Archaeologists found apparent scrape marks inside a skull; long bones may have been sharpened into tools. Very little is known about funerary practices in Iron Age Britain, since few human remains have survived. However, the environment in northwest Scotland is more conducive to preserving bone from that period. Archaeologists…
Brutal self-assessment paints a picture of a Microsoft gaming division in crisis. Just 100 days ago, when new Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma replaced long-serving executive Phil Spencer, she said she’d work to “understand what makes work and protect it.” Now, Sharma and Xbox Studios chief Matt Booty…
Alaska’s multibillion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities at risk. The upcoming loss of a deep-ocean monitoring system is triggering deep anxiety in Alaska, the nation’s top fish-producing state, where temperatures are warming twice as quickly as the global average. The National Science Foundation announced plans in May to…
Our ancestors’ genomes were built through successive waves of gene transfers. We tend to view ourselves and the complex cells that build us as a distinct branch of the tree of life from the compact, seemingly featureless cells of bacteria and archaea. But we’ve found that our genome is…
AI aside, Golden Gate includes a bunch of subtle-but-helpful improvements. Apple Intelligence and Siri AI have sucked most of the oxygen out of the room at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference this year—understandable, maybe, given that the AI-powered Siri delays are all anyone has wanted to ask any Apple executive…
For days after the stunning incident, the ADA had doubled-down on the choice. Amid intense backlash, the head of the American Diabetes Association posted a video Wednesday apologizing for the organization’s decision on Friday to forcefully remove five leading diabetes scientists from the association’s annual meeting. The scientists were ejected…
The Mobi Fold is an $80 Bluetooth mouse with a silicone-wrapped hinge. I see it often. Hardworking professionals in cafés, airports, or parks hunched over a laptop while carefully dragging their fingers over their PC’s trackpad to navigate some email, project, or alert that can’t be ignored. They would…
The US military struck Iran again after an Iranian drone’s lucky midair strike. A US Army helicopter gunship was apparently struck by an Iranian Shahed drone before going down near the Strait of Hormuz—but it’s unclear whether the one-way attack drone was deliberately aimed or achieved more of a…
Move also cuts off a massive market of legit users who buy cards with physical cash. For years, Valve’s physical Steam gift cards have been the closest you could come to buying a Steam game at a brick-and-mortar store. Now, Valve says it is phasing out the production of…
Honda’s $42,000 hybrid coupe looks great, handles well, and gets 44 mpg. You can tell Honda was trying to manage expectations when it emailed me to stress that “the Prelude is not a sports car.” And I can understand why. On paper, the specs make the sleek coupe—technically a…
