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Sunday Runday (Image credit: Android Central) In this weekly column, Wearables Editor Michael Hicks discusses the world of running watches, fitness apps, and training trends, in his quest to get faster and more fit. The Pixel Watch 4 is Google’s sportiest smartwatch yet. As someone who’s tested nearly every smartwatch and fitness watch brand, I put the Watch 4 through …

The discovery of ancient tools linked to Paranthropus fossils is reshaping our understanding of human evolution. Traditionally, tool-making was considered exclusive to Homo species, but recent findings published in Science suggest that Paranthropus may have used and even created tools. This challenges previous assumptions and offers new insights into the diet, behavior, and survival strategies of early hominins. The Unexpected …

Paranthropus was adapted for chewing, with teeth up to four times the size of a modern humans. Teeth image © S.E.Bailey, Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project and model image © Tim Evanson. The first fossil hominins were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in South Africa, just over half a century after the publication of Darwin’s milestone work The Origin of …

To simplify AI adoption for businesses, Google is bringing together all its capabilities into one offering called Gemini Enterprise. The interface for Gemini Enterprise is basically gemini.google.com with a few more pro-level tools. It lets you access Gemini 2.5 Pro, Veo 3, and other Google models, as well as agents. First-party offerings include Deep Research and Data Insights. There’s also: A …

New Delhi: Aiming to revive the traditional culture of ‘observational astronomy’, the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) division of the Union Ministry of Education has invited school students, undergraduates, for-profit companies, and trusts to recreate indigenous and traditional astronomical instruments—some of which were mentioned in classical Sanskrit texts. The division, which operates as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education, …

In the beginning was the command line, and despite all the machine-learning froth, developers still live there. That is why Google has shoved its Jules coding agent into a terminal with a new tool it calls Jules Tools. Google years ago positioned search as the command line for the internet and now it has created a command line interface for …

If you’ve been keeping up with your Windows software updates, you probably noticed Microsoft’s Copilot AI made an appearance in the Taskbar—and in apps including Word and Excel if you use the Microsoft 365 suite. If you’re unhappy with that, you may be able to disable it.  You can disable Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps (unless you’re on a work …

On Thursday, a team of researchers led by Microsoft announced that they had discovered, and possibly patched, what they’re terming a biological zero-day—an unrecognized security hole in a system that protects us from biological threats. The system at risk screens purchases of DNA sequences to determine when someone’s ordering DNA that encodes a toxin or dangerous virus. But, the researchers …

We Finally Have Free Anti-Robocall Tools That Work  The New York Times Apple is trying to make your phone usable as a phone again  vox.com iPhone fans are loving this iOS 26 feature for stopping spam calls – here’s how to turn it on  TechRadar Turn on NEW phone trick to finally avoid infuriating spam calls – & watch it expose them without …

“Apple’s Camera Knows Where You’re Looking”: iPhone 17 Tracks Your Face While Video Calls Become Surveillance Tools Without Warning  Rude Baguette I tested the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max for two weeks, and I’m in love  CNN Apple’s iPhone 17 Line Wins By Returning the Focus to Hardware  Bloomberg.com The T-Mobile “Apple iPhone 17 On Us” Deals Explained  IGN iPhone 17 …