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Bronze metalwork deposited at Papowo Biskupie. Credit: A. Piasecka Excavation at the dried-out lake site of Papowo Biskupie in north-central Poland has revealed more than 550 bronze artifacts, providing the most telling evidence of ritual deposition of metal by the occupants of the region from 1200–450 BC, known as the Chełmno group. The Chełmno group…

Japanese technology investor SoftBank has sold another 2% stake in digital payments company Paytm. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.Also in this letter:■ Explained: Consumer startups and platform fee■ Groww stops US stock trading services■ Nazara to acquire Comic Con India SoftBank offloads another 2% stake in Paytm SoftBank CEO Masayoshi SonSoftBank has offloaded another 2% stake in digital payments firm Paytm, the latest in a series of divestments in Indian startups.Tell me more: SVF Holdings…

Last updated: January 24th, 2024 at 10:02 UTC+01:00 In an interview series, EVP and Head of the Customer Experience Team, Digital Appliances (DA) Business at Samsung Electronics, Moohyung Lee, gave insight on how Samsung's Core Tech is helping customers reduce the burden of daily chores and improve quality of life. Samsung unveiled Core Tech at IFA 2023, and since then, Core Tech has helped develop home appliances that add a new level of convenience to lives and perform according to users' choices. Shedding light on…

A mold cast of one of the chewed pitch pieces found in the Huseby Klev site. Credit: Verner Alexandersen. Some 9,700 years ago on an autumn day, a group of people were camping on the west coast of Scandinavia. They were hunter-gatherers that had been fishing, hunting and collecting resources in the area. Some teenagers, both boys and girls, were…

Nearly six months since the death of Stephen “Twitch” Boss, an autopsy report has provided new details about the beloved dancer’s unexpected death.Boss, the DJ and executive producer on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show,” died by suicide on Dec. 13 last year, shocking his fans, friends and family. “No one had any inkling that he was low. He didn’t want people to know,” his wife, Allison Holker Boss, told People in May. “He just wanted to be everyone’s Superman and protector.”Boss, who originally rose to fame when he competed on…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Research led by Kingston University and the National Children's Bureau has uncovered an unprecedented picture of national demand for children's social care services in England. The study examined the relationship between assessed risk factors, social care intervention and educational outcomes, offering a unique…

Recent research has identified a potential trigger for growth cessation in fruit flies, with implications for understanding human development. The study, focusing on the role of the steroid hormone ecdysone, suggests that growth stops not due to body size but due to a self-regulatory switch in the gland producing the hormone.All animals start out as a single-celled organism and then start growing. At some point, of course, they need to stop getting bigger, but the process by which this happens is poorly understood. New…

Reconstruction of Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis. Credit: Sergei Krasinski, editedRestudy of fossils collected in New Mexico digs up key clues about T. rex’s origins in North America.A new study published in Scientific Reports reshapes our understanding of how the most famous dinosaur to ever walk the earth – Tyrannosaurus rex – first arrived in North America by introducing its earliest known relative on the continent.The study identifies a newly discovered subspecies of tyrannosaur known as Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis. The newly…

Lost in translation? Or lost in automation? One thing is for sure, the translation industry is on the precipice of a massive change, in large part due to the advent of more powerful and ubiquitous artificial intelligence tools.Late last month, a Reddit user claimed that the popular language-learning app Duolingo had “offboarded a huge percentage of its contractors who did translations.” The user added that “this is because they figured out that AI can do these translations in a fraction of the time,” leading to…

Apple shares closed 3.58 percent lower on Tuesday — the biggest fall in four months — after Barclays downgraded the company's shares to "underweight" and price target by $1 (roughly Rs. 83) on concerns over soft demand for the company's purported iPhone 16 and upcoming Mac computers, as well as a crackdown in China on devices manufactured by external firms. The iPhone maker is tipped to launch several new devices this year, including new iPad models.Reuters reports that Barclays downgraded Apple's stock from "neutral" to…