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Unperceived electrical signals delivered to the brain can improve mathematical skills in college students, a new study found.Researchers say the technology isn’t far from being unprepared for home use, but one expert emphasized that more research is needed.In the new study, the researchers recruited 72 students from Oxford University. Researchers evaluated volunteer mathematics skills on tests before splitting students into abilities that matched them into three subgroups. In other words, each group had a mixture of people with weaker and stronger mathematical skills. You might like it For the experiment, individuals in each group placed electrodes on the scalp that…
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg has confirmed that the company is no longer migrating its Tumblr blogging platform to WordPress, as previously announced. Executives shared the news on Verge’s decoder podcast, which was released Monday, saying the project was “pending” indefinitely. “What we decided is to focus on what’s noticeable to users and what they’re looking for,” he told the site. “It was like an infrastructure, it was like a big restructuring. I still want to do it. It’s just clean. But now we’re not working on it.” The announcement also raises questions about what this means for Tumblr’s integration with…
Cybersecurity researchers discover critical security vulnerabilities in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Inspector project of artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, causing remote code execution (RCE), allowing attackers to fully access the host. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-49596 has a CVSS score of 9.4 out of a maximum of 10.0. “This is one of the first important RCES in the human MCP ecosystem, exposing a new browser-based class attack on AI developer tools,” Oligo Security’s Avi Lumelsky said in a report released last week. “Code execution on a developer’s machine allows attackers to steal data, install backdoors, and move the network…
After 13 years of robots deployed in warehouses, Amazon has reached a new milestone. Tech Behemoth currently has 1 million robots in its warehouse, the company announced Monday. The 1 million robots have recently been delivered to an Amazon fulfillment facility in Japan. The figures will keep Amazon on track and reach another landmark, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ also reported that 75% of Amazon’s global delivery is somehow supported by robots. TechCrunch contacted Amazon for more details. The company has also announced that it will release a new generation AI model called DeepFleet…
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged the tactical similarity between the threat actor behind the Romcom rat and the cluster where dubbing transfer devices are being observed to be delivered. Under The Ta829, Enterprise Security Firm Proofpoint tracks activities related to transfer loaders to groups called UNK_Greensec. The latter are also known as cigars, the ambiguous Mantis, Storm-0978, Tropical Scorpius, UAC-0180, UAT-5647, UNC2596, and Boyd Ravis. The company said it discovered UNK_Greensec as part of its investigation into TA829, explaining it uses “similar infrastructure, distribution tactics, landing pages and email lure themes.” TA829 is like a rare hacking group in threat situations…
The second “new star” unexpectedly appeared in the night sky, without warning, less than two weeks after the first explosion of light near the same light.These unprecedented “stars” are made of light coming from the explosion of a rare star known as the classic Nova. Scientists believe this is the first time in recorded history. Multiple of these bright explosions are visible to the naked eye at the same time.The first Nova, known as the V462 Lupi, initially glowed in the Lupus constellation on June 12th. Then, on June 25th, it detected another NOVA called V572 Velorum in Vela Constellation,…
Instagram threads have rolled out the most requested features of users to date. It’s a feature that sends messages directly to people without switching to another app like Instagram. The company said Direct Messages (DMS) will be rolled out to users globally starting Tuesday, along with a new visual element called Highlighter. The latter emphasizes interesting perspectives and conversations, and the meta starts with trending topics. At startup, thread DM provides a basic set of features. They support one-on-one chat, preset emoji responses, the ability to report spam, and Mute DMS (like Instagram). Other features such as group messaging, inbox…
Startups working on AI-powered e-commerce tools often rely on external data or user signals to build and improve their models. However, companies called utterances take a different approach by having thousands of human experts chat with users while purchasing items and using that knowledge to train models. And by answering questions to the persona that drives AI, these experts will always be “available.” The statement said this led to a 10% net revenue profit for the partners. This was a great indication for investors. On Tuesday, the startup announced $16 million in Series A funding led by Inspired Capital, with…
Dinosaurs debuted on Wednesday (Jurassic World) this summer, “Rebirth of Jurassic World” and are appearing in cinemas. The series, which began in Jurassic Park over 30 years ago, is one of the only major live-action blockbuster franchises to promote dinosaurs to the big screen. So, what about being a paleontologist who advises Hollywood about these Mesozoic creatures?Steve Brusatte, a vertebrate paleontologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, is the scientific advisor for the latest “Jurassic World” film starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailly. Live Science emailed several questions to get to the meat in…
Grammarly announced on Tuesday its acquisition of superhuman human email clients to build AI for its productivity suite. Neither company provided details regarding the financial terms of the transaction. The Superhuman was founded by Rahul Vohra, Vivek Sodera, and Conrad Irwin. According to data from Venture Data Analytics company Traxcn, the company has raised more than $114 million in funding from its patrons, including A16Z, IVP and Tiger Global. “In superhuman, you can bring that future to millions of experts, while providing an existing user with another surface for agent collaboration that doesn’t exist anywhere else. Email is more than…