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Researcher Patrick Schmidt produces a stone tool like those found in South Africa, using local material. Credit: Gregor Bader Early hunter–gatherers from the Middle Stone Age in southern Africa were selecting the most suitable material available for stone tools and spearheads more than 60,000 years ago, according to a study by Dr. Patrick Schmidt from the University of Tübingen's Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology section.…

Last year, Google unveiled a new proofreading feature for Gboard. This would, of course, look through all of your text and offer fixes so that you don’t come off sounding like an idiot. Well, the company is issuing an update to the feature that’ll make it a bit better. According to a new report, Gboard now proofreads selected text. The proofreading feature for Gboard is very nice. However, it was a bit too broad in its scope. Sometimes, you don’t want to proofread an entire body of text; sometimes, you just want to…

There’s far more pleasure than there should be in these stories, given their frequently appalling subject matter. It’s a selection of the work of Bridget O’Connor, who published two collections of short fiction in the 1990s and won a posthumous Bafta for her adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy shortly after her death in 2010 at the age of 49.O’Connor is exceptionally good at making us laugh at things we shouldn’t be laughing at. In Remission, “twig in a wig” Lucy develops “a career in cancer” after finding her…

Acer We live in a world in which some sort of computing device is necessary for nearly everyone, including kids. It can be particularly difficult to nail down the best laptops for kids, as the best laptops in general can seem like overkill but you still want to ensure you’re getting a laptop that helps your kids learn, share, play, and grow. This is why we’ve rounded up some of the best laptops for kids. Reading onward you’ll find selections that include laptops for kids that prefer a touchscreen and for kids that…

Jonathan Majors’ trial on misdemeanor assault and harassment charges is expected to start in earnest Monday, after a six-person jury was selected Thursday.  The charges stem from an alleged domestic violence incident on March 25. Police responded to a 911 call and a 30-year-old woman reported being assaulted by Majors, with police noting that she had sustained minor injuries. She was treated at the hospital, according to the police, and Majors was released from police custody later that day. …

A Department of Defense agency and NASA picked Lockheed Martin Corp. to design and develop the first nuclear thermal rocket engine to be tested in space, part of a program called DRACO.Through a contract announced on Wednesday with the federal research and development organization known as Darpa, Lockheed Martin will design and build the nuclear-propelled engine along with an experimental spacecraft, called X-NTRV. The goal will be to launch the spacecraft with the nuclear engine in 2027. NASA will commit $300 million to…

Web3, which is the future, is fast gaining traction and acceptance across different sectors. The investment sector is no different, with a unique idea in Sparklo being introduced to the crypto space. Sparklo’s novelty and disruptive protocol have set it up to surpass Filecoin (FIL) and Hedera (HBAR). Sparklo (SPRK) offers fractional and complete ownership of exquisite assets The new cryptocurrency protocol, Sparklo, aims to revolutionize the crypto investment landscape. Its unique concept, in the form of a decentralized…

Image Source : JIO Jio plans Reliance Jio, India's top tech company with the largest customer base, is offering 40 GB of bonus data to its users through select plans. Jio offers a diverse range of plans tailored to its customers' needs. Some plans come with an additional 40 GB of data to provide further value to its users. Earlier this year, during the start of IPL…

A basket of stocks selected by ChatGPT, a chatbot powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), has far outperformed some of the most popular investment funds in the UK, according to media reports.Between March 6 and April 28, a dummy portfolio of 38 stocks gained 4.9 per cent while 10 leading investment funds clocked an average loss of 0.8 per cent, according to an experiment conducted by financial comparison site finder.com, CNN reported.It wouldn't "be long until large numbers of consumers try to use (ChatGPT) for financial…

The search for “greens” has led investors to the project with the highest growth potential, Sparklo, which is also one to disrupt the metal industry. With metaverse tokens like Decentraland (MANA) and The Sandbox (SAND) currently plummeting, a window of opportunity has opened to investors in the form of the Sparklo presale. In this article, we will explain why the Sparklo presale is a better investment strategy than the other listed tokens. Decentraland’s (MANA) Price Keeps Plummeting, Chasing the Bulls Decentraland…