looorg writes:Google is going to stop hiding urls in Chrome. Apparently it didn't pan out the way they wanted it to. I guess they wanted to make it less complicated or less confusing for the users but it turned out to be a security issue?Google Chrome will once again show a website's full URL:
takyon writes:Intel (INTC) Reportedly Offers Over $2 Billion To Acquire the Fabless Semiconductor SiFive as the Consolidation Trend in the Industry Is Nowhere Close to Slowing Down
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:[Ed note: if anyone happens upon a better link about the eclipse — where and when it is visible — please post it to the comments!How to watch next week's rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse:
looorg writes:The FDA has approved a new drug for Alzheimer's disease, while not a cure it is supposed to slow the decline. Even though data is not entirely positive or straight forward in its interpretation or that it will actually even work as thought.But if you have it then you are probably desperate enough to try almost anything that claims to work, until you get to the price tag of $56,000 per year. That will probably make it out of reach for most people, it's doubtful if any insurance will cover something like this. Perhaps you can just forget to pay the bill, they might understand due to your condition.
looorg writes:https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/07/bosch-opens-1-2-billion-chip-plant-in-germany/Bosch, one of the worlds largest engineering companies, is trying to cash in on the global chip shortage by starting production in Germany, even though it's apparently mostly a wafer plant and they are sending those to Asia for packaging and assembly.A large chunk of it is probably for their own needs as they make everything from power tools to medical equipment.But why not just do the assembly in Germany to? This shipping things back and forth — isn't this one of the points of failure that has been experienced during COVID-19?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
Justice Dept. Claws Back $2.3M Paid by Colonial Pipeline to Ransomware Gangupstart writes:Justice Dept. Claws Back $2.3M Paid by Colonial Pipeline to Ransomware Gang:
martyb writes:I first happened upon this marvel of engineering on this recent CNN Travel video story. Digging around the internet, I then found this late April story on CNN.London's new see-through Sky Pool is first of its kind:
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RunawayXXXX:Never Say Never AgainNASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity set for 7th Red Planet flight on Sunday: