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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Fnord666:Cop arrests apparently sleeping Tesla driver going 93mph:

hubie writes:For several decades there have been various incarnations of the idea of using lasers to zap flying insects, particularly mosquitoes. One of the systems in active development is the Photonic Fence from Intellectual Ventures Laboratory. Researchers from the laboratory recently published their findings on determining the optimal dosage to kill mosquitoes using the least amount of energy. One of the criticisms of their system has been that the areas in greatest need for mosquito eradication provide unreliable power, so their system would most likely need to operate by providing its own power.Their research found that the optimal pulse duration for the lasers they are considering in their design is 25 ms. A significant difference between this research and their previous work is that this study was conducted on in-flight mosquitoes as opposed to previous work that used anesthetized specimens, which demonstrated their vision-based track and targeting system. An added bonus is the four slow-motion videos provided in the Supplemental Information section showing mosquitoes being zapped.Keller, M.D., Norton, B.J., Farrar, D.J. et al. Optical tracking and laser-induced mortality of insects during flight, Sci Rep 10, 14795 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71824-yOriginal SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

hubie writes:Accepted to appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Earth's Future, a group of researchers from National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boeing, and the University of Illinois looked at the potential effects that a future commercial Hypersonic Transport (HST) fleet would have on the ozone layer. Given the designs under consideration and that these vehicles would fly above the ozone layer, they considered the effects of water vapor and nitrogen compounds on the ozone layer as a function of the altitude they are released.

HudsonLunatic writes:The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season continues to shatter records with Tropical Storm Beta churning in the Gulf of Mexico. When the normal list of names is exhausted, the Greek alphabet is used for storm names. The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season also went into the Greek alphabet and Beta became a major hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph at the storm's peak intensity. Hurricane Beta (2005) didn't form until October 26, 2005 making the 2020 season over a month ahead of the pace of the record breaking 2005 season. This raises the conundrum of whether to retire letters of the Greek alphabet if a storm is particularly damaging. It appears the name would not be fully retired but a storm could be retired with a name like "Beta 2020" with the Greek letter remaining in use for future seasons. The extremely active hurricane season can probably be attributed significantly to climate change.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Lord of the Rings special effects company Weta Digital launches inquiry into toxic workplace claims:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Court blocks Trump's WeChat ban from taking effect today:

Booga1 writes:Kotaku reports disgruntled streamers are complaining about Twitch adding ads to the middle of live streamed videos.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Exclusive: AT&T considers cellphone plans subsidized by ads:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:YouTube Rippers 'Flvto' and '2Conv' Will Take Legal Battle to US Supreme Court * TorrentFreak:

canopic jug writes:David Rosenthal discusses the last 25 years of digital preservation efforts in regards to academic journals. It's a long-standing problem and discontinued journals continue to disappear from the Internet. Paper, microfilm, and microfiche are slow to degrade and are decentralized and distributed. Digital media are quick to disappear and the digital publications are usually only in a single physical place leading to single point of failure. It takes continuous, unbroken effort and money to keep digital publications accessible even if only one person or institution wishes to retain acccess. He goes into the last few decades of academic publishing and how we got here and then brings up 4 points abuot preservation, especially in regards to Open Access publishing.

hubie writes:Homemade and small scale chocolate making has followed an arc similar to the beer industry where a "golden age" declines through consolidation to industrial dominance from which an "artisan" resurgence grows. In the early 20th century there were a relatively large number of chocolate makers where most of them were small-scale producers. As the century progressed, a number of factors drove the industry to consolidate where essentially all the small-scale makers were bought, or they went out of business. The global industry today is dominated by the "big five": Hershey's, Mars, Ferrero Rocher, Cadbury, and Nestlé. However, over the last 15 or so years, a number of small but dedicated "bean to bar" chocolate makers have been springing up.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Teen 'Blasts Away' Parts of Retina by Staring Into a Pet's Laser Pointer:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Cheap, innovative venom treatments could save tens of thousands of snakebite victims:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Fnord666:Wayback Machine and Cloudflare team up to archive more of the Web:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy: Now everyone's a statistician. Here's what armchair COVID experts are getting wrong.:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:plug in, check outPlugging in a strange USB drive – What could possibly go wrong?:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Scientists discover a new crustacean species in one of the hottest places on Earth:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:NASA finds evidence of "fresh ice" on Saturn's moon Enceladus:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:World's smallest ultrasound detector is tinier than a blood cell:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:NASA has figured out a new way to safely land on the Moon:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:'Irreplaceable' books by Galileo, Newton found under house in Romania:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Nvidia RTX 3080 cards are selling for thousands on eBay, and people are pissed:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:$100,000 in bribes helped fraudulent Amazon sellers earn $100 million, DOJ says:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Facial reconstruction reveals Egyptian 'mummy portrait' was accurate except for one detail:

DeathMonkey writes:US will ban WeChat and TikTok downloads on Sunday

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:What the hell is going on with .uk? Dozens of domain names sold in error, then reversed, but we'll say no more about it, says oversight org:

Freeman writes:A bevy of new features makes iOS 14 the most secure mobile OS ever:

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87

DeathMonkey writes:U.S. Admits That Congressman Offered Pardon to Assange If He Covered Up Russia Links

An Anonymous Coward writes:Once again, supermarkets are enhancing the customer experience by engaging automation to replace humans. Since the COVID pandemic started many stores have had to count how many people enter and leave the store. Woolworths will introduce customer counting devices to do this task instead of human staff, taking care to avoid the debacle experienced by the TSA by storing the images as blocks to ensure a level of privacy is afforded customers.Can I apply for a job to be a machine?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Arm Officially Supports Panfrost Open-Source Mali GPU Driver Development

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Billions of devices vulnerable to new 'BLESA' Bluetooth security flaw:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Chinese pharma leak infects thousands with bacterial disease - National:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Tor 0day: Finding IP Addresses - The Hacker Factor Blog:

DannyB writes:German Hospital Hacked, Patient Taken to Another City Dies:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/its-now-possible-to-detect-counterfeit-whisky-without-opening-the-bottle/

Freeman writes:https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/international-computing-curriculum-metrecc-research-seminar/

takyon writes:Military Police Leaders Weighed Deploying 'Heat Ray' Against D.C. Protesters

canopic jug writes:Techdirt covers the graffitti artist Banksy's loss of a trademark suit against a greeting card company, over one of his more famous defacements. Techdirt describes it as a weak-ass attempt to abuse trademark law:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for guy_:We found out who makes Walmart's new Gateway laptops, and it's bad news:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:High-tech UK-US ship launched on 400th Mayflower anniversary:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Google Drive outages reported across the US:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:Solar cycle 25 is here. NASA, NOAA scientists explain what that means:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.slashfilm.com/don-bluth-studios-trying-to-revive-hand-drawn-animation/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Snowden criticises Amazon for hiring former NSA boss:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:NASA mulls possible mission to Venus after recent discovery of possible life:

An Anonymous Coward writes:A funny, well written, story both written by, and about an Australian teenager seeing what information he could find out about someone from a picture of a boarding pass that was shared online. He ends up finding a former PM of Australia's passport number, phone number, and other information. The post details his technique to discover the information, and his efforts to do the right thing while not getting into trouble for being a haxor. And, also send a warning to folks to treat boarding passes and luggage