Category: Science/Technology

Greenhouse gas levels set records again in 2025, U...

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere rose to record highs in 2025, locking in climate​ impacts that will persist for ce...

Anthropic files for IPO amid concern over AI threa...

Anthropic, the tech company behind Claude, filed IPO paperwork Monday, marking a major step for the AI giant as concerns over the ...

Anthropic files for IPO as it competes for AI domi...

Anthropic, which developed the Claude chatbot, is barreling ahead with its public offering despite mounting concerns about AI goin...

Jury selection begins in Meta, Snap social media a...

The plaintiffs allege that features on the companies' social media platforms, like endless scrolling, kept them hooked and harmed ...

Apple's first foldable phone broke within hours, s...

"I didn't even make it through setup," one consumer said after his new iPhone Duo cracked shortly after he bought it.

Data center health worries animate midterm campaig...

Opposition to the rapid emergence of data centers in states such as Ohio and Arizona has ginned up activism and unified voters. A ...

Search engines still get 19x more web traffic than...

Ask ten people in your circle how they draft an email, debug a line of code, or summarise…

Madica raises $6m to back early-stage African star...

Madica, a structured pre-seed investment programme for African startups, has raised $6 million from Flourish Ventures to extend…

MultiChoice plans new streaming platform months af...

MultiChoice Nigeria has revealed plans to introduce a new streaming platform, months after shutting down Showmax over financial…

HabariPay’s big break

INEC probes suspicious voter register after AI-gen...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed on social media that it flagged several questionable registratio...

Native Hawaiians and Easter Islanders came from sa...

Members of the same people who settled Easter Island also discovered Hawaii, a new study finds.

Hepatitis B could surge, infecting millions more i...

A proposed shift in recommendations for hepatitis B vaccination in the U.S. could leave millions of young adults unprotected, a ne...

Rare tiger behaviors captured on camera show 'we r...

The PBS Nature film "Tiger Island" captures rare glimpses of tiger behavior, including a mother, father and cubs spending time tog...

30,000-year-old bone found in French cave reveals ...

Scientists sequenced the genome of a woman who lived 30,000 years ago and discovered that she had mixed Eastern and Western Europe...

Is AI making you lazier?

A new study revealed that people who rely on AI for basic tasks like math problems became less motivated over time. In response, L...

Giant robotic claws will grab dead satellites in s...

ClearSpace UK's robotic spacecraft with giant claws will chase down dead satellites at 17,000 mph, with a 2029 launch from Scotlan...

Elon Musk vows to give every US child SpaceX stock

Elon Musk says he'll give one SpaceX share to every kid in America in 2027, but key details about eligibility and distribution rem...

Data brokers don't just collect facts. They guess ...

Data brokers assign labels predicting your health, finances and religion based on browsing and purchases, then sell those profiles...

GM wants drivers to take their eyes off the road b...

GM plans to debut eyes-off driving in the Cadillac Escalade IQ by 2028, but safety testing reveals how long distracted drivers tak...

Is that campaign merch store official? Here's how ...

Attaxion researchers found 30 fake Texas campaign merchandise stores traced to just two sellers hawking gear for competing Republi...

Meta ordered to pay $25B after jury finds it misle...

The $25 billion penalty comes after jurors found Meta committed more than 43 million violations of New Mexico's consumer protectio...

Elon Musk says Tesla vehicle demand exceeding prod...

Elon Musk says Tesla demand is far outpacing production, crediting Full Self-Driving technology as the biggest driver ahead of Cyb...

Quest Diagnostics confirms patient information acc...

Quest Diagnostics temporarily suspended access to several systems following a cyberattack involving patient information.

GM expands ‘eyes-off’ autonomous driving plans to ...

GM plans to expand "eyes-off" autonomous driving across more vehicles as it invests in AI and software, areas that could become a ...

SpaceX secures $40B in financing for GPUs as Elon ...

SpaceX closed $40 billion in debt financing for GPU purchases as Elon Musk warns AI debt markets have shut off access for most com...

Moniepoint offers staff voluntary exit in engineer...

A Moniepoint spokesperson said the restructuring should not be regarded as a layoff. The company did not disclose how many employe...

South Africa’s CrissCross raises undisclosed Circl...

CrissCross has secured an undisclosed investment from Circle Ventures, the company that issues USDC.

How technology on the factory floor is driving man...

To create meaningful business value in manufacturing, leadership must adopt a problem-first approach to digital strategy—diagnosin...

Flourish Ventures invests fresh $6 million in Madi...

Each startup will still get up to $200,000, plus 18 months of mentorship, executive coaching and investor-readiness support.

In today's edition: FirstRand eyes banking in Kenya || Safaricom fires employees over fraud || Moniepoint’s restructuring || Cris...

Download Ipsum WordPress Theme,the New Default The...

WordPress is introducing Ipsum, a new default WordPress theme designed around a clean, minimal blogging experience. Following the ...

Emily St. John Mandel: ‘I don’t want to write some...

The science-fiction novelist talks to Alison Flood about her latest book Exit Party, a tale of parallel worlds that is the October...

Body temperature may drive the higher risk of auto...

Autoimmune conditions are much more common in women than men, which could partly be due to the fluctuating body temperatures that ...

Brazil presidential election dogged by alleged bia...

Supporters of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have accused Meta of interfering in Brazil’s election by making it easier to generate camp...

Personalised cancer vaccine expected to be approve...

A bespoke vaccine that is tailored to target an individual's unique skin cancer reduced rates of recurrence or death in a late-sta...

What are microchimeric cells doing to our brain?

We now know that cells exchanged during pregnancy can take up residency in our brain. Could they influence our development, health...

Satellites show some of the strongest evidence the...

The crucial Atlantic current system that brings warmth to Europe has slowed 14 per cent in 30 years, according to an analysis of h...

Robotic dog controlled with a computer powered by ...

A start-up has already used a biological computer to play Pong, and now the firm says the technology can be used to control robots

Predatory amphibians swam the seas 237 million yea...

Until now, it was thought that the squishy, permeable skin of amphibians was unsuited for marine life because it would absorb too ...

Your brain’s unexpected ability to regenerate and ...

The controversial discovery that our brains can generate new neurons surprisingly late in life is now prompting a rethink of adult...

‘Oddball’ test lets us glimpse how monkeys see the...

Compared with humans, macaques are more likely to miss the bigger picture, but are also less confused by flipped images

Forensic Facial Specialists Can Identify People Us...

Your furrowed brow may be betraying you The post Forensic Facial Specialists Can Identify People Using Just a Couple Facial Featur...

Is This the First Corporate Psychopath?

A historical study makes a compelling case The post Is This the First Corporate Psychopath? appeared first on Nautilus.

These Are the Most Stunning Weather Photos of the ...

The American Meteorological Society just announced the winners of its 2026 photo contest The post These Are the Most Stunning Weat...

Was This the Exact Date of Van Gogh’s “Starry Nigh...

Astronomers look beyond the stars in search of Van Gogh’s inspiration The post Was This the Exact Date of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night...

How Multiple Births Can Accelerate A Mother’s Biol...

As any mom can tell you, having a baby takes a big toll. Growing an entire new human being inside your body demands a lot of resou...

Ice Age Europeans Were More Connected Than We Thou...

A prehistoric French woman’s DNA tells the story The post Ice Age Europeans Were More Connected Than We Thought appeared first on ...

Mother Bats’ Hearts Quicken When They Hear Baby’s ...

Like humans, bat moms are primed by evolution to spring into action The post Mother Bats’ Hearts Quicken When They Hear Baby’s Cri...

This Dark Spot on the Moon Might Be a Giant Lunar ...

NASA wants to explore it—perhaps as a potential moon base? The post This Dark Spot on the Moon Might Be a Giant Lunar Cave appeare...

