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A mysterious unnamed contributor writes:U of Iowa has started testing an autonomous vehicle under rural conditions--long routes, roads with no lane markings, snow/ice, and eventually gravel roads as well (in a later phase). This link includes a summary of their work during the first year of the project, https://autonomoustuff.com/velocity-magazine/velocity-2022/on-the-rural-road-to-autonomy The study was, "initiated by the University of Iowa's National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) transportation safety research center and funded by a $7 million USD grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT)..."In true big-Federal-budget style, they have commissioned and built a test vehicle into a Ford Transit 350HD with every known (to me) autonomous sensor and buzz-word technology:

upstart writes:Mars rover Curiosity reaches sulfate-rich Mount Sharp:

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upstart writes:GitHub Copilot may steer Microsoft into a copyright lawsuit:

upstart writes:Meta grudgingly agrees to sell Giphy after admitting defeat in UK battle:

upstart writes:Billions in funding could kick-start the US battery materials industry:

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upstart writes:Why do mosquitos attack some folks and ignore others? Science has an answer:

hubie writes:Given a choice, captive bears mimic mixed diets of their wild peers:

hubie writes:A new study from Uppsala University shows that using a weighted blanket at bedtime increases melatonin in young adults:

upstart writes:Russia finds 40% of its Chinese chip imports are defective:

upstart writes:How the World Will Know If Russia Is Preparing to Launch a Nuke:

upstart writes:USB-C can hit 120Gbps with newly published USB4 Version 2.0 spec:

upstart writes:Germany dismisses cybersecurity chief over alleged Russian ties:

takyon writes:UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after failed budget and market turmoil

takyon writes:SpaceX's Rideshare program will now allow customers to launch a 50 kilogram payload for $275,000, down from a previous minimum of 200 kilograms for $1.1 million.SpaceX slashes base price of smallsat rideshare program, adds "Plates"

fliptop writes:A Greek financial journalist is one of several who believe they have been targeted for surveillance by the nation's government with the help of Intellexa:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Aridity appears to configure landscapes with a greater diversity of plant species that rely on symbiotic bacteria for nitrogen:

upstart writes:The Shahed-136 drones are made in Iran, which is reportedly supplying Russia in its ongoing assault of Ukraine:

An Anonymous Coward writes:According to the researchers, blood vessel cells are a key regulator of brown fat and energy metabolism:

upstart writes:Impressive distro is somewhere between a tech demo and a power user's tool:

hubie writes:Mysterious ripples in the Milky Way were caused by a passing dwarf galaxy:

upstart writes:The supply chain it needs simply doesn't exist, but that could work to GM's advantage:

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owl writes:https://www.leadedsolder.com/2022/10/15/pwp50sx-nec-mini5-psu-repair-pickup.html

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upstart writes:Glut of Fake LinkedIn Profiles Pits HR Against the Bots:

upstart writes:CPU requirements are holding many systems back:

upstart writes:The same app can pose a bigger security and privacy threat depending on the country where you download it, study finds:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:Sting against Deadbolt ransomware groups provides victims with a way to get encrypted files back without paying up:

canopic jug writes:The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has announced, with plenty of hints long in advance, that the ISC DHCP Server has reached EOL. The ISC's DHCP software has been available since the late 1990s and is widely used to automate the assignment of IPv4 addresses to a dynamic pool of clients. The article covers the ISC DHCP suite's history and evolution, along with brief biographies of its four main authors over its lifecycle. The main reasons for reaching EOL are that the codebase is very mature at this point and, significantly, the code base has not been designed for testability.

upstart writes:Apple's reliance on China put to test as political pressure freezes new chips plan:

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DannyB writes:Researchers make cyborg cockroaches that carry their own power packsSolar cell and a battery can keep the cyborg's electronics running for weeks.

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upstart writes:UberEats Adds Weed Delivery to App in Toronto:

upstart writes:After several delays, we are going, eventually:

upstart writes:The attack framework of probable Chinese origin used by cybercriminals has been discovered:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:The idea that humans could be frozen and later brought back has survived for decades:

upstart writes:Critical VM2 flaw lets attackers run code outside the sandbox:

upstart writes:The Court wrestled with who gets to decide the meaning of art:

upstart writes:Biotechnology startup TurtleTree wants to change the way people consume milk:

upstart writes:1.41GW, in fact – enough to power around one million homes:

upstart writes:A scaled-down prototype of the aerobot balloon recently completed tests above Nevada's Black Rock Desert:

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Elon Musk under federal investigation over Twitter deal:

hubie writes:Research suggests behaviour of co-workers can mirror hostility of their leaders: