As fashion campaigners demand ‘degrowth’ for an industry responsible for 10 per cent of global pollution, Helen Coffey talks to pioneering designers, activists and academics about whether we’ve officially shopped till we drop
Google's new experimental Gemini model leads AI rankings until you strip away the formatting
Google's latest version of its Gemini AI model (Exp-1114) has achieved top scores across most test categories in the Chatbot Arena, now sharing the leading position with OpenAI's GPT-4o, according to testing platform lmarena.ai.
Chamber discovered deep within Great Pyramid of Giza could be missing piece of the puzzle
The ancient Egyptians are known for their extraordinary works of art and architecture, yet, experts are also interested in the gaping voids they left behind.Indeed, deep within the Great Pyramid of Giza, there exists a massive, sealed space which, though empty, continues to fascinate archaeologists....
Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks? | New Scientist
Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age
Fascinating early photos reveal what the world looked like in the 1800s
From the first daguerreotypes of Paris and London to early images of America's booming cities, these incredible black-and-white photos show what the world looked like in the 1800s...
Google and Apple Face Billions in Penalties After Losing E.U. Appeals - The New York Times
The cases had established the European Union as the world’s leading tech watchdog, but have since raised questions about its protracted appeals process.
Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon partner admits your phone could listen to everything - Neowin
An advertising partner of Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon admitted that your smartphones and other devices can listen to everything you say for ad targeting.
5 reasons why Pop!_OS is this Linux pro's favorite distro | ZDNET
Selecting a Linux distribution can be daunting but when you finally find the one, you stick with it. Pop!_OS has been my go-to for a long time. Here's why.
Shared from Bing: New Harvard study claims aliens could be living right here on Earth
Harvard University is one of the most revered institutions in the world, so when its academics publish new studies, people take note. It may come as a surprise, therefore, that a team of scientists at Harvard and Montana Technological University, have just produced a paper suggesting an advanced alien civilisation may be “walking among us” here on ...
Shared from Copilot: Sustainable by design: Advancing the sustainability of AI - The Official Microsoft Blog
During the past year, the pace of AI adoption has accelerated significantly, ushering in groundbreaking advances, discoveries and solutions with the potential to help address humanity’s biggest problems. We see this as a massive platform shift, akin to the printing press, which was not just an invention, but a technology that shaped a new economy....
ChatGPT gives better answers to health-related questions than human physicians, study finds
A study found ChatGPT's responses to health-related questions on Reddit’s r/AskDocs superior to physicians' 79% of the time, with higher quality and empathy ratings, though more research is needed for clinical applications.
We could detect a malfunctioning warp drive on an alien starship | New Scientist
Faster-than-light warp drives are theoretically possible to build, and if aliens are using them, we should be able to detect the gravitational waves produced when one goes wrong