The Bloody Palette of the Animal Kingdom

Red isn’t the only color when it comes to blood—critters produce the vital fluid in a variety of hues The post The Bloody Palette ...

How We Control What Accents We Pick Up

We imitate what we notice The post How We Control What Accents We Pick Up appeared first on Nautilus.

Yandy Smith Says She Should Have Made ‘Hundreds Of...

“Love & Hip Hop” co-creator Yandy Smith says she missed out on millions.

Atlanta Dream Player Angel Reese Joins Brisbane WN...

WNBA player Angel Reese is handling business on and off the court.

How Katt Williams Plans To Build A New Pathway For...

Comedian and actor Katt Williams has turned down millions and is rewriting Hollywood’s rules through ownership.

With Health AI Moving Faster Than Its Safeguards, ...

Ten years ago, Dr.

Southern University Students Struggle To Keep Up W...

Power issues are affecting students at Louisiana’s Southern University.

The endurance of Earth’s hidden alpine glaciers

As the world’s mountain ice melts, scientists look to the poorly understood rock glaciers to provide temporary reprieve for people...

SpaceX’s AI business is beating expectations

SpaceX hit profitability in the third quarter, with net income of $4.4 billion. AI was the engine.

Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy

Anthropic is reportedly struggling to secure enough compute from cloud providers that increasingly view it as a competitor, even a...

Hugging Face CEO warns that Netflix’s OpenAI hack ...

Before you share the Netflix documentary "AI Gone Rogue," take note. Clem Delangue, Hugging Face's co-founder who is featured in t...

SpaceX and Tesla boards form special committees to...

Elon Musk likes the idea but says he is not on either committee, which is made up of independent directors.

Anthropic pitches AI safety bill that may block a ...

The proposed policy seems to offer protections against AI running amok but actually forbids federal agencies from blocking a model...

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Europe Wants Data Centers. Its Climate Goals Are G...

A plan to funnel the heat given off by data centers into nearby homes has run aground in Germany. Across Europe, policymakers are ...

The Best Hearing Aids I’ve Tested (2026): Jabra, R...

These WIRED-tested devices will help you hear sounds more clearly. Never miss out on a dinner conversation again.

She Was the DEA’s Premier Crypto Detective. The Cl...

To escape the chaos of her Russian childhood, Lili Infante became an American law enforcement prodigy. She pioneered the DEA’s inv...

Meta’s Joel Kaplan to exit as global affairs chief...

Meta’s Joel Kaplan – Mark Zuckerberg’s right-hand man in Washington, DC – will step down next year as the company’s chief global a...

Silicon Valley investors duped out of $500M by gri...

“Make it till you get caught. Ask for forgiveness, not permission. These are not new ideas,” McKenna explained of the tech rogues’...

Anthropic books colossal $81B loss, warns of data ...

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic booked a staggering $80.7 billion net loss in the first half of 2026 -- mostly from accoun...

SpaceX stock soars on blowout earnings that see re...

SpaceX shares surged in after-hours trading Tuesday after the rocket and satellite giant reported a whopping 161% jump in quarterl...

Investors eagerly await key Anthropic filing to se...

The lack of profitability, however, isn't the only thing motivating investors – it’s the growth of the business, and that's where ...

We Regret to Inform You That “GatGPT” Is Exactly W...

Custom vibe-coded guns for all. The post We Regret to Inform You That “GatGPT” Is Exactly What It Sounds Like appeared first on Fu...

Trump’s Department of Homeland Security Secretly O...

"They could keep it in their back pocket to invalidate any [election] results they don't like." The post Trump’s Department of Hom...

Experts Warn of Humans Becoming Empty Vessels Cont...

Being lulled into our slowly unfolding doom. The post Experts Warn of Humans Becoming Empty Vessels Controlled by AI appeared firs...

Major Data Center Developer Rents Floating Prison ...

Talk about a commute. The post Major Data Center Developer Rents Floating Prison Barge to House Contract Construction Workers appe...

Meta’s Muse AI Agent Caught Leaking Users’ Intimat...

