DECbot writes:As first seen in @Day of the Dalek's journal, and suggested to be posted as a Meta story on the Main page by @quietus, here is a call for volunteers:
upstart writes:China may have achieved a "Sputnik moment" in the clean energy technology race by successfully reloading a nuclear reactor that runs on thorium:
upstart writes:Largest Imaging Spectro-Polarimeter Achieves First Light at the NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope - NSO - National Solar Observatory:
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canopic jug writes:Wired has an interview about precautions to take with mobile devices if one cannot avoid crossing into the United States. The advice applies to all electronics.
upstart writes:Learn about the escalating threat of volcanoes in Iceland and how a new warning system is helping to inform the public when eruptions will occur:
braddollar writes:Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, giving the powerful a dangerous new route to manipulate platforms into removing lawful speech that they simply don't like. President Trump himself has said that he would use the law to censor his critics. The bill passed the Senate in February, and it now heads to the president's desk.The takedown provision in TAKE IT DOWN applies to a much broader category of content-potentially any images involving intimate or sexual content-than the narrower NCII definitions found elsewhere in the bill.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
Analysis-Google, X Next Targets as Europe Stays Tough on Tech Regulationupstart writes:Analysis-Google, X next targets as Europe stays tough on tech regulation: