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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Fnord666:New phishing attack uses Morse code to hide malicious URLs:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Google Chrome sync feature can be abused for C&C and data exfiltration:

An Anonymous Coward writes:How Lyft discovered OpenStreetMap is the Freshest Map for Rideshare:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Billions of Passwords Offered for $2 in Cyber-Underground:

aristarchus writes:Coverage from How does a glacier burst? Flooding in India leaves at least 31 dead and 165 missing:

Cryptomining Causes Power Outages in Tehrantakyon writes:Tehran Faces Power Outages Due To Massive Crypto Mining Operations Consuming Up To 450 Megawatts, That Much Power Can Power A City Of 100K People

mhajicek writes:https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-opens-starlink-internet-preorders-worldwide/:

takyon writes:Hacker tries to poison water supply of Florida city

Freeman writes:Terraria developer cancels Google Stadia port after YouTube account ban

AnonTechie writes:Study of Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Unveils the Cause of its Pulsations; Recalibrated its Mass, Radius, and Distance:

Tesla Buys $1.5 Billion in Bitcoin, Plans to Accept It as Paymenttakyon writes:Musk's Tesla says it invested $1.5 billion in bitcoin, sending the cryptocurrency to record levels near $44,000

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Congo confirms new Ebola outbreak after death of woman:

chromas writes:'Tis but a snippet; I recommend reading the whole article.Wired:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Turbulence trouble:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Astronomers Think They've Found Another Trojan Asteroid Lurking in Earth's Orbit:

NASA's Perseverance, China's Tianwen-1 and UAE's Hope arrive at Mars this montharistarchus and an anonymous submitter write:Seems like the solar system is getting smaller all the time. Three nations are having Mars missions land (hopefully) this month, something that has never happened before. Detail at C|Net, and elsewhere.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:This $12 Billion Company Is Getting Rich Off Students Cheating Their Way Through Covid:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for FatPhil:When Adobe Stopped Flash Content From Running It Also Stopped A Chinese Railroad:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:War on Section 230 begins in earnest as Dem senators look to limit legal immunity for social networks, websites etc:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Why elephants rarely get cancer:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Samsung considers Austin for $17 billion chip plant, eyes tax breaks of at least $806 million: documents show:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Astronomers identified a piece of the Milky Way's missing matter:

martyb writes:It's that time of year again! Americans will hold their annual football championship today — 4.5 hours from when this story goes live — Sunday, February 7th, 2021 starting at 6:30 PM EST (2230 UTC).In years past, people would gather together for tailgate parties of every description and to watch the game. Social distancing in response to COVID-19 has certainly put a crimp on things this year. Fear not! We are again(!) offering a place to (virtually) gather with friends to comment on the game and commercials!You are hereby invited to meet up with us on IRC in channel "#SuperBowl-LV"See below for some details on the game.Buccaneers vs. Chiefs 2021 Super Bowl: Date, time, TV channel, and more:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Venus flytraps produce magnetic fields when they eat:

takyon writes:Report: Apple VR Could Have 8K, Cost $3,000

Eratosthenes and an anonymous IRC user report:Martian landslides may be caused by melting ice and salt under the surface:

aristarchus writes:CNet News reports this, about Tianwen-1.

takyon writes:SpaceX Starlink passes 10,000 users and fights opposition to FCC funding

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Physicists to look for quantum time dilation inside nuclear reactor:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Nevada bill would allow tech companies to create governments:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Scintillating discovery: these distant 'baby' black holes seem to be misbehaving — and experts are perplexed:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Vale reaches $7bn settlement over deadly dam collapse in Brazil:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Apple may finally fix its flimsy iPhone charger cables:

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hendrikboom writes:South African Government Releases Its Own Browser Just To Re-Enable Flash Support | Zdnet:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Novel Molecules Discovered to Combat Asthma and COVID-Related Lung Diseases:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The dangers of drugged driving are outpacing drunk driving:

DannyB writes:A silicon chip shortage is causing automakers to idle their factories

canopic jug writes:Several sites are covering an incident affecting Raspberry Pi OS deployments since last week. Quietly, without disclosure or warning, a package added a Microsoft repository and OpenPGP key to the system. The latter effectively gives the former full root access, in principle, to the whole system. The former checks in with Microsoft's servers any time APT refreshes its cache.

An Anonymous Coward writes:Knowledge can be a terrible thing.In my case, helping a newbie with circuit design found a beginner's mistake which causes a circuit to run slow. I used a technique which I learned from They Write the Right Stuff in which NASA improves hardware and software quality by looking for similar classes of bugs elsewhere. I wish that I hadn't looked. The newbie had copied a flawed template which has been used by more than 50 parties over 15 years. The flawed design has been promoted by an expert in the field and is used by other noted experts. The most likely explanation is that the design was devised when the expert was less knowledgeable. It has subsequently been propagated until it has become an unchallenged article of faith. An alternative explanation is that the design is deliberately flawed to detect plagiarism.The published design works. However, I am very certain that moving one or two wires would make it work about 10% faster. This has very probably caused projects to fail unnecessarily, cause people to abandon projects or implement designs which have reduced throughput. In the worse case, a system can be fixed by making it operate at half speed. This leads to a professional quandary. It would be easiest to not mention the flaw. However, if I silently apply the fix to my own work, this design variation may be noticed sooner or later. Therefore, *completely* ignoring the problem willfully undermines the efficiency and reliability of my own work. Whereas, reporting the flaw publicly may undermine the expert or incur a "shoot the messenger" scenario. In either case, this may discourage people from using the flawed or fixed design and may reduce interoperability.Perhaps a way out of this problem would be privately and jokingly mention that I found the deliberate mistake? The expert is uncharacteristically touchy about uncredited use of a design which can be derived independently using the Quine-McCluskey algorithm. This leads me to consider that the inefficiency is deliberate. That would make it the Quine-McCluskey-Dunning-Kruger algorithm.Have you been in a similar situation? What did you do and how did it work out?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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martyb writes:This is not expected to be ready for another couple years, but a new theme park is under development which promises numerous new attractions and rides. Rides? Yes, rides. Lots of rides! Top of list is the "Falcon's Flight". No, not a SpaceX Falcon-9, a new roller coaster. When completed, it promises to be the fastest, tallest, and longest in the world!Record-breaking roller coaster will travel more than 155 miles per hour:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The quick choice might be a choice-overload avoidance strategy:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Apple Reportedly Teams With Kia to Produce Apple Car:

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