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Astra to Sell Electric Thrusters to Airbus Oneweb Satellites
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Combination 'Polypill' Lowers the Risk of Major Cardiovascular Events
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/26/health/polypill-lower-cardiovascular-events-wellness/index.html
France Uses Google AI to Spot 20,000 Undeclared Swimming Pools
upstart writes:After finding more than 20,000 undeclared pools, French authorities plan to roll the system out nationwide and could use it to spot other property enhancements:
Germany Orders Shutdown of Digital Ads to Save Gas
upstart writes:Germany orders shutdown of digital ads to save gas:
Employees Say ‘Quiet Quitting’ is Just Setting Boundaries. Companies Fear Long-Term Effects
upstart writes:Employees Say 'Quiet Quitting' Is Just Setting Boundaries. Companies Fear Long-Term Effects:
If Heroku is So Special, Why is It Dying?
upstart writes:If Heroku is so special, why is it dying?:[Editors Comment: It seems it might be even more obscure that I thought it was. It is a container system similar to Kubernetes or Docker, but was around a while before them. JR]
FTC Sues Data Broker That Tracks Locations of 125M Phones Per Month
upstart writes:FTC sues data broker that tracks locations of 125M phones per month:
Ex-Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Dead at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, Who Ended the Cold War, Dies Aged 91 -Agenciesupstart writes:Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, dies aged 91 -agencies:
Microsoft Finalises Cloud Licensing Changes in Response to EU Complaints
upstart writes:Microsoft finalises cloud licensing changes in response to EU complaints:
No Drinking Water "Indefinitely" in Jackson, Mississippi
upstart writes:No drinking water "indefinitely" in Jackson, Mississippi:
SmartDry's Useful Laundry Sensor to be Cloud-Bricked Next Month
owl writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/smartdrys-useful-laundry-sensor-to-be-cloud-bricked-next-month/
Mushrooms Serve as 'Main Character' in Most Ecosystems
upstart writes:Mushrooms serve as 'main character' in most ecosystems:
Ancient Frogs In Mass Grave Died From Too Much Sex
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Nvidia's Revenue Drops as Ada Lovelace Looms and Hopper Enters Production
upstart writes:The party is over for Nvidia as crypto and gaming GPU demand is down:
Scientists Created 'Synthetic' Embryo With a Brain Without Using Egg or Sperm Cells
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/scientists-create-synthetic-embryo-from-stem-cells
LastPass Confirms Attackers Stole Some Source Code
upstart writes:LastPass confirms attackers stole some source code:
News Addiction Linked to Not Only Poor Mental Wellbeing but Physical Health Too
hubie writes:People with an obsessive urge to constantly check the news are more likely to suffer from stress, anxiety, as well as physical ill health:
Pine64 Announces a Single Board Computer With the JH7110 Quad-Core RISC-V SoC
takyon writes:StarFive recently announced an SBC using the StarFive JH7110 quad-core 64-bit RISC-V SoC. Now Pine64 is announcing their own version, the Star64:
A Series on How Rsync Works
canopic jug writes:FOSS developer Michael Stapelberg has started a four part blog post on Rsync and how it works. He wrote the i3 tiling window manager, among other projects, and is a former Debian developer. Now he has written about three scenarios for which he has come to appreciate Rsync, specifically in DokuWiki transfers, software deployment, and backups. Then he looks at at integrating it into various work flows, and then at what the software and protocol actually do. The fourth section is to be announced.
Linux 6.1 Will Make It a Bit Easier to Help Spot Faulty CPUs
upstart writes:Linux 6.1 Will Make It A Bit Easier To Help Spot Faulty CPUs:
Facebook Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit
upstart writes:Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit alleging millions of users' data exposed:
Hiding Chocolate Stashes or Purchases From a Partner? ‘Guilty’ Purchases May Have Benefits
hubie writes:Hiding chocolate stashes or Amazon purchases from a partner? 'Guilty' purchases may have benefits:
Denuvo Promises to Kill Nintendo Switch Emulator Piracy With New Protection
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://torrentfreak.com/denuvo-promises-to-kill-switch-emulator-piracy-with-new-protection-220824/
Global Hunt for Dark Matter Arrives in Australia
hubie writes:Global hunt for dark matter arrives in Australia with completion of Stage 1 of Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory:
Chemists Develop a Wireless Electronic Lateral Flow Assay Test for Biosensing
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[SCRUBBED] NASA Attempts Launch of First Heavy-Lift Rocket Since Retiring Space Shuttle
Four hours until liftoff!? NASA is scheduled to launch its first heavy-lift rocket since retiring the space shuttle in 2011.
