Samsung Health cuts sleep coaching data requirement to three days
Eligible users can begin Sleep Coaching after tracking three days of sleep within a seven-to-14-day period, down from a week within a month.
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Apple announces HomeView smart display, with limits for New Zealand buyers
The seven-inch display is designed to control compatible smart-home devices. New Zealand buyers can preorder it, but Apple's new Home Collection devices will initially launch...
Justice Department announces arrests in alleged North Korean IT worker scheme
U.S. authorities say the alleged remote-worker scheme affected more than 70 companies. Searches of suspected laptop farms in Texas led to the seizure of about 187 devices.
OpenAI engineer charged over alleged hidden recording device in office
Federal prosecutors charged Abdulrahman Alfozan after a device was found in an OpenAI conference room. The available reporting does not establish whether it recorded anything.
Australian report finds flexible work rarely extends to part-time management roles
A new workplace report finds that flexible hours and part-time work are widely offered, but few employers design management roles for part-time staff.
MIT reprograms NK cells inside mice to target cancer and autoimmune disease
Lipid nanoparticles carrying mRNA produced disease-targeting immune cells in mouse models. The reported results have not been tested in patients.
Bali authorities release 20 green turtles after suspected smuggling seizure
Twenty green turtles were returned to the sea off Serangan Island after authorities found 22 on an unmanned boat. Two remain in care.
NVIDIA outlines French AI projects as Bull plans new server production
NVIDIA’s roundup of French AI projects includes Bull’s plan to manufacture servers in Europe, following the opening of a production building in Angers.
NASA image shows the ridges of Western Australia’s Spider Crater
A new NASA Earth Observatory feature shows the eroded impact structure in a September Landsat 9 image, while its formation date remains uncertain.
Greece faces heavy-rain forecast as Montenegro records sharp day-to-night temperature swings
Forecasters expect heavy rain in parts of Greece on 13–14 October, with the Sporades among the areas at risk. Separately, clear skies brought unusually large temperature swings...
EU and China agree to annual cap of 350,000 China-made hybrid vehicles
The four-year agreement would limit hybrids imported into the EU from China. Customs enforcement is expected to begin in December, but detailed rules have not yet been published.
NASA sets seminar on how Roman’s deep-field surveys could advance black-hole research
An October 20 seminar will examine the approved Roman eXtreme Deep Field program and other planned surveys. Its promised discoveries remain projections ahead of science operations.
Fijian Hylaeus bee study estimates sharp genetic population decline
A genomic study estimates that the effective population size of Fiji’s Hylaeus navai bees has fallen by about 99% since European colonisation, while leaving the causes and...
UCLA study links 2024's record heavy rainfall to warming and El Niño
Researchers attribute part of the exceptional global rainfall in 2024 to human-caused warming. A strengthening El Niño raises questions about 2027, but a repeat record is far...
Université de Montréal study finds a paradox in young adults’ accounts of romance
Interviews with 41 adults found a contrast between bleak descriptions of modern dating and hopeful accounts of their own relationships. A separate French survey offers context...
Elephant carcass sites in Kruger remain nutrient-rich years after death, study finds
Researchers found elevated soil nutrients and grazing at elephant carcass sites in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, alongside lower plant and soil microbial diversity. The...
Ancangping fossils offer a rare view of ocean life after Snowball Earth
A South China assemblage preserves microscopic fossils alongside larger marine forms. Its proposed age could place it before the Lantian biota, but that timeline still needs...
NASA outlines four health and biology studies set to fly on SpaceX CRS-35
The station-bound cargo includes brain models, infected crops, a biomarker reader test and the final planned stay of an antibiotic-resistance study. Results are still ahead.