Read an extract from The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Dive into the opening of The Selfish Gene’s first chapter ‘Why are people?’, the New Scientist Book Club’s read for June to mark 50 years since the popular science classic was first published
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DJI’s Osmo Mobile 8P Gimbal Has A Detachable Screen Remote
DJI has unveiled its latest smartphone gimbal, the Osmo Mobile 8P, with a new feature that should greatly benefit solo creators. It now includes a detachable remote control with a screen that lets you capture video remotely when there’s no one else around to hit the “record” button. It also features DJI’s latest tracking tech…
ICE agent arrested over shooting of Venezuelan man in US immigration raid | Civil Rights News
The charges stem from the January 14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent charged with shooting a Venezuelan man during a controversial immigration raid in Minnesota has been arrested in Texas, according to United States authorities. Agent Christian Castro, 52, was taken into…
Stephen Kalyn on Leading ‘Off Campus’ Season 2, His Hockey Past
Off Campus star Stephen Kalyn is no stranger to the world of hockey. The 28-year-old actor spent much of his young adult life at the hockey rink, playing the sport since the age of 6 and finished his minor hockey career in the AA tier. “That’s what I wanted to do as a kid and…
Dabbawalas: The men who fed Mumbai
Early dabbawalas transported lunchboxes on bicycles and marked them with coloured threads so they could be sorted and returned accurately. Over time, those markings were replaced with a unique alphanumeric code system, while deliveries came to rely on bicycles, motorbikes and Mumbai’s suburban train network.
Nvidia, Microsoft, and Arm are all teasing Nvidia’s new N1X laptop processors
It’s the world’s worst kept secret that Nvidia is about to announce its own Arm-powered laptop chips at Computex this weekend, and now Microsoft, Nvidia, and Arm are all openly teasing the announcement. The Windows and Nvidia GeForce accounts on X both posted “A new era of PC” earlier today, and now Arm has followed…
Rip Shoots All the Cows & Dwight Arrives
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the fourth episode of “Dutton Ranch,” “Start With a Bullet,” which is now streaming on Paramount+. Welcome back to another week at the Dutton Ranch, but instead of rip-roarin’ action, everyone is drunk and depressed. We’ve got sick animals, teen angst and trailer explosions. Can Rip (Cole Hauser) and…
The AI agent bottleneck isn’t model performance — it’s permissions
Enterprise AI agents are stalling — not because of model performance, but because of permissioning. Every agentic workflow eventually hits the same wall: what is this agent allowed to touch, on whose behalf, and how does the system know? Workday’s answer is to make its existing system of record the governance layer for agents. Gerrit…
Andy Burnham calls for ‘strong public control’ over industry and AI
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hosts the first roundtable of regional English mayors with Andy Burnham (R) Mayor of Greater Manchester, at Downing Street on July 9, 2024 in London, England. Ian Vogler | WPA Pool | Getty Images Andy Burnham, the politician who threatens to topple U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership, has…
NASA Awards Contract for Johnson Space Center Infrastructure
NASA has selected seven companies to provide construction, revitalization, and infrastructure improvements at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Johnson Space Center Multiple Award Construction Contract supports up to $300 million in upgrades to mission‑support facilities, utilities, and equipment across the NASA Johnson campus. All funds must be obligated by Sept. 30, 2026….