NOW, Sir!"
Developer’s GDC billboard pokes at despised former Google Stadia exec
Satirical San Francisco billboard asks: "Has a Harrison fired you lately?"
Nvidia announces DGX desktop “personal AI supercomputers”
Asus, Dell, HP, and others to produce powerful desktop machines that run AI models locally.
Nvidia announces “Rubin Ultra” and “Feynman” AI chips for 2027 and 2028
CEO Jensen Huang says new chips will power robots and billions of AI agents.
Furious at the FCC, Arkansas jail cancels inmate phone calls rather than lower rates
One angry sheriff takes on the feds.
Gemini gets new coding and writing tools, plus AI-generated “podcasts”
Gemini is absorbing features from one of Google's coolest AI products.
FCC to get Republican majority and plans to “delete” as many rules as possible
Geoffrey Starks to leave FCC as new chair pushes "Delete, Delete, Delete" plan.
New Portal pinball table may be the closest we’re gonna get to Portal 3
Officially licensed spin-off features familiar voice talent; starts at $11,620.
Google inks $32 billion deal to buy security firm Wiz even as DOJ seeks breakup
Merger revived after falling apart in 2024 on concern about regulatory approval.
SpiderBot experiments hint at “echolocation” to locate prey
Experiments with robotic spiders and prey suggest spiders can detect differences in natural web frequencies.
Eight years later, new but familiar-looking PebbleOS watches appear
Shipping in July and December, with far more battery life and newer chips.
DOGE cuts to USDA may open door to invasive species, higher food prices
Food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog handlers remain out of work as food spoils.
New EV battery boasts 5-min charge time, adding 250 miles of range
The new batteries can charge at 10C, with fast chargers peaking at 1,000 kW.
Even the worst mass extinction had its oases
Plants thrived in present-day China throughout the End-Permian extinction.
People in this career are better at seeing through opticalillusions
Becoming an expert in medical image analysis may make you better at spotting illusions.
Farewell Photoshop? Google’s new AI lets you edit images by asking.
New experimental AI allows no-skill photo editing, including removing watermarks. But it's not perfect.
Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
Darkness fell over Mare Crisium, ending a daily dose of dazzling images from the Moon.
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question
"Kennedy's war on vaccines has started," one researcher said.
Researchers engineer bacteria to produce plastics
A bacterial energy storage system is modified to make polymers.
“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen
Users are unimpressed, eager to toss devices if test sticks.
Trump plan to fund Musk’s Starlink over fiber called “betrayal” of rural US
Director of $42 billion broadband fund pushed out, says program is being ruined.
Sobering revenue stats of 70K mobile apps show why devs beg for subscriptions
Most apps fail to reach $1,000/month revenue within two years.
Windows 11 updates are accidentally getting rid of Copilot, at least for now
Copilot can be reinstalled from the Microsoft Store if it's something you want.
UK online safety law Musk hates kicks in today, and so far, Trump can’t stop it
UK Online Safety Act requires prompt content removals Musk's X has resisted.
Why wait? Google is already dismantling Assistant as it switches to Gemini.
Assistant is becoming less helpful as Google "prioritizes" experiences.
A tough race for the rookies as F1 starts 2025 in Australia
F1 teams show us who's fast and who's not at the start of the 2025 season.
Physicists unlock another clue to brewing the perfect espresso
"Channeling" during brewing process can lead to non-uniform filtration and lower extraction yield.
Alphabet spins off laser-based Internet backbone provider Taara
Goal is to compete with Starlink, connecting remote areas to the Internet.
The 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ first drive: 460 miles on a single charge
The Escalade embodies the American luxury car ideal, and now it's gone electric.
Old Bolt, new tricks: Making an EV into a backup power station with an inverter
Using a custom kit to make a budget EV offer some emergency power.
Large enterprises scramble after supply-chain attack spills their secrets
tj-actions/changed-files corrupted to run credential-stealing memory scraper.
Behind the scenes of The Electric State
Production designer Dennis Gassner: "I have one fallback position: when in doubt, make it beautiful."
A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells
A real bit of cyborg hardware highlights the technology's current limitations.
The Wheel of Time is back for season three, and so are our weekly recaps
Two WoT book readers dive back into Amazon's increasingly divergent adaptation.
For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids
Nigeria is pioneering the development of small, off-grid solar panel installations.
Why SNES hardware is running faster than expected—and why it’s a problem
Cheap, unreliable ceramic APU resonators lead to "constant, pervasive, unavoidable" issues.
Crew-10 launches, finally clearing the way for Butch and Suni to fly home
Crew 9 could return as early as next Wednesday.
2025 iPad Air hands-on: Why mess with a good thing?
Apple's annual refresh is a minor one, but not much needed to change anyway.
US measles cases reach 5-year high; 15 states report cases, Texas outbreak grows
Since 2000, when measles was eliminated from US, only three years had higher cases.
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