Ancient marine reptile was a silent swimmer Summary A fossilised flipper from the large Jurassic ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus shows surface features that look designed to control water flow and reduce self-generated…
How animal paw pads got their toughness Summary Paw pads on land-walking animals owe much of their resilience to a single protein, Slurp1. New research summarised by Nature reports that…
Ransomware crew spills Saint Paul’s 43GB of secrets after city refuses to cough up cash Summary The Interlock ransomware gang has published a 43GB dump of files allegedly stolen from…
NASA mulls sending a rescue rocket to boost Swift observatory’s orbit Summary NASA is exploring commercial options to raise the orbit of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after faster-than-expected orbital…
I started losing my digital privacy in 1974, aged 11 Summary Mark Pesce recounts a recent visit to a US urgent care where staff, after checking his ID, recited an…
Some users report their Firefox browser is scoffing CPU power Summary Users have reported unexpected CPU and power spikes in recent Firefox releases, traced to a background process named “Inference”.…
Microsoft is Trying To Poach Meta AI Talent and Offering Multimillion-Dollar Pay Packages – Slashdot Summary Internal documents seen by Business Insider, reported on Slashdot, show Microsoft has compiled a…
Microsoft Releases Lightweight Office Taskbar Apps for Windows 11 Summary Microsoft has started rolling out lightweight Microsoft 365 “companion” taskbar apps for Windows 11 to business customers. The small apps…
Google Will Now Let You Pick Your Top Sources For Search Results Summary Google has introduced a new feature called “Preferred Sources” (rolling out in the U.S. and India) that…
AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview Summary Major tech employers — including Google, Cisco and McKinsey — are bringing back face-to-face interview rounds to counteract AI-assisted…
