"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.....»»
Apple and Google"s Mobile Duopoly Likely To Face UK Antitrust Action
The U.K.'s antitrust watchdog has given the clearest signal yet that interventions under an upcoming reform of the country's competition rules will target tech giants Apple and Google -- including their duopolistic command of the mobile market, via i.....»»
New antennas in the Australian hinterland reduce background noise in search for 13-billion-year-old signal
The early universe was dark, filled with a hot soup of opaque particles. These condensed to form neutral hydrogen which coalesced to form the first stars in what astronomers call the epoch of reionisation (EoR)......»»
Samsung shows growth potential after internal restructuring
Samsung Electronics has been the talk of the industry after it announced a major leadership reshuffle and a reorganization of its business divisions to secure technological dominance......»»
Italy fines Amazon $1.3 billion for abuse of market dominance
Italy's antitrust watchdog said on Thursday it had fined Amazon 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion) for alleged abuse of market dominance, in one of the biggest penalties imposed on a US tech giant in Europe......»»
Study reveals how bacterial pathogen adapts to nutritional stress
In order to cause disease, the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus must adapt to the changing host environment. Many of these adaptations are mediated through two-component signal transduction systems (TCSs) that coordinate gene expression in respon.....»»
Will Google ever lose its throne as king of search? You.com is betting on it
Dozens of companies have tried to disrupt Google's search dominance, and none have really succeeded -- but You.com thinks it has an approach that could work......»»
Giving male Bornean rock frogs testosterone found to exaggerate their kicking gestures
A team of researchers from Brown University, the University of Vienna and Smith College has found that giving male Bornean rock frogs testosterone pushes them to exaggerate their provocative kicking gestures. In their paper published in Proceedings o.....»»
Nikola founder Milton unloads $284 million of stock since criminal indictment
Milton made false and misleading statements regarding almost all aspects of Nikola’s business, according to a criminal indictment unsealed in July......»»
Shudder"s claustrophobic "Death Valley" trailer is a hectic underground monster romp
A distress signal from a compound? People trapped underground? Armed soldiers facing off against an unknown threat?Tapping into the popularity of films like Resident Evil and Doom is Shudder's upcoming movie Death Valley, a story about a couple of hi.....»»
Study explores the origin of clonal dominance in excitable cell networks
Clonal dominance is a phenomenon that occurs when descendants (i.e., clones) of one or more founder cells in an organism contribute disproportionally to the system's final structure as the tissue grows. This phenomenon is associated with numerous bio.....»»
Qualcomm wants you to know it powers the world’s best camera phones
Qualcomm has developed some of the world's most advanced Image Signal Processors (ISPs) for smartphones. But how many people actually know about this?.....»»
FAA, FCC Are Making "Progress" on 5G Signal Woes
U.S. aviation regulators are having "very productive discussions" with the Federal Communications Commission and the telecommunications industry over concerns that 5G technology could interfere with aircraft equipment, an official said. From a report.....»»
Patreon is working on its own video hosting platform to combat YouTube"s dominance
Patreon has its problems, but generally speaking, it's popular among YouTubers, artists, and indie game developers of all stripes. Some YouTubers have even shut off ads on their channels, relying entirely on fan contributions through Patreon to stay.....»»
Simultaneous TES readout at level of Athena-like telescopes
Scientists at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research have simultaneously read out the signal of 37 TES pixels at a resolution of 2.2 eV for X-rays (6 keV). It is the first time that a simultaneous readout fulfills the requirements for future s.....»»
Finally, the feminine urge is taking over Twitter
Are you feeling the feminine urge to read this article? It's the latest meme taking over your Twitter feeds and TikTok FYPs, and if you're confused, we've got you. The trend consists of the phrase "the feminine urge to," followed by statements often.....»»
Genetic contact tracing could help curb TB
The novel use of genetic contact tracing to identify the source of a bovine tuberculosis outbreak could signal a new approach in managing the disease, a study suggests......»»
Intel looks past Alder Lake, says faster processors on the horizon
Pat Gelsinger may be a lot of things, but shy isn't one of them. In an interview with CRN, the blue-team leader pulled no punches, proclaiming Intel's dominance and asserting that Alder Lake & future technologies will mark the end of AMD's current de.....»»
Sending up the bat signal on forest use by endangered species
Deep in an Indiana forest, a team of scientists skulked atop hillsides after dark. Carrying radios and antennas, they fanned out, positioning themselves on opposite ridges to wait and listen. Their quarry? Endangered Indiana bats and threatened north.....»»
A Strange Radio Signal Was Just From Earth, Not Aliens
Astronomers with the Breakthrough Listen project scan the sky for signs of extraterrestrial life, but a promising lead turned out to be a false alarm......»»
Promising-looking SETI signal turns out to be of human origin
Space junk may look like a supernova as SETI researchers struggle with a signal. Enlarge / Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth aside from the Sun. (credit: ESA, Hubble, and NASA) Modern human society has been making it.....»»