Early human ancestors turned stones into spheres on purpose, study suggests
Sphericalness is ‘likely to have been produced intentionally’ – but why it was done remains a mysteryEarly ancestors of humans 1.4m years ago deliberately made stones into spheres, according to a study – though what the prehistoric people used the balls for remains a mystery.Archaeologists have long debated exactly how the tennis ball-sized “spheroids” were created. Did early hominins intentionally chip away at them with the aim of crafting a perfect sphere, or were they merely the accidental byproduct of repeatedly smashing the stones like ancient hammers?Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 6, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Agence France-Presse in Paris Tags: Archaeology Science Source Type: news

EU lists Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and three other tech giants as ' gatekeepers ' under strict competition rules
The logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone with an EU flag shown in the background. The European Commission on Wednesday said it designated six tech giants as "gatekeepers" under its new Digital Markets Act — a strict set of rules set to shake up the…#google #apple #amazon #europeancommission #digitalmarketsact #alphabet #meta #bytedance
Source: Reuters: Health - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Valeo to double by 2030 number of repaired, resold components
A logo of French automotive supplier Valeo is seen in Paris, France, February 20, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier Acquire Licensing Rights PARIS, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Valeo (VLOF.PA) plans to double by 2030 the number of components it repairs and resells each year to help address the issue of scarce…#vlofpa #munich #valeo #christopheperillat
Source: Reuters: Health - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Lawsuit claims mobile home park managers conspired to inflate lot rental prices
A lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses nine mobile home community management companies and a mobile home market data provider of conspiring to fix and inflate lot rental prices at more than 150 locations across the U.S. The lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Chicago claims the…#grandrapids #michigan #gregoryasciolla #dicellolevitt #adamlevitt #datacomp
Source: Reuters: Health - September 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why Crowdstrike Is The Best Way To Play The Swift Rise Of Corporate Hacking
The transition from analog to digital has forced all companies to embrace technology. The opportunity for investors is that most corporations are failing to secure their data. In a financial filing on Thursday, executives at T-Mobile (TMUS) acknowledged that 37 million customers accounts have been…#tmus #crowdstrikeholdings #crwd #bellevue #hackers #lapsus #unitedkingdom #sim #zurichinsurancegroup #zurich
Source: Reuters: Health - September 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Lawsuit claims mobile home park managers conspired to fix and inflate lot rental prices
A lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses nine mobile home community management companies and a mobile home market data provider of conspiring to fix and inflate lot rental prices at more than 150 locations across the U.S. The lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Chicago claims the…#grandrapids #michigan
Source: Reuters: Health - September 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CT helps assess stroke risk after left atrial appendage occlusion
CT helps identify patients likely to suffer an ischemic stroke after undergoin...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: CT stroke assessment helps determine best treatment Mobile CT unit boosts efficiency of stroke triage Part I: Stroke imaging hones in on preventable infarction Relative threshold method correlates CT, MRI stroke infarct assessment Radiation dose can add up in CT stroke imaging
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Google is changing Android branding with a 3D logo
Google is changing its mobile operating system’s branding by adopting “Android” with a capital A instead of all lowercase letters. The company is also updating the bug droid logo to a 3D avatar. The search giant said that the new Android logo takes elements from the Material design system to match…#google #android #kitkat #jasonfournier #pixel8
Source: Reuters: Health - September 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mobile Nodes Can Help Spread Decentralization, Says Vitalik Buterin
At the recent Korea Blockchain Week conference, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin discussed the future of Ethereum nodes and how mobile devices could play a role in promoting decentralization and scalability. During a talk on September 5, Buterin explained that one of the challenges facing…#korea #ethereum #vitalikbuterin #buterin #amazonwebservices #ethereums #eth #learn #dapps #web2
Source: Reuters: Health - September 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

London and Paris Face Heat Waves as Greece Braces for Floods
Source: Reuters: Health - September 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The role of group membership in active road user attention across different age groups - Kircher K, Od éen M.
This study aimed to explore how travelling in different group constellations (alone, with known or with unknown people) affects children's and adults' visual behaviour in traffic when cycling or walking. Additionally, mobile phone/earphone usage was consid...
Source: SafetyLit - September 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Human-robot cooperation: coordinating autonomous mobile robots and human order pickers - L öffler M, Boysen N, Schneider M.
In the e-commerce era, efficient order fulfillment processes in distribution centers have become a key success factor. One novel technology to streamline these processes is robot-assisted order picking. In these systems, human order pickers are supported b...
Source: SafetyLit - September 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Paytm Debuts Card Soundbox for Mobile and Card Payments
Indian eCommerce and payments firm Paytm debuted a new payment acceptance tool for merchants. Card Soundbox lets merchants accept mobile and card payments using the company’s Soundbox with “tap and pay” capabilities, according to a Monday (Sept. 4) company blog post. “We have found that merchants…#cardsoundbox #paytmqrcode #vijayshekharsharma #pymnts #upi #unitedkingdom #sharma #antfin #antgroup #paytm
Source: Reuters: Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Chinese Tech Giants Begin Enforcing New Government App Rules
China’s technology giants have reportedly begun enforcing new rules governing app publishers. Mobile app stores operated by companies like Tencent and Xiaomi have begun blocking app publishers from debuting new apps if they haven’t made proper disclosures to the authorities, Reuters reported…#mobile #tencent #xiaomi #android #newapps #richbishop #appinchina #apple #cac
Source: Reuters: Health - September 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Wait time, travel time and waiting during travel: existing research and future directions - De Vos J, Ermagun A, Shaw FA.
Wait time, travel time, and waiting during travel are closely related time uses that often overlap in how they are perceived, viewed, and/or valued. Studying these time uses is critical within a transport context because they can define or influence the ex...
Source: SafetyLit - September 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

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