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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956_:Rare Planet With Three Suns Has A Super Weird Orbit:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Quasar Discovery Sets New Distance Record:

requerdanos writes:Catalyst transforms plastic waste to valuable ingredients at low temperature:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956_:An iPhone 12 can shut down a pacemaker just by being near it:

Freeman writes:Bethesda, Lucasfilm tease new Indiana Jones video game:

Freeman writes:Russia may fine citizens who use SpaceX's Starlink Internet service:

Freeman writes:Jared Mauch didn’t have good broadband—so he built his own fiber ISP:

Liquid metal ink liberates form:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Groundbreaking research could provide key to kicking smoking habit for good:

DannyB writes:Small Idaho ISP 'Punishes' Twitter And Facebook's 'Censorship'...By Blocking Access To Them Entirely

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:c|net: CES 2021: Autonomous racing is coming to Indianapolis with the Indy Autonomous Challenge:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:That's it. It's over. It's really over. From today, Adobe Flash Player no longer works. We're free. We can just leave:

hendrikboom writes:Taiwan has found a way to use a carefully designed social network constructively.

takyon writes:NASA selects potential small-scale astrophysics missions, Hubble measures exoplanet's odd orbit

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Dems to ISPs: You're not gonna hike broadband prices, slap restrictions on folks in a pandemic, are you?:

takyon writes:Sci-Hub Founder Criticises Sudden Twitter Ban Over Over "Counterfeit" Content

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Do as the Romans: Power plant concrete strengthens with time:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Ubiquiti: Change Your Password, Enable 2FA:

DannyB writes:NASA's Europa Clipper has been liberated from the Space Launch System

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:LG's rollable phone is a tantalizing response to Samsung's foldables:

Freeman writes:New York City proposes regulating algorithms used in hiring:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Coronavirus China: Xingtai and Shijiazhuang cities plunged into lockdown amid outbreak.Two more cities in China, Xingtai (population 7 million) and Shijiazhuang (population 11 million), are now in lockdown. Authorities are attempting to limit the latest wave of COVID-19. After a period of calm, Hebei has reported over 130 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past week. A potential outbreak of significant impact is now being thwarted in Xingtai and Shijiazhuang which is causing the citizens to panic buy and prepare for the worst. This recent activity comes at an unfortunate time with the start of the Chinese New Year looming; a time when many Chinese people travel to see family and friends. The World Health Organization is still excluded from China in its investigating of the origins of COVID-19.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

martyb writes:It's been one heck of a week:Against the backdrop of record-setting numbers of COVID-19 deaths and infections in the US and around the world, there was turmoil in Washington, DC. As court cases surrounding the presidential election were filed and dismissed, a close race in Georgia was coming down to the wire and with it control of the US Senate. While the US Congress was completing the Electoral College tally and certification, a mob formed outside — and eventually broke into — the US Capitol. This resulted in a 4-hour lock-down. Eventually, the intrusion was repelled, and the Electoral College count was completed: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was confirmed as the 46th president of the United States of America.Conspiracy theories have flourished. Propaganda has streamed forth across multiple platforms. Tempers have flared.And SoylentNews has been there for you. And have you ever spoken up! Two of the most-commented stories in the site's nearly seven-year history were posted in just the past week!Insomuch as the activities in the US Capitol were far from the US' most shining moments, neither were things all unicorns and rainbows on SoylentNews. Tempers flared. People were attacked and called names. I even accidentally deleted a story and the 17 comments attached to it! [NB: Problem addressed: the delete button no longer appears by default for our editors.]IRC (Internet Relay Chat):Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Windows PsExec zero-day vulnerability gets a free micropatch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Amazon Has Shut Down Its Prime Pantry Delivery Service:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Government breaks promise to maintain ban on bee-harming pesticide:

shortscreen writes:from https://mercatornet.com/artificial-girlfriends-are-holding/69208/AI chatbot Xiaoice, originally developed by Microsoft, boasts 600 million users in China. In Japan, the Nintendo DS game Love Plus, holographic waifu Azuma Hikari, and Microsoft's Rinna compete for users' affections.However, the algorithms making this interaction possible have occasionally raised eyebrows:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:A Cheerleader's Vulgar Message Prompts a First Amendment Showdown:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:US rivers are changing from blue to yellow and green, satellite images show:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Tiny Wireless Device Sheds Light On Combating Obesity:

canopic jug writes:A lawyer at the Supreme Court of India, Mary Mitzy, asks in the DeccanChronicle about who controls the right to actually speak incourt during online trials:Specifically she asks, who controls the mute button in online court cases? Currently court does not meet in personand takes up only matters it deems urgent.The court is using a proprietary systemfor video conferencing, which would raise additional questions on SN,yet proprietary or not the matter of muting affects not only theoutcomes of the trials but also the flow of justice.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Increase in pleasurable effects of alcohol over time may predict alcohol use disorder:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Nissan NA source code leaked due to default admin:admin credentials:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Scientists develop new approach to understanding massive volcanic eruptions:

takyon writes:Phytium presents D2000 ARM-based octa-core desktop CPU for the Chinese market

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:WhatsApp: Let us share your data with Facebook or else:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Google Chrome browser privacy plan investigated in UK:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:NVIDIA fixes high severity flaws affecting Windows, Linux devices:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Evidence mounts for effectiveness of rear autobrake:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:SpaceX launches Turksat 5A communications satellite for Turkey, lands rocket:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:GPU, Motherboard Prices Will Jump Thanks to US-China Trade War - ExtremeTech:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:After decades of effort, scientists are finally seeing black holes:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Brazilian study says Sinovac coronavirus jab 78% effective:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Honda cuts car production on massive chip shortage:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Identical twins don't share 100% of their DNA:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Boeing to pay $2.5bn to resolve 737 MAX criminal probe in US:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Main bioactive compound of ginger root may protect against autoimmune disease progression:

hendrikboom writes:It appears open source is going to be respected in the White House.