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upstart writes:Storage galore: New PS5 update finally lets users add more space for games:

martyb writes:Late last night (~10 PM UTC), the security certificates for SoylentNews.org expired. (Out-of-date certs result in nasty warning messages being displayed by your browser.)Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience the outage caused.Unfortunately, that was after I (and others on staff who could do anything about it) had gone to bed.I had personally updated the certs in the past, but the last time was years ago. (TheMightyBuzzard had previously — and subsequently — handled getting and applying updated certs.) It had been so long that I could not find my notes on the process. (Note to self: it helps to look in the correct directory tree!)Thankfully, @audioguy: appeared and was able to get things updated.Please join me in thanking him for getting things straightened out!P.S. The current certs are due to expire December 14, 2021, Please feel free to remind us as that date approaches!P.P.S. The technical staff is aware of various automated solutions to renewals but made a conscious decision to do them manually. Remember that people make mistakes but to really foul things up use a computer!Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

owl writes:NYT Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/science/kea-beak-tools.htmlArchive Link: https://archive.is/rwG10

takyon writes:Will it be safe for humans to fly to Mars?

upstart writes:Tesla Opens NM Showroom on Tribal Land, Avoiding Direct-Sale Ban:

takyon writes:SpaceX Crew Dragon, Falcon 9 roll out to the pad for historic Inspiration4 launch

upstart writes:Taking lessons from a sea slug, study points to better hardware for artificial intelligence:

upstart writes:International project seeks to eliminate HIV in kids:

upstart writes:Ebola vaccine regimen generates strong immune response in children and adults in a clinical trial in Sierra Leone:

owl writes:https://www.zmescience.com/other/fahrenheit-vs-celsius-did-the-u-s-get-it-right-after-all/

upstart writes:Prehistoric humans rarely mated with their cousins:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/leaked-documents-reveal-the-special-rules-facebook-uses-for-5-8m-vips/

takyon and looorg write:Firm raises $15m to bring back woolly mammoth from extinction

upstart writes:Apple can no longer force developers to use in-app purchasing, judge rules:

upstart writes:Stanford scientists solve mystery of icy plumes that may foretell deadly supercell storms:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Mammals Carry A Graveyard Of Viruses In Our Dna, And It Could Have A Crucial Purpose:

upstart writes:Toyota, Honda oppose U.S. House electric vehicle tax plan:

upstart writes:TAU Team Reverses Early Signs of Alzheimer's:

upstart writes:Google.com dark mode is rolling out to everyone:

upstart writes:Physicists discover black holes exert a pressure in serendipitous scientific first:

upstart writes:Illinois researchers demonstrate extreme heat exchanger with additive manufacturing:

upstart writes:A spoonful of sugar opens a path to longer lasting lithium sulfur batteries:

upstart writes:Groundbreaking technique yields important new details on possible 'fifth force':

upstart writes:NIH scientists identify nutrient that helps prevent bacterial infection:

upstart writes:Milkweed butterflies tear open caterpillars and drink them alive:

Apple Warns Against Mounting iPhones to Motorcyclesupstart writes:Apple warns against mounting iPhones to motorcycles:

upstart writes:Tesla Model S Plaid sets the production EV 'Ring record at 7:35.579:

upstart writes:Good news for tuna as they bounce back from the brink of extinction:

owl writes:A Laser Fired Through a Keyhole Can Expose Everything Inside a Room:

canopic jug writes:While fastidiously avoiding use of the F-word [i.e. freedom], the European Commission has published a very long report on the impact of open source software and hardware on technological independence, competitiveness and innovation in the EU economy. Open hardware is also covered.

upstart writes:Massive new animal species discovered in half-billion-year-old Burgess Shale:

upstart writes:Scientists reveal how tabby cats get their distinctive stripes:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. These were "a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks [...] against the United States of America on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001."Of the 2,977 people who died, 2,605 were U.S. citizens and 372 non-U.S. citizens (excluding the 19 perpetrators). More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks, including the United Kingdom (67 deaths), the Dominican Republic (47 deaths), India (41 deaths), Greece (39 deaths), South Korea (28 deaths), Canada (24 deaths), Japan (24 deaths), Colombia (18 deaths), Jamaica (16 deaths), Philippines (16 deaths), Mexico (15 deaths), Trinidad and Tobago (14 deaths), Ecuador (13 deaths), Australia (11 deaths), Germany (11 deaths), Italy (10 deaths), Bangladesh (6 deaths), Ireland (6 deaths), Pakistan (6 deaths), and Poland (6 deaths).It was a tragedy not only for America, but for the world.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

Freeman writes:Our flexible processors can now use bendable RAM:

DannyB writes:BBC: International Space Station: Smoke triggers alert on board

takyon writes:Ray-Ban Stories: These are Facebook's first mass-market smart glasses

owl writes:https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-best-vga-dos-games-period

owl writes:Paid influencers must label posts as ads, German court rules:

thorfinn writes:The 2021 Ig Nobel Prize Winners:(Heavily elided — see source for journal references, authors, ceremony participants, and more.--Ed.)

LabRat writes:First Came A Quake In Mexico, Then Strange Blue Lights. People Feared The Apocalypse:

upstart writes:With COVID out of control, Biden unveils hefty vaccine mandates:

upstart writes:The Screens in Cars Are Becoming a Problem:

upstart writes:Walking with coffee is a little-understood feat of physics: Understanding the physics behind natural processes provides new applications for soft robotics, manufacturing automation:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

owl writes:The World's Biggest Plant to Suck Carbon Dioxide From the Sky Is Up and Running:

upstart writes:Hot pack or cold pack: Which one to reach for when you're injured or in pain:

upstart writes:AT&T COW drones restoring phone service cut by Ida's extreme weather:

DannyB writes:The James Webb telescope has a bona fide launch date:

takyon writes:XPoint capacity to surpass DRAM by 2030