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hubie writes:New Theory Concludes That the Origin of Life on Earth-Like Planets Is Likely:

upstart writes:Asus Wants to Spark a 'Revolution' to Hide All PC Cables - ExtremeTech:

upstart writes:Another person outsmarted a state government trying to confiscate firearms via a gun buyback program with merely a 3D printer and PLA filament:

Ometecuhtli writes:https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63089348

upstart writes:SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security:

upstart writes:Can methanol move beyond its dirty roots?

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hubie writes:The Strange Behavior of Sound Through Solids:

SomeGuy writes:Polyon reports that players will be required to link an SMS phone number to their Battle.net accounts if they want to play Overwatch 2. "The same two-factor step, called SMS Protect, will also be used on all Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 accounts when that game launches, and new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare accounts," the report adds.As the name suggests, this requires SMS "texting". That means normal landlines, VoIP numbers, some prepaid cell phones, and messaging apps are not allowed.From the report:

upstart writes:Modern hunter-gatherers offer insight into how our distant ancestors ate:

upstart writes:Las Vegas and NTT deploy largest private 5G network in US:

upstart writes:After Ian caused the latest delay for the moon mission, NASA puts a November takeoff on the calendar:

upstart writes:China spins up giant battery built with US-patented tech:

upstart writes:Scientists Create AI-Powered Laser to 'Neutralize' Cockroaches - ExtremeTech:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Fungi find their way into cancer tumors, but what they're doing there is a mystery

upstart writes:US intelligence researches improved radiation detection:

hubie writes:Astrophysicists have discovered that a gamma-ray burst detected on earth came from an explosion that occurred when the Universe was only 880 million years old:

upstart writes:Delivery drone crashes into power lines, causes outage:

hubie writes:Scientists find that wolves can show attachment toward humans:

takyon writes:Google Announces Lyra V2 Low Bit-Rate Voice Codec

takyon writes:Firefly's Alpha rocket reaches orbit on second launch

takyon writes:Google will shut down its Stadia cloud game service on January 18, 2023. All Stadia hardware and software purchases made through Google will be refunded:

hubie writes:An AI Message Decoder Based on Bacterial Growth Patterns:

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upstart writes:New Regulations Will Force Airlines to Refund Air Travelers for Broken Wi-Fi - ExtremeTech:

takyon writes:Bruce Willis sells deepfake rights to his likeness for commercial use

upstart writes:New Hubble and Webb Images Capture Aftermath of DART Asteroid Smash Up:

Snotnose writes:Saudi Arabia's government-funded gaming conglomerate The Savvy Gaming Group will invest $37.8 billion in gaming as part of a controversial effort to expand the kingdom's role in the sector.Savvy has earmarked more than $13 billion "for the acquisition and development of a leading game publisher to become a strategic development partner," according to the kingdom's press agency.From Reuters we read:

upstart writes:The web gains 13 million malicious new domains per month:

upstart writes:In the world's first operating system interview, Linux tells all about Windows, Torvalds, and its favorite distro:

upstart writes:MIT Engineers Create Wireless, Battery-Free Underwater Camera - ExtremeTech:

takyon writes:NASA, SpaceX to Study Hubble Telescope Reboost Possibility

upstart writes:It adds non-destructive editing, real-time effects, VST3 support and more:

upstart writes:"We are screaming by pretty fast":

upstart writes:How the CIA failed Iranian spies in its secret war with Tehran:

upstart writes:What Intel Learned When an Elevator Smashed Into Its Supercomputer Chips:

Switzerland: Disastrous Melt Rate of Glaciers Recordedupstart writes:

Never-before-seen Malware Has Infected Hundreds of Linux and Windows Devicesupstart writes:Never-before-seen malware has infected hundreds of Linux and Windows devices:

takyon writes:Intel and Samsung are getting ready for 'slidable' PCs

upstart writes:Wasp-like technique could be used to 3D-print structures:

takyon writes:U.S. Copyright Groups Are Concerned About Russia's Handling of Online Piracy

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legont writes:Multiple sources report that Edward Snowden was granted Russian citizenship

canopic jug writes:Radio Free Asia is reporting on a copyright hack used by a Japanese art platform, Pixiv, to clamp down on copyright violations in red China. Copyright infringers there had duplicated the whole site's content almost verbatim, translating tags and titles along the way, and then offering the ripped off content to people in red China in place of the original. Pixiv picked up on a way to use red China's heavy handed censorship to their advantage, this time, by peppering their art with words and phrases banned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

hubie writes:Archaeogenetic study reveals large-scale continental migration into the East of England during the early Medieval Period:

upstart writes:The FCC Finally Starts Taking Space Junk Seriously:

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upstart writes:Mozilla reaffirms that Firefox will continue to support current content blockers - gHacks Tech News:

upstart writes:New Fitbit devices will need to be linked to a Google account next year:

NASA's DART successfully collides with asteroidThexalon writes:NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully hit its target at 7:14 PM Eastern on Monday. The asteroid they were aiming at was 11 million km away, and controllers believe the impact was within 20m of the precise point they were aiming for.While measurements and analysis are expected to continue for years, it appears that humanity may now have a tool for deflecting asteroids that are detected heading towards planet Earth, enabling us to not go the way of the dinosaurs.Ground Telescopes Capture Jaw-Dropping Views of DART Asteroid Impactupstart writes:Telescopes around the world honed in on the historic collision, revealing a surprisingly large and bright impact plume: