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Hidden Anti-Cryptography Provisions in Internet Anti-Trust Bills
upstart writes:Hidden Anti-Cryptography Provisions in Internet Anti-Trust Bills - Schneier on Security:
Testing the Use of Human Urine as a Natural Fertilizer for Crops
upstart writes:Testing the use of human urine as a natural fertilizer for crops:
Science Coverage of Climate Change Can Change Minds—Briefly
mrpg writes:
The Open Secret of Google Search
fliptop writes:Over at The Atlantic, Charlie Warzel wonders if Google Search is becoming a victim of its own success:
NASA Finally Succeeds With its Artemis 1 Wet Launch Test
upstart writes:NASA finally succeeds with its Artemis 1 wet launch test:
Google Says It's Time for Longtime Small Business Users to Pay Up
upstart writes:Google says it's time for longtime small business users to pay up:
Wreck of Historic Royal Ship Discovered Off the English Coast
hubie writes:The wreck of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century has been discovered off the coast of Norfolk:
Wreck of Historic Royal Ship Discovered Off the English Coast
hubie writes:The wreck of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century has been discovered off the coast of Norfolk:
Could Nuclear Desalination Plants Beat Water Scarcity?
AnonTechie writes:BBC - Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity?
Blood Pressure E-tattoo Promises Continuous, Mobile Monitoring
upstart writes:Blood pressure e-tattoo promises continuous, mobile monitoring:
Internet Explorer shutdown to cause Japan headaches 'for months'
looorg writes:https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Internet-Explorer-shutdown-to-cause-Japan-headaches-for-months
Atmospheric Samples Covering Pollution Particles Analyzed Using Neutrons for the First Time
upstart writes:Atmospheric samples covering pollution particles analyzed using neutrons for the first time:
New Understanding of Earth’s Architecture: Updated Maps of Tectonic Plates
upstart writes:New Understanding of Earth's Architecture: Updated Maps of Tectonic Plates:
Now China Wants to Censor Online Comments
upstart writes:Now China wants to censor online comments:
Amazon Will Pilot Drone Delivery in California This Year
upstart writes:Amazon Will Pilot Drone Delivery in California This Year:
Google's Ad Business Could Finally Crack Open
upstart writes:Regulators in the EU first began probing tech giants' advertising dominance last year:
Can Farms Produce to the Max and Still Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
hubie writes:A new data-driven approach looks at practices that are good for the earth and profitable for farmers:
Reseachers Training ‘Hero Rats’ to Locate Earthquake Survivors
upstart writes:Reseachers training 'hero rats' to locate earthquake survivors - National:
NASA's Next Mars Copter to Have Rotors Tested in Japan
upstart writes:NASA's next Mars copter to have rotors tested in Japan:
Norepinephrine: How the Brain Responds to Surprising Events
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Facebook is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information From Hospital Websites – the Markup
upstart writes:Experts say some hospitals' use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information :
NASA Satellite Finds Cosmic Neighborhood Just 33 Light-Years Away
Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:NASA's TESS Finds Buzzing Cosmic Neighborhood With Two Super-Earths:
TSMC Reveals 2nm Node: 30% More Performance by 2025
upstart writes:TSMC Reveals 2nm Node: 30% More Performance by 2025:
Tesla Autopilot - 273 Crashes in the Last Year - NHTSA
While it may not be all that surprising to SN readers, some data on "self driving" cars has now hit the big time, WaPo reports: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/15/tesla-autopilot-crashes/
Atomically Thin Semiconductors for Nanophotonics
upstart writes:Atomically thin semiconductors for nanophotonics:
Julian Assange's Extradition to the US Approved by UK Home Secretary
takyon writes:Julian Assange's extradition from UK to US approved by home secretary
Marseille Panopticon
looorg writes:Marseille's battle against the surveillance state
SpaceX Launches Three Rockets in 36 Hours
upstart writes:SpaceX launches three rockets in 36 hours:SpaceX launched three missions in just over 36 hours, including two from Florida's Space Coast with most recent a two-stage Falcon 9 early Sunday.The third rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:27 a.m. carrying a communications satellite for Louisiana-based Globalstar.Earlier, the company founded by billionaire Elon Musk launched 53 Starlink internet satellites at 12:09 p.m. Friday Eastern time from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and then sent into space a radar satellite for the German military from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 7:19 a.m. Saturday Pacific.Sunday morning's launch was Space X's 26th this year and ninth for this particular Falcon 9 first stage.Ten minutes after liftoff, the first stage went back to Earth, landiing vertically on the SpaceX droneship "Just Read The Instructions" in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast.Globalstar did give details about the launch of its spare satellite before liftoff, and SpaceX also didn't mention the payload.In the other flight from Florida, the Falcon 9's first stage landed on the "A Shortfall of Gravitas" droneship.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
Tight Budgeters Beware: Skip the Coffee Before Shopping
hubie writes:If you're trying to scale back on impulse purchases, then you may want to hold off on drinking that coffee:
Why Sounds and Smells Are as Vital to Cities as the Sights
upstart writes:The growing field of sensory urbanism is changing the way we assess neighborhoods and projects:
Massive DDoS Attack Delivered By Tiny Botnet
upstart writes in with two stories on a recent DDoS attack:Hackers just launched the largest HTTPS DDoS attack in history:
Researchers find: Why do cats lick and chew catnip?
DannyB writes:Why do cats lick and chew catnip? Researchers find an answer
Are We Born With a Moral Compass?
hubie writes:Researchers from Osaka University find that infants can make moral judgments on behalf of others:
Floppotron 3.0
looorg writes:http://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/The Floppotron has been upgraded to version 3.0. It's a very amusing project that has been going on for many years now.
Europe Cracks Down on Data Cap Exemptions in Update to Net Neutrality Rules
upstart writes:Europe cracks down on data cap exemptions in update to net neutrality rules:
China Launches 'Fujian,' its Most Advanced Aircraft Carrier
China Launches 'Fujian,' its Most Advanced Aircraft Carrierupstart writes:China launches 'Fujian,' its most advanced aircraft carrier:
Inspired by Palm Trees, Scientists Develop Hurricane-Resilient Wind Turbines
Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:Inspired by palm trees, scientists develop hurricane-resilient wind turbines:
Plastic Processors for Less Than a Penny Apiece
upstart writes:Researchers design cheap plastic processor that could usher in the age of truly ubiquitous electronics:
Hanging Out With Bats to Discover the Secrets of Their Biology
upstart writes:Bats are one of the most misunderstood mammals:
Discovery of the Most Luminous Quasar of the Last 9 Gyr
upstart writes:Fastest-growing black hole of past 9 billion years discovered in bright constellation of Centaurus - ABC News:
French 4G Antenna Suspected of Disturbing Cows Will be Shut Down
CrypticNerd writes:https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2022/06/08/4g-antenna-suspected-of-disturbing-herd-of-cows-in-haute-loire-to-be-shut-down_5986020_114.html[...] "I can see from my tractor that they are all skin and bones. It's enough to make you cry." On the other side of the small road that winds along his property, a short distance from the town of Mazeyrat-d'Allier, in the Haute-Loire department, Frédéric Salgues can spot what he considers to be the cause of his cows' problems, less than 300 meters away: a cell phone tower commissioned by Orange on June 28, 2021.[...] On May 23, the administrative court of Clermont-Ferrand ordered the 4G antenna's cessation of operation for a period of two months.This measure, unprecedented in France, should become effective within three months. The objective is to carry out an expert assessment in order to "establish a potential causal link between the behavior of the cattle and this antenna." The administrative court highlights "a significant drop in the quality and quantity of milk produced, a serious disruption in the behavior of the herd and its voluntary denutrition and abnormally high deaths.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
Browser Security - Browser-Language Fingerprinting and Total Cookie Protection
upstart writes:Protecting Against Browser-Language Fingerprinting:
Americans Really Can't Stand Their Internet Service Providers
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Europe's First Exascale Supercomputer to Unlock a Quintillion Ops
upstart writes:Europe's First Exascale Supercomputer to Unlock a Quintillion Ops:
Black Death Likely Originated In Central Asia
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Cause of Leaky SpaceX Cargo Vehicle Sourced to Faulty Inlet Joint
upstart writes:The propellant leak and ensuing investigation has resulted in a one-month delay to the CRS-25 cargo mission:
TSMC's Arizona Fab Construction Emerges at Breakneck Speed
upstart writes:TSMC's Arizona Fab Construction Emerges at Breakneck Speed:
Happy the Elephant is Not a Person, Says Court in Key US Animal Rights Case
upstart writes:Activist group called for Happy's release from New York zoo, calling her cognitively complex and autonomous:
A Toxic Chemical Used in Hair Products for Black Women Fuels Breast Cancer, Study Finds
upstart writes:A toxic chemical used in hair products for black women fuels breast cancer, study finds:
Astronomers May Have Detected a ‘Dark’ Free-Floating Black Hole
hubie writes:Astronomers may have discovered the first free-floating black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, thanks to a technique called gravitational microlensing:
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