UK Researcher uncovers the subterranean world of illegal moneylending
The dangers of people turning to unofficial lenders due to the cost of living are revealed in new research undertaken by Lancaster University and have been released in a special session in the House of Commons......»»
Airborne observations identify major source of US landfill methane emissions
A team has found via testing from airplanes that landfill work faces tend to be responsible for the biggest share of methane emissions in U.S. landfills. Their findings are published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The researcher.....»»
The secret to living to 110? Bad record-keeping, researcher says
Most of what we know about humans living to very old age is based on faulty data, including the science behind the "blue zones" famous for having a high proportion of people over 100, according to one researcher......»»
Tim Cook rumored to be meeting with Donald Trump for dinner on Friday
After a whirlwind tour of Europe and the UK, Apple CEO Tim Cook is said to be meeting with President Elect Donald Trump for dinner on Friday night.Tim Cook and Donald Trump, at the Mac Pro factoryThe conversation between Cook and Trump, expected to b.....»»
iOS 18.2’s launch didn’t cause the ChatGPT outage…probably
Earlier this week, Apple released iOS 18.2 into the world with a new built-in ChatGPT integration. Not long after, ChatGPT and other OpenAI services went down in a major outage. Were the two incidents related? Here’s the official answer from OpenAI.....»»
BBC cries foul over Apple Intelligence headline notification summarizations
The UK's BBC has complained about Apple's notification summarization feature in iOS 18 completely fabricating the gist of an article. Here's what happened, and why.Examples of notification summaries in iOS 18.1The introduction of Apple Intelligence i.....»»
Americans spend more years being unhealthy than people in any other country
The gap between US lifespan and healthspan was 12.4 years, the world's largest. The gap of time between how long Americans live and how much of that time is spent in good health o.....»»
AI tool enhances wildlife image analysis for climate change insights
A new AI image tool could aid the development of algorithms to analyze wildlife images to help improve understanding of how species around the world are responding to climate change, a study suggests......»»
Buried landforms reveal North Sea"s ancient glacial past
An international team of researchers, including a glaciologist at Newcastle University, UK, has discovered remarkably well-preserved glacial landforms buried almost 1 km beneath the North Sea......»»
New Zealand scientists suspect specimen of world"s rarest whale died from head injuries
Scientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world's rarest whale died from head injuries, an expert said Friday......»»
Six rare giant catfish surface in Cambodia
Conservationists in Cambodia on Friday celebrated the discovery of six highly endangered Mekong giant catfish in the critical Southeast Asian waterway plagued by illegal fishing, habitat loss and plastic waste......»»
How much permafrost will melt this century, and where will its carbon go?
Among the many things global warming will be melting this century—sea ice, land glaciers and tourist businesses in seaside towns across the world—is permafrost. Lying underneath 15% of the northern hemisphere, permafrost consists of accumulating.....»»
Rubrik Turbo Threat Hunting accelerates cyber recovery
As organizations around the world struggle with extended downtime and revenue loss due to widespread cyberattacks, Rubrik announces Rubrik Turbo Threat Hunting. This new feature is designed to accelerate cyber recovery and enables organizations to lo.....»»
Play Elden Ring: Nightreign together with friends in 2025
Elden Ring: Nightreign is a new multiplayer game set in the world you know and love, and it's coming out in 2025......»»
Steel Hunters is the next game from the studio behind World of Tanks
Steel Hunters is a new mecha extraction shooter from Wargaming, the studio behind games like World of Tanks......»»
Tim Cook visits Apple UK headquarters with King Charles III
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Thursday visited Apple’s UK headquarters accompanied by His Majesty King Charles III. Cook, who has been spending a few days in London, took the opportunity to invite the king to visit the company’s offices and meet with stu.....»»
Dogs walked off-leash cause 20% more disturbance to protected lowland heaths, UK study finds
Researchers at Royal Holloway University of London have used GPS trackers to measure where dogs roamed during walks in lowland heaths in South-East England, home to several protected birds like the European nightjar and Dartford Warbler. They found t.....»»
Early Earth"s oceans of magma may have accelerated the moon"s departure
The Earth and moon have been locked in a gravitational dance for billions of years. Each day, as the Earth turns, the moon tugs upon the oceans of the world, causing the rise and fall of tides. As a result, the Earth's day gets a little bit longer, a.....»»
TikTok makes teenagers happy, says researcher
Is TikTok ruining today's youth? Not at all, according to a study led by Emilie Owens, researcher at the University of Oslo. The study is published in the journal International Research in Children's Literature......»»
iWork just entered the Apple Intelligence era
Apple released the second round of AI features powered by Apple Intelligence this week through iOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia. Now it’s the iWork suite of productivity apps that has an Apple Intelligence update ready for the world. more….....»»
One of world"s largest glacier floods triggered in Greenland
For the first time, scientists have observed the release of a massive glacial lake outburst in East Greenland, where more than 3,000 billion liters of meltwater were unleashed in just weeks. This rare, natural flooding event, witnessed by University.....»»