On February 24, 2026, we published an article about how a fake Zoom meeting “update” silently installs monitoring software, documenting a campaign that used a convincing fake Zoom waiting room to push ...

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Turning your phone into a mobile hotspot by sharing its data connection is an undeniably useful feature, but it does come with certain drawbacks when compared to using a dedicated mobile router. I ...

People who interact with chatbots for emotional support or other personal reasons are likelier to report symptoms of depression or anxiety, a new study finds. The researchers from Mass General Brigham ...

She needed a moo-sage. Utilizing implements isn’t limited to primates and brainiac birds. A brown cow named Veronika was documented using tools with impressive skill for the first time ever, ...

A deck brush can be a good tool for the right task. Just ask Veronika, the Brown Swiss cow. Veronika uses both ends of a deck brush to scratch various parts of her body, researchers report January 19 ...

Far Side fans might recall a classic 1982 cartoon called “Cow Tools,” featuring a cow standing next to a jumble of strange objects—the joke being that cows don’t use tools. That’s why a pet Swiss ...

If you're experiencing slow internet speeds or frequent connection dropouts, it could be that your router is simply sitting in the wrong spot. Buying the best Wi-Fi router or paying for the most ...

Exclamation marks, ellipses and ‘haha’ can’t fix our growing inability to communicate. By Nitsuh Abebe “How Many Exclamation Points Are Too Many in an Email? A Psychologist Weighs In.” A psychologist!

The percentage of teachers who are using artificial intelligence-driven tools in their classrooms nearly doubled between 2023 and 2025, according to data from the EdWeek Research Center. In 2023, a ...

New research is pulling back the curtain on how large numbers of kids are using AI companion apps — and what it found is troubling. A new report conducted by the digital security company Aura found ...