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20% Off LG Promo Code & Coupons | December 2025

Yesterday at 08:00 AM, via Wired

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Endoscopy finds Neanderthal noses not as adapted to the cold as expected

Yesterday at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Study on skull of Altamura Man could be blow to adaptation theories about Neanderthals and their extinction

One sign of a really cold day is the sharp sting of freezing air in your nose. It was believed that the noses of Neanderthals were better adapted to breathing the cold air of the Ice Age and that when the climate became warmer they were outcompeted by modern humans. This is now being...

Revolut FX Spreads Creep Higher For Travellers – Global Nomads Look To Digitap ($TAP) Card As The Best Crypto Presale

Yesterday at 07:00 AM, via Tech Financials

Revolut genuinely changed the game when it launched in 2015, and consumer banking has never been the same since. But a decade later, global travellers are coming to realize that the next great upgrade might come from a crypto presale rather than a traditional fintech. FX spreads, weekend markups, and legacy rails are all starting […]

Social media and ADHD diagnosis, new mpox strain in England and early firestarters – podcast

Yesterday at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

The Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, sits down with co-host Madeleine Finlay to discuss three eye-catching stories from the week, including a study investigating the link between social media use in children and rising rates of ADHD diagnosis. Also on the agenda is groundbreaking evidence that humans were starting fires 350,000 years earlier than previously known, and the discovery of a...

Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Now In Force. Other Countries Are Closely Watching What Happens

Yesterday at 06:22 AM, via Tech Financials

After months of anticipation and debate, Australia’s social media ban is now in force. Young Australians under 16 must now come to grips with the new reality of being unable to have an account on some social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. Only time will tell whether this bold, world-first experiment will succeed. […]

ChatGPT Is Apple’s Most Downloaded App of 2025

Yesterday at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Apple on Wednesday released its annual list of the most downloaded apps and games for the year. For the U.S. market, OpenAI’s ChatGPT topped the ranks of free iPhone apps (not including games) with the most installs in 2025. The AI app was followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail, and Google’s...

Operation Bluebird Wants To Relaunch ‘Twitter’ For a New Social Network

Yesterday at 02:50 AM, via Slashdot

A startup called Operation Bluebird is petitioning the US Patent and Trademark Office to strip X Corp of the “Twitter” and “tweet” trademarks, hoping to relaunch a new Twitter with the old brand, bird logo, and “town square” vibe. “The TWITTER and TWEET brands have been eradicated from X Corp.’s products, services, and marketing, effectively abandoning the storied brand, with no intention to...

Google Faces Fines Over Google Play If It Doesn’t Make More Concessions

Yesterday at 02:10 AM, via Slashdot

EU regulators say Google’s Play Store changes still don’t meet fairness rules and are preparing a potentially hefty 2026 fine unless Google makes deeper concessions. Reuters reports: Google Play has been in the European Commission’s crosshairs since March, with regulators singling out technical restrictions preventing app developers from steering users to other channels for cheaper offers....

India Proposes Charging OpenAI, Google For Training AI On Copyrighted Content

Yesterday at 01:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: On Tuesday, India’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade released a proposed framework that would give AI companies access to all copyrighted works for training in exchange for paying royalties to a new collecting body composed of rights-holding organizations, with payments then distributed to creators. The proposal argues...

Geminid meteor shower: where to watch Australia’s biggest shooting star show this weekend

Yesterday at 01:00 AM, via The Guardian

Stargazers will be able to see potentially dozens of meteors an hour, with the peak on Sunday night

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They’re bright, they’re plentiful and the Geminids – which make up what’s regarded as one of the best annual meteor showers to witness – are about to reach their peak viewing time.

The Geminid meteors have already been active in our...

Qualcomm Acquires RISC-V Chip Designer Ventana Micro Systems

Yesterday at 00:50 AM, via Slashdot

Qualcomm has acquired RISC-V startup Ventana to strengthen its CPU ambitions beyond mobile, “reinforcing its commitment and leadership in the development of the RISC-V standard and ecosystem,” the company said in a press release. CRN Magazine reports: The San Diego-based company said Ventana’s expertise in RISC-V, a free and open alternative to the Arm and x86 instruction set architectures,...

Ubuntu Will Have Native AMD ROCm AI/ML and HPC Libraries In Next LTS Release

Yesterday at 00:20 AM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader MadCow42 writes: Canonical just announced that they’re packaging AMD’s ROCm libraries (for AIML and HPC with both data-center GPUs as well as desktop/laptop GPUs), directly into the Ubuntu Universe archive. You can run ROCm on Ubuntu today but you have to install it via a script from AMD and manually remove and reinstall for any upgrades or bug fixes. Having it in...

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