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Just 5 weeks of brain training may protect against dementia for 20 years

Science dailyScience50 minutes ago
A simple brain-training program that sharpens how quickly older adults process visual information may have a surprisingly powerful long-term payoff. In a major 20-year study of adults 65 and older, those who completed five to six weeks of adaptive “speed of processing” training — along with a ...

ORD Freezes after placing, editing or moving text and callouts

Reddit EngineeringEngineering4 hours ago
ORD 2023 R2 working in ProjectWise. Does this for 10-15 seconds every time. Anyone had this happen or found a fix?   submitted by   /u/idontrightlyknowser [link]   [comments]

xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands

TechCrunchTechnology4 hours ago
On Wednesday, xAI took the rare step of publishing its full 45-minute all-hands presentation to the X platform, making it widely available.

AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say

TechCrunchTechnology5 hours ago
General Catalyst is in talks to lead the round for the four-year-old startup, according to our sources.

OpenAI disbands mission alignment team

TechCrunchTechnology6 hours ago
The team's leader has been given a new role as OpenAI's chief futurist, while the other team members have been reassigned throughout the company.

Apple’s Siri revamp reportedly delayed… again

TechCrunchTechnology6 hours ago
While the new Siri was expected to launch with the upcoming iOS 26.4 update in March, now, the changes are expected to roll out more slowly over time, reportedly postponing some features until the May iOS update, or even until the release of iOS 27 in September.

Uber Eats launches AI assistant to help with grocery cart creation

TechCrunchTechnology6 hours ago
Uber Eats launched a new AI feature, “Cart Assistant,” that can automatically add items to your cart based on text or image prompts.

Who will own your company’s AI layer? Glean’s CEO explains

TechCrunchTechnology7 hours ago
Enterprise AI is shifting fast from chatbots that answer questions to systems that actually do the work across an organization. But who will own the AI layer that powers all of it?  Glean, which started as an enterprise search product, has evolved into what it calls an “AI work assistant,” ...

Elon Musk suggests spate of xAI exits have been push, not pull

TechCrunchTechnology7 hours ago
At least nine engineers, including two co-founders, have announced their exits from xAI in the past week, fueling online speculation and raising questions about stability at Musk’s AI company amid mounting controversy.

Microsoft says hackers are exploiting critical zero-day bugs to target Windows and Office users

TechCrunchTechnology7 hours ago
Critical security flaws targeting Windows and Office users allow hackers to take complete control of a victim's computer by clicking a malicious link or opening a file. Patch now.

What AI do you use? Particularly for mechanical engineering?

Reddit EngineeringEngineering7 hours ago
I'm considering pushing the boss to get on the train, as it could really speed some stuff up. Love the idea of an agent doing modeling. IDK if that's even possible, but I don't see why not. I've just used GPT and a little Gemini for personal use and the occasional work related questi...

How to get into a16z’s super-competitive Speedrun startup accelerator program

TechCrunchTechnology8 hours ago
TechCrunch spoke to a16z partner Joshua Lu for some tips on standing out for the Speedrun program.

Cash App adds payment links so you can get paid in a DM

TechCrunchTechnology8 hours ago
The new feature allows users to share payment requests in a variety of digital settings.

Amazon’s new eero Signal keeps you connected to the internet when outages occur

TechCrunchTechnology8 hours ago
A new device from eero will keep you online even if your ISP goes down.

The search is on: 2026 Joseph C. Belden Innovation Award nominations are open

TechCrunchTechnology8 hours ago
Nominations for the 2026 Joseph C. Belden Innovation Award are open, inviting SMBs with groundbreaking innovation a chance to win scaling opportunities. Last day to apply is February 13.

Activist investor Ancora publicly opposes the WBD-Netflix deal

TechCrunchTechnology8 hours ago
An investment group is trying to sway Netflix shareholders to reject the WBD deal in favor of Paramount.

DOJ says Trenchant boss sold exploits to Russian broker capable of accessing ‘millions of computers and devices’

TechCrunchTechnology9 hours ago
The former boss of the L3Harris-owned hacking and surveillance tools maker Trenchant faces nine years in prison for selling several exploits to a Russian broker, which counts the Russian government among its customers.

Why the economics of orbital AI are so brutal

TechCrunchTechnology9 hours ago
A 1 GW orbital data center would cost roughly $42.4 billion — almost three times its ground-bound equivalent.

Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ AI feature lets you personalize your feed

TechCrunchTechnology10 hours ago
The platform's new feature lets users tell Threads what they temporarily want to see more or less of in their feed.

