Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) have social systems to rival our own, according to new research led by marine biologists from the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University. O’Corry-Crowe et al analyzed the relationship between group behaviors, group type, group dynamics, and kinship of beluga whales in 10 locations …

While there are still some concerns about the US Open Grand Slam event going ahead in New York next month, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has said that the event will go ahead when he appeared on the CNN TV show, “The Situation Room” with Wolf Blitzer. New York …

Google Says Android 10’s Adoption Rate Is the Fastest Ever Complains about Android system updates are almost as old as Android itself. Google’s early decisions made it very difficult to get devices updated with the latest features and patches, which has haunted the platform for years as the dreaded F-word. …

Google Leaks Upcoming Pixel Device Names, Including Pixel 4a 5G Speculation has been rampant as rumored release dates for the Google Pixel 4a have come and gone without a word. Now, we might finally know what Google’s planning for its 2020 phone releases, but not because it told anyone. Strings …

New AMD Threadripper Pro 3995WX to Offer 8-Channel DDR4 Support There’s been a rumor going around this week about a new, 64-core Threadripper CPU from AMD. Dubbed the 3995WX and debuting under the “Threadripper Pro” brand-name, this chip is supposed to debut with an eight-channel memory configuration with support for …

Large Dolphin from Oligocene Epoch was Fast-Swimming Apex Predator Paleontologists have found and described the first nearly complete skeleton of Ankylorhiza tiedemani, an extinct large dolphin that lived about 24 million years ago (Oligocene epoch). Life restoration of a pod of Ankylorhiza tiedemani. Image credit: Robert Boessenecker. With a body …

Sodium Regulates Circadian Clock in Mice, New Study Shows A new study published this week in the journal Nature shows that injecting mice with a salt solution (hypertonic saline) leads to the activation of neurons associated with the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the brain’s master circadian clock. The suprachiasmatic nucleus of a …

Google Ads to prohibit spyware, surveillance products and services   Google is updating its policies to prohibit spyware and surveillance tech products in Google Ads campaigns. including Shopping. What’s changing? Starting August 11, Google’s “Products that enable dishonest behavior” policy will be updated. This is the policy that already covers …

Apple Will Support Thunderbolt on Its Future ARM-Based Macs When Intel announced Thunderbolt 4 yesterday, one of the questions was whether companies like AMD would be able to use the standard. Intel’s slide, copied below, implies that Intel VT-d technology is required to implement TB4, due to the need for …

NASA Will ‘Pause’ Attempts to Deploy InSight’s Heat Probe on Mars The InSight lander has been trying to deploy its heat probe instrument for months, but it’s going to take a break. This probe was supposed to dig down to take the planet’s temperature, but NASA has only made progress …