"We would have guessed that gathering these would take real effort. It took one query." The post Meta’s Muse AI Agent Caught Leaki...

How to wipe your phone before you sell it or trade...

How to wipe your phone before you sell it or trade it in Erase your data and sign out of your accounts in the right order, so your...

How to stop your smart TV from tracking what you w...

How to stop your smart TV from tracking what you watch Your TV can log what you watch, even from a cable box. Here is the off swit...

South Africa wants every ATM to serve every bank’s...

South Africa wants every ATM to serve every bank’s customers. Here is the plan The Reserve Bank wants one shared, unbranded ATM ne...

What Happens When Someone You Love Becomes Unreach...

What Happens When Someone You Love Becomes Unreachable?   Someone says they are on their way home. An hour passes. Then another. C...

Paying Rent for Sunlight: Solar Subscription Plans...

Paying Rent for Sunlight: Solar Subscription Plans Are Just Another NEPA Bill in Disguise This piece by Joseph Omotayo, Head of Hu...

Data broker opt-out: How retirees can protect thei...

Data broker opt-out tips for retirees: Find exposed addresses, remove personal details from people-search sites and reduce your sc...

Your insurer wants to track your driving. Is the d...

Car insurance tracking can lower your rate, but it collects detailed driving data. See what insurers track before you sign up.

Revolut and Lloyds Bank are down for many —here's ...

Thousands of Revolut and Lloyds Bank customers are reporting issues with their online banking services —here's all the latest on t...

The transformation trap: Why organizations are try...

The transformation trap: Why organizations are trying to change too much, too fast

Google Cloud down - major outage across Europe hit...

Google Cloud is currently having issues across Europe, affecting multiple other sites.

UK schools caught in a 'learning technology balanc...

Schools have been investing heavily in digital tools for the classroom – they now have too many screens and not enough use cases....

How to watch Just One Before I Die on Tubi (it's f...

Follow die-hard Bills fans in their search for just one championship– here's where to watch it free, plus all the release date, st...

A look at Elon Musk's "flying" Tesla Roadster

The new Tesla Roadster appears to defy the laws of physics but questions remain on whether or not it defies the laws of the road a...

This electric hydrofoil boat could be the ferry of...

Commuting can be a struggle, but a new electric hydrofoil ferry aims to make commuting across water smoother and more eco-friendly...

The AI doom scenario you've never heard of may be ...

The time to prepare for "gradual disempowerment" is now, according to researchers. One calls it "a civilization-scale problem."

Should you trust personal AI agents? What security...

The more access you give personal AI agents, the more capable they can be. But should you trust them?

As AI dominates conversations, here are key terms ...

Artificial intelligence and the conversations around it are rapidly evolving. These terms can help to understand the developments.

'Cute demo, but totally impractical': Experts are ...

Tesla has unveiled a new version of its Roadster EV that can briefly take to the air using SpaceX tech. Whether it actually qualif...

A gene variant triples the risk of getting Alzheim...

A gene variant called APOE4 is the biggest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. Scientists are finally figuring out how it...

World's fastest AI-powered racing drone outflies t...

An AI-operated drone learned to fly from scratch and navigated a race course at speeds over 60 mph, using a single camera.

11th-century 'pizza peel' discovered in Russia dou...

Archaeologists in Russia unearthed a flat wooden "pizza paddle" that had a board game carved into it.

See pieces of Halley's Comet fall to Earth this we...

The Orionid meteor shower peaks overnight on Oct. 21-22. Here's how to see "shooting stars" from Halley's Comet.

Tesla Roadster flies, flips and hits 60 mph in a f...

The new Tesla Roadster drove upside down and launched into the air at SpaceX's Texas facility, but a 2028 production target remain...

Oracle Health data breach exposes nearly 20 millio...

The Oracle Health breach exposed medical records, Social Security numbers and diagnoses of nearly 20 million patients across multi...

Hackers could already be inside American utilities...

