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An Anonymous Coward writes:Dymo causes a stir by adding DRM to printer paper:

DannyB writes:Peloton Outage Prevents Customers From Using $2,500 Exercise Bikes:

upstart writes:An Optical Spy Trick Can Turn Any Shiny Object Into A Bug:

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upstart writes:RNA Molecules Control Repair of Damaged Human DNA in Cancer Cells:

quietus writes:European airplane maker Airbus and a 50/50 joint partnership between General Electric (GE) and Safran Aircraft Engines are going to equip an A380 superjumbo with a hydrogen engine, by 2026. The plan is to go the cryogenic route with hydrogen: using its liquid form at -253°C (-425°F), and burning it directly in a GE Passport turbofan.The modified A380 will keep its 4 conventional turbines, with an additional fifth being the hydrogen-powered one.The number of technical challenges are large. Under the plans, 400kg of liquid hydrogen will be stored in four tanks at minus 253 degrees Celsius. A new cryogenic distribution system will need to be developed. The hydrogen will also need to be converted into a gas before it is burnt. The gas burns at a much higher temperature than conventional jet fuel, so special cooling and coating materials will also need to be developed.The modified GE Passport jet engine needs a complete overhaul of its combustor, fuel system and controls system to make them compatible with liquid hydrogen fuel. The group picked the Passport because of its size, advanced turbomachinery and ability to operate at the appropriate pressures and temperatures for the flight platform. As the liquid hydrogen needs to be vaporized into gas to be used as fuel, certain parts of the engine could see temperature differences of some 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:China suggests it doesn't own the rocket debris poised to collide with the Moon:

takyon writes:Revealed: Credit Suisse leak unmasks criminals, fraudsters and corrupt politicians

upstart writes:China Says Rover Discovered Glass Spheres on the Dark Side of the Moon:

takyon writes:Linux Developers Discuss Deprecating & Removing ReiserFS

upstart writes:EV coach drives from California to Seattle and back using public chargers:

Live: Updating.Reuters: Russian forces launch invasion of Ukraine with strikes on defence

mhajicek writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2022-02-online-privacy-inequality.html

upstart writes:Inside "Project Tinman": Peloton's plan to conceal rust in its exercise bikes:

upstart writes:Elon Musk Suggests That Piracy is Appealing Once Again:

upstart writes:Sacklers Raise Their Offer to Settle Opioid Lawsuits by More Than $1 Billion:

upstart writes:Three-drug combination prolongs survival in men with metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer:

upstart writes:Tesla's radar-less cars investigated by NHTSA after complaints spike:

upstart writes:Researchers combine piezoelectric thin film and metasurfaces to create lens with tunable focus: Compact, inexpensive tunable lenses could be useful for portable medical diagnostics, miniature cameras and more:

upstart writes:16-year-old Indian chess sensation Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa stuns world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen:

upstart writes:With eyes on reuse, Relativity plans rapid transition to Terran R engines:

upstart writes:Unearthed photos show John Glenn's orbit of Earth on 60th anniversary:

upstart writes:COVID-19 infection detected in breath tests:

Yes, we are aware; comment counts do not appear to be updating when viewing the main page.We apparently have a resource availability issue. As far as I can tell, the counts are being updated correctly. (Yay!)The problem seems to exist in a layer in which I lack expertise. The assistance of site admins has been requested.UPDATE 20:23 23-02-2022The problem has now been resolved. Many thanks to mechanicjay for fixing it again. As of yet we do not know the cause of the local mysql query node failure on one of our servers. However, as some of you have already deduced, there are many background tasks that are managed by the scheduler including updating comment counts, issuing moderation points, updating the journal index on the front page etc. The scheduler couldn't access the database and therefore couldn't do any of the tasks that we expect it to do.In addition to expressing our gratitude to mechanicjay I would also like to say thanks to all in our community for your patience and good-humour in this rather protracted fix.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Centuries-old capture documents now online:

upstart writes:How NASA plans to destroy the International Space Station, and the dangers involved:

canopic jug writes:Late last month the US Department of Defence (DoD) published a memorandum on software development (warning for PDF). It focuses specifically on Open Source Software (OSS), though it misses the fact that OSS can also be commercial in nature.

upstart writes:Turning waste PPE into water and vinegar:

upstart writes:Forget state surveillance. Our tracking devices are now doing the same job:

canopic jug writes:The annual Linux Questions softwarepoll results are in for the year 2021.

upstart writes:NASA's Perseverance celebrates first year on Mars by learning to run:

upstart writes:ConocoPhillips is selling extra gas to bitcoin miners in North Dakota:

upstart writes:Scientists identify how caffeine reduces bad cholesterol:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Free Cybersecurity Services and Tools:

upstart writes:Easy aluminum nanoparticles for rapid, efficient hydrogen generation from water:

upstart writes:Multiple vulnerabilities found in Snap-confine function on Linux systems:

upstart writes:Innovation is slowing down—and Big Tech is to blame:

upstart writes:Want to be a developer? These are the coding skills that can get you hired:

upstart writes:Classic Chat: Preserving Computer History:

upstart writes:The Paradox of the Lizard Tail, Solved:

upstart writes:World funds own destruction with $1.8 tn subsidies: study:

owl writes:Dad takes down town's internet by mistake to get his kids offline:

upstart writes:The surprising structural reason your kitchen sponge is disgusting:

canopic jug writes:The Apple-1 Registry, currently maintained by Achim Baqué, has used handwriting analysis to solve the mystery of who hand wrote serial numbers on the first Apple-I motherboards. Photos of many boards and several actual boards were examined. One reason for the investigation not happening earlier is that the investigation required writing samples. Achim goes through that and other aspects of the investigation. After two forensic handwriting analyses, the result was clear.

upstart writes:You'll need a Microsoft account to set up future versions of Windows 11 Pro:

upstart writes:James Webb Space Telescope Locked Onto Guide Star for High Accuracy Mirror Alignment:

upstart writes:Discovery of key protein in malaria parasite opens door to novel treatment:

takyon writes:Three major browsers are about to hit version 100. Will websites cope?

Freeman writes:Corn ethanol no better—and probably worse—than burning gasoline, study says:

Freeman submitted a story which became:Facial recognition firm Clearview AI tells investors it's seeking massive expansion beyond law enforcement: