“Are You Dead?”, an app that sounds the alarm if a user doesn’t check in every 48 hours, was one of China’s top-selling paid apps on Tuesday as the country’s growing class of solo dwellers flocked to download it.
Author: admin
-
'Are You Dead?': Chinese app for solo dwellers goes viral
-
Volvo Cars pauses battery factory after fruitless partner search
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said Tuesday that it was pausing operations at a battery factory under construction, dismissing all 75 workers there, after failing to find a partner for the business.
Continue Reading
-
'Nu' citation index may bridge gap between productivity and impact metrics
Researchers propose a new citation index that balances productivity and impact in academic publishing. The h-index of citations was introduced in 2005 by physicist Jorge E. Hirsch. This index is defined simply as the maximum number h of an…
Continue Reading
-
Open-source robotic system cuts manual cell culture time by 61% while boosting seeding consistency
An automated cell culture system reduces hands-on time and improves seeding consistency in 96-well microplates. The research is published in the journal PNAS Nexus.
Continue Reading
-
X Square Robot Announces $140 Million in Series A++ Funding
X Square Robot has announced the completion of its Series A++ funding round, raising about US$140 million (RMB 1 billion). The funding attracted world-class investors, including ByteDance and HongShan, along with several other strategic Chinese…
Continue Reading
-
AI browsers are creating a new governance gap
AI browsers are the next hottest AI tool to hit the workplace. Tools like Atlas, Arc Max, and a growing set of ‘AI-first’ browsers let employees summarize pages, rewrite text in place, surface answers across tabs, and act as assistants that…
Continue Reading
-
A quarter-century in orbit: Science shaping life on Earth and beyond
For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research that is transforming life on Earth and shaping the future of exploration. From growing food and sequencing DNA to…
Continue Reading
-
Cold winter and AI boom pushed US emissions increase in 2025
Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States rose last year, snapping a two-year streak of declines as cold winter temperatures drove demand for heating fuel and the AI boom led to a surge in power generation, a think tank said Tuesday.
Continue Reading
-
Impact of darkwaves on marine ecosystems revealed
An international team of scientists has developed ways to measure and compare the impact of “darkwaves”—when extreme weather events or human activities reduce underwater light for extended periods, affecting the stability of marine ecosystems.
Continue Reading
-
The path to solar weather forecasts is paved with drops in cosmic rays
At times, the sun ejects energetic material into space, which can have consequences for space-based and even ground-based electronic technology. Researchers aim to understand this phenomenon and find ways to forecast it, including how ejected…
Continue Reading