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takyon writes:Potential organic salt detection from Curiosity yields further evidence for past organics on Mars

martyb writes:Incredible Microscope Sees Atoms at Record Resolution:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Washington State Removes All Barriers to Municipal Broadband:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for mrpg:The glow of fireflies is helping scientists find treatments for cancer:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Coherent Storage of Light Over One-Hour Achieved – Great Stride Towards the Application of Quantum Memories:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for FatPhil:Global Cactus Traffickers Are Cleaning Out the Deserts:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Vulnerabilities in billions of Wi-Fi devices let hackers bypass firewalls:

martyb writes:This is a follow-up to our site crash.If you are just tuning in, SoylentNews experienced a database crash on 2021-05-20. We tried to restore from recent backups, but found they were corrupted and unusable. Thanks to heroic work by @mechanicjay: the site is back up and running!Many thanks to mechanicjay for his 16-hour(!) day on Thursday to get us back up and then move us to a single back-end configuration. He didn't stop there, but has continued on gathering information and guiding work to get us to a more stable foundation. We'll keep you posted as to our progress.Read on if interested... otherwise, another story will be along presently.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:SpaceShipTwo makes first flight to space from New Mexico - SpaceNews:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Facebook faces prospect of 'devastating' data transfer ban after Irish ruling:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:4 vulnerabilities under attack give hackers full control of Android devices:

takyon writes:Startup Unisantis Proposes DRAM Alternative

mrpg writes:Tardigrades Shot Out of a Gun to Test Origin-of-Life Theory:

takyon writes:Opera GX, the "gaming browser", is coming to smartphones

takyon writes:Scientists Bring The Sense Of Touch To A Robotic Arm

takyon writes:SpaceX set to launch six commercial Moon landers after latest win

mrpg writes:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210514134222.htm

takyon writes:Apple, Google & Microsoft Have Teamed up to Block the Right-to-Repair LawApple, Google & Microsoft Have Teamed up to Block the Right-to-Repair Law:

takyon writes:TSMC and Partners Develop Key Feature for Sub 1nm Process Technology

mrpg writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2021-05-solid-state-batteries-line.html

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As many of you noticed, we had a site crash today. From around 1300 until 2200 UTC (2021-05-20).A HUGE thank you goes to @mechanicjay: who spent the whole time trying to get our ndb (cluster) working again. It's an uncommon configuration, which made recovery especially challenging... there's just not a lot of documentation about it on the web.I reached out and got hold of @The Mighty Buzzard: on the phone. Then put him in touch with mechanicjay who got us back up and running using backups.Unfortunately, we had to go way back until April 14 to get a working backup. (I don't know all the details, but it appears something went sideways on neon).We're all wiped out right now. When we have rested and had a chance to discuss things, we'll post an update.In the meantime, please join me in thanking mechanicjay and TMB for all they did to get us up and running again!Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Chinese Mars rover beams back first photos:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/chip-supply-lead-times-stretch-to-a-record-17-weeks/

DannyB writes:I'm sure you will all be as saddened as I was by this news . . .The future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge

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Anti-aristarchus writes:Interstellar Comet Borisov Was Leaking Metal When It Zipped Past Us in 2020:

martyb writes:Recent Windows 10 Update Blocks Microsoft Teams, Outlook Logins:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/05/cryptocurrency-bubble-is-bursting-wiping-out-600-billion/

takyon writes:Ampere will switch from using Arm's "Neoverse" cores to custom ARM cores developed in-house:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/05/20-percent-of-switch-sales-now-going-to-households-that-already-had-a-switch/

takyon writes:Google wants to build a useful quantum computer by 2029

takyon writes:Samsung shows off foldable display concepts of the not-too-distant future

takyon writes:Newly discovered quasicrystal was created by the first nuclear explosion at Trinity Site

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New evidence of how and when the Milky Way came together:

Anti-aristarchus writes:Space craft studying the Sun have captured very cool video. Coverage at The Verge.

Freeman writes:Indigenous forest gardens remain productive and diverse for over a century:

Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate:

Frosty Piss writes:Scientists have long studied the fallibility of human memory. False-memory research has been controversial. Cognitive scientists and psychologists often disagree on how easy it is to develop false memories and how often that occurs. It has also been controversial partly because police investigations and court proceedings rely on the quality of memories. Researchers in Germany and the U.K. said they were able to plant false memories and then help study volunteers root them out, work that suggests potential remedies to ease the problem of erroneous recollections. In this new study, researchers sought to prove what they said was a relatively unexplored area of research: how to undo false memories.New study finds false memories can be reversed:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Alcohol May Have Immediate Effect on Atrial Fibrillation Risk, Events - American College of Cardiology:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:From apes to birds, there are 65 animal species that "laugh":

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://partsbox.com/blog/wireless-charging-for-a-hp-25-calculator-05-2021.html

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The Aqueduct of Constantinople: Managing the longest water channel of the ancient world:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:AI Uses Timing and Weather Data to Accurately Predict Cardiac Arrest Risk:

Freeman writes:Apple's M1 is a fast CPU—but M1 Macs feel even faster due to QoS:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Crypto billionaire destroys $7 trillion:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Philosopher’s thumbs-down to social media ‘likes’ gets award thumbs-up from Royal Institute:

martyb writes:Warp Drives and Negative Energy: Physicists Give Chances of Faster-Than-Light Space Travel a Boost: