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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Logs Seized From F-Secure's VPN Must Be Destroyed, Court Rules * TorrentFreak:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:Adblockers installed 300,000 times are malicious and should be removed now:

An Anonymous Coward writes:YLE English reports on a camera trap which photographed a speeding model car on a highway.

An Anonymous Coward writes:James Randi, magician and sceptic, is no longer with us. I would hope he doesn't need an introduction.I don't know to what extent he influenced me directly, but it's certainly true that he was a precursor to many of the intellectuals I think are worth listening to.I think we need more people to stand up for the truth like he did.Also at The New York Times, NPR, NBC, and others.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Freeman writes:AT&T loses another 600,000 TV customers as it seeks buyer for DirecTV:

Halibut writes:There are various stories about Firefox not respecting user privacy. Some suggest certain settings to reduce the information Firefox sends out (such as this one from Mozilla). Over time, I have collected a lot of them into a user.js file. For those who do not know, a user.js file may be dropped into a Firefox profile directory as a convenient way to force certain settings every time Firefox starts up. This can reset changes made by the user during a previous session, but is also a convenient way to initialize desired settings in a fresh profile.In an IRC discussion, Martyb suggested I share the settings I have collected. Below is a sample user.js that I sometimes use as a template for disabling many potential privacy and/or security holes in Firefox. Some, like HTML pings, are probably features that most privacy-minded individuals do not want (and may not have even known about). Others, like disabling cookies and/or javascript, can break how sites work (sometimes, amusingly, they only break the advertisements). Others, like disabling tracker protection, are double-edged in that disabling them exposes you to being tracked by known trackers, while enabling them might cause Firefox to phone home to get updated lists of known trackers. The comments in the user.js point out some, but definitely not all, of the potential pitfalls. The settings are definitely not set the way everybody should use them, but having them listed out at least provides a convenient starting point. I highly recommend against dropping them directly into your main Firefox profile, as they may undo changes you have made for yourself. Instead, either try them in a fresh profile and copy over things that work for you, or research the settings and only copy over the ones you want that will not break your browser.Please share any information you may have on various settings in this file, or on any you feel are missing from this file. Also, if you have similar information for some other browsers, consider commenting on those, or perhaps submitting a story about settings for that browser.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Silicon Motion Launches PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD Controllers

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for aristarchus:First NASA Osiris-Rex images show incredible touchdown on asteroid Bennu:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:PayPal to add cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping to its platform:

takyon writes:Quibi is dead, reports say

We had two Soylentils write in to tell us of promising research breakthroughs pertaining to neuropilin-1 and its part in COVID-19.Neuropilin-1 drives SARS-CoV-2 infectivity, finds breakthrough studyupstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Neuropilin-1 drives SARS-CoV-2 infectivity, finds breakthrough study:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-counters-mass-piracy-allegations-in-thothub-lawsuit-201019/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Voyager Spacecraft Detect an Increase in The Density of Space Outside The Solar System:

canopic jug writes:LinuxLinks has looked at 15 distros that were popular back in 2006 and looks at where they are now in 2020. These were the ones ranked in the top 15 back then by DistroWatch. The only ones still in the top 15 are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and OpenSUSE. Some others like CentOS, Slackware, and Gentoo are still active and have strong communities but no longer listed as high in DistroWatch's somewhat arbitrary ranking. Others, like several Ubuntu-based distros occupy the rest of the 2020 top 15.

OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma to Plead Guilty to Three Criminal ChargesRunaway1956 writes:OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead guilty to 3 criminal charges as part of an $8 billion-plus settlement

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Researchers provide most detailed and complete record yet of Earth's last magnetic reversal:

AnonTechie writes:25 moments in tech:

takyon writes:SpaceX Starlink partners with Microsoft Azure to deploy cloud computing anywhere:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:A Billion Tiny Pendulums Could Detect the Universe's Missing Mass:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:The Pirate Bay blocked in the Netherlands (but you can still access it):

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:U.S. Lawmaker, Citing Snowden, Seeks Probe Into NSA Targeting of Congressional, Supreme Court Emails:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Chrome 'Bug' Purged Browser Data, Except From Sites That Google Owned:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for guy_:Popeye would approve: Spinach could hold key to renewable fuel cell catalysts:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully touches asteroid:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Beam is building a web browser that gathers knowledge from your web activity – TechCrunch:

takyon writes:Arm Spinout Reveals Correlated-Electron Memory Plans

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:It Is Very Easy to Keep Windows 10 From Randomly Restarting Whenever It Pleases:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Researchers create a single-molecule switch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Europe tightens virus curbs as global cases top 40 million:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Losing control? Norway's oil workers fear for future as rigs go remote:

takyon writes:It's Official, Intel Sells NAND Fab, SSD Business to SK hynix for $9 Billion

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Spacecraft design could get to Titan in only 2 years using a direct fusion drive:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:U.S. Army seeks a new light tank for quickly deployed force:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Action-Packed Footage Shows Royal Navy Using Iron Man-Style Jet Suits to Practice Storming Vessels:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/10/nikola-ceo-downplays-badger-truck-as-gm-negotiations-drag-on/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10/if-recycling-plastics-isnt-making-sense-remake-the-plastics/

takyon writes:Raspberry Pi Trading has launched the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 and Compute Module 4 Lite, which integrate the Broadcom BCM2711 SoC of the Raspberry Pi 4 into a new form factor:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for guy_:San Diego Zoo scientists revive cells from 40-year deep-freeze to clone endangered Przewalski's horse:

Microsoft Takes Down a Risk to the Election, and Finds the U.S. Doing the Sameupstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Microsoft takes down a risk to the election, and finds the U.S. doing the same:

Windows 10 is Installing Office Web Apps Without Asking Permissionupstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Windows 10 is installing Office web apps without asking permission:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Smile!3TB of clips from hacked home security cameras posted online:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:10,000-year-old footprints show journey of squirmy toddler and caregiver:

DannyB writes:Proprietary Grapes Come With Draconian End User License Agreement

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Strangely Behaving Red Supergiant Betelgeuse Smaller and Closer Than First Thought:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Touch-and-go: US spacecraft sampling asteroid for return:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Enterprise Solutions Provider 'Software AG' Hit by Clop Ransomware:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Japan reportedly decides to release treated Fukushima water into the sea:

takyon writes:New Smallest Time Measurement: How Long It Takes a Photon to Cross a Hydrogen Molecule

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=160303500224235&w=2October 18, 2020.We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 6.8.This day marks the OpenBSD project's 25th anniversary. As we celebrateour 49th release, we remain proud of OpenBSD's record of more thantwenty years with only two remote holes in the default install.As in our previous releases, 6.8 provides significant improvements,including new features, in nearly all areas of the system: