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Study reveals wild chimpanzees learn how to communicate from relatives on mom’s side, not dad’s
Young chimpanzees learn their communication style from their mother and maternal relatives, but show little similarity to the communication behavior of their father and paternal relatives, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Joseph Mine at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and colleagues.




Microsoft: Outdated Office apps lose access to voice features in January
Microsoft announced that the transcription, dictation, and read aloud features will stop working in older versions of Office 365 applications in late January 2026.
Read aloud lets users hear documents and emails read back, transcription converts speech into text in real-time, and the dictation feature allows for voice-to-text input across Office applications.
The company advised customers to update their Microsoft 365 Office apps to a version higher than 16.0.18827.20202 (released in early July) by the end of January 2026 to maintain access to these accessibility and productivity features.

