"What a jerk!" Uncontested provocative statements can signal dominance
When people publicly agree with a statement that they privately disagree with, we infer that the speaker is dominant and likely to be in a superior hierarchical position, concludes a new study published in the scientific journal Social Psychological.....»»
Google to pay $8M settlement for “lying to Texans,” state AG says
"If Google is going to advertise in Texas, their statements better be true." Enlarge (credit: Manuel Augusto Moreno | Moment) Google has agreed to an $8 million settlement with Texas over deceptive ads promoting its Pixe.....»»
Italy"s antitrust agency opens probe into Apple App Store dominance
Italian antitrust agency AGCM has opened an investigation into Apple, alleging that the company disadvantages third-party developers with restrictive policies.Apple is under another round of antitrust investigations, as Italy's antitrust watchdog has.....»»
The most popular search engine in the world is about to look different
Google is moving forward with plans to bring AI chat features to its core search engine as it works to keep pace with a wave of new artificial intelligence tools that could threaten the company's dominance online for the first time in decades......»»
TECNO’s CAMON 20 Series puts Mobile Photography Front and Center
TECNO recently announced its newest pair of handsets with the CAMON 20 series, which are aimed at competing mid-range Android phones. The race for mobile photography dominance has resulted in various smartphone OEMs each developing their ow.....»»
Redesigned Ford Ranger, with new Raptor variant, takes aim at Toyota"s dominance
The 2024 model will go on sale this summer and start at $34,160 with shipping......»»
Atmospheric research provides clear evidence of human-caused climate change signal associated with CO2 increases
New research provides clear evidence of a human "fingerprint" on climate change and shows that specific signals from human activities have altered the temperature structure of Earth's atmosphere......»»
Microsoft and AMD are reportedly teaming up to combat Nvidia’s AI dominance
Microsoft's Azure platform currently uses "tens of thousands" of Nvidia GPUs. Enlarge / AMD's Instinct AI accelerators aren't as widely used as competing products from Nvidia. (credit: AMD) The hardware that has enabled.....»»
Chemical signal protects migratory locusts from cannibalism
Huge swarms of migratory locusts take on the proportions of natural disasters and threaten the food supply of millions of people, especially in Africa and Asia. As the eighth of the ten biblical plagues, the Book of Moses in the Old Testament already.....»»
Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the US
Black mothers are the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to the mental and physical harms of stress from living with gun violence in America......»»
UK antitrust regulators again denied permission to examine Safari dominance
The UK antitrust case against Apple's control over the mobile browser market has been dismissed for a second time after an appeal tribunal upheld its original decision on the matter.Cloud games are restricted in the App StoreApple has once again mana.....»»
Meta shuts down network of fake accounts that "signal a shift" in China-based influence efforts
Facebook's parent company Meta announced Wednesday that it has taken down a network of more than 100 China-based accounts that posed as organizations in the US and Europe and pushed pro-Beijing talking points......»»
Air travel chaos looms as US keeps 5G altimeter refit deadline
A July deadline for airlines to refit planes to avoid 5G signal interference will remain in place......»»
Tesla lawyers try to quash evidence by claiming Elon Musk’s statements were deepfakes
Thankfully, the judge didn’t buy it. In a surreal twist stolen from a sci-fi B movie, Elon Musk’s lawyers have used an implausible high-tech explanation as a way of trying to shield their boss in a lawsuit over a fatal crash, which was.....»»
An Ominous Heating Event Is Unfolding in the Oceans
Average sea surface temperatures have soared to record highs, and stayed there. It’s a worrying signal of an ocean in crisis......»»
Structural insight into process of gene regulation
In the cell nucleus, numerous proteins bind to the DNA molecule in order to regulate the activity of certain genes. One of these is the TATA-box binding protein (TBP), which binds to a specific DNA sequence and constitutes an initial signal for the r.....»»
Power shift in SEA"s automotive chain? Japanese brands losing dominance as others break into the market
Thailand is the largest automobile manufacturer in Southeast Asia, and Japanese brands have a market share of 80–90%. Because of this, the Bangkok International Motor Show (BIMS), the largest automobile exhibition in Thailand, has always been d.....»»
From Arctic to Alps, icy exploration expands understanding of global warming
Microalgae in sediments signal what happened in the environment thousands of years ago, illuminating the range of future climate-change impacts......»»
Hugging Face launches open-source version of ChatGPT in bid to challenge dominance of closed-source models
Hugging Face, which has emerged as a leading voice for open-source AI development, announced today that it has launched Hugging Chat, an open source version of ChatGPT. Hugging Face, which has emerged as a leading voice for open-source AI develop.....»»
Anonymous developers claim fraud, scams & clones breeze by App Store review
A collection of statements from anonymous Apple developers claim App Store review is broken, some resorting to outright fraud to get apps approved.App Store review continues to be a problemApple's App Store and its policies around it are controversia.....»»
Highly sensitive Raman probe detects enzyme expression in heterogeneous tissues
Raman imaging offers a greater potential for detecting multiple enzyme activities than fluorescence imaging, demonstrate Tokyo Tech researchers by developing 9CN-rhodol-based activatable Raman probes using a novel mechanism for Raman signal activatio.....»»