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Science/Tech

OpenText recognised as a top global employer

Today at 08:34 AM, via ITWeb

In 2025, OpenText was named one of Forbes World’s Best Employers, recognised as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People, and included in TIME World’s Best Companies.

Alphabet tops $4-trillion valuation

Today at 07:00 AM, via TechCentral

The Google parent has allayed doubts about its AI strategy, thrusting it back to the forefront of the high-stakes race.

How to sleep well in 2026 – podcast

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions on sleep to Dr Allie Hare, consultant physician in respiratory and sleep medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals and president of the British Sleep Society. They cover why women experience sleep disturbance during the menopause, why sleep paralysis affects some people more than others, and what scientists know about the link between sleep and...

He invented mini saunas for frogs – now this biologist has big plans to save hundreds of species

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

A deadly fungus has already wiped out 90 species and threatens 500 more but Anthony Waddle is hoping gene replacement could be their salvation

Standing ankle-deep in water between two bare cottonwood trees on a hot spring day, eight-year-old Anthony Waddle was in his element. His attention was entirely absorbed by the attempt to net tadpoles swimming in a reservoir in the vast Mojave desert.

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Miyi.io and Feixiaohao Present “Blockchain Impact” on 20th January at Impact Arena, Bangkok

Today at 06:33 AM, via Tech Financials

The conference would feature 15 visionary blockchain projects, 20 renowned Web3 speakers, leading innovators and investors.   Fifth-generation crypto exchange Miyi.io, in collaboration with China’s leading crypto data platform Feixiaohao, today announced Blockchain Impact, a premier blockchain industry event taking place on 20th January at Impact Arena, Bangkok. The event will bring...

EPA To Stop Considering Lives Saved By Limiting Air Pollution

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has calculated the health benefits of reducing air pollution, using the cost estimates of avoided asthma attacks and premature deaths to justify clean-air rules. Not anymore. Under President Trump, the E.P.A. plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing two of...

European Firms Hit Hiring Brakes Over AI and Slowing Growth

Today at 04:10 AM, via Slashdot

European hiring momentum is cooling as slower growth and accelerating AI adoption make both employers and workers more cautious. DW.com reports: [Angelika Reich, leadership adviser at the executive recruitment firm Spencer Stuart] noted how Europe’s labor market has “cooled down” and how “fewer job vacancies and a tougher economic climate naturally make employees more cautious about switching...

Viral Chinese App ‘Are You Dead?’ Checks On Those Who Live Alone

Today at 03:30 AM, via Slashdot

The viral Chinese app Are You Dead? (known as Sileme in Chinese) targets people who live alone by requiring regular check-ins and alerting an emergency contact if the user doesn’t respond. It launched in May and is now the most downloaded paid app in China. Cybernews reports: Users need to check in with the app every two days by clicking a large button to confirm that they are alive. Otherwise,...

Even Linus Torvalds Is Vibe Coding Now

Today at 02:50 AM, via Slashdot

Linus Torvalds has started experimenting with vibe coding, using Google’s Antigravity AI to generate parts of a small hobby project called AudioNoise. “In doing so, he has become the highest-profile programmer yet to adopt this rapidly spreading, and often mocked, AI-driven programming,” writes ZDNet’s Steven Vaughan-Nichols. Fro the report: [I]t’s a trivial program called AudioNoise — a recent...

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