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upstart writes:TikTok whistleblowers raise alarm over China's access to US citizens' data:

upstart writes:Data for 700M LinkedIn Users Posted for Sale in Cyber-Underground:After 500 million LinkedIn enthusiasts were affected in a data-scraping incident in April, it’s happened again – with big security ramifications. A new posting with 700 million LinkedIn records has appeared on a popular hacker forum, according to researchers.Analysts from Privacy Sharks stumbled across the data put up for sale on RaidForums by a hacker calling himself “GOD User TomLiner.” The advertisement, posted June 22, claims that 700 million records are included in the cache, and included a sample of 1 million records as “proof.”Privacy Sharks examined the free sample and saw that the records include full names, gender, email addresses, phone numbers and industry information. It’s unclear what the origin of the data is – but the scraping of public profiles is a likely source. That was the engine behind the collection of 500 million LinkedIn records that went up for sale in April. It contained an “aggregation of data from a number of websites and companies” as well “publicly viewable member profile data,” LinkedIn said at the time.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:2nd Circuit Upholds Non-Monetary Sanctions Against Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz:

upstart writes:Aerogels that suck up pollution just need a wash for reuse - Futurity:

upstart writes:New molecule found in chestnut leaves disarms dangerous staph bacteria:

upstart writes:He Inherited A Devastating Disease. A CRISPR Gene-Editing Breakthrough Stopped It:

takyon writes:Linux 5.13 Released With Apple M1 Bringup, Landlock, FreeSync HDMI + Much More

takyon writes:Intel to make a custom SiFive-based RISC-V CPU, will be fabricated on a 7 nm node in a first step towards competing directly with Arm-based chips

upstart writes:Artificial Intelligence Has Caused A 50% To 70% Decrease In Wages:

upstart writes:Why some biologists and ecologists think social media is a risk to humanity:

upstart writes:Ruling Against Facebook In Sex Trafficking Case Threatens Key Legal Shield For Social Media Platforms:

upstart writes:China shares video and audio from its Mars rover:

TheMightyChickadee writes:SciTechDaily:

upstart writes:Amazon acquires secure chat app used by government agencies:

upstart writes:Clampdown On Crypto Mining Cuts China's GPU Prices Nearly 45 Percent:

upstart writes:Nearly all COVID deaths in US are now among unvaccinated:

upstart writes:Scotland is building a massive plant capable of removing one million tons of CO2 from the air every year:

TheMightyChickadee writes:You Can Finally Watch The Blast of a Cosmic Supernova With Your Own Eyes:

upstart writes:China plans for first manned mission to Mars in 2033:

upstart writes:AI may soon predict how electronics fail:

upstart writes:Here’s how Android apps on Windows 11 are going to work:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/mass-data-wipe-in-my-book-devices-prompts-warning-from-western-digital/

takyon writes:Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

NPC-131072 writes:Meet Nesher Ramla Homo - new early human discovered at Israeli cement site:

upstart writes:Songbirds and humans share some common speech patterns: For both songbirds and humans, the longer the phrase the shorter the sounds:

martyb writes:(This is from the first link I found online.)Derek Chauvin Sentenced to 22.5 Years for George Floyd Murder:

DannyB writes:From the Hindustan Times: Messaging app Signal not in compliance with new rules, say officials

upstart writes:Japan proposes four-day working week to improve work-life balance:

upstart writes:Blood test that finds 50 types of cancer is accurate enough to be rolled out:

martyb writes:There has been some discussion about moderation on this site leading to some misconceptions and misstatements. This story is an attempt to set things straight. It lays out the historical underpinnings for moderation, history of its implementation on Slashdot, and its later refinement on SoylentNews.Before that, though, I am going to take this opportunity to thank @fnord666: who is out Alternate Editor-in-Chief. I could not handle the load alone and his efforts have made a huge difference! Further, please join me in thanking him as he reached a new milestone: over 6,500 stories posted to the site! Many a late night or rare free moment has been generously given to the site. Teamwork++!Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Microsoft's Windows 11 Release Event: TLDR Version

takyon writes:A Newly-Discovered (Almost) Dwarf Planet Will Come Surprisingly Close in 2031

takyon writes:White-Hot Blocks as Renewable Energy Storage?

upstart writes:3D Printed, AI Controlled BioPods Can Grow Food in Space:

upstart writes:30M Dell Devices at Risk for Remote BIOS Attacks, RCE:

upstart writes:Most new wind and solar projects will be cheaper than coal, report finds:

upstart writes:Move over CRISPR, the retrons are coming:

upstart writes:No language trade-off: Bilingual children reliably acquire English by age 5:

upstart writes:Earth has been trapping heat at an alarming new rate, study finds:

Runaway1956 writes:Police Helicopter Crew Says Mysterious Craft They Chased Was "Not Like Any Other" Drone:

upstart writes:Brave Search Engine Opens For Beta Testing:

upstart writes:Revealed: Amazon destroying millions of items of unsold stock in UK every year:

takyon writes:Elon Musk's $50K TX house is a humble prefab home that can be towed by a Model X

takyon writes:USA's efforts to stop relying on Russian-built rocket engines derailed by issues with Blue Origin's BE-4

isostatic writes:I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror Software creator John McAfee was found dead in his Spanish jail cell Wednesday evening. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the SoylentNews community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.Netcraft confirms it, as does NYPost - an "apparent suicide".Frosty Piss writes:John McAfee was found dead in his cell in a prison near Barcelona on Wednesday. McAfee was awaiting extradition in a Spanish prison after being charged with tax evasion in the United States last year. McAfee was arrested in Spain in October after being indicted in the United States for tax evasion months earlier. He allegedly failed to file taxes for four years despite earning millions in income between 2014 and 2018 from promoting cryptocurrencies.Also at the Associated Press, The Register, CNN, and CNBC.See also: How To Uninstall McAfee AntivirusPreviously: John McAfee Announces He Will Run For President of the United States

upstart writes:How does the one-humped Arabian camel survive without drinking?:

upstart writes:Early agreement reached in dispute over Suez Canal ship:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Attack Surface Analyzer:

upstart writes:The absorption of an individual electron captured on film:

takyon writes:Testing AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR): Image Analysis and Preliminary Performance