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+ Arc Technica Science: Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen—300 aspects of each call were cataloged, letting researchers estimate meaning. [Category: Science, animal intelligence, Biology, bonobos, communicatio...
+ Arc Technica Science: Monkeys are better yodelers than humans, study finds—Voice breaks in Latin American monkey calls resemble human yodeling, but over a much wider frequency range. [Category: Science, acoustics, animal beha...
+ Arc Technica Science: SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster—SpaceX hasn't said whether the next Starship flight will use a new or flight-proven booster. [Category: Science, Space, Commercial space, launch, spac...
+ Arc Technica Science: A bonus from the shingles vaccine: Dementia protection?—The study shows a sharp change when the vaccine was introduced in Wales. [Category: Science, Biology, chicken pox, dementia, medicine, shingles, vacci...
+ Arc Technica Science: Male fruit flies drink more alcohol to get females to like them—Alcohol makes male fruit flies sexier by stimulating the production of sex pheromones. [Category: Science, Biology, fruit flies, Pheromones]
+ Arc Technica Science: A 32-bit processor made with an atomically thin semiconductor—It's slow and inefficient, but the semiconductor is only one molecule thick. [Category: Science, 2D materials, atomically thin materials, materials sc...
+ Computer Weekly: Taking a ‘good enough’ approach with cloud security isn't enough—In the wake of the January 2025 'Codefinger' attacks against AWS S3 users, Thales Rob Elliss argues that many organisations are dropping the ball when...
+ Computer Weekly: Apple’s appeal to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over the UK’s encryption ‘back door’ explained
+ Computer Weekly: What is a uniform resource identifier (URI)?
+ Hack a Day: Teardown of a Scam Ultrasonic Cleaner—Everyone knows that ultrasonic cleaners are great, but not every device thats marketed as an ultrasonic cleaner is necessarily such a device. In a rec...
+ Hack a Day: Australia’s Silliac Computer—When you think about the dawn of modern computers, you often think about the work done in the UK and the US. But Australia had an early computer scene...
+ Hack a Day: Ditto That—In the 1982 movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High, a classroom of students receives a set of paperwork to pass backward. Nearly every student in the room...
+ Hack a Day: MIT Wants You to Secure Your Hardware Designs—When you think of attacking or defending computer systems, you probably think of software viruses and the corresponding anti-virus software. But MITs ...
+ Hack a Day: Remembering Betty Webb: Bletchley Park & Pentagon Code Breaker—On 31 March of this year we had to bid farewell to Charlotte Elizabeth Betty Webb (née Vine-Stevens) at the age of 101. She was one of the cryptanalys...
+ Hack a Day: A Very Trippy Look at Microsoft’s Beginnings—Its not often youll see us singing the praises of Microsoft on these pages, but credit where credit is due, this first-person account of how the softw...
+ Hack a Day: Handheld 18650 Analyzer Scopes Out Salvaged Cells—You can salvage lithium 18650 cells from all sorts of modern gadgets, from disposable vapes to cordless power tools. The tricky part, other than physi...
+ Hack a Day: The Magic Touch: A 555 Touch Switch—There seems to be nothing a 555 cant do. Weve seen it before, but [electronzapdotcom] reminds us you can use a 555 and a few parts to make a reasonabl...
+ Hack a Day: Monitor Your Smart Plugs on the Command Line—The plethora of smart home devices available today deliver all manner of opportunities, but its fair to say that interfacing with them is more often d...
+ Hack a Day: One Book to Boot Them All—Somewhere in the universe, theres a place that lists every x86 operating system from scratch. Not just some bootloaders, or just a kernel stub, but do...
+ Hack a Day: Programmer’s Macro Pad Bangs Out Whole Functions—Macro pads are handy for opening up your favorite programs or executing commonly used keyboard shortcuts. But why stop there? Thats what [Jeroen Brink...
+ Tech Dirt: Iowa Book Ban Law Again Mostly Dead Following Return Trip To Federal Court—Will the third time be the charm? Lets hope so. This charmless act of hatred masquerading as for the children legislating has been struck down again b...
+ Tech Dirt: Daily Deal: uTalk Language Learning—uTalk can help you start speaking like a native within minutes. Using the uTalk learning App you can listen to real native speakers to help you naviga...
+ Tech Dirt: Trump Declares A Trade War On Uninhabited Islands, US Military, And Economic Logic—Theres a fundamental problem with Donald Trumps new trade policy: it fails a test that actual 5th graders can pass. I know this because I tried explai...
+ Tech Dirt: Trump’s FCC ‘Investigates’ Disney For Not Being Racist And Sexist Enough—Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr isnt really interested in doing his actual job as head of the FCC. Hes not interested in protecting consumers or markets f...
+ Tech Dirt: Take-Two DMCAs Video Of GTA5 Mod To For GTA6 Map Content—Rockstar Games and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, have been telling us who they are for years. And who they are, for our purposes, amounts ...
