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upstart writes:Bursting the Hubble Bubble: Powerful Ground-Based Telescope Will See Further and Clearer Than Hubble Space Telescope:

upstart writes:A Black Hole's Core Could be a Strange "Planck Star":

upstart writes:Humble Bundle stops purchasers from giving full payment to charity:

TheMightyChickadee writes:Why does Mercury have such a big iron core? Magnetism!

upstart writes:In fossilized dinosaur poop, scientists find hidden treasure:

upstart writes:Radio telescope faces "extremely concerning" threat from satellite constellations - SpaceNews:

upstart writes:$12 Billion Government Contractor Booz Allen Facilitates Ransomware Payments:

Anti-aristarchus writes:Seems problems at Boeing are not limited to the 737 Max and the Dreamliner.Story in the Local Paper:

martyb writes:Milestone:

NPC-131072 writes:From Machine Learning @ Berkeley Blog

canopic jug writes:TorrentFreak has a short retrospective on two decades of the bitTorrent protocol, which was first launched July 2, 2001. At its peak, about one third of all Internet traffic was BitTorrent. Currently, many GNU/Linux distributions and various data sets (including for games) are distributed officially via BitTorrent due to it being an inexpensive and efficient means of transfer of large volumes of data.

upstart writes:US plans to make airlines refund fees if bags are delayed:

upstart writes:New, deadly bacteria may be lurking in US; CDC warns of three puzzling cases:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/07/01/hhs-announces-rule-to-protect-consumers-from-surprise-medical-bills.html

upstart writes:NSA discloses hacking methods it says are used by Russia:

upstart writes:Tesla has great quarter, delivers more than 200,000 EVs:

upstart writes:NASA's NEOWISE Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission Extension:

An Anonymous Coward writes:The Verge:

upstart writes:Watchdog: 10 Government Agencies Deployed Clearview AI Facial Recognition Tech:

upstart writes:SOCOM To Test Anti-Aging Pill Next Year:

upstart writes:Amazon doesn't like FTC chair Lina Khan's views, wants her off investigations:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57703836

upstart writes:12-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest grandmaster in chess history:

upstart writes:5,000-year-old hunter-gatherer is earliest person to die with the plague:

upstart writes:Australia ranks last for climate action among UN member countries:

upstart writes:Hawking's Black Hole Theorem Confirmed Observationally for the First Time:

canopic jug writes:Newsweek reports that the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and Stanford University have created and deployed a submersible robot which operates at a depth of around 900 meters. The robot weights 250 kilograms and can operate at depth either tethered or autonomously untethered. At depth, the water is very cold and nearly without light from the surface.

upstart writes:Right to repair rules will extend lifespan of products, government says:

takyon writes:Blue Origin flight: Wally Funk, 82, to join Jeff Bezos space flight

upstart writes:Britain 'consigns coal power to the history books' as ban is brought forward to 2024:

takyon writes:Micron Sells Lehi 3D XPoint Fab to Texas Instruments for $900M

upstart writes:Easy 5-Minute Workout Lowers Blood Pressure As Much as Exercise or Medication:

upstart writes:IBM becomes first to demonstrate advantage of quantum computers in real-life scenario:

upstart writes:Maine passes the strongest state facial recognition ban yet:

upstart writes:Judge Puts On Hold A Law Penalizing Social Media That Block Politicians' Posts:

upstart writes:Conservative group says Germany could reach 100% renewables by 2030 at low cost:

upstart writes:U.S. lawmakers say it is time to boost privacy protections around cloud data:

martyb writes:THANK YOU!I'm calling it a success.Our fundraising goal for the first half of 2021 was $3,500.00 — according to my calculations, we raised $3,499.56 or 99.987% of our goal!We missed our goal by... $0.44, yes just 44 cents!We received 15 subscriptions on 2021-06-30 alone. When we asked the community to support[*] the site, you did!But wait; there's more! As of the time of this writing, here were 6 more subscriptions (which netted us $113.82) that came in after the 2021-06-30 23:49:49 UTC cutoff. These will be applied towards fundraising for the 2nd half of the year.[*] Support is more than money. A big thank you to those who submit stories, write comments, moderate comments, and freely give their time to edit stories and support the systems which, together, make this a community!Yes, we faced some challenges, but we've met them. And, through the adversity, I'd dare say it has pulled us together and made us stronger!NB: I'll leave up the fundraising status (which show our) end-of-first-half totals for a few days, so everyone gets a chance to see them.Lastly, I count it a privilege and distinct honor to serve the community as its Editor-in-Chief. Thank you for your encouragement and support!Previously:

upstart writes:DarkRadiation | Abusing Bash For Linux and Docker Container Ransomware - SentinelOne:

JoeMerchant writes:Social science papers that failed to replicate racked up 153 more citations, on average, than papers that replicated successfully.

Anti-aristarchus writes:Phys.org has reports of a super-dense white dwarf.

TheMightyChickadee writes:Microsoft and Google prepare to battle again after ending six-year truce:

upstart writes:Robinhood to pay record $70M to settle range of allegations:

upstart writes:A New Brain Implant Automatically Detects and Kills Pain in Real Time:

[2021-07-01 01:33:11 UTC; UPDATE 4]:It came down to the wire, but at we ended up $0.44 shy of our $3,500.00 goal for the first half of the year.Great job everybody![2021-06-30 23:05:04 UTC; UPDATE 3]

DannyB writes:Peculiar parasitic fungi discovered growing out of the rectum of a 50 million-year-old fossilized ant

upstart writes:Canada to ban sale of new fuel-powered cars and light trucks from 2035:

looorg writes:A flying car prototype has completed a 35 minute test flight. Prototype hybrid flying car, takes a few minutes to switch from flying to "normal" car mode.Expected to be a big thing in 10-20 years (safely in the future far enough away that the goal post can be constantly pushed further into the future).Not quite sure if this is a thing needed or wanted, beyond the cool factor.Flying car completes test flight between airports:

A round-up of news items related to Julian Assange collected over recent weeks.Snowden Declares 'End of Case Against Julian Assange' After Newspaper Reveals Lies by Witnessupstart writes:Key Witness in Assange Case Admits to Lies in indictment

upstart writes:Fast, reliable broadband … it’s now a key selling point for house hunters: