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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Office default Calibri will join Clippy, Internet Explorer in Windows retirement:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Solar and wind can meet world energy demand 100 times over:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could become first-ever home cure for COVID-19:

An Anonymous Coward writes:GlobalFoundries shifts HQ from Silicon Valley to join its tip-top chip fab in New York:

Anti-aristarchus writes:You can find lots of Hubble pics if you look, but here are some of the best — all in one fine article.These Real-Life Photos Of The Hubble Telescope Look Too Strange To Be True:

martyb writes:Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module, has died:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Toyota to buy self-driving division of U.S. ride-hailing firm Lyft:

martyb and an anonymous coward write:The world finally woke up to India's virus nightmare:

martyb writes:Meet the 12-year-old graduating high school and college in the same week:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Disrupted sleep is linked to increased risk of early death, particularly in women:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/04/cable-chewing-beavers-take-out-towns-internet-in-uniquely-canadian-outage/

takyon writes:Neutron stars may be bigger than expected, measurement of lead nucleus suggests

takyon writes:FCC approves SpaceX change to its Starlink network, a win despite objections from Amazon and others:

DannyB writes:I'm sure you will be as shocked as I was to learn of the following . . .Google Promised Its Contact Tracing App Was Completely Private—But It Wasn't:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/04/linux-kernel-team-rejects-university-of-minnesota-researchers-apology/

takyon writes:Thousands of barrels of suspected toxic DDT found dumped in California ocean

[Update (2021-04-27 20:08:00 UTC): Hat tip to FatPhil for locating the correct travel distance for the birds. Story has been updated accordingly.]upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Locusts swarm Israel's South, provide 'protein festival' for birds -watch:

martyb writes:Using exoplanets as dark matter detectors:

martyb writes:Tesla breaks its own delivery and production records in a profitable Q1:

martyb writes:Scotland Could Become The World's First 'Rewilding Nation'. How Did They Get Here? | Living:

martyb writes:The World's Oldest Whiskey Is About To Be Sold At Auction:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Emotet malware forcibly removed today by German police update:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Apple Moving Forward on App Privacy, Despite Pushback:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for TheMightyBuzzard:Body's Natural Pain Killers Can Be Enhanced:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:The Guardian view on dark skies: we need them:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Black hole is closest to Earth, among the smallest ever discovered:

Eratosthenes writes:Nuclear fallout is showing up in U.S. honey, decades after bomb tests:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Produces Oxygen on Another Planet for the First Time:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Out of the cave: French isolation study ends after 40 days:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:[Ed note. What's presented here is but a small part of what reads like a whodunnit mystery. Highly recommend reading the whole story before commenting. What is really going on here?--martyb]The Big Pentagon Internet Mystery Now Partially Solved:

Beryllium Sphere (r) writes:"In a crisis, it is always best to have more than one option" -- Jean-Luc Picard. Or more than 11.Vaccine development continues, and here are a few interesting ones mentioned in the latest Science News.Vaxxinity (formerly COVAXX) uses multiple fragments of virus protein called peptides and has completed Phase I trials. Their product is stable at refrigerator temperatures.Vaxart has yet another adenovirus-vector vaccine, with two SARS COV 2 proteins as payload. One is the nucleocapsid protein, which has been pretty constant over the history of the virus. The interesting thing about the vaccine is that it comes in a pill. "Amateurs study battles, generals study logistics". A room temperature vaccine that can be shipped through the mail and administered by someone without needle training would be an asset.The other interesting thing is that the company hopes that something that goes through the gut will light up the mucosal immune subsystem, which is normally our first line of defense. Their founder says there is animal research suggesting that's an improvement, but TFA does not have references.Valneva is a whole killed virus with two adjuvants.Inovio comes with an interesting administration mechanism. It's injected just under the skin with a microarray of needles and an electric pulse. It is a DNA vaccine, with a room temperature shelf life of a year.https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-vaccine-new-upcoming-pill-electricity, it may nag you for a subscription.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Pine64's new keyboard case turns the PinePhone into a pocketable Linux laptop

takyon writes:Russia's First Domestically-Produced AMD B450 Motherboard Debuts

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Computer security world in mourning over death of Dan Kaminsky, aged 42:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Hackers are exploiting a Pulse Secure 0-day to breach orgs around the world:

Anti-aristarchus writes:Astronomers Detect Extreme Flare from Proxima Centauri:

aristarchus writes:Damn empiricists! Ruining perfectly good myths, like Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock. Evidence reported at Wired, but that is not where it is.

chromas writes:Social Catfish:

chromas writes:The Verge:

JoeMerchant writes:The thorny thought experiment has been turned into a real experiment.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Pfizer Finds Fake COVID-19 Vaccines in Mexico and Poland:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Motor Trend is running an interesting comparison -- the new/current Acura MDX vs a 2003 Acura MDX.tl;dr -- the author concludes that doing things for himself (instead of the car/SUV doing things for him) is preferable.

DannyB writes:Apple faces lawsuit over its iTunes 'buy' button

takyon writes:SpaceX rocket carrying four astronauts launches from Florida

DannyB writes:America is running out of people willing to get a COVID-19 shot, and some vaccination sites are even shutting down because of a lack of demand

An Anonymous Coward writes:Youtube Is Now Building Its Own Video-Transcoding Chips | Ars Technica:

DannyB writes:Consumer Reports shows Tesla Autopilot works with no one in the driver's seat

takyon writes:A new technique could make some plastic trash compostable at home

takyon writes:Guilty Verdict for Hong Kong Journalist as Media Faces 'Frontal Assault' (archive)