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KilroySmith writes:Not going anytime soon

TheMightyChickadee writes:News from Newsweek:

AnonTechie writes:Sex with robots: How should lawmakers respond?:

takyon writes:Exclusive: Apple's child protection features spark concern within its own ranks -sources

upstart writes:US legislation aims to break grip on app stores:

upstart writes:Dolphins Get 40s Flab, Too:

Freeman writes:Russia’s space program just threw a NASA astronaut under the bus:

upstart writes:Facial recognition AI helps save multibillion dollar grape crop:

upstart writes:Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg join forces to mine for raw materials in Greenland:

Freeman writes:New BIOS updates will make Windows 11 support less annoying on custom-built PCs:

upstart writes:UK launches £4m fund to run fibre optic cables through water pipes:

upstart writes:Highest recorded temperature of 48.8C in Europe apparently logged in Sicily:

upstart writes:Aluminum cans slowly replace plastics to tackle marine pollution:

Freeman writes:Valve’s upcoming Steam Deck will be based on Arch Linux:

upstart writes:British travellers rage as Vodafone brings back data roaming charges:

LabRat writes:From The American Meteor Society:

upstart writes:How Detroit residents are building their own internet:

upstart writes:China-led study finds way to reverse a loss of eyesight:

4th Person in US Mysteriously Stricken With Deadly Bacteria From South Asiaupstart writes:4th person in US mysteriously stricken with deadly bacteria from South Asia:

upstart writes:New poo, new you? Fecal transplants reverse signs of brain aging in mice:

aristarchus writes:Got Plans For Sept. 24, 2182? This Big Asteroid Might, Too:

upstart writes:A new way to treat PTSD?:

upstart writes:Norton And Avast Are Merging Into An $8 Billion Antivirus Empire - The Verge:

upstart writes:Chinese Scientists Develop World’S Strongest Glass That’s As Hard As Diamond:

DannyB writes:Hacked Facebook Users Forced To Buy $300 Oculus VR Headset Just To Talk To Customer Support

upstart and fx_68 write:NSA Awards Secret $10 Billion Contract to Amazon:

upstart writes:Hackers steal $600m in major cryptocurrency heist:

upstart writes:Long-lasting immune abnormalities detected in recovered COVID-19 patients:

stormwyrm writes:Archaeologists excavating the site of ancient Troy at Hisarlik in Turkey have found pieces of wood in strange form that they suspect might be the remains of the legendary Trojan Horse. The wooden pieces fit the descriptions of the Trojan Horse in Virgil's Aeneid (the most detailed description; it actually isn't mentioned at all in Homer's Illiad which cuts out before the Trojan War ends, and is only briefly alluded to in the Odyssey) and other classical writers. The pieces date from the 12th to 11th centuries BCE, the approximate date of the Trojan War. From the Greek Reporter:

DannyB writes:Elon Musk offers for SpaceX to make NASA spacesuits, after watchdog says program to cost $1 billion:

upstart writes:Smoke from Siberia wildfires reaches north pole in historic first:

upstart writes:Artificial Intelligence may diagnose dementia in a day:

upstart writes:Bayer loses appeal of ruling that its weed killer causes cancer:

upstart writes:NASA, DOE fund three nuclear thermal space propulsion concepts:

An Anonymous Coward writes:New “Glowworm attack” recovers audio from devices’ power LEDs:

aristarchus and fx_68 both bring us news of a slight Perseverence hiccup:Perseverance fails at first sample collection? At Endgadget

upstart writes:Japanese Scientists Tried Mailing Freeze-Dried Mouse Sperm on a Postcard – Here's What They Discovered:

takyon writes:Desktop and All-in-One Arm Linux computers launched with Baikal-M processor

upstart writes:Tesla Claims 92% Battery Cell Material Recovery In New Recycling Process - Electrek:

upstart writes:Anti-Piracy Firm Asks Google to Block 127.0.0.1 * TorrentFreak:

upstart writes:Permafrost Thaw in Siberia Creates a Ticking 'Methane Bomb' of Greenhouse Gases, Scientists Warn:

takyon writes:Starliner investigation continues

takyon writes:ICON 3D prints simulated mars habitat designed by bjarke ingels group for NASA

upstart writes:Sky News Australia to face Senate inquiry after week-long YouTube suspension:

upstart writes:Glenfiddich uses own whisky waste to fuel trucks:

upstart writes:Big Tech call center workers face pressure to accept home surveillance:

upstart writes:Major U.K. science funder to require grantees to make papers immediately free to all:

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: