Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
To do this, Berthet and her colleagues built a database of 700 bonobo calls and deciphered them using methods drawn from ...
Nvidia confirms the Switch 2 supports DLSS, G-Sync, and ray tracing
The other major Nvidia technology supported by the new Switch is G-Sync, which prevents screen tearing when games are running ...
Hands-on with the Switch 2: It’s the Switch, too
The Nintendo Switch 2 could be considered the most direct "sequel" to a Nintendo console that the company has ever made. The ...
Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans
The US had the largest gap in survival between the poorest and wealthiest quartiles compared to European countries. America's ...
DeepMind has detailed all the ways AGI could wreck the world
This work has identified four possible types of AGI risk, along with suggestions on how we might ameliorate said risks. The ...
Explaining MicroSD Express cards and why you should care about them
But most commodity microSD cards, including pricier models like Samsung's Pro Ultimate series, use UHS-I, which has a maximum ...
Critics suspect Trump’s weird tariff math came from chatbots
Some overseas officials challenged Trump's math, such as George Plant, the administrator of Norfolk Island, who told the ...
Are new Google E2EE emails really end-to-end encrypted? Kinda, but not really.
When Google uses the term E2EE in this context, it means that an email is encrypted inside Chrome, Firefox, or just about any ...
Feeling curious? Google’s NotebookLM can now discover data sources for you
Most of Google's AI efforts thus far have involved adding generative features to existing products, but NotebookLM is ...
SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster
SpaceX has now launched eight full-scale test flights of Starship, with a Super Heavy booster and Starship's upper stage stacked together to form a rocket that towers 404 feet (123.1 meters) tall. The ...
Rocket Report: Next Starship flight to reuse booster; FAA clears New Glenn
The first flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket didn't last long on Sunday, Ars reports. The booster's nine engines switched off as the rocket cartwheeled upside-down and fell a short distance ...
Monkeys are better yodelers than humans, study finds
The monkeys' "ultra-yodels" had frequency leaps that were five times larger than human frequency changes, often exceeding three octaves. (Human yodelers are limited to one octave.) While the monkeys' ...