Cracking chimpanzee culture
Chimpanzees don't automatically know what to do when they come across nuts and stones. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now used field experiments to show that chimpanzees thus do not simply invent nut cracking with tools, but need to lea.....»»
Emotions and culture are most important for acceptance of carnivore management strategies
Emotions toward and cultural importance of large carnivores are better predictors of the acceptance of management strategies by local communities than the extent of livestock depredation. This is the result of a new interdisciplinary investigation le.....»»
New aspects related to plant processing in a Neolithic settlement in Turkey
A study conducted by researchers from the UPF Culture and Socio-Ecological Dynamics research group (CaSEs) and the University of Leicester (UK) has provided a highly dynamic image surrounding the use and importance of hitherto unknown wild plant reso.....»»
Stream-Ripping Can Be Perfectly Legal, French Ministry of Culture Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Downloading music via stream-ripping tools can be perfectly legal, the French Ministry of Culture has confirmed. The resulting copies fall under the private copying exemption. However, this only.....»»
Beyond Pride: The fight against tech’s brogrammer culture
Companies that jump on the rainbow bandwagon without fully living those values aren’t only hypocritical — they’re also doing themselves a disservice. Phil Schraeder Contributor Share on Twitter.....»»
China is cracking down on data privacy. That"s terrible news for some of its biggest tech companies
China spent months clipping the wings of some of its tech champions over concerns that they were crowding out the competition. Now Beijing is seizing on data privacy as the next step in a sweeping campaign that threatens to cut companies off from glo.....»»
A Banking App Has Been Suddenly Closing Accounts, Sometimes Not Returning Customers" Money
Chime, a "neobank" serving millions, is racking up complaints from users who can't access their cash. The company says it's cracking down on an "extraordinary surge" in fraudulent deposits. That's little consolation to customers caught in the fray. P.....»»
EU Device-Cracking Platform To Receive Major Upgrade
The European Union has allocated $4.7 million in funding to upgrade Cerberus, a platform used by EU law enforcement agencies to crack passwords and access encrypted devices. From a report: Developed in 2019 for an initial cost of $2.7 million, Cerber.....»»
Cracking the bitumen puzzle
While atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy have provided information on the morphology of bitumen surfaces in the past, it was not known whether surface and chemical composition correlate with each other. However, the chemical com.....»»
Star Wars: Visions is an anime anthology series coming to Disney+ on September 22
Those who've watched the entire Star Wars saga may have noticed some Japanese culture elements were used to create the universe. For example, the Jedis and Samurais have a few more resemblances than just the sword they wield. You can also find obviou.....»»
After cracking down on Didi, China probes other US-listed tech giants
Just one day after ride-hailing giant Didi was banned from app stores in China, authorities have started investigating three other major technology services, citing concerns about national data security......»»
Startups, culture and riding the meme wave
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment. Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that a.....»»
How a Soviet miner from the 1930s helped create today"s intense corporate workplace culture
One summer night in August, 1935, a young Soviet miner named Alexei Stakhanov managed to extract 102 tonnes of coal in a single shift. This was nothing short of extraordinary (according to Soviet planning, the official average for a single shift was.....»»
Reducing plastic waste will require fundamental change in culture
Plastic waste is considered one of the biggest environmental problems of our time. IASS researchers surveyed consumers in Germany about their use of plastic packaging. Their research reveals that fundamental changes in infrastructures and lifestyles,.....»»
The secret sauce to create a winning innovation culture in the ER&D sector
The secret sauce to create a winning innovation culture in the ER&D sector vandhna123 Thu, 07/01/2021 – 10:55 Key highlights from the Expert Forums from the NASSCOM ER&D Showcase 2021 Session 1 conducted with Industry experts and leaders Innova.....»»
Duolingo Director of engineering Karin Tsai talks opinionated development
Karin Tsai joined Duolingo in 2012 and is now the director of engineering. Yesterday, at TechCrunch’s City Spotlight: Pittsburgh, she spoke on the company’s extensive development process and unique culture. This interview was pre-recorded and a.....»»
UK tells messaging apps not to use e2e encryption for kids’ accounts
For a glimpse of the security and privacy dystopia the UK government has in store for its highly regulated ‘British Internet’, look no further than guidance put out by the Department of Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) yesterday &.....»»
Reform your startup’s meeting culture
Every time a recurring meeting is added to a calendar, a kitten dies. Chuck Phillips Contributor Share on Twitter Chuck Phillips is the co-founder of MeetWell, an application th.....»»
Being Anglo-Saxon was a matter of language and culture, not genetics
A new study from archaeologists at University of Sydney and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, has provided important new evidence to answer the question "Who exactly were the Anglo-Saxons?".....»»
Nielsen Now Knows When You Are Streaming
Nielsen on Thursday announced that it had moved a step closer toward cracking one of the great questions of the modern entertainment world: How big, exactly, is streaming? From a report: Nielsen, the 98-year-old research firm that for decades has had.....»»
Wild chimpanzee orphans recover from the stress of losing their mother
The death of a mother is a traumatic event for immature offspring in species in which mothers provide prolonged maternal care, such as in long-lived mammals, including humans. Orphan mammals die earlier and have less offspring compared with non-orpha.....»»