Can AI better detect cognitive decline than doctors? New study reveals surprising accuracy
Early signs of cognitive decline often appear not in a formal diagnosis but in small clues buried in a health care provider’s notes. A new study published January 7 in the journal NPJ Digital Medicine suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) could help identify early signs of problems such as memory or thinking problems or changes […]
430,000-year-old Greek wooden hand tools are the oldest on record and older than modern humans
Greek archaeologists have discovered a 430,000-year-old hand-held wooden tool, making it the world’s oldest surviving tool of its kind, a new study has found. The two tools, found in the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece, were created by an unidentified hominin race older than modern humans. “These objects are the oldest hand-held wooden tools ever […]
Chrome adopts an AI browser with deeper Gemini integration and agent capabilities for autonomous tasks
Over the last year, we’ve seen a number of AI browsers from companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, Opera, and The Browser Company aiming to replace Chrome with features like sidebar assistants and automated tasks. Now, Google is enhancing its AI capabilities by adding similar features to Chrome, the world’s largest browser by market share. Google introduced […]
Fake Moltbot AI coding assistant on VS Code marketplace drops malware
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension for Moltbot (formerly known as Clawdbot) on the official extension marketplace. The extension claims to be a free artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant, but it secretly drops a malicious payload on compromised hosts. The extension was named “ClawdBot Agent – AIcoding […]
Next-generation AI ‘swarms’ will infiltrate social media by imitating human behavior and harassing real users, researchers warn
Researchers have warned that swarms of artificial intelligence (AI) agents could soon infiltrate social media platforms en masse, spreading false stories, harassing users, and undermining democracy. These “AI swarms” form part of a new frontier in information warfare, capable of mimicking human behavior and evading detection while creating the illusion of genuine online movement, according […]
Giant ‘metallic cloud’ discovered in nearby star system could be hiding an alien second sun
A huge cloud of vaporized metal could be hiding a secret planet or a second alien sun in a nearby star system, new research has revealed. This mysterious cloud is up to 15,000 times wider than our planet, and during the nearly nine months this ghostly object oozed between it and Earth, its host star […]
With Apple’s new Creator Studio Pro, AI is a tool to help you create, not replace it.
Generative AI apps that can create photos, videos, songs, and more are becoming increasingly popular. But with the release of Apple’s new Creator Studio Pro suite, which became generally available on Wednesday, the tech giant has approached adding AI as a tool to aid creators in their process, not to replace it. Instead, Apple is […]
San Francisco Police Department investigates crash between Zoox and parked car
According to TechCrunch, the San Francisco Police Department is investigating an accident in which a Zoox self-driving car crashed into the driver’s side door of a parked car. According to the department, officers responded to the crash near the intersection of 15th Avenue and Mission Street on January 17 at around 2 p.m. local time. […]
NASA is preparing for a mock launch of its Artemis II giant moon rocket, which could take place as early as Saturday.
NASA plans to simulate a test launch of its Artemis II giant moon rocket as early as Saturday (January 31), and engineers say they are on track or ahead of schedule. The Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as February 6, is intended to send humans around the moon in preparation for the […]
Allbirds closes last brick-and-mortar store in San Francisco
If the last San Francisco Allbirds store closed its doors and no one was around to hear it close, did it make a sound? Allbirds, the shoe brand that was once an icon of mid-2010s San Francisco tech, will close nearly all of its physical stores by the end of February. Only two outlet stores […]