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upstart writes:Facebook paid FTC $4.9B more than required to shield Zuckerberg, lawsuit alleges:

DannyB writes:The NSA and CIA Use Ad Blockers Because Online Advertising Is So Dangerous:

owl writes:https://spectrum.ieee.org/we-need-software-updates-forever

upstart writes:Leaked Apple Training Videos Show How It Undermines Third-Party Repair:

upstart writes:Elon Musk says Inspiration4 crew had 'challenges' with the toilet, promises upgrade:

takyon writes:Smallest-Ever Human-Made Flying Structure Is A Winged Microchip, Scientists Say

upstart writes:A new method for removing lead from drinking water: Engineers have designed a relatively low-cost, energy-efficient approach to treating water contaminated with heavy metals:

takyon writes:EU Proposes New Legislation That Would Force Apple to Bring USB-C to iPhones, iPads, and AirPods

upstart writes:Single Cells Evolve Large Multicellular Forms in Just Two Years:

LabRat writes:You might be sitting on a mountain of e-waste that Dell wants to recycle for you:

upstart writes:Netgear SOHO Security Bug Allows RCE, Corporate Attacks:

takyon writes:European Processor Initiative Receives First EPAC RISC-V Sample Chips for Testing

DannyB writes:Judge releases redacted lunar lander lawsuit from Bezos’ Blue Origin against NASA-SpaceX contract:

takyon writes:CIA director "fuming" after Havana syndrome strikes team member in India

canopic jug writes:The Telegraph reports that Raspberry Pi Trading has offloaded stakes to Lansdowne Partners and the Ezrah Charitable Trust in a move that values the operation at around $500m. Most manufacturing is able to be done in the UK, and last year's sales amounted to 7.1m units for a profit of £11.4m.

upstart writes:Criminal Charges Coming For MAX Chief Technical Pilot:

upstart writes:World’s largest chip foundry TSMC sets 2050 deadline to go carbon neutral:

upstart writes:Tesla Ends Its Referral Program For Everything Except Solar Roof:

owl writes:If Aliens Are Out There, We’ll Meet Them in a Few Hundred Million Years:

upstart writes:China to stop building coal plants in developing nations:

upstart writes:Twitter will pay over $800 million t​o settle a class action suit:

upstart writes:New "Elon Musk Club" crypto giveaway scam promoted via email:

Freeman writes:Facebook’s latest “apology” reveals security and safety disarray:

owl writes:https://science-news.co/a-new-model-for-a-real-warp-drive-that-doesnt-break-the-laws-of-physics/

An Anonymous Coward writes:New Zealand police arrest pair trying to enter Auckland with ‘large amount’ of KFC:

AnonTechie writes:A new way to solve the ‘hardest of the hard’ computer problems:

upstart writes:Alleged Scammers Charged With Using Stolen Ids To Trick Delivery Apps - The Verge:

upstart writes:New Research Shows Regular Exercise May Lower Risk of Developing Anxiety by Almost 60%:

upstart writes:Engineers create 3D-printed objects that sense how a user is interacting with them:

upstart writes:New Study Explains Why Human Languages Share a Lot of The Same Grammar:

Runaway1956 writes:https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-firm-unveils-autonomous-armed-robot-to-patrol-battle-zones-borders/

takyon writes:Explainer: Australia's nuclear-powered submarine deal is fueling anger in the country. Here's why

takyon writes:Explainer: Australia's nuclear-powered submarine deal is fueling anger in the country. Here's why

LabRat writes:From Jupiter just got smacked by a space rock and an amateur astronomer caught it on camera:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/office-2021-will-be-available-for-non-microsoft-365-subscribers-on-october-5/

upstart writes:Extreme weather to cost US over $100bn this year: Joe Biden:

takyon writes:The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine

t-3 writes:https://spectrum.ieee.org/q-a-with-co-creator-of-the-6502-processor

upstart writes:Part of the universe's missing matter found:

takyon writes:Yes, of course there's now malware for Windows Subsystem for Linux

upstart writes:Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 90-day mission:

martyb writes:Flying a helicopter on Mars is getting 'harder and harder,' NASA says:

takyon writes:China prepares to test thorium-fuelled nuclear reactor

takyon writes:U.S. generals planning for a space war they see as all but inevitable

upstart writes:We managed to toilet train cows, and they learned faster than a toddler:

AnonTechie writes:Whitest paint in world created at Purdue, may help curb global warming:

upstart writes:California wildfires threaten famous giant sequoia trees:

upstart writes:Pollutionwatch: how bad are bonfires for the environment?:

upstart writes:Facebook documents show how toxic Instagram is for teens, Wall Street Journal reports:

upstart writes:Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2: