According to a report from the Washington Post, Apple Store employees at several retail stores in the US are said are said to be planning to unionize. Groups at two stores are reportedly preparing paperwork to file with the National Labor Relations Board, with about six more locations at earlier Read more…
Since being rolled out to users in the U.S. and Canada, Meta’s social VR platform for the Quest headset, Horizon Worlds, has grown its monthly user base by a factor of 10x to 300,000 people. “Meta spokesperson Joe Osborne confirmed the stat and said it included users of Horizon Worlds Read more…
Researchers from the Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, have provided evidence to suggest that fish have the capacity for MSR, a behavioral test to determine whether an animal possesses the ability of visual self-recognition. As Phys.Org explains, an animal’s capacity for MSR is determined when they “touch or Read more…
Wall Street institutions’ growing connections to crypto markets could threaten financial stability and cause a credit crunch-style financial crisis, global regulators have warned. The Financial Stability Board said (PDF) “ongoing vigilance” of institutional investors such as big banks and hedge funds is needed as they deepen their involvement in the Read more…
Our ability to process information during decision-making doesn’t drop off until age 60, according to new findings that challenge the widespread belief that mental speed starts to decline in our 20s. Mischa von Krause at Heidelberg University in Germany and his colleagues analysed data collected from around 1.2 million people Read more…
UPI reports on the results of a new randomized-controlled trial of ivermectin, the “gold standard” of medical research. UPI reports that treatment with ivermectin “failed to prevent patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 from progressing to serious illness, a study published Friday by JAMA Internal Medicine found.” Of 241 patients Read more…
Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published Monday. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contradicts previous research Read more…