Cybersecurity experts told Fox News Digital that a cyberattack on French supermarket freezers should warn the U.S. about critical ...

New iPhone spyware can steal passwords and photos

P7 DarkSword iPhone spyware can steal saved passwords, photos, Apple Notes and cryptocurrency wallet data by checking for commands...

Anthropic AI sends fake murder tip to Philadelphia...

Anthropic's Claude AI submitted a fabricated eyewitness tip about an unsolved murder to a Philadelphia police website during autom...

Robots could boost US manufacturing as America rac...

A Path Robotics executive told FOX Business that automation will be critical to expanding U.S. manufacturing as worker shortages p...

Six years after Stripe, Paystack is learning to ke...

Six years after Stripe's historic acquisition, Paystack is pivoting from moving money to keeping deposits to survive currency deva...

JAMB’s Canadian ambition: A $20 ticket to a system...

JAMB plans to offer its entrance exam in Ottawa from 2027, using Nigeria’s diplomatic mission rather than building a new facility....

Why an Ethiopian nurse swapped her scrubs for soft...

Medanit is a digital healthcare platform that is aiming to make healthcare easier to access in Ethiopia.

Cracking the Nigerian syllabus: How Ex-UNILAG stud...

UniBeta uses AI to help Nigerian university students prepare for exams.

In today's edition: Unbranded ATMs in SA || Banque du Caire could raise IPO stake to 45% || Vodacom keeps Safaricom stake—for now ...

Apple HomeView Price, Features and What It Can Do ...

Find out what Apple HomeView does, its features, wall-mount options, US price and estimated price in Nigeria, plus how it compares...

Why a high school in Virginia is getting a quantum...

Starting in January, students attending Skyview High School in Virginia will learn about the building blocks and principles underl...

Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier will keep melting ...

Computer models suggest that unrealistically cold oceans would be insufficient to stop Thwaites glacier retreating, although a nei...

Will physics be the next field to be turned upside...

AI has taken huge strides in computer programming and mathematics – physics could be next

Can a positive mindset protect us from the sniffle...

If you’re trying to avoid the worst of cold and flu season, looking after your mind can help shape your immune system, finds colum...

Scientists have just voted to abolish leap seconds

Since 1972, officials have added 27 leap seconds to the universal clock, but in a meeting this week in France they have decided to...

El Niño has killed hundreds of children in Sudan

Drought driven by El Niño is causing hunger and disease in Sudan that has already killed hundreds of children

Japan is launching a mission to Mars’s largest moo...

The Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft, set to launch on 20 October, will bring back samples that should solve a moon mystery th...

Noise-cancelling headphones prevent vomiting after...

Nausea and vomiting are common after surgery, which may be partly related to the noises patients are exposed to, even under genera...

Archaeologists are uncovering the meaning of a uni...

Excavations in the Côa valley in Portugal, the world’s largest site of Palaeolithic open-air rock art, are yielding clues about ho...

Why the Drake equation is still important 65 years...

The Drake equation provides a way to guess how many aliens we might be able to communicate with, but it’s also a prime example of ...

Even Dogs Seem to Experience the Mysterious Bouba/...

But why? The post Even Dogs Seem to Experience the Mysterious Bouba/Kiki Effect appeared first on Nautilus.

First Case of Teeth Growing Out of an Eye Socket

What you need to know about “ectopic teeth” The post First Case of Teeth Growing Out of an Eye Socket appeared first on Nautilus....

A Stunning Nebula Image Predicts How Our Sun Will ...

A light show lasting 25,000 years The post A Stunning Nebula Image Predicts How Our Sun Will Die appeared first on Nautilus.

Meet Loki the Sea Cucumber, One of 57 Newly Discov...

It looks friendly at least The post Meet Loki the Sea Cucumber, One of 57 Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Species appeared first on Naut...

How Our Skin Reveals the Link Between Insomnia and...

It’s an exhausting cycle The post How Our Skin Reveals the Link Between Insomnia and Fear appeared first on Nautilus.