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Meet the parasitic invader that tricks ants into killing their own queen:
A sneaky, stealthy parasite queen can turn an ant colony against itself.
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17 November 2025.
Smartphone-connected camera shows you the sources of sounds:
With the SoundCam Go acoustic camera, you can be that person in your neigborhood social media group who can answer those “Where's that noise coming from?” questions whenever an unexplained sound is reported.
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17 November 2025.
License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People:
More than 80 law enforcement agencies across the United States have used language perpetuating harmful stereotypes against Romani people when searching the nationwide Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) network, according to audit logs obtained and analyzed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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17 November 2025.
Top 10 AI Tools That Will Transform Your Content Creation in 2025:
Looking to level up your content creation game in 2025? You're in the right place! The digital landscape has evolved dramatically, and AI tools have become essential for creators who want to stay ahead of the curve.
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02 January 2025.
Celebrating the 50th Startup Cornell podcast at Eclectic Convergence:
This episode features speakers and attendees recorded live during the Oct.
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14 November 2025.
AI firms must be clear on risks or repeat tobacco’s mistakes, says Anthropic chief:
Artificial intelligence will become smarter than ‘most or all humans in most or all ways’, says Dario AmodeiBusiness live – latest updatesArtificial intelligence companies must be transparent about the risks posed by their products or be in danger of repeating the mistakes of tobacco and opioid firms, according to the chief executive of the AI startup Anthropic.
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18 November 2025.
These parrots came to Los Angeles as pets – then went wild. Now scientists are unlocking their mysteries:
Once escapees from the pet trade, Los Angeles’s feral parrots have become a vibrant part of city life, and could even aid conservation in their native homelandsA morning mist hung over the palm trees as birds chattered and cars roared by on the streets of Pasadena.
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18 November 2025.
Roaming authenticators offer what other passkey solutions can't - but there are trade-offs:
The most secure passkey authenticator could be a physical device - here's why.
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18 November 2025.
From seabirds to sea turtles: the fatal toll of plastic revealed:
A new study pinpoints the deadly thresholds of plastic ingestion for marine life.
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17 November 2025.
Interpretable AI reveals key atomic traits for efficient hydrogen storage in metal hydrides:
Hydrogen fuels represent a clean energy option, but a major hurdle in making its use more mainstream is efficient storage.
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18 November 2025.
Europe Begins Rethinking Its Crackdown on Big Tech:
European policymakers are crafting changes to scale back and simplify landmark rules for A.
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17 November 2025.
Oracle’s stock could surge 80%, says this analyst who predicts a major rebound:
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18 November 2025.
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.:
Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico.
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17 November 2025.
Oracle’s stock could surge 80%, says this analyst who predicts a major rebound:
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18 November 2025.
Google Is Collecting Troves of Data From Downgraded Nest Thermostats:
Even after disabling remote control and officially ending support for early Nest Learning Thermostats, Google is still receiving detailed sensor and activity data from these devices, including temperature changes, motion, and ambient light.
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18 November 2025.
China’s humanoid robots are gaining ground – but they’re not there yet:
The U.S. and China are racing to build humanoid robots capable of performing many daily tasks – but the complexity of home and business environments makes that challenging.
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29 August 2025.
'Sophisticated' Bronze Age city unearthed in Kazakhstan 'transforms our understanding of steppe societies':
Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered the "City of Seven Ravines," a vast Bronze Age "proto-city" with metalworking, dwellings and a large building.
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18 November 2025.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
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