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upstart writes:Vienna museums launch OnlyFans account to display 'explicit' artworks:

takyon writes:Intel published a developer guide confirming details of its upcoming Alder Lake processors.Desktop "Alder Lake-S" processors will include up to 8 "Golden Cove" performance cores (P-cores), 8 "Gracemont" (Atom) efficiency cores (E-cores), and 32 graphics execution units (Gen 12.2 EUs). A smaller die will include only up to 6 P-cores and no E-cores, to be used in lower-end products such as a 6-core Intel Core i5-12400 or a quad-core i3.Mobile "Alder Lake-P" processors will include up to 6 P-cores, 8 E-cores, and 96 graphics EUs. A smaller "ultra mobile" die will include up to 2 P-cores and 8 E-cores.AVX-512 is physically present on Golden Cove cores, but disabled in Alder Lake.

upstart writes:UN declares access to a clean environment a human right:

upstart writes:Sweeping FDA guidance would drastically cut salt in American foods:

upstart writes:Ten EU countries call on Brussels to label nuclear energy as green:[...] Tapping into Europe's ongoing energy crunch, the countries make the case for nuclear energy as a "key affordable, stable and independent energy source" that could protect EU consumers from being "exposed to the volatility of prices".The letter, which was initiated by France, has been sent to the Commission with the signature of nine other EU countries, most of which already count nuclear as part of their national energy mix: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania.Nuclear plants generate over 26% of the electricity produced in the European Union."The rise of energy prices have also shown how important is it to reduce our energy dependence on third countries as fast as possible," says the letter, as seen by Euronews.Over 90% of the EU's natural gas come from foreign importers, with Russia as the main producer. This great dependency has been credited as one of the main factors behind the rise in energy prices."Supply tensions will be more and more frequent and we have no choice but to diversify our supply. We should pay attention not to increase our dependency on energy imports from outside Europe."Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:France to ban plastic packaging for most fruit and vegetables from January 2022:

takyon writes:PinePhone Pro Linux smartphone to feature a power-optimized Rockchip RK3399S processor

upstart writes:NASA’s Lucy mission will soon be in the sky, with a launch set for Saturday:

takyon writes:Microsoft shutting down LinkedIn in China:

upstart writes:Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused Waymo Cars Trying To Turn Around 'Every 5 Minutes':

upstart writes:British Medical Journal: Daily Use of CBD Oil May Be Linked to Lung Cancer Regression:

upstart writes:Photon-Phonon Breakthrough: A New Way To Combine Two Different States of Matter:

upstart writes:Rickroll Grad Prank Exposes Exterity IPTV Bug:

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upstart writes:iPhone apps no better for privacy than Android, Oxford study finds:

upstart writes:Analysis | China’s Power Crisis Will Affect Industries Worldwide:

upstart writes:This Asteroid May Be the Shard of a Dead Protoplanet:

owl writes:Charter Spectrum Threatens To Ruin Potential Customers Over Debt They Don't Owe:

upstart writes:Facebook’s latest effort to curtail leaks immediately leaked:

upstart writes:China's lunar rock samples show lava flowed on the moon 2 billion years ago:

upstart writes:7-Eleven breached customer privacy by collecting facial imagery without consent:

upstart writes:Uh Oh, They Strapped a Sniper Rifle to a Robot Dog:

owl writes:http://www.e-basteln.de/computing/65f02/65f02/

[2021-10-13 20:46:32 UTC; Update: Corrected story link.--martyb]owl writes:I feel sorry for the accused.Bomb scare that led to emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport was just passenger adjusting camera: sources:

upstart writes:Android Phones Still Track You, Even When You Opt Out:

upstart writes:UK Proposes Law To Switch Off EV Home Chargers During Peak Hours:

[2021-10-13 13:26:33 UTC; Updated to removed duplicated 1st sentence.--martyb]upstart writes:Drop's new mechanical keyboards go up to $500:

takyon writes:Seven years after raising $542M at a $2B valuation, Magic Leap raises $500M at a $2B valuation

fliptop writes:IBM and Raytheon Technologies will jointly develop advanced artificial intelligence, cryptographic and quantum solutions for the aerospace, defense and intelligence industries, including the federal government, as part of a strategic collaboration agreement the companies announced today:

fliptop writes:Synthetic chemical in consumer products linked to early death, study finds:

upstart writes:Microsoft Azure fends off huge DDoS Attack:

takyon writes:Microsoft and Nvidia create 105-layer, 530 billion parameter language model that needs 280 A100 GPUs, but it's still biased

Freeman writes: Putin slashes Russia’s space budget and says he expects better results:

upstart writes:These Virtual Obstacle Courses Help Real Robots Learn to Walk:

fliptop writes:Dubbed Bernardinelli-Bernstein, it is thousands of times more massive than an average comet. Its close approach is a rare chance to learn more about how Earth and its neighbors were born:

Freeman writes:Cloudflare doesn’t have to cut off copyright-infringing websites, judge rules:

upstart writes:Winter-swimming Scandinavian men can teach us how the body adapts to extreme heat and cold:

upstart writes:A rare feat: Material protects against both biological and chemical threats:

upstart writes:Israeli archaeologists discover ancient winemaking complex:

canopic jug writes:Futurism has done an interview over e-mail with Alexandra Elbakyan who founded Sci-Hub ten years ago. Over that time, it has become both widely used and well-stocked, having picked up momentum in 2016. There are now over 87 million research articles in its database, though not evenly distributed over academic disciplines.

takyon writes:Key witness in Assange case jailed in Iceland after admitting to lies and ongoing crime spree

Intel Not Considering UK Chip Factory After Brexitupstart writes:Intel not considering UK chip factory after Brexit:

upstart writes:MEPs support curbing police use of facial recognition:

upstart writes:Rover images confirm Jezero crater is an ancient Martian lake: The findings include signs of flash flooding that carried huge boulders downstream into the lakebed.:

upstart writes:People in the U.S. pay more for slower internet than European, Canadian, and Asian counterparts, according to the Open Technology Institute:

[Ed note: In observance of the US federal holiday which is observed on Monday October 11, 2021, I am inviting the editorial staff to run stories on a weekend schedule tomorrow. Please join me in thanking them for all their hard work and for the sacrifice of their spare time and energy! --martyb.]upstart writes:Biden becomes first president to issue proclamation marking Indigenous Peoples' Day:

[Ed note: In observance of the US federal holiday which is observed on Monday October 11, 2021, I am inviting the editorial staff to run stories on a weekend schedule tomorrow. Please join me in thanking them for all their hard work and for the sacrifice of their spare time and energy! --martyb.]upstart writes:Biden becomes first president to issue proclamation marking Indigenous Peoples' Day:

takyon writes:High Power PCIe Gen5 power connector for next-gen GPUs pictured, up to 600W

upstart writes:Engineers 3D-Print Personalized, Wireless Wearables That Never Need a Charge:

upstart writes:Google warns 14,000 Gmail users targeted by Russian hackers: