“Beeper Mini” app lets Android users send texts to iPhones with blue iMessage bubbles

Jeff Bezos has backed a startup valued at $520 million working to rival Google’s web search dominance by using artificial intelligence to change the way people look for information online. Dubbed Perplexity, its prized product is a forum to “ask anything,” which its San Francisco-based team of less than 40 calls an “answer engine,” according…

An entirely new form of cancer treatment has been discovered that could possibly eradicate tumors and act as a possible alternative to chemotherapy. Scientists at Rice University in Texas called the method a “new generation” of molecular machines, known as “molecular jackhammers” (MJH). It occurs by using a cyanine dye, similar to those used in medical imaging,…

In a bid to tailor its products more, the Met Office has introduced dedicated beach and mountain forecasts. “With the beach forecast, it tells you how windy it is, what the waves are going to be like… and we have partnered with RNLI [the Royal National Lifeboat Institution] on it,” says Ms Yeomans-Smith.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced a bipartisan grilling on Thursday as he appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to address lawmakers’ concerns about the video sharing app, which has 150 million active users in the US. Of particular concern to the committee was the company’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, and its suspected…

Jess Baker, a UK business psychologist and author, says that anyone considering a job share with someone they do not previously know should really find out if they have compatible personalities. “I’d strongly recommend you each complete a personality profiling tool, to increase your level of self-awareness of psychological characteristics, like how you each cope…

The lawsuit filed Friday describes how Doe, then a high school student who was not yet out as gay, downloaded Grindr in order to make friends with other underage boys. He then exchanged explicit photographs and messages with the four adult men, who raped him in their homes or in parks, according to the complaint….