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We had two Soylentils write in with this breaking news. See other reports at Ars Technica, BBC, and c|net.Supreme Court rules in Google's favor in copyright dispute with OracleDannyB writes:Supreme Court rules in Google's favor in copyright dispute with Oracle over Android software:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:An Exploding Star 65 Light-Years Away From Earth May Have Triggered a Mass Extinction:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Evidence of Antarctic glacier's tipping point confirmed for first time:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Interstellar visitor Borisov could be 1st truly pristine comet yet seen:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Even with regular exercise, astronaut's heart left smaller after a year in space:

Fnord666 writes:Microsoft outage caused by overloaded Azure DNS servers

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Malware attack is preventing car inspections in eight US states:

martyb writes:Latest EmDrive tests at Dresden University shows "impossible Engine" does not develop any thrust

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Qubits comprised of holes could be the trick to build faster, larger quantum computers:

DannyB writes:Back in March 2003, some of you may remember the (in)famous SCO vs IBM lawsuit claiming that Linux had code which was stolen from Unix. And that Unix was owned by SCO. (neither of those two claims were true, and the falsity of the latter was proven in court first by a bench trial, then after an appeal, by a jury, then after another appeal, just because, by another judge)The story is very long, and I can't tell it here. SCO claimed for years to have mountains of evidence. Never showed any. After protestations from IBM, the court ordered SCO three times to produce its evidence, the third and final order was Dec 22, 2005. Eventually the court began knocking out the legs from SCO's purported "case". Eventually trial was finally set to begin Monday, September 17, 2007. After boasting loudly for years that SCO wanted its day in court, on the Friday afternoon preceding trial on Monday, SCO declared bankruptcy. How can a company remain in bankruptcy for so many years, until this very day!? Good question. It's stuck at an appeals court that hasn't touched it in years. The docket alone is hundreds(!) of boxes. I'm sure no court unfamiliar with this long and complex case is very eager to first have to read through the docket. This case is firmly in Jarndyce and Jarndyce territory here.At some point in bankruptcy, the court separated the assets from the litigation. The assets went in one direction (Xinuos), and the lawsuit went in the other direction -- thus keeping the assets now out of reach of any possible counter claim damages from IBM.Yesterday (March 31, 2021) Xinuos filed a new lawsuit against IBM and Red Hat.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:TSMC to Spend $100B on Fabs and R&D Over Next Three Years: 2nm, Arizona Fab & More

takyon writes:Pixel 6 will be powered by new Google-made 'Whitechapel' chip

An Anonymous Coward writes:Coronavirus Variant Found in France Can Evade PCR Nasal-Swab Tests:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Defective Macs 'Knowingly Sold By Apple' In Stage Light Case - 9To5Mac:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:NASA Says There Are Still Easter Eggs on Its Mars Rover That Nobody Has Discovered:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956 (emphasis elided):Uber ordered to pay $1.1m to blind woman refused rides:

takyon writes:Quantum Motion unveils 9-second silicon qubit

Freeman writes:Amazon colluded with publishers to fix book prices, class-action suit alleges:

canopic jug writes:LBRY, an MIT-licensed, decentralized protocol competing against the likes of YouTube, has an accompanying cryptocurrency. After a three year investigation, the SEC is now suing LBRY Inc, the developer, for $11 million. The SEC is making the accusation that the tokens amount to unregulated security, or tradable financial assets. The LBRY protocol is used by services like Odysee and others.Apparently the SEC complaint fails to acknowledge steps LBRY has been taking to comply with the law. So far LBRY has spent more than $1 million in legal fees and that, despite multiple attempts to get advice on legal operation from the SEC, none were given.

Freeman writes:Factory mix-up spoils 15 million doses of J&J COVID vaccine:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Concerns raised over safety of common food preservative:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Formerly Homeless Man Moves Into the First 3D-Printed Tiny Homeupstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Formerly Homeless Man Moves Into the First 3D-Printed Tiny Home:

Newly discovered T. rex lookalike with an unusual skull terrorized Patagonia 80 million years agoAnti-aristarchus writes:Patagonia, the fine article is from CNN, kinda South of the Border.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Supreme Court's pro-Facebook ruling could unleash "flood" of robocalls:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Judge equates encrypted chats with private thoughts in would-be kidnapping case:

Freeman writes:FDA slams “Real Water” linked to liver failure; water plant manager MIA

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/04/lineageos-18-1-brings-android-11-to-over-60-smartphones/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:A Scientist Taught AI to Generate Pickup Lines. The Results are Chaotic.:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Aussie private school bans mullets:

Anti-aristarchus writes:There is one city famous for building bridges across city streets, so the squirrels do not get run over. But no one took a survey before. Story at Phys.org. (Why, I have no idea. It is figuratively driving me nuts.)

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Four Major Vehicle Manufacturers Agree on Swappable Battery Specification:

Anti-aristarchus writes:According to Space.com, it is true, Uranus is putting out, X-rays. Chandra space telescope involved.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Falling sperm counts 'threaten human survival', expert warns:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Protein Discovery in the Development of New Hearing Hair Cells Could Lead to Treatments for Hearing Loss:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:VW accidentally leaks new name for its U.S. operations: Voltswagen:

DannyB writes:SpaceX is adding a glass dome on Crew Dragon for 360° views of space:

AnonTechie writes:The Radioactive Diamond Battery That Will Run For 28,000 Years:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Feared Apophis Impact Ruled Out – Asteroid Will Pass Close Enough to Earth to See With Naked Eye:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:EMPLOYERS CAN MANDATE A COVID-19 VACCINECOVID-19: An Employer's Role in Vaccination:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Samsung's 512GB DDR5 module is a showcase for the future of RAM:

Anti-aristarchus writes:Maybe. Story at "Extreme Tech", which is either extreme, or tech, but not both?

Anti-aristarchus writes:For the photos, take a look at The New York Times article on

AnonTechie writes:Godzilla vs. Kong: A functional morphologist uses science to pick a winner:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Amazon loses effort to install camera to watch counting of ballots in pivotal union vote:

We had a few hours this evening where there were issues we didn't notice with new submissions. We had been mothballing (setting the number of matches necessary beyond what would ever match anything) some spam filters exclusive to submissions and managed to somehow confuse one of the Apache web frontends. The offending filters are now just deleted entirely and incapable of confusing even MS Paint.Please excuse the embuggerance. We now return you to your regularly scheduled arguments.TMBRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Mafia fugitive caught after posting YouTube cooking video

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzardCryptos Stride Further Into Mainstream As New Paypal Feature Lets Users Pay With Bitcoin, Ethereum & More:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Intel accused of wiretapping because it uses analytics to track keystrokes, mouse movements on its website: