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Don’t reach for the bug spray: scientists find insects may feel pain after crickets nurse sore antennae
The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists say Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Do insects feel pain? Crickets certainly seem...
Daily pill can help people maintain weight loss after they come off jabs, trial shows
Data shows orforglipron could in future avoid need to take other long-term medications for diseases associated with obesity A daily pill could help people keep weight off and stop them needing other long-term medications, scientists behind landmark new trial data have suggested. The researchers said orforglipron could help prevent more...
Getting children to eat their vegetables starts in the womb, researchers suggest
Rather than bribery, or hiding carrots under ketchup, the key may be to expose foetuses to healthy flavours It is an age-old battle with small children that most parents will recognise: please, please, eat your vegetables. Some will read them books with titles such as The Boy Who Loved Broccoli....
Google’s Googlebook is the Android laptop OS we’ve been waiting for
Google devoted much of its Android Show event to Googlebook, a new operating system and product line designed to replace Chromebooks, with an emphasis on both local and cloud processing. Read Entire Article
Amazon employees are inflating AI usage to top leaderboards and impress managers
Three Amazon employees told The Financial Times that the company's internal AI usage metrics are likely inflated. According to the sources, employees are using MeshClaw, Amazon's internal AI platform, to perform non-essential tasks in an effort to make a stronger impression on managers. Read Entire Article
eBay rejects GameStop’s $56B unsolicited offer as “neither credible nor attractive”
In the letter, which was also shared online, the executive said the board and its independent advisors thoroughly reviewed GameStop's proposal before making a decision. Read Entire Article
Arm CEO predicts CPUs will scale to extreme core counts in AI-driven future
During a recent earnings call for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, Arm executives shared some interesting insights into the company's outlook on the future of computing devices. According to CEO Rene Haas, CPUs will eventually surpass GPUs in terms of total compute cores. And yes, you guessed it:......
Meta is using its own employees’ activity to train AI, and laying off 8,000 of them at the same time
Meta said the data will help its AI systems learn how people complete everyday tasks on a computer. Read Entire Article
FluentCleaner brings back the classic PC cleaner idea, without the bloat
Inspired by the early days of CCleaner, FluentCleaner is a cleanup utility that focuses on removing temporary files, browser cache, logs, and leftover clutter without aggressive registry cleaning or scareware tactics. The app also supports community-maintained cleaning databases and optional extensions. Read Entire Article