NATO is boosting AI and climate research as scientific diplomacy remains on ice

NATO is boosting AI and climate research as scientific diplomacy remains on ice

A NATO research vessel conducting studies of marine mammals in the Mediterranean Sea (pictured in 2009).Credit: U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristen Allen via Mil image/Alamy Science has been essential to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the political and military alliance founded 75 years ago this month. The 32-country alliance is admitting more … Read more

The best ereaders for 2024

The best ereaders for 2024

Few things beat the smell of a new book (or an old one for that matter), but carrying an entire library in your pocket or instantly getting a new book you just heard about make ereaders attractive gadgets. The experience of reading on one beat tablets and smartphones thanks to E Ink displays that are … Read more

HMD steps out of Nokia’s shadow and launches its own mid-range smartphone line

HMD steps out of Nokia’s shadow and launches its own mid-range smartphone line

HMD is breaking into new territory by launching its first smartphone line under an original name. It’ll no longer be known as just a manufacturer of Nokia phones. In total, there are three mid-range devices in the series: the HMD Pulse, Pulse Plus, and Pulse Pro. The third model is meant to be the leader … Read more

NFL Draft 2024: live stream the Annual Player Selection online from anywhere

NFL Draft 2024: live stream the Annual Player Selection online from anywhere

It’s only been two-and-a-half-months since the Kansas City Chiefs overcame the San Francisco 49ers in a modern classic of a Super Bowl, but to NFL devotees it feels like an eternity. Thankfully, this year’s NFL Draft takes place this week to give fans a small taste of the gridiron, as the 32 teams get to … Read more

Netflix’s Wednesday season 2 cast clicks into gear with Westworld star addition as Apple’s Neuromancer series finds its lead

Netflix’s Wednesday season 2 cast clicks into gear with Westworld star addition as Apple’s Neuromancer series finds its lead

There’s good news for fans of William Gibson’s fictional AI Neuromancer and Wednesday, the ongoing tales of Charles Addams’ creepy and kooky family. Both shows’ already impressive casts have just announced some equally impressive new additions.  First up, BAFTA award-nominated Callum Turner from Masters of the Air and The Boys in the Boat is going … Read more

Over a billion users could be at risk from keyboard logging app security flaw

Over a billion users could be at risk from keyboard logging app security flaw

Almost a billion mobile users, holding various devices, could have had their communications revealed to malicious third parties, a report from cybersecurity researchers Citizen Lab claims. It says different device manufacturers have used different keyboard apps which were relaying unencrypted communications, transmitting keystrokes via plaintext, and similar. Tencent QQ Pinyin, Baidu IME, iFlytek IME, Samsung … Read more

Visual clutter skews our time perception

Visual clutter skews our time perception

Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Previous research has shown that our perception of time is linked to our senses.Credit: Karol Serewis/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty When people look at larger, less cluttered scenes — a big, empty warehouse, for example — they think they … Read more

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, April 25 (game #53)

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, April 25 (game #53)

If you found yesterday’s NYT Strands puzzle to be on the tough side (as I did) then you might enjoy today’s a little more – I think it’s a lot easier. That doesn’t mean it’s downright easy, though. Strands is always a challenge, so read on for a few hints if you’re struggling to find the … Read more

DNA from ancient graves reveals the culture of a mysterious nomadic people

DNA from ancient graves reveals the culture of a mysterious nomadic people

Scientists sampled genomic data from 279 graves at a cemetery in Rákóczifalva, Hungary, where people of the medieval Avar culture were buried.Credit: Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary Most people know about the Huns, if only because of their infamous warrior-ruler Attila. But the Avars, another nomadic people who subsequently occupied … Read more

Quordle today – hints and answers for Thursday, April 25 (game #822)

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, April 25 (game #53)

Thursday’s Quordle brings four new puzzles to solve. Or does it? Because unlike Wordle, Quordle answers do sometimes repeat. (I’m not saying any of today’s do, and in fact I have no idea whether any have appeared today, but it’s worth knowing that it’s a possibility.) Anyway, the puzzles may be new (or possibly not), … Read more