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Rich writes:The holiday season has brought us major releases of three lighthouse projects of the Free Software world:Krita has reached version 5.0 on the 23rd: https://krita.org/en/item/krita-5-0-released/Blender already got to version 3.0 on the 3rd: https://www.blender.org/press/blender-3-0-a-new-era-for-content-creation/and KiCAD hit 6.0 on the 25th: https://www.kicad.org/blog/2021/12/KiCad-6.0.0-Release/The upgrades are significant, and these three applications already rule their domains at the entry level. How much further will they go?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Scientists draw inspiration from catchweed to create biodegradable Velcro:

fliptop writes:Lasers have been demonstrated to be capable of all kinds of attacks, from breaking into a smart home to non-line-of-sight imaging. Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Technical University of Braunschweig, and the Technical University of Berlin demonstrated that physically isolated (air-gapped) computer systems can be hacked using a directed laser:

upstart writes:Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to touch live plug with penny:

upstart writes:Coffee's health benefits aren't as straightforward as they seem:

upstart writes:Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo grew by 46% in 2021:

upstart writes:Riot Games agrees to pay $100 million in settlement of class-action gender discrimination suit:

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Dies at 90upstart writes:Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies at 90:

upstart writes:Black Holes of All Shapes and Sizes in Largest Catalog of Gravitational Wave Events Ever Assembled:

upstart writes:CDC cuts isolation, quarantine time for health workers as omicron cases surge:

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upstart writes:These fish work together by the hundreds of thousands to make waves:

upstart writes:"Doomsday Glacier" Threat: Rapid Retreat of Antarctica's Riskiest Glacier:

takyon writes:Russian-Made Elbrus CPUs Fail Trials, 'A Completely Unacceptable Platform'

upstart writes:Stress Ball Morphogenesis: Humble Lizards Offer Surprising Approach to Engineering Artificial Lungs:

mrpg writes:https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-future-is-full-of-zombie-garbage/

upstart writes:Intel apologizes to China for shunning slave-labor region Xinjiang:

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upstart writes:No more annual flu shot? New target for universal influenza vaccine:

fliptop writes:MIT engineers have produced the world's longest flexible fiber battery. The rechargeable battery can be woven and washed, and could provide power for fiber-based electronic devices and sensors:

upstart writes:New study challenges popular explanation for London's infamous "Wobbly Bridge":

upstart writes:Earth's first giant:

upstart writes:Scientists demonstrate a novel rocket for deep-space exploration:

upstart writes:Dogs notice when computer animations violate laws of physics:

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owl writes:https://www.thedrive.com/news/43636/toyota-reviewing-key-fob-remote-start-subscription-plan-after-massive-blowback

upstart writes:How do our organs know when to stop growing? A multidisciplinary team led by researchers from UNIGE and MPIPKS has solved with a mathematical equation the mystery of how an organ changes its size depending on the size of the animal.

takyon writes:James Webb Space Telescope reaches launch pad for Christmas liftoff

upstart writes:Wise old elephants keep the young calm:

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upstart writes:Tsunamis' magnetic fields are detectable before sea level change: Magnetic field information could provide earlier disaster warning to at-risk regions, potentially saving lives:

[2021-12-24 23:01:40 UTC UPDATE] Yay! @mechanicjay: heard my plea, and responded! "slash died and left a stale pid behind. Cleaned it up, started slash, all good now." Thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you! Original post follows.It has been brought to my attention that the story comment counts have not been updating.I'm seeing the same symptoms that I did on 2021-12-19 when this last happened. So, I tried to restart things armed with this new information. The system insisted on ignoring my efforts. :(I've requested help from other, more-knowledgeable staff rather than following the time-honored tradition of not asking for help until everyone else has has a chance to gum up the works!Summary: New stories ARE going out on schedule. Further, comment AND moderations ARE being accepted (and tallied) as expected. In short, it seems that everything *else* is working as expected (whew!). I apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience while things get sorted out. --martyb/BytramP.S. I can assure you that eggnog had no part in the current situation!Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

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DannyB writes:Yes, ANOTHER wonderful item that will "improve" your digital sound!$2,500 Ethernet Switch Effectively Isolates Audiophiles From Cash:

upstart writes:Semiconductors reach the quantum world:

DannyB writes:Lisp in Conway's Game of Life

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upstart writes:For some Greenlanders, eating sugar is healthy:

upstart writes:People with IBD have more microplastics in their feces:

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Gaaark writes:Steve Ballmer's "parting gift" as Microsoft CEO: Trying to name Cortana "Bingo":

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upstart writes:New grafting technique could combat the disease threatening Cavendish bananas:

upstart writes:Critical Apache HTTPD Server Bugs Could Lead to RCE, DoS:

upstart writes:From the oilfield to the lab: How a special microbe turns oil into gases:

NPC-131072 writes:Series of preclinical studies supports the Army's pan-coronavirus vaccine development strategy:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:Half of top cancer studies fail high-profile reproducibility effort

Ayn Anonymous writes:[Editor's Note: This is how we received it. We are searching for anything else but the claim that Assange is (being) extradited is currently unsubstantiated.]