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A new study found that scent-detection dogs make more false-positive alerts when they have not eaten breakfast before starting work. Researchers observed that dogs on empty stomachs were more prone to signaling a scent that wasn't actually present, compared to dogs that had eaten beforehand.
Shenzhen Suqiao Intelligent Technology, an established Chinese OEM/ODM, is listing a customized GeForce RTX 5090 with 96GB of memory—triple the stock 32GB—for $3,888 on Alibaba, undercutting the standard U.S. price by roughly 35%. The listing contains dubious specs like GDDR6X memory and 14 Gbps speeds, raising questions about accuracy, though the underlying GB202 chip used in Nvidia's 96GB RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell suggests such a memory configuration is technically feasible.
Amazon is offering a 40% discount on Dell's 27-inch touchscreen all-in-one desktop, cutting roughly $1,400 off its normal price. The compact system combines display, computer and touchscreen into one unit, marketed for both office and household use.
PayPal's chief executive is moving forward with an internal restructuring strategy after a proposed $50 billion acquisition of the company failed to materialize. The plan reportedly includes incentives tied to performance, with the CEO eligible for a $25 million bonus if the turnaround convinces investors of its merit.
gPTY is a new open-source project that pairs the Godot game engine with Rust to create a PTY-based terminal multiplexer featuring a resizable tiling grid for panes like terminals, code viewers, and file trees. It exposes a JSON-RPC/CLI/MCP control interface so AI agents and scripts can spawn panes, inject text, and read output programmatically instead of scraping terminal UIs. It also includes a regex-based 'concept engine' that captures and routes terminal output into other panes, plus persistence via SQLite/JSON for scrollback, settings, and workspaces.
As Tesla's autonomous Cybercab vehicles begin appearing in cities including Austin, New York, Washington DC, and San Diego, several personal injury law firms are already publishing marketing material aimed at potential accident victims. Firms such as Sarofiem and Antoun, Funes Law, and Angel Reyes and Associates are positioning themselves to handle liability claims even though no confirmed Cybercab accidents have occurred yet.
Amazon has cut the price of the Strebito 144-in-1 screwdriver set from $49.99 to $39.99, a 20% discount. The kit includes an electric driver with a rechargeable 350 mAh battery, a manual precision driver, 120 magnetic bits, and 22 additional maintenance tools for electronics repair and PC building.
A new archaeological analysis of prehistoric bone remains suggests that cannibalism during the Neolithic period was not a uniform behavior but took different forms depending on time and place. Researchers found variation in butchering marks, burial context, and treatment of remains, indicating diverse motivations ranging from ritual to survival or warfare.
Amid a public spat over an OpenAI math-proof controversy and an Anthropic researcher's resignation over safety concerns, AI ethicist Timnit Gebru weighed in publicly, arguing that apocalyptic warnings about AI 'killing humanity' are overstated and self-serving. Gebru, known for her contentious 2020 exit from Google over a suppressed bias research paper, is releasing a book next year detailing her experiences and views on the industry's ideological drift.
Iran-backed Houthi fighters have reportedly captured territory along Yemen's Red Sea coast, including Perim island, which sits in the narrow Bab al-Mandab Strait linking the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea and Suez Canal. Directly across the water lies Djibouti, a small nation hosting military bases from the US, China, France, Japan and Italy due to the strait's importance to global shipping.
An Instagram executive argued that most users don't actually want their feed shown in strict time order, despite frequent requests for the option. The comment comes as Australian regulators move toward rules that would require platforms to give users control over how their feeds are sorted.
Bose has updated its standard QuietComfort Headphones with a redesigned headband, reshaped earcups and relocated power switch, plus new software features. The company added Immersive Audio spatial sound and Cinema Mode, previously exclusive to its Ultra line, along with a new CustomTune calibration tool that tailors sound and noise cancellation to a listener's ears. The headphones also drop the 3.5mm jack in favor of USB-C for both charging and lossless wired listening.