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Twitter Slashes Nearly Half its Workforce as Musk Admits 'Massive Drop' in Revenueupstart writes:Twitter slashes nearly half its workforce as Musk admits 'massive drop' in revenue:

upstart writes:Ghost Particles Crashing Into Antarctica Could Change Astronomy Forever:

upstart writes:Police should be banned from using it in public spaces, the researchers say:

upstart writes:The test tunnel that hosted student competitions in 2018 and 2019 has been removed and replaced with parking spots for SpaceX:

upstart writes:Opinion | Science Has a Nasty Photoshopping Problem:

mrpg writes:https://phys.org/news/2022-11-oldest-planetary-debris-galaxy.html

upstart writes:We have covered similar stories recently also involving the Python repository but I have chosen this one because it goes into considerable detail to explain exactly how the malware works and the tricks that the writers had to employ in an effort to avoid detection. I will admit that I would have missed some of them! See the linked source for all the dirty details.Phylum Discovers Dozens More PyPI Packages Attempting to Deliver W4SP Stealer in Ongoing Supply-Chain Attack:

upstart writes:Level responds to lock picker opening its $330 Apple Store lock in seconds:

takyon writes:Boeing's first crewed Starliner spaceflight slips to April 2023

An Anonymous Coward writes:Why Egypt became one of the biggest chokepoints for Internet cables:

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upstart writes:Linux Kernel 6.2 Set To Enable Easier 4K Connections for Raspberry Pi:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/new-mac-app-wants-to-record-everything-you-do-so-you-can-rewind-it-later/

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mhajicek writes:https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/a-single-injection-can-reverse-paralysis-caused-by-severe-spinal-cord-injuries

fliptop writes:Over at ACM.org, Doug Mell asks, "If only the best are hired, why isn't everybody great?

owl writes:https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-homebuilt-wood-powered-turbojet-is-real-and-incredibly-dangerous

takyon writes:AMD has announced its first chiplet-based desktop GPUs using the RDNA 3 microarchitecture. These GPUs combine a single graphics die made on TSMC's N5 process node with up to 6 memory cache dies (MCDs) housing AMD's second generation of Infinity Cache (L3 cache) and GDDR6 memory controllers. The MCDs are made on TSMC's cheaper N6 process, which is a denser "7nm" node.The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX has a performance target of +70% over AMD's previous flagship, the 6950 XT. AMD claims that performance-per-Watt has improved by 54% between RDNA 2 and RDNA 3. The 7900 XTX includes 24 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, matching the VRAM capacity of Nvidia's RTX 4090, and 96 MB of Infinity Cache, which is less than the 128 MB used in the 6900/6950 XT.The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT has 84 compute units (CUs), while the 7900 XTX has 96 CUs. The 7900 XT drops an MCD, lowering VRAM capacity to 20 GB and Infinity Cache to 80 MB. The total board power is also lower, 300 Watts vs. 355 Watts for the XTX.Both GPUs support DisplayPort 2.1 and AV1 hardware decoding/encoding at up to 8K60. AMD's reference cards use a 2.5-slot design, smaller than some of the designs seen for the RTX 4090.The 7900 XTX has an MSRP of $999, and the 7900 XT has an MSRP of $899. The GPUs will be available starting on December 13th.See also: AMD Unveils FSR 3 With Fluid Motion Frame Technology, Double The FPS In Games Versus FSR 2 & Launch in 2023Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Valve May Soon Introduce Peer-to-Peer Steam Downloads Across LAN - ExtremeTech:

hubie writes:Forgetting is natural, but learning how to learn can slow it down:

Lasers Can Blind Autonomous Vehicles, Endangering Pedestrians: Studyupstart writes:Lasers Can Blind Autonomous Vehicles, Endangering Pedestrians: Study - ExtremeTech:

upstart writes:Japanese Company Aims to Land the First Private Moon Mission Later this Month:

takyon writes:Using AI to compress audio files for quick and easy sharing

takyon writes:Using AI to compress audio files for quick and easy sharing

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"dalek" writes:On the final lap of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville on Sunday, Ross Chastain used a move that he had learned playing NASCAR 2005 to pass five cars in the final quarter mile of the race and advance to the championship four. Had Chastain not advanced at least two positions at the end of the race, he would have been eliminated from the NASCAR playoffs, instead giving Denny Hamlin the opportunity to race for a championship at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday. Chastain's lap was the fastest lap ever recorded by a stock car at Martinsvile Speedway and was over two seconds faster than race winner Christopher Bell's final lap.Chastain's attempt to intentionally drive his car into the wall and carry speed through a corner by riding the wall is not without precedent. Driver Kyle Larson called the move embarrassing after the race, but he attempted the same move in the final lap of a race at Darlington last year.It might seem intuitive that the fastest way around a race track should be the shortest distance, which would be around the bottom of the track, but that is often not the case. One factor is that it takes time for the cars to accelerate and running a higher line can allow cars to carry more momentum through a corner. Running a higher line can also allow drivers to accelerate sooner coming out of a corner, effectively making the straightaway longer and allowing them to reach faster speeds in that section of the track. Although it is not case at Martinsville, some tracks like Homestead-Miami Speedway have progressive banking, meaning that the banking is steeper higher up on the track, making it more advantageous to run a higher line.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

hubie writes:Finding cannot be explained by classical assumptions:

upstart writes:CVS and Walgreens agree to pay $10bn to settle opioids lawsuits:

hubie writes:We Danes shuttle nearly a million tons of garden waste from our gardens every year, but we would be doing the climate a great service if we just left it alone:

Google Puts an End to Google Hangouts Once and for Allupstart writes:Google puts an end to Google Hangouts once and for all:

takyon writes:SiFive P670 and P470 RISC-V processors feature RISC-V Vector Extensions

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upstart writes:Uncontrolled reentry is standard operating procedure for this rocket:

upstart writes:Wind turbines could help capture carbon dioxide while providing power:

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upstart writes:NASA’s EMIT Mission Detects More Than 50 Methane “Super-Emitters” From Space:

upstart writes:The mysterious Viking runes found in a landlocked US state:

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upstart writes:European Union to enact Digital Markets Act tomorrow:

takyon writes:COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a "Complex and Grave Situation" Inside a Wuhan Lab at ProPublica and Vanity Fair

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upstart writes:Is it goodbye - finally - to the fax machine?:

SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy for the First Time in Over 3 Yearstakyon writes (pre-launch):SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket rolls to pad for Tuesday launch, dual booster landingFalcon Heavy was successfully tested on February 6, 2018, launched Arabsat-6A on April 11, 2019, and launched 24 small satellites for the U.S. Air Force on June 25, 2019, including LightSail 2. Two more Falcon Heavy launches are planned for January, with as many as five Falcon Heavy launch attempts possible during 2023.SpaceX Successfully Launches its First Falcon Heavy in 40 Monthsupstart writes:SpaceX successfully launches its first Falcon Heavy in 40 months:

Huge "planet killer" asteroid found in the glare of the Sunliar writes:https://www.axios.com/2022/11/01/planet-killer-asteroid-found

takyon writes:US court blocks Penguin merger with Simon & Schuster

An Anonymous Coward writes:A new study found that exposure to e-cigarette aerosols can cause heart arrhythmias in animal models:

upstart writes:New document confirms what security researchers have observed for a few years:

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