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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Fnord666:IBM creates a COBOL compiler – for Linux on x86:

Anti-aristarchus writes:NASA reports, via NASA, that OSIRIS-REx is leaving Bennu.

MostCynical writes:Study shows a third of COVID survivors suffer neurological or mental disorders:

Anti-aristarchus writes:Source: Dark Energy Survey physicists open new window into dark energy:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Eye tracking can reveal an unbelievable amount of information about you:

NPC-131072 writes:Cosmic rays causing 30,000 network malfunctions in Japan each year:

NPC-131072 writes:Ars Technica

takyon writes:SpaceX does not plan to add 'tiered pricing' for Starlink satellite internet service, president says

Fnord666 writes:Cruise industry salty over CDC plan to keep travelers safe from COVID at sea:

takyon writes:Pandemic to cost NASA up to $3 billion

takyon writes:Google Posts Initial Code For Lyra Speech Codec

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Colorado Denied Its Citizens the Right-to-Repair After Riveting Testimony:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Android sends 20x more data to Google than iOS sends to Apple, study says:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Most loved programming language Rust sparks privacy concerns

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/04/uk-report-recommends-regulating-all-loot-boxes-as-gambling/

takyon writes:Dragon Resilience performs port relocation to clear way for future vehicles

mrpg writes:LG TO CLOSE MOBILE PHONE BUSINESS WORLDWIDE:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Justice Clarence Thomas suggests US should regulate Twitter and Facebook:

From Russia with Ringslooorg writes:Soviet nostalgia. Their own version of Lord of the Rings from 1991 has been found in an old TV-archive, digitized and uploaded to YouTube. It looks just like what one could expect from a eastern European puppet show from decades ago -- even if it's live action. It only aired once before the collapse of the Soviet Union, not that they are related events. While it doesn't have the production value of the Jackson version, it does have things he chose to cut from the books.Khraniteli: The Soviet take on Lord of the Rings

An Anonymous Coward writes:A Developer's Inside Look At Where Slack Started -- And Where It's Headed:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for FatPhil:Unopened Super Mario Bros. game from 1986 sells for $660,000:

An Anonymous Coward writes:According to a headline on the answers.yahoo.com web page, Yahoo Answers is shutting down.

Eratosthenes writes:Of all the stellar events in the universe, supernovae are the crucibles of the heavier elements, the ones on which life as we know it depends. They also leave stunningly beautiful remnants, like the Veil Nebula, of which there is a recently-enhanced image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Pic and story at C|Net.

Anti-aristarchus writes:News at CNN:

An Anonymous Coward writes:IBM Bets Homomorphic Encryption Is Ready To Deliver Stronger Data Security For Early Adopters | Venturebeat:

Fnord666 writes:The UK Is Trying to Stop Facebook's End-to-End Encryption

Fnord666 writes:Feds say hackers are likely exploiting critical Fortinet VPN vulnerabilities

Anti-aristarchus writes:On the ground! The Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has been dropped from Perseverance onto the Martian surface.

Fnord666 writes:New Play Store rules block most apps from scanning your entire app list:Google is finally taking steps to limit what applications can scan the application list on your device.

Fnord666 writes:GitHub Actions being actively abused to mine cryptocurrency on GitHub servers

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: