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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:

upstart writes:A New Kind of Visual Illusion Uncovers How Our Brains Connect the Dots:

upstart writes:How two California hospitals prevented the spread of a deadly fungal infection during the pandemic:

upstart writes:Pseudo-hallucinations: why some people see more vivid mental images than others – test yourself here:Warning: Do not click the following links if you have photosensitive epilepsy!! If you do not have epilepsy but the Ganzflicker is highly unpleasant for you, you are not obligated to continue.

upstart writes:Microsoft admits to signing rootkit malware in supply-chain fiasco:

upstart writes:Fugaku Holds Top Spot, Exascale Remains Elusive:

DannyB writes:Sperm Parameters Before and After COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination

upstart writes:Ground Temperatures Hit 118 Degrees In The Arctic Circle:

upstart writes:Biohackers Figure Out How To Make Insulin 98% Cheaper | Freethink:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:America world’s sole cyber superpower, ten years ahead of China, says Brit think tank:

upstart writes:TikTok whistleblowers raise alarm over China's access to US citizens' data:

upstart writes:Data for 700M LinkedIn Users Posted for Sale in Cyber-Underground:After 500 million LinkedIn enthusiasts were affected in a data-scraping incident in April, it’s happened again – with big security ramifications. A new posting with 700 million LinkedIn records has appeared on a popular hacker forum, according to researchers.Analysts from Privacy Sharks stumbled across the data put up for sale on RaidForums by a hacker calling himself “GOD User TomLiner.” The advertisement, posted June 22, claims that 700 million records are included in the cache, and included a sample of 1 million records as “proof.”Privacy Sharks examined the free sample and saw that the records include full names, gender, email addresses, phone numbers and industry information. It’s unclear what the origin of the data is – but the scraping of public profiles is a likely source. That was the engine behind the collection of 500 million LinkedIn records that went up for sale in April. It contained an “aggregation of data from a number of websites and companies” as well “publicly viewable member profile data,” LinkedIn said at the time.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:2nd Circuit Upholds Non-Monetary Sanctions Against Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz:

upstart writes:Aerogels that suck up pollution just need a wash for reuse - Futurity:

upstart writes:New molecule found in chestnut leaves disarms dangerous staph bacteria:

upstart writes:He Inherited A Devastating Disease. A CRISPR Gene-Editing Breakthrough Stopped It:

takyon writes:Linux 5.13 Released With Apple M1 Bringup, Landlock, FreeSync HDMI + Much More

takyon writes:Intel to make a custom SiFive-based RISC-V CPU, will be fabricated on a 7 nm node in a first step towards competing directly with Arm-based chips

upstart writes:Artificial Intelligence Has Caused A 50% To 70% Decrease In Wages:

upstart writes:Why some biologists and ecologists think social media is a risk to humanity:

upstart writes:Ruling Against Facebook In Sex Trafficking Case Threatens Key Legal Shield For Social Media Platforms:

upstart writes:China shares video and audio from its Mars rover:

TheMightyChickadee writes:SciTechDaily:

upstart writes:Amazon acquires secure chat app used by government agencies:

upstart writes:Clampdown On Crypto Mining Cuts China's GPU Prices Nearly 45 Percent:

upstart writes:Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated:

upstart writes:Scotland is building a massive plant capable of removing one million tons of CO2 from the air every year:

TheMightyChickadee writes:You Can Finally Watch The Blast of a Cosmic Supernova With Your Own Eyes:

upstart writes:China plans for first manned mission to Mars in 2033:

upstart writes:AI may soon predict how electronics fail:

upstart writes:Here’s how Android apps on Windows 11 are going to work:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/mass-data-wipe-in-my-book-devices-prompts-warning-from-western-digital/

takyon writes:Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

NPC-131072 writes:Meet Nesher Ramla Homo - new early human discovered at Israeli cement site:

upstart writes:Songbirds and humans share some common speech patterns: For both songbirds and humans, the longer the phrase the shorter the sounds:

martyb writes:(This is from the first link I found online.)Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22.5 Years for George Floyd Murder:

DannyB writes:From the Hindustan Times: Messaging app Signal not in compliance with new rules, say officials