Black locust deploys peptides to steer root bacteria into nitrogen fixation

Plants need nitrogen to grow. Many legumes meet this need through a symbiotic relationship: They harbor bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen and make it available to the plant. Until now, it was ...
Harvard Business Review

How People Are Really Using AI in 2026

It’s been three-and-a-half years since generative AI exploded onto the scene. In this past year, progress has continued its relentless pace: Vibe coding took off, companies embraced agentic workflows, ...
TweakTown

Linux gamers can now use NVIDIA Reflex and AMD Anti-Lag 2 on any GPU thanks to a new open-source project

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. A new open-source project is giving Linux users a chance to experience low-input-latency gaming, finally closing a gap that Windows has long held over ...
Women's Wear Daily

Locus Robotics Brings the Robot to the Shelf With AI-Powered Array System

While most warehouse robots still ferry goods to human pickers, Locus Robotics has aimed to flip the script with the debut of its Locus Array “robots-to-goods” system, which rolls an AI-powered arm ...
The New York Times

American Factories Lag in Adopting A.I. This Drugmaker Is an Exception.

A Bristol Myers Squibb plant that makes cancer drugs was the only manufacturer in the U.S. recognized for innovation by the World Economic Forum this year. At the Bristol Myers Squibb facility in ...
Morningstar

AI Use Accelerates, While Governance and ROI Lag, Says New ISACA Research

Amid the hype and uncertainty around AI, ISACA’s annual AI Pulse Poll cuts through the noise. Based on real insights and experience from more than 3,400 practitioners worldwide, the 2026 results show ...
TechRepublic

Widespread AI Use Masks a Growing Workplace Readiness Gap

Image: Generated with Google’s Nano Banana 2. Study.com finds 9 in 10 employees use AI at work, but training and readiness lag as more employers expect workers to use the tools every day. Nine in 10 ...
Wall Street Journal

We’re Using So Much AI That Computing Firepower Is Running Out

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...
CNN

I hate my gray hairs. Here’s everything I use to cover them between root touch-ups

Once upon a time, I used to get a root touch-up every two to three months, and in between appointments, I happily plucked out any errant gray hairs. While it’d be ideal to get a root touch-up every ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...
techtimes

5 Clear Signs Your Game Lag Is Caused by Settings, Not Faulty Hardware

Game lag causes are often blamed on aging GPUs or weak CPUs, but in many cases, the real issue lies inside the graphics menu. Misconfigured resolution scaling, aggressive presets, V-Sync conflicts, ...