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Parrots struggle when told to do something other than mimic their peers

February 7, 2025

There have been many studies on the capability of non-human animals to mimic transitive actions—actions that have a purpose. Hardly any studies have shown that animals are also capable of…

Technology

Protection from COVID reinfections plummeted from 80% to 5% with omicron

February 7, 2025

With the rise of omicron came the fall of long-lasting protection from reinfection with the pandemic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to a study published in Nature. Using population-wide data from Qatar,…

Technology

The UK got rid of coal—where’s it going next?

February 7, 2025

With the closure of its last coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, on September 30, 2024, the United Kingdom has taken a significant step toward its net-zero goals. It’s no small feat…

Technology

ChatGPT comes to 500,000 new users in OpenAI’s largest AI education deal yet

February 7, 2025

On Tuesday, OpenAI announced plans to introduce ChatGPT to California State University’s 460,000 students and 63,000 faculty members across 23 campuses, reports Reuters. The education-focused version of the AI assistant…

Technology

“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed

February 7, 2025

Newly unsealed emails allegedly provide the “most damning evidence” yet against Meta in a copyright case raised by book authors alleging that Meta illegally trained its AI models on pirated…

Technology

DeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers

February 7, 2025

A little over two weeks ago, a largely unknown China-based company named DeepSeek stunned the AI world with the release of an open source AI chatbot that had simulated reasoning…

Technology

White House budget proposal could shatter the National Science Foundation

February 7, 2025

Sometime during the next several weeks, the directors of federal agencies will receive a draft version of President Trump’s budget request for the coming fiscal year, which begins on October…

Technology

Nintendo patent explains Switch 2 Joy-Cons’ “mouse operation” mode

February 7, 2025

It’s been a month now since we first heard rumors that the Switch 2’s new Joy-Cons could be slid across a flat surface to function like a computer mouse. Now,…

Cybersecurity

Cisco Patches Critical ISE Vulnerabilities Enabling Root CmdExec and PrivEsc

February 7, 2025

Cisco has released updates to address two critical security flaws Identity Services Engine (ISE) that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands and elevate privileges on susceptible devices. The…

Cybersecurity

Top 3 Ransomware Threats Active in 2025

February 7, 2025

You arrive at the office, power up your system, and panic sets in. Every file is locked, and every system is frozen. A ransom demand flashes on your screen: “Pay…

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