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Sea slug research advances soft robotics

Overview of Aplysia feeding organ (buccal mass) anatomy. (a) An adult Aplysia feeding on Gracilaria seaweed. The white circle indicates the head of the animal, shown schematically in (b). The rhinophores and anterior tentacles both provide mechano- and chemosensory information to the animal. (b) Inside the head of the animal, the buccal mass connects anteriorly to the lips and posteriorly to the…

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Were the Very First Stars Really That Massive?

This artist’s impression shows a field of stars as they would have appeared a mere 100 million years after the Big Bang. But new research suggests the first stars might not have been as massive as we thought.NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. da Silva / Spaceengine Chaotic turbulence in primordial clouds of gas may have prevented the formation of extremely massive stars, according to new simulations by…

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How to Sell Your Business to a Competitor

Selling your business is a big step, and when the buyer is a competitor, it can feel both exciting and tricky. Knowing How to Sell Your Business to a Competitor can help you get a great price while protecting your team, customers, and legacy. This 3,000-word guide is written in a clear, friendly way to help business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals understand How to Sell Your Business to…

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SEC Punts Decision Deadlines for Solana ETFs by Two Months

In brief The federal agency has used its last full 60-day extension period, setting a final decision date of October 16 for the pending Solana ETF proposals. Market observers remain cautious of Solana’s price action, weighing how the SEC’s decision could shape the outlook for other altcoin-linked ETFs. BlackRock has stated it does not plan to launch a Solana ETF, while additional proposals from…

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This Self-Cleaning, 3D-Printed Rainwater Revolution Will Help You Filter the Future

Rainwater collection is supposed to be simple—set up a barrel, catch the drops, water your plants. But anyone who’s tried it knows the messy reality: leaves, twigs and roof grit clogging filters faster than you can say “downpour.” This clever solution by NeedItMakeIt consists of a 3D-printed self-cleaning water filter, inspired by hydroelectric systems, that promises to keep your rain barrel…

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Guardrails AI Introduces Snowglobe: The Simulation Engine for AI Agents and Chatbots

Guardrails AI has announced the general availability of Snowglobe, a breakthrough simulation engine designed to address one of the thorniest challenges in conversational AI: reliably testing AI Agents/chatbots at scale before they ever reach production. Tackling an Infinite Input Space with Simulation Evaluating AI agents—especially open-ended chatbots—has traditionally required painstaking…

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Tyres now the biggest source of emissions from vehicles, suggests testing company CEO

Nick Molden is CEO of independent testing firm Emission Analytics. As CEO of a company specialising in vehicle emissions, Nick Molden believes that in many countries tyres are becoming the biggest source of emissions from in-use vehicles. Speaking in a new interview on the Emissions Analytics’ YouTube page, Nick says: “Tyres are the great unappreciated source of vehicle pollution, threatening…

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CISA Adds Two N-able N-central Flaws to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Aug 14, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added two security flaws impacting N-able N-central to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. N-able N-central is a Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) platform designed for Managed Service Providers…

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Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold drops to new record-low price!

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Foldable phones are fascinating, and I love how they have transformed smartphone interaction in recent years. What I don’t love is how expensive they usually are, though. That said, good deals come from time to time, and today we have one of the best offers we’ve seen in a while. The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is $600 off, bringing the cost down to a record-low…

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Tate McRae grabbed two spots in Spotify's 2025 Global Impact List

Spotify Canada has released its 2025 Global Impact List, which highlights Canadian artists whose music was heavily played by users outside of their home country. Spotify noted that three of its top 10 most-streamed international artists hailed from Canada, including Tate McRae and Drake. McRae has two songs landing in the global top 10, with Sports Car and Revolving Door sitting at number two and…

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Government of Goa Expands AI-powered Lung Cancer Screening with Qure.ai and AstraZeneca, Launches Innovative Pricing Policy for Lifesaving Therapies

This landmark decision supports affordability of high-cost therapies, starting with lung cancer and will continue to cover rare and complex non-communicable diseases across the state, making healthcare accessible to all National, 14 August, 2025 – In a progressive step toward making advanced, high-cost medical treatments more accessible, the Government of Goa is set to implement Pricing Policy…

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Federal Tax Authority organises “Innovation Retreat” on Taxes’ 'Zero Digital Bureaucracy' in line with second phase of Zero Government Bureaucracy Programme

The Federal Tax Authority’s (FTA) “FTA’s Innovation Team”, in collaboration with the ’01Gov’ platform, recently organised an employee retreat as part of the Authority’s strategy to contribute to implementing the objectives of the second cycle of the Zero Government Bureaucracy programme. The aim being to expand digital integration with relevant entities to sustainably improve the FTA’s digital…

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Google AI Introduces Gemma 3 270M: A Compact Model for Hyper-Efficient, Task-Specific Fine-Tuning

Google AI has expanded the Gemma family with the introduction of Gemma 3 270M, a lean, 270-million-parameter foundation model built explicitly for efficient, task-specific fine-tuning. This model demonstrates robust instruction-following and advanced text structuring capabilities “out of the box,” meaning it’s ready for immediate deployment and customization with minimal additional…

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Altus Group upgraded at National Bank

Analyst Richard Tse upgraded the stock to “Outperform” from “Sector Perform” and raised his target to C$74 from C$60. National Bank Financial Markets analyst Richard Tse said Aug. 12 that reports of Altus Group (Altus Group Stock Quote, Chart, News, Analysts, Financials TSX:AIF) exploring a potential sale follow inbound acquisition interest, with investment bankers soliciting buyer interest,…

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Zaggle Q1 profit jumps on higher revenue and despite increasing employee expenses

Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services reported a 54.8% year-on-year increase in profit for the June quarter, helped by robust revenue growth and marginally lower other expenses. Net profit rose to Rs 25.88 crore in Q1 FY26 from Rs 16.72 crore a year earlier. Revenue from operations climbed 31.4% to Rs 331.49 crore, while total income rose 33.7% to Rs 343.20 crore as per the standalone financial…

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The Antigravity A1 8K 360 Drone Is Now Official

Antigravity, a drone brand incubated by Insta360 and third parties, has today unveiled its first product: Antigravity A1, the world’s first drone¹ equipped with 8K 360-degree capture. We teased the new Antigravity drone a few weeks ago, and now it is here, and you can judge for yourself if this is something you’re interested in. Here’s what the press release had to say. Estimated reading time: 5…

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Meta AI Just Released DINOv3: A State-of-the-Art Computer Vision Model Trained with Self-Supervised Learning, Generating High-Resolution Image Features

Meta AI has just released DINOv3, a breakthrough self-supervised computer vision model that sets new standards for versatility and accuracy across dense prediction tasks, all without the need for labeled data. DINOv3 employs self-supervised learning (SSL) at an unprecedented scale, training on 1.7 billion images with a 7 billion parameter architecture. For the first time, a single frozen vision…