Scientists May Have Found an Affordable Way to Destroy Forever Chemicals
upstart writes:PFAS are everywhere and have been linked to negative health effects:
Disproving A 60-Year-Old Hypothesis: Most “Silent” Mutations Are Actually Harmful
An Anonymous Coward writes:A new study finds that most "silent" mutations are harmful rather than neutral:
Martian Surprises: NASA's Perseverance Makes New Discoveries in Mars’ Jezero Crater
First Underground Radar Images From Mars Perseverance Rover Reveal Some SurprisesArthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:
Norway Reportedly Wants to Fine Meta for Illegal Data Transfers
upstart writes:Norway reportedly wants to fine Meta for illegal data transfers:
Even A 'Limited' Nuclear War Would Starve Millions Of People, New Study Reveals
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T-Mobile, SpaceX Partner To Boost Connectivity In Areas With No Cellular Coverage
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NRL Fungal Experiment Launches as Artemis I Payload
hubie writes:An experiment prepared by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will launch as part of NASA's scheduled Artemis I mission to orbit the moon Aug. 29:
The US' Fastest Residential Internet Speed Plan – In Chattanooga, Tennessee
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NATO Investigates Hacker Sale of Missile Firm Data
upstart writes:Nato investigates hacker sale of missile firm data:
DuckDuckGo Now Offers Anti-Tracking Email Service to Everyone
upstart writes:DuckDuckGo now offers anti-tracking email service to everyone:
The GPU Shortage is Over. The GPU Surplus Has Arrived!
upstart writes:The GPU shortage is over. The GPU surplus has arrived!:
Amazon and Microsoft Want to Go Big on Data Centres, but the Power Grid Can't Support Them
upstart writes:Power shortages in Ireland threaten to scupper plans by cloud giants AWS, Equinix and Microsoft to expand their data center footprints:
JWST Makes First Unequivocal Detection of Carbon Dioxide in an Exoplanet Atmosphere
upstart writes:James Webb Space Telescope makes first unequivocal detection of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere:
Intel Plans for Joint Ownership of New Fabs
takyon writes:Intel Kicks Off Fab Co-Investment Program with Brookfield: New Fabs to be Jointly Owned
Study First to Link Weed Killer Roundup to Convulsions in Animals
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Former UK Supreme Court Judge Calls Out Online Safety Bill as Harmful by Itself
upstart writes:Former UK Supreme Court Judge Calls Out Online Safety Bill As Harmful By Itself:
Top Programming Languages 2022 (According to IEEE)
upstart writes:Top Programming Languages 2022:
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Linked to Changes in Dolphin Gene Activity
An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2335230-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-linked-to-changes-in-dolphin-gene-activity
An Extrasolar World Covered in Water?
hubie writes:A team of Université de Montréal astronomers have discovered an exoplanet that could be completely covered in water:
Twitter Whistleblower Claims Musk Was Right About Bots; FTC Reviewing Report
Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/twitter-whistleblower-claims-musk-was-right-about-bots-ftc-reviewing-report/
Filtering Poisons With Seeds
upstart writes:Waste from vegetable oil manufacturing could cheaply and effectively remove toxic heavy metals from contaminated water:
'Magical' Rock Crystals Found at Stone Age Ceremonial Site in England
upstart writes:Neolithic people sprinkled the crystals over burials:
California is Banning the Sale of New Gasoline-Powered Cars by 2035
liar writes:
Cheap, High Capacity, and Fast: New Aluminum Battery Tech Promises It All
upstart writes:The big catch is that it has to be at roughly the boiling point of water to work:
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