+ Tech Dirt: Otherwise Objectionable: When Congress Ridiculously Tried Merging Censorship With Freedom—Moral panics come and go, but stupid legislation is forever. At least until the Supreme Court steps in. This week on Otherwise Objectionable, my podca...
+ Tech Dirt: Trump’s Buddies At Andreessen Horowitz Want To Help Buy TikTok, Turn It Into A Right Wing Safe Space—Weve noted more times than I cant count that the push to ban TikTok was never really about protecting American privacy. If that were true, we would pa...
+ Tech Dirt: Trump’s Buddies At Andreesen Horowitz Want To Help Buy TikTok, Turn It Into A Right Wing Safe Space—Weve noted more times than I cant count that the push to ban TikTok was never really about protecting American privacy. If that were true, we would pa...
+ Tech Dirt: 230 Protects Users, Not Big Tech—Once again, several Senators appear poised to gut one of the most important laws protecting internet users Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230). ...
+ Tech Dirt: ICE Is Using Pure Bullshit To Turn People Into Venezuelan Gang Members To Keep Hitting Its Daily Arrest Quota—Donald Trump has decided he cant do immigration enforcement without doing war crimes. Thats where were at now as a country: under the thumb of someone...
+ Tech Dirt: Daily Deal: LabsDigest Subscription—LabsDigest is built for those who learn best by doing. Whether youre preparing for a CompTIA certification or diving into Python development, our plat...
+ Tech Dirt: But His Gmail: National Security Advisor Waltz’s Private Email Hypocrisy—Remember Mike Waltz? The National Security Advisor whos spent the last few weeks demonstrating his profound inability to handle basic security? First,...
+ UPI Science: At least 7 killed by storms targeting the South, Midwest—At least five people died in Tennessee and one each in Missouri and Indiana as severe thunderstorms move through the central part of the nation.
+ UPI Science: Tufts demands release 'without delay' of student Rumeysa Ozturk—Tufts University wants a federal judge to release, without delay, Rumeysa Ozturk, the Fulbright Scholar from Turkey grabbed off the street by masked I...
+ UPI Science: YouTube launches shorts creation tools ahead of possible TikTok ban—YouTube announced new video creation tools for short videos ahead of a pending deadline for TikTok owner ByteDance to sell it or be banned from the Un...
+ UPI Science: Stellantis shuts down four plants due to Trump's tariffs—Auto manufacturer Stellantis has temporarily laid off around 900 American workers and close to 4,500 Canadian employees in an effort to work around Pr...
+ UPI Science: Former Vice President Mike Pence to receive JFK Profile in Courage award—The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum announced Thursday that it has awarded its 2025 Profile in Courage Award to former Vice President ...
+ UPI Science: National Security Council purged by Trump after Laura Loomer meeting, sources say—According to multiple media reports Thursday several National Security Council senior staffers have been fired with more to come after a President Don...
+ UPI Science: Secretary of State Marco Rubio asks NATO allies to chip in with 5% GDP—U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday called for America's partners in the NATO alliance to up their defense spending to 5% of their GDP.
+ UPI Science: 8 OPEC nations boost crude oil production by 411,000 barrels a day—Eight OPEC oil producing nations Thursday agreed to boost crude oil production by 411,000 barrels a day, lowering prices by 6%. The increase was much ...
+ UPI Science: Dow falls more than 1,500 points in first day of trading after sweeping U.S. tariffs—The Trump tariffs sent U.S. markets plunging Thursday as the Dow dropped 1300 points. S&P and Nasdaq followed suit with deep losses and both gold ...
+ UPI Science: Myanmar military declares temporary pause in war with rebels to aid earthquake recovery—Myanmar's ruling military government declared a three-week-long unilateral cease-fire to aid the humanitarian and rebuilding effort five days after a ...
+ UPI Science: NYC Mayor Eric Adams to run for re-election as an independent—After a federal judge dismissed the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams Wednesday, Adams announced Thursday he will run for reelect...
+ UPI Science: Challenger, Gray & Christmas: U.S. layoffs surge near 2020 highs amid DOGE cuts—Elon Musk's DOGE was behind a huge increase in U.S. March job cuts, according to a Thursday report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Employers an...
+ UPI Science: Hungary exits International Criminal Court as Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for state visit—Hungary dodges its obligation to enforce an International Criminal Court warrant for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his ar...
+ UPI Science: Jeju Island mourns Cold War massacre dead under shadow of Yoon's martial law declaration—South Korea's Jeju Island on Thursday collectively mourned the deaths of tens of thousands of their relatives and neighbors slaughtered nearly eight d...
+ UPI Science: On This Day, April 3: Apple releases first iPad—On April 3, 2010, Apple released the first generation of its iPad and within a month had sold more than 1 million devices.
+ UPI Science: Tornadoes, torrential rains impact central United States—Tornadoes on Wednesday struck the central United States, including damaging property in Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana Oklahoma, with torrentia...
