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Early human ancestors used their hands to both climb trees and make tools, new study shows

Early human ancestors used their hands to both climb trees and make tools, new study shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — Our hands can reveal a lot about how a person has lived – and that’s true for early human ancestors , too. Different activities such as climbing, grasping or hammering place stress on different parts of our fingers.
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NASA rover spies the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye

NASA rover spies the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye

NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected the first aurora at Mars that's visible to the human eye, good news for future astronauts who can savor the view on the red planet. European and U.S.
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B.C. opioid rules were to reduce overdoses. But they cut cancer patients' pain meds

B.C. opioid rules were to reduce overdoses. But they cut cancer patients' pain meds

Rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016 inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative-care patients by reducing their access to pain killers, a new study has found.
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Trump administration rescinds curbs on AI chip exports to foreign markets

Trump administration rescinds curbs on AI chip exports to foreign markets

NEW YORK (AP) — Responding to complaints from the tech industry and other countries, the U.S.
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Sony racks up record profit on robust performance for music, movies and games

Sony racks up record profit on robust performance for music, movies and games

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology and entertainment company Sony logged an 18% rise in profit for the fiscal year through March on healthy results at its music and video-game operations.
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Nvidia to send 18,000 AI chips to Saudi Arabia

Nvidia to send 18,000 AI chips to Saudi Arabia

U.S. chip maker Nvidia will partner with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund-owned AI startup Humain and will ship 18,000 chips to the Middle Eastern nation to help power a new data center project.
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Pope Leo XIV is back on social media, with a message of peace

Pope Leo XIV is back on social media, with a message of peace

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has taken over the Vatican’s official social media handles, with a first Instagram post on Tuesday repeating the first words he said to the world as pope: “Peace be with you all!” The @Pontifex – Pope Leo XIV post fea
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Food grown with fewer chemicals? A Brazilian scientist wins $500,000 for showing the way

Food grown with fewer chemicals? A Brazilian scientist wins $500,000 for showing the way

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Brazilian scientist who pushed back against chemical fertilizers and researched biologically based approaches to more robust food production has been honored with this year’s World Food Prize, the organization announced Tues
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Microsoft lays off about 3% of its workforce in what one executive calls a 'day with a lot of tears'

Microsoft lays off about 3% of its workforce in what one executive calls a 'day with a lot of tears'

Microsoft began laying off about 6,000 workers Tuesday, nearly 3% of its entire workforce and its largest job cuts in more than two years as the company spends heavily on artificial intelligence .
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Former journalist Evan Solomon named first-ever federal AI minister

Former journalist Evan Solomon named first-ever federal AI minister

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has launched a new artificial intelligence ministry and has named former journalist Evan Solomon to lead it.
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