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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:

upstart writes:8,000 kilometers per second: Star with the shortest orbital period around black hole discovered:

hubie writes:By identifying clouds in data collected by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the public can increase scientists' understanding of the Red Planet's atmosphere:

upstart writes:Never-before-seen crystals found in perfectly preserved meteorite dust:

upstart writes:California sets nation's toughest plastics reduction rules:

looorg writes:Lockbit ransomware gang creates first malicious bug bounty program:

upstart writes:Perseverance Mars rover wind sensor damaged by pebbles, but still operational:

upstart writes:Amazon Cancels Or Delays Plans For At Least 16 Warehouses This Year:

hubie writes:Machine learning goes with the flow [pdf press release]:

upstart writes:YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning instructions, but leaves up the lethal tips:

NPC-131072 writes:From Software Freedom Conservancy

hubie writes:Board game developed by scientists is winning plaudits for inspiring students to consider STEM careers:

canopic jug writes:About 25 years ago, July 11, 1997, Carl Sagan's and Ann Druyan's movie "Contact" hit the theaters. Vulture has a long read based on interviews with over a score of people who were involved in making the movie. Jodie Foster had the lead role. The co-author, Carl Sagan, died along the way and the production survived a series of lawsuits.

hubie writes:'Common sense' advice to halt smartphone distraction may actually be misguided:

looorg writes:Japanese company launches hamster into the stratosphere as part of space travel experiment

U.S. May Lose Silicon Wafer Factory If Congress Can't Fund CHIPS Act, Commerce Secretary Saysupstart writes:U.S. may lose silicon wafer factory if Congress can't fund CHIPS Act, commerce secretary says:

upstart writes:The hawk has landed: Braking mid-air to prioritize safety over energy or speed:

upstart writes:A ceramic aerogel made with nanocrystals and embedded in a matrix for use in thermal insulation applications:

upstart writes:Yes, Boeing's Starliner spacecraft really could fly astronauts this year:

upstart writes:Road injuries are killing young people, and it's hardly slowing down:

upstart writes:Humans Hear Much Better Underwater Than Previously Thought – At Times Better Than Seals:

hubie writes:A formidable space tourism industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated: