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fliptop writes:PC Watch has uncovered a new makeshift laptop design that turns any smartphone into a working laptop:

upstart writes:Every year, the planet inches closer to its star:

upstart writes:Producers of Elbrus and Baikal chips are refusing to ship them:

upstart writes:The Haru Oni plant will scale up from 34,000 gallons to 14.5 million gallons by 2024:

upstart writes:Foxconn faces hefty fines from Taiwanese government for unauthorised investment in Chinese chip makers- Technology News, Firstpost:

upstart writes:A New NASA Satellite Will Map Earth's Rising Seas:

upstart writes:Kernel 6.2 promises multiple filesystem improvements:

upstart writes:Dell's modular concept PC can be popped open by inserting a key into the chassis:

hubie writes:Leprosy is one of the world's oldest and most persistent diseases but the bacteria that cause it may also have the surprising ability to grow and regenerate a vital organ:

upstart writes:Hackers Distributed a Trojanized Build of Windows 10 to Infiltrate Ukrainian Targets - ExtremeTech:

fliptop writes:LG Energy Solution said on Monday that it will spend 4 trillion won, or approximately $3.07 billion, up until 2026 to expand its electric vehicle (EV) battery production in South Korea:

hubie writes:Researchers use blockchain to increase electric grid resiliency:

upstart writes:The past and the future are tightly linked in conventional quantum mechanics. Perhaps too tightly. A tweak to the theory could let quantum possibilities increase as space expands.

upstart writes:Germany will host JUPITER, Europe's entry into the exascale realm:

upstart writes:Bad News In The NDAA: Unconstitutional 'Judge Safety' Bill, With Submarine Attack On Section 230, Is Included:

upstart writes:Big problems from tiny memory cells:

upstart writes:ChatGPT arrives in the academic world:

hubie writes:10-inch tablet with detachable keyboard case should be available in early 2023:

fliptop writes:A cutting-edge U.S. Steel mill in Arkansas is using AI tools in production, but implementing that tech know-how in century-old plants hasn't been easy:

John Carmack Steps Out of Meta's VR Messupstart writes:John Carmack steps out of Meta's VR mess:

upstart writes:A Sealed, Never-Opened Nintendo 64 Goes For $250,000:

upstart writes:Content moderation is guided by profits and by ideology more than policy:

upstart writes:Physics, space and climate research may be entering a new Cold War:

upstart writes:Western Digital, Micron, Nvidia Fall On Chip Glut Amid Recession Fears:

A lot of Twitter-related stories recently submitted, so here's a rollup to put them all in one place for your convenience, or so that you can easily bypass it.Twitter Will Require Phone Number Verification to Purchase a Twitter Blue Subscriptionupstart writes:Twitter will require phone number verification to purchase a Twitter Blue subscription:

liar writes:https://boingboing.net/2022/12/15/star-15-light-years-away-has-two-earth-like-planets.html

upstart writes:Phosphorus, though rare on Earth's surface, may be abundant on other worlds:

upstart writes:Researchers smell a cryptomining Chaos RAT targeting Linux:

owl writes:https://imihajlov.tk/blog/posts/eth-to-spi/

upstart writes:China officially files a trade dispute claim with the WTO against the US for export curbs on semiconductors- Technology News, Firstpost:

hubie writes:Dinosaurs dominated the world right up until a deadly asteroid hit the earth, leading to their mass extinction, some 66 million years ago:

upstart writes:NIST calls time on SHA-1, sets 2030 deadline:

fliptop writes:Techno-optimist and a free-speech advocate Daniel Lemire asks:

Many of you are frustrated, as am I, by the bugs that are currently present in the system and wondering why they are not being fixed. I am now in a position to perhaps shed a little bit of light onto the reasons we are where we are...Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:You can still call a phone number and be told the time by the U.S. Naval Observatory:

upstart writes:Germany wants countries to regulate the crypto industry after the FTX and Bankman-Fried debacle- Technology News, Firstpost:

Tesla Holiday Update Brings Steam Games to Model S and X EVsfliptop writes:Tesla's AMD RDNA 2 GPU will be put to use by Steam games:

Soyuz capsule hit by micrometeorite, leaks ammoniac0lo writes:Soyuz coolant leak likely caused by micrometeorite strike on space capsule at International Space Station

upstart writes:A giant aquarium containing a million litres of water in the lobby of the Radisson Blu in Berlin has burst, flooding the hotel and nearby streets:

fliptop writes:The companies include Meta, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and TomTom, which together could facilitate a new wave of geolocation apps:

RamiK writes:From Reuters' coverage of NRC Handelsblad's interview with ASML's CEO Peter Wennink regarding U.S. export restrictions on China:

fliptop writes:One moderate vulnerability that's already exploited impacts the Windows SmartScreen Security Feature:

owl writes:https://medium.com/@bobbyrsec/operation-charlie-hacking-the-mbta-charliecard-from-2008-to-present-24ea9f0aaa38Archive link: https://archive.vn/Pfc6QThe CharlieCard is a contactless smart card used for transportation fare payment in the Boston area. It is the primary payment method for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (aka MBTA or the T) and several regional public transport systems in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Nearly 15 years after a group of MIT students first publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities in the CharlieCard, I am publicly disclosing that it is possible using only an Android phone to:

fliptop writes:Space companies want to remove their junk from orbit - but that's easier said than done:

Freeman writes:Lawmakers liken TikTok's widening influence in the US to "digital fentanyl":

upstart writes:Manifest V3 transition is delayed again to the relief of Chrome users everywhere:

fliptop writes:Apple is expanding its iCloud security features and introducing support for security keys for two-factor authentication:

fliptop writes:Over at ACM.org, Bertrand Meyer has a bone to pick regarding the use of 'statement' instead of 'instruction' when it comes to code:

upstart writes:EU confirms draft decision on replacement US data transfer pact:

progo writes:In June 2022, Microsoft's GitHub announced that they will be cancelling the Atom text editor later this year. (Initially November 16, but that got pushed to December 15.)