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martyb writes:At a time of Delta variant proliferation, partisan politics, and economic confusion it was quite refreshing to come upon this story reminding us it is not just unbridled competition out there.Watch Two Olympians agree to share the gold in rare and heartwarming tie:

upstart writes:New device can diagnose Covid-19 from saliva samples:

upstart writes:Caltech's New Space-Based Solar Project Could Power Our Entire Planet:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Preorders For This Electromagnetic Rifle Are Being Taken For $3,775:

upstart writes:Amid the Labor Shortage, Robots Step in to Make the French Fries:

upstart writes:Computer hardware giant GIGABYTE hit by RansomEXX ransomware:

TheMightyChickadee writes:Booster stacked! Story at Techcrunch, and everywhere else.

takyon writes:Intel: Upcoming US Fab Will Be a Small City, to Cost $60 to $120 Billion

upstart writes:The US Navy's New Solar Aircraft Will Fly For 90 Days Without Landing:

upstart writes:2 out of 3 Americans say they would take a pay cut to work remotely full time:

upstart writes:‘Master Faces’ That Can Bypass Over 40% Of Facial ID Authentication Systems:

upstart writes:Researchers discover fresh water in the Mediterranean Sea:

Anti-aristarchus writes:Geological analysis explains durability of Stonehenge megaliths:

upstart writes:‘It could feed the world’: amaranth, a health trend 8,000 years old that survived colonization:

upstart writes:Fast-Growing Mini-Forests Spring up in Europe to Aid Climate:

takyon writes:2 Red Objects Were Found in the Asteroid Belt. They Shouldn't Be There.

upstart writes:28,000-year-old cave lion cub found in perfect condition:

upstart writes:Leaked Document Says Google Fired Dozens of Employees for Data Misuse:

upstart writes:30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web:

DannyB writes:Peloton treadmill owners will be able to run again without a subscription:

upstart writes:Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery:

upstart writes:Fasting may help ward off infections, study in mice suggests:

DannyB writes:Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse:

upstart writes:The State Department and 3 other US agencies earn a D for cybersecurity:

upstart writes:Please, no Moore: 'Law' that defined how chips have been made for decades has run itself into a cul-de-sac:

damnbunni writes:Telstra has announced that all of their pay phones will allow free calls to Australian landlines and cell phones starting immediately.https://www.zdnet.com/article/telstra-makes-public-payphone-calls-free-australia-wide/

upstart writes:Bottled water is 3,500 times worse for the environment than tap water:

upstart writes:The rise of never-ending job interviews:

upstart writes:Hawaiian Electric to pay customers for adding battery storage to rooftop solar:

upstart writes:These Foldable Houses Cost $50k and Go Up in a Day:

upstart writes:FDA aiming to give final approval to Pfizer vaccine by early next month -NY Times:

upstart writes:Amazon Unlawfully Confiscated Union Literature, NLRB Finds:

upstart writes:Australian court rules an AI can be considered an inventor on patent filings:

upstart writes:Wild U.S. deer found with coronavirus antibodies:

upstart writes:Damage control: Microsoft deletes all comments under heavily criticized Windows 11 upgrade video:

upstart writes:Every Car Made After 2027 May Have Drunk Driving Monitoring System:

upstart writes:Scientists launching Blob the slime mold into space:

upstart writes:Laser pincers generate antimatter by recreating neutron star conditions:

upstart writes:A sand shortage? The world is running out of a crucial:

upstart writes:Antibiotics in Early Life Could Lead to Brain Disorders:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/08/att-completes-directv-spinoff-after-6-years-of-utter-failure-and-ineptitude/

DannyB writes:In heat emergency, southern Europe scrambles for resources

TheMightyChickadee writes:They just keep banging them out at the LHC! Story at Gizmodo.

upstart writes:New Water Desalination Device Runs on Solar Energy and is 400% More Efficient:

takyon writes:Tencent and other gaming stocks tumble after China news outlet labels them 'spiritual opium' for teens

dx3bydt3 writes:In a paper published in Nature (paywalled), astronomers have, for the first time been able to discern x-ray echos that came from behind a supermassive black hole. It is the first direct observation of light bending all the way around a black hole and into our line of sight. The finding is further confirmation of general relativity, showing that the predictions hold even around extreme objects like supermassive black holes.Coverage on Space.com, and Science DailyA non-paywalled copy of the paper can be found here.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Intel Executive Posts Thunderbolt 5 Photo then Deletes It: 80 Gbps and PAM-3

DannyB writes:Home Depot Fights Shoplifting with Special Power Tools:

upstart writes:Google Chrome to no longer show secure website indicators:

takyon writes:AMD + Valve Working On New Linux CPU Performance Scaling Design