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upstart writes:Smaller Than a Flea – The Smallest Remote-Controlled Walking Robot Ever:

upstart writes:Low-code development becoming business skill 'table stakes':

upstart writes:Akamai Linode now offers Kali Linux instances:

hubie writes:An international team including researchers from IMDEA Software and IMDEA Networks participated in a study that highlights the need to strengthen user privacy:

upstart writes:Computer simulations provide startling data on the global impact of nuclear war:

upstart writes:Russian Linux distributor НПО РусБИТех – aka RPA RusBITech – is thriving and plans to IPO:

upstart writes:Porsche-backed e-fuels maker to build $1b Australian plant:

upstart writes:Showering before bed is a good way to fall asleep fast:

takyon writes:NASA Live • YouTubeMonday, July 11

upstart writes:Meraxes gigas' short but burly forelimbs may have helped with mating:

upstart writes:The invasion of Ukraine has prompted militaries to update their arsenals—and Silicon Valley stands to capitalize:

upstart writes:Dark matter: search for the invisible begins in an old gold mine:

upstart writes:Work from home is now a legal right in Netherlands - World News:

hubie writes:A shapeshifting robotic microswarm may one day act as a toothbrush, rinse, and dental floss in one:

upstart writes:Why Walking on Legos Hurts More Than Walking on Fire or Ice:

upstart writes:Bees' 'waggle dance' may revolutionize how robots talk to each other in disaster zones:

takyon writes:AMD Ryzen PRO 6860Z powered Lenovo Z13 notebook with Microsoft Pluton co-processor can't boot Linux operating systems

DannyB writes:They say it's because of audio quality, but it isn't that simple:

upstart writes:International Space Station has new way to dispose of trash:

upstart writes:It is investing $20.4 billion between now and 2030 for a capacity of 240 GWh/year:

upstart writes with a story about how to avoid back pain if you spend a lot of time sitting for your job:Simple stretches and strengthening exercises can leave you less stiff:

Three submitted stories on different aspects of the breakdown of the Musk/Twitter tale.upstart writes first about the forming storm clouds:Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter is in peril:

hubie writes:A new computer model uses publicly available data to predict crime accurately in eight U.S. cities:

DannyB writes:Alder Lake-Powered Linux Laptop Arrives With 14 Hours of Battery Life

upstart writes:'Yu-Gi-Oh!' manga creator Kazuki Takahashi found dead at sea:

upstart writes:Accused of 'unfair' practices, Apple faces App Store court battle in UK:

fliptop writes:Places like Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter are swimming in data, but their problem is that a lot of it is untrustworthy and shilled. But you don't need to use all the data. Toss big data happily, anything suspicious at all, false positives galore accidentally marking new accounts or borderline accounts as shills when deciding what to input to the recommender algorithms. Who cares if you do?

upstart writes:According to genetic tests conducted by academics at the University of Queensland, drinking a daily latte or long black does not raise the risk of pregnancy:

hubie writes:An ongoing study reveals the multiple ways people now seek information about genetic relatives:

fliptop writes:The new law goes into effect Thursday:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/youtube-flags-horror-video-as-for-kids-wont-let-creator-change-rating/

hubie writes:Thriving in a Series of Sudden Global Chills That Killed Competitors:

DannyB writes:Good News Everyone!Systemd Creator Lands At Microsoft

upstart writes:Motorless sailplane for exploring Mars soars like albatross:

takyon writes:Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, shot and hospitalized

owl writes:https://finance.yahoo.com/news/killing-people-technology-made-car-120013196.html

upstart writes:Found: The 'holy grail of catalysis'—turning methane into methanol under ambient conditions using light:

fliptop writes:Over at ACM.org, Doug Meil posits that programming languages are often designed for certain tasks or workloads in mind, and in that sense most languages differ less in what they make possible, and more in terms of what they make easy:

upstart writes:Decision will be binding on many companies and change the way they protect your data:

upstart writes:NASA Restores Contact With CAPSTONE Spacecraft – Prepares for Trajectory Correction Maneuver:

fliptop writes:Microsoft security researchers have discovered new variants of the one-year-old Hive ransomware that was written in the Go programming language but has been re-written in Rust:

upstart writes:A gentler, more precise laser cutting technique:

hubie writes:This is the first time scientists have directly tracked natural selection in a large animal over a time-scale of 100,000 years:

fliptop writes:The UK's Intellectual Property Office has decided artificial-intelligence systems cannot patent inventions for the time being:

owl writes:https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/5/23195827/lockscreen-content-apple-ios-16-glance

AnonTechie writes:The collaboration has observed a new kind of "pentaquark" and the first-ever pair of "tetraquarks":

upstart writes:Major crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital files for bankruptcy and fires 25% of workforce as crypto implosion spreads:

DannyB writes:NASA Loses Contact With Just-Launched Spacecraft Headed Toward Moon

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/forget-smart-glasses-this-smart-contact-lens-prototype-has-a-new-vision-for-ar/

chr writes:Finnish researchers installed first working 'sand battery' that can store energy as heat for months. See article in BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61996520In short: