Apple’s new research robot takes a page from Pixar’s playbook
Last month, Apple offered up more insight into its consumer robotics work via a research paper that argues that traits like expressive movements are key to optimizing human-robot interaction. “Like most animals,” starts the report, “humans are highly sensitive to…
IT Leaders Fear AI-Driven Cybersecurity Costs Will Soar
IT leaders are concerned about the rocketing costs of cyber security tools, which are being inundated with AI features. Meanwhile, hackers are largely eschewing AI, as there are relatively few discussions about how they could use it posted on cyber…
NYT Strands hints, answers for February 9
If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters —…
The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army
The establishment of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) relied on a recruitment campaign carried out, in part, by young software engineers fanning out across online chat groups and Discord servers, according to three sources and chat logs…
Top US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Adds Three New Altcoins to Its Listing Roadmap
Coinbase added three relatively new altcoins to its listing roadmap on Friday, putting the tokens on the potential path toward trading on the top US digital asset exchange. The firm could soon support Morpho (MORPHO), Popcat (POPCAT) and Pudgy Penguins…
Trump ends legal battle over Twitter ban
President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the company formerly known as Twitter appears to be over. Trump sued the social media platform for banning him in the aftermath of January 6, 2021, when Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. While a…
iOS 18.3.1 Release Expected Within the Next Few Weeks
The first incremental update to Apple’s iOS 18.3 may drop next week, both 9to5Mac and MacRumors predict. Both sites monitor the devices used by their visitors to track waves of updates. It’s normal for Apple to release minor fixes after…
Virtual Reality Platform Decentraland Outpaces All Other NFT Projects in Terms of Recent Development: Santiment
The Ethereum (ETH)-based virtual reality platform Decentraland (MANA) continues to surpass all other non-fungible token (NFT) projects in terms of recent development activity, according to the crypto analytics firm Santiment. Santiment notes on the social media platform X that Decentraland…
‘Football Manager 25’ canceled not long before it was supposed to come out
American football is on everyone’s minds right now thanks to the impending Super Bowl, but fascinating things are afoot in the world of association football, too. According to a statement released by game developer Sports Interactive, Football Manager 25 will…
8 Best Water Leak Detectors (2025), Tested and Reviewed
First Alert L1 Wi-Fi Water Leak and Freeze Detector Photograph: Simon Hill Other Leak Detectors We Like First Alert L1 Wi-Fi Water Leak and Freeze Detector for $62: This large flood sensor, branded First Alert, works with First Alert or…
