Paleontologists have discovered a new species of fossil fish from 90 million-year-old (Cretaceous period) deposits in Colombia. A paper reporting this discovery is published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. Candelarhynchus padillai. Image credit: Oksana Vernygora. Dubbed Candelarhynchus padillai, the new species is the first fossil ‘lizardfish’ from the Cretaceous …

Chimpanzees’ overall intelligence is correlated to their ability to exert self-control and delay gratification, according to a study published in the journal Current Biology. This is the first study to examine the relation between general intelligence scores and delayed gratification abilities in common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Image credit: Bernd Hildebrandt. …

Amazon is gearing up to compete directly with UPS and FedEx, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. The so-called “Shipping with Amazon” program will be an end-to-end shipping solution, with pickups from businesses and shipments made to consumers, per the report. The timeframe for rollout is soon, too: …

WeTravel wants to be the payment platform for small travel companies and group trips. Founded by three immigrant entrepreneurs who met at University of California, Berkeley, the company has just closed a $2 million seed round to expand its business among the small and medium-sized agencies that still play a …

On board the Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk sent hurtling towards the sun, aiming for a long, leisurely Earth-Mars orbit, there were a few pieces of miscellaneous cargo. A so-called ‘Starman,’ which is a life-size mannequin wearing a production version of the SpaceX crew spacesuit; a miniature car created by …

Bing Webmaster Tools now lets you log in using your Google account, Facebook account or your Microsoft login. This is to help make it easier for webmasters to log into their toolset. Here is what the interface looks like now when you try to log in: Microsoft told us this “means …

In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. The Google soda lab: Source: Instagram An escape ladder at Google: …

Apple is notorious for keeping its source code close to its chest, but someone just leaked a heap of very sensitive code online. A user known as “q3hardcore” posted large segments of Apple’s secure iBoot code to GitHub. The company issued a DMCA takedown request, but the code is out …

Lenovo has issued a recall for about 80,00 laptops it sold in 2016 and 2017. You might be in the habit of ignoring recalls, but this is definitely not one to ignore. Lenovo says the ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptops included in the recall contain batteries that could overheat and damage …

WhatsApp has begun testing a new payments feature in India that will allow people to send money to other WhatsApp users, excluding merchant accounts. The feature is currently in beta, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans, but hasn’t been publicly announced because it’s not widely available at this …