+ UPI Science: Trump announces tariffs at ‘Make America Wealthy Again’ event—President Donald Trump announced tariffs on global trade partners during a White House Rose Garden event dubbed "Make America Wealthy Again" Wednesday...
+ UPI Science: Some U.S. trading partners plan countermeasures in response to tariffs—U.S. trading partners reacted from a range of relief to anger after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on trading partners.
+ UPI Science: After-hours stock prices slide after Trump announces worldwide tariffs—Stock futures tumbled Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced tariffs for all trading partners as investors fretted over increased prices and...
+ UPI Science: Tornadoes, torrential rains impact central United States—More than 15 million people were under tornado watches in the central United States through Wednesday night with tornadoes already destroying homes an...
+ Wired: The 39 Best Movies on Hulu This Week (April 2025)—A Complete Unknown, Anora, and Jurassic Park are just a few of the movies you need to watch on Hulu right now. [Category: Culture, Culture / Movies]
+ Wired: The Trump Tariffs Are How Everything Works Now—The US is barreling toward a recession for no good reason, and dragging the world—and a few thousand penguins on remote Antarctic islands—down with it...
+ Wired: It Might Be Time to Ditch Your Emotional Support Hoodie—The hoodie is a work-from-home security blanket. But in the office, it’s a trap. [Category: Gear, Gear / How To and Advice, Gear / Products / Lifestyl...
+ Wired: We Played With the Nintendo Switch 2. It’s Refined but Unsurprising—Nintendo’s pricey new Switch 2 has been updated to create a product that feels both familiar and improved. WIRED spent some time with it. [Category: G...
+ Wired: Audio-Technica ATH-CKS50TW2 Earbuds Review: Max Power—These mid-tier earbuds have 15 hours of battery life with noise canceling, and a magnetic design that keeps them charged—no case required. [Category: ...
+ Wired: 12 Best Umbrellas (2025), Tested and Reviewed—These are the best umbrellas we’ve tested. They’ll protect you from showers and heavy rain and will hold up for the long haul. [Category: Gear, Gear /...
+ Wired: Want to Look at Your Phone Less? Just Cover Your Screen—An art studio hopes its concept for a phone case that can flip around to cover most of your screen will help cure your screen addiction. [Category: Ge...
+ Wired: Top KitchenAid Promo Codes and Coupons—Get 50% off select appliances, 15% off most regular-price items, free delivery, and other great savings today on WIRED. [Category: Gear, Gear / Deals]
+ Wired: H&R Block Coupons and Deals: 20% Off Tax Prep in 2025—Save 20% online and when you visit your local H&R Block store. You can save up to $50 when you use one of our (unique) codes. [Category: WIRED Rev...
+ Wired: Trump’s Tariffs Could Reshape the US Tech Industry—Apple, Amazon, and other tech companies reliant on global supply chains stand to lose the most from President Trump’s trade policies, but some softwar...
+ Wired: Trump and DOGE Defund Program That Boosted American Manufacturing for Decades—President Donald Trump says taxing imports will strengthen domestic manufacturing. Hours before announcing new tariffs, his administration cut support...
+ Wired: Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins—The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because ...
+ Wired: The Founder of OnlyFans Wants to Buy TikTok—Tim Stokely partnered with a crypto company to bid for TikTok as the social media company faces a deadline to either sell or be banned in the US. Amaz...
+ Wired: Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say—A lawyer for Xiaofeng Wang and his wife says they are “safe” after FBI searches of their homes and Wang’s sudden dismissal from Indiana University, wh...
+ Wired: This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in Intelligence—A new platform from data training company Scale AI will let artificial intelligence developers find their models’ weak spots. [Category: Business, Bus...
+ Wired: Sony’s Latest Bravia Home Theater Gear Gets Bolder, Brighter—We went hands-on with Sony’s latest home theater gear, including its fiery new OLED TV. [Category: Gear, Gear / Products, Gear / Products / Television...
+ Wired: Nintendo Switch 2: Price, Release Date, and All the New Games—Nintendo’s Switch 2 launches on June 5 for $450. Here are all the details of the next-gen hybrid console and its launch games. [Category: Gear, Gear /...
+ Wired: The Best Mushroom Coffee, WIRED Tested and Reviewed (2025)—“Coffee” made with functional mushrooms like lion's mane and chaga is all the rage—we tried the most popular brands to find which were the most palata...
+ Wired: ‘Adolescence’ Creator ‘Went Very, Very Deep’ in the Manosphere. Its Appeal Scared Him—Jack Thorne, who cowrote the hit Netflix show about a 13-year-old accused of murder, told WIRED he understands how easily kids can get lured into ince...
+ Wired: This Startup Says It Can Clean Your Blood of Microplastics—The elective medical industry is cashing in on plastic pollution fears, but the evidence of harm from microplastics is still deeply uncertain. [Catego...