Study finds activity is not harmful or caused by stress of captivity – and is in fact more common in wild birds An investigation into acts of self-pleasure among parrots and other birds has reached a climax, with the results providing welcome relief for vets and researchers, not to mention...
Daily pill can double survival time for world’s deadliest cancer, trial shows
Experts hail daraxonrasib as ‘gamechanger’ for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer A daily pill can double survival time in patients with the world’s deadliest cancer, according to the results of a clinical trial that experts are saying is a “gamechanger” and one of the biggest breakthroughs in decades. Currently, there...
Nvidia RTX Spark CPU is now official: “superchip” will power Windows laptops and desktops
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Moore’s law is hitting a wall, so researchers are stacking silicon chip layers instead of shrinking them
At the Grainger College of Engineering, materials science and engineering professor Qing Cao and his team have built working silicon circuits by stacking active layers directly on top of each other. Instead of adding more devices side by side, they are moving into the third dimension and building stacked layers......
A Trump-linked startup is sending humanoid robots to the Ukraine battlefield
Foundation Future Industries, a startup founded in 2024 in San Francisco, has a goal shared by many similar robotics firms: to create machines that can take on those challenging, dangerous roles performed by humans. Read Entire Article
MIT researchers found a way to get lithium out of hard rock without the massive energy bill
For now, lithium-ion batteries continue to dominate for a simple reason – scale. The global lithium supply chain is already well-developed and highly efficient, making it difficult for alternatives to compete on cost. Read Entire Article
California passes bill requiring gun-blocking software in 3D printers
The bill would require consumer 3D printers sold in California to include "firearm blocking technology" that checks design files before a print job can begin. Read Entire Article
Fake downloads of popular PC utilities are quietly installing crypto miners on enthusiast PCs
The Windows Defender security team is alerting users with dedicated GPUs about scammers manipulating search engine results to distribute remote monitoring and cryptomining payloads. The hackers are manipulating not only search engine results but also AI chatbot responses. Read Entire Article
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will skip annual parade celebrating Israel but pledges big police presence
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will not attend an annual parade honoring Israel
United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis diverted because of unruly passenger
A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis was diverted to Wisconsin on Friday night after reports of an unruly passenger