Google releases the first beta of Android 17, adopts a continuous developer release plan

TechCrunchTechnology10 hours ago
Google is changing how developers get access to new APIs and features of the latest version.

How AI changes the math for startups, according to a Microsoft VP

TechCrunchTechnology10 hours ago
Amanda Silver is a corporate vice president at Microsoft’s CoreAI division, where she works on tools for deploying apps and agentic systems within enterprises.

UpScrolled’s social network is struggling to moderate hate speech after fast growth

TechCrunchTechnology10 hours ago
UpScrolled, a social network that surged in the wake of the U.S. TikTok deal, has seen an uptick in harmful content, including usernames and hashtags that contain racial slurs.

Twilio co-founder’s fusion power startup raises $450M from Bessemer and Alphabet’s GV

TechCrunchTechnology11 hours ago
Inertia Enterprises will use the Series A investment to build one of the world's most powerful lasers, a key part of its power plant design.

Blockbuster weight loss drugs like Ozempic deliver big results but face big questions

Science dailyScience13 hours ago
Three major reviews commissioned by the World Health Organization find that GLP-1 drugs including tirzepatide (sold as Mounjaro and Zepbound), semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy), and liraglutide (Victoza and Saxenda) can lead to substantial weight loss in people with obesity. But while the results are...

Material type for rubber dampner such as "Timbren"

Reddit EngineeringEngineering13 hours ago
I have a project where it would be adventageous to use rubber for the suspension. I am thinking of stacking some discs, about 3" diameter around a 1" shaft. I am not 100% on total thickness but was planning on getting 1" thick material so I could waterjet them and use 2 or 3 discs sta...

Life may have started as sticky goo clinging to rocks

Science dailyScience13 hours ago
Life may have started in sticky, rock-hugging gels rather than inside cells. Researchers suggest these primitive, biofilm-like materials could trap and concentrate molecules, giving early chemistry a protected space to grow more complex. Within these gels, the first hints of metabolism and self-repl...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is spraying water across the solar system

Science dailyScience13 hours ago
For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the third known interstellar comet ever spotted. When scientists turned NASA’s Swift Observatory toward it, they caught the first-ever hint of water from such an object, dete...

Almost every forest bird in Hawaiʻi is spreading avian malaria

Science dailyScience15 hours ago
Avian malaria is spreading across Hawaiʻi in a way scientists didn’t fully grasp until now: nearly every forest bird species can help keep the disease alive. Researchers found the parasite at 63 of 64 sites statewide, revealing that both native honeycreepers and introduced birds can quietly pass ...

Payroll pirates are conning help desks to steal workers' identities and redirect paychecks

The registerSecurity15 hours ago
Attackers using social engineering to exploit business processes, rather than tunnelling in via tech Exclusive  When fraudsters go after people's paychecks, "every employee on earth becomes a target," according to Binary Defense security sleuth John Dwyer.…

Astronomers shocked by how these giant exoplanets formed

Science dailyScience15 hours ago
A distant star system with four super-sized gas giants has revealed a surprise. Thanks to JWST’s powerful vision, astronomers detected sulfur in their atmospheres — a chemical clue that they formed like Jupiter, by slowly building solid cores. That’s unexpected because these planets are far bi...

Depression may be the brain’s early warning sign of Parkinson’s or dementia

Science dailyScience16 hours ago
Depression in older adults may sometimes signal the early stages of Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia. Researchers found that depression often appears years before diagnosis and remains elevated long afterward, unlike in other chronic illnesses. This suggests depression may reflect early b...

Children bombarded with weight loss drug ads online, says commissioner

BBC TechnologyTechnology18 hours ago
The Children's Commissioner suggested social media advertising for children should be banned.

Your cat’s purr says more than you think

Science dailyScience19 hours ago
Your cat’s purr may say more about who they are than their meow ever could. Scientists discovered that purrs are stable and uniquely identifiable, while meows change dramatically depending on context. Domestic cats, in particular, have evolved highly flexible meows as a way to communicate with hum...

This ancient animal was one of the first to eat plants on land

Science dailyScience19 hours ago
Hundreds of millions of years ago, the first animals to crawl onto land were strict meat-eaters, even as plants had already taken over the landscape. Now scientists have uncovered a 307-million-year-old fossil that rewrites that story: one of the earliest known land vertebrates to start eating plant...

