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takyon writes:Intel (INTC) Reportedly Offers Over $2 Billion To Acquire the Fabless Semiconductor SiFive as the Consolidation Trend in the Industry Is Nowhere Close to Slowing Down

takyon writes:SK Hynix admits to DRAM defects, smacks down rumour it botched big batches

Freeman writes:GameStop stock falls sharply amid 5M-share sales plan, SEC investigation:

Freeman writes:Google to stop treating EU antitrust remedy as a “promotional opportunity”:

upstart writes:Las Vegas's new strategy for tackling drought – banning 'useless grass':

upstart writes:Rocket in place to send 3 crew to Chinese space station:

upstart writes:CHIME Telescope Detects More Than 500 Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts From Outer Space:

An Anonymous Coward writes:From Spiked:

upstart writes:A link between childhood stress and early molars:

Freeman writes:Bitcoin now legal tender in El Salvador, first nation to adopt cryptocurrency:

upstart writes:Rotifer don't care: Microscopic animal survives 24,000 years frozen in Siberian permafrost:

upstart writes:Vivaldi 4.0 launches with built-in email and calendar clients, RSS reader – TechCrunch:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:[Ed note: if anyone happens upon a better link about the eclipse — where and when it is visible — please post it to the comments!How to watch next week's rare "ring of fire" solar eclipse:

takyon writes:Relativity Space reveals fully reusable medium lift launch vehicle Terran R

looorg writes:The FDA has approved a new drug for Alzheimer's disease, while not a cure it is supposed to slow the decline. Even though data is not entirely positive or straight forward in its interpretation or that it will actually even work as thought.But if you have it then you are probably desperate enough to try almost anything that claims to work, until you get to the price tag of $56,000 per year. That will probably make it out of reach for most people, it's doubtful if any insurance will cover something like this. Perhaps you can just forget to pay the bill, they might understand due to your condition.

An Anonymous Coward writes:Bitcoin Price: Cryptocurrency Investors See Red As Market Value Drops:

takyon writes:Senate passes billions for tech in U.S. Innovation and Competition Act

takyon writes:See the First Images NASA's Juno Took As It Sailed by Ganymede

upstart writes:Study finds novel evidence that dreams reflect multiple memories, anticipate future events:

upstart writes:New Vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi Security Revealed:

looorg writes:https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/07/bosch-opens-1-2-billion-chip-plant-in-germany/Bosch, one of the worlds largest engineering companies, is trying to cash in on the global chip shortage by starting production in Germany, even though it's apparently mostly a wafer plant and they are sending those to Asia for packaging and assembly.A large chunk of it is probably for their own needs as they make everything from power tools to medical equipment.But why not just do the assembly in Germany to? This shipping things back and forth — isn't this one of the points of failure that has been experienced during COVID-19?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Freeman writes:Branson may make a last-ditch effort to beat Bezos into space:

upstart writes:FBI-controlled AN0M app ensnares scores of alleged criminals in global police sting:

upstart writes:Is Earth's core lopsided? Strange goings-on in our planet's interior.:

Justice Dept. Claws Back $2.3M Paid by Colonial Pipeline to Ransomware Gangupstart writes:Justice Dept. Claws Back $2.3M Paid by Colonial Pipeline to Ransomware Gang:

upstart writes:Websites begin to work again after major breakage:

upstart writes:Physicists determine how auroras are created:

upstart writes:Visualizing cement hydration on a molecular level:

martyb writes:I first happened upon this marvel of engineering on this recent CNN Travel video story. Digging around the internet, I then found this late April story on CNN.London's new see-through Sky Pool is first of its kind:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Imperial College London:

upstart writes:$1 billion piracy ruling could force ISPs to disconnect more Internet users:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/the-military-wants-to-use-rockets-for-cargo-delivery-anywhere-on-earth/

takyon writes:Jeff Bezos says he will fly into space next month

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Electric Car Batteries Are Turning This Country Into an Actual Hellscape:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Microsoft Teams calls are getting end-to-end encryption in July:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Genetic tricks of the longest-lived animals:

martyb writes:Do Wristwatches Get Any Better than a Cuckoo Clock?:

Anti-aristarchus writes:Story at SciTechDaily:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Swiss mired in poisonous row over pesticides:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for FatPhil:'Smart Toilet' Uses Artificial Intelligence to Monitor Bowel Health:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RunawayXXXX:Never Say Never AgainNASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity set for 7th Red Planet flight on Sunday:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Linux x86/x86_64 Will Now Always Reserve The First 1MB Of RAM - Phoronix:

takyon writes:The Ship Sinking Off Sri Lanka Looks Like A Lasting Environmental Disaster

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Firefox 89: Can this redesign stem browser's decline?:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Reducing poverty can actually lower energy demand, finds research:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for raxas:Killer Drone 'Hunted Down A Human Target' Without Being Told To:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for raxas:China maintains 'artificial sun' at 120 million Celsius for over 100 seconds, setting new world record:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/05/charter-charges-more-money-for-slower-internet-on-streets-with-no-competition/

Anti-aristarchus writes:From NPR, National Public Radio:

Eratosthenes writes:Best View Yet of Exceptional Cosmic Explosion – Challenges Established Theory of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Universe: