My friend recently attended a funeral, and midway through the eulogy, he became convinced that it had been written by AI. There was the telltale proliferation of abstract nouns, a surfeit of ...

She needed a moo-sage. Utilizing implements isn’t limited to primates and brainiac birds. A brown cow named Veronika was documented using tools with impressive skill for the first time ever, ...

Around ten years ago, an organic farmer and baker in a small Austrian town noticed that his pet cow would use sticks to scratch herself. The cow, named Veronika, also appeared to refine her technique ...

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In news that is sure to delight fans of a certain Gary Larson cartoon turned meme about the limitations of bovine cognition, cow tools are real. Larson’s 1982 comic for his series The Far Side showed ...

Kevin recently joined the hosts of “The Wirecutter Show” for a conversation about the artificial intelligence products he’s using, strategies to make chatbots work better and his beloved robot vacuums ...

Samsung recently kicked off the One UI 8.5 beta program for the Galaxy S25 series and highlighted some of the new features coming with the update. While other Galaxy devices haven’t received beta ...

The leaked One UI 8.5 beta early build shows off the new Galaxy AI features that could be making their way. ‘Now nudges’ is one of the new AI features that will help you get things done quickly by ...

A female wolf figured out how to pull a crab trap from the ocean onto shore to fetch a tasty treat. Scientists debate whether the behavior represents tool use, or if the animal needed to have modified ...

What if artificial intelligence could not only mimic your design style but also replicate it with such precision that it feels like an extension of your creative process? The promise of AI in design ...

Lynn White was out of options. Allegedly behind on rent payments to her trailer park in Long Beach, California, and facing an eviction notice, she worked with a lawyer from a local tenant advocacy ...

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