Scientists just made living blood vessels on a chip that act like real ones

Science dailyScience21 hours ago
Blood vessels twist, branch, narrow, and balloon in ways that dramatically affect how blood flows — but most lab models have long treated them like straight pipes. Researchers at Texas A&M have now built a new kind of “vessel-chip” that mirrors the real complexity of human blood vessels, from ...

Scientists discover how life experiences rewrite the immune system

Science dailyScience23 hours ago
Why does the same virus barely faze one person while sending another to the hospital? New research shows the answer lies in a molecular record etched into our immune cells by both our genes and our life experiences. Scientists at the Salk Institute have created a detailed epigenetic map of human imm...

A bonobo’s pretend tea party is rewriting what we know about imagination

Science dailyScience1 days ago
A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the correct locations of pretend items, while still choosing real food when given the option. The results sug...

When immune cells stop fighting cancer and start helping it

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Scientists have uncovered a surprising way tumors turn the immune system to their advantage. Researchers at the University of Geneva found that neutrophils—normally frontline defenders against infection—can be reprogrammed inside tumors to fuel cancer growth instead. Once exposed to the tumor en...

Scientists uncover the climate shock that reshaped Easter Island

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Around 1550, life on Rapa Nui began changing in ways long misunderstood. New research reveals that a severe drought, lasting more than a century, dramatically reduced rainfall on the already water-scarce island, reshaping how people lived, worshiped, and organized society. Instead of collapsing, Rap...

Singapore spent 11 months booting China-linked snoops out of telco networks

The registerSecurity1 days ago
Operation Cyber Guardian involved 100-plus staff across government and industry Singapore spent almost a year flushing a suspected China-linked espionage crew out of its telecom networks in what officials describe as the country's largest cyber defense operation to date.…

Scientists find genes that existed before all life on Earth

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Life’s story may stretch further back than scientists once thought. Some genes found in nearly every organism today were already duplicated before all life shared a common ancestor. By tracking these rare genes, researchers can investigate how early cells worked and what features of life emerged f...

Apple and Google agree to change app stores after 'effective duopoly' claim

BBC TechnologyTechnology1 days ago
The UK's markets regulator says the proposed commitments "will boost the UK's app economy".

Nearly 17,000 Volvo staff dinged in supplier breach

The registerSecurity1 days ago
HR outsourcer Conduent confirms intruders accessed benefits-related records tied to US personnel Nearly 17,000 Volvo employees had their personal data exposed after cybercriminals breached Conduent, an outsourcing giant that handles workforce benefits and back-office services.…

A simple discovery is shaking the foundations of spintronics

Science dailyScience1 days ago
A long-standing mystery in spintronics has just been shaken up. A strange electrical effect called unusual magnetoresistance shows up almost everywhere scientists look—even in systems where the leading explanation, spin Hall magnetoresistance, shouldn’t work at all. Now, new experiments reveal a...

Instagram and YouTube owners built 'addiction machines', trial hears

BBC TechnologyTechnology1 days ago
The tech giants are under scrutiny over social media addiction in a landmark jury trial in Los Angeles

AI reads brain MRIs in seconds and flags emergencies

Science dailyScience1 days ago
Researchers at the University of Michigan have created an AI system that can interpret brain MRI scans in just seconds, accurately identifying a wide range of neurological conditions and determining which cases need urgent care. Trained on hundreds of thousands of real-world scans along with patient...

Physicists discover what controls the speed of quantum time

Science dailyScience2 days ago
Time may feel smooth and continuous, but at the quantum level it behaves very differently. Physicists have now found a way to measure how long ultrafast quantum events actually last, without relying on any external clock. By tracking subtle changes in electrons as they absorb light and escape a mate...

Italy’s Winter Olympics are stunning from space

Science dailyScience2 days ago
Satellite imagery reveals how the 2026 Winter Olympics are spread across northern Italy, from alpine valleys to historic cities. Events are hosted in mountain resorts, while Milan and Verona frame the Games with opening and closing ceremonies. The view includes iconic features like Lake Garda and th...

New research reveals humans could have as many as 33 senses

Science dailyScience2 days ago
We don’t experience the world through neat, separate senses—everything blends together. Smell, touch, sound, sight, and balance constantly influence one another, shaping how food tastes, objects feel, and even how heavy our bodies seem. Scientists now believe humans may have more than 20 distinc...

Why food fraud persists, even with improving tech

BBC TechnologyTechnology2 days ago
Even with sophisticated technology it is still difficult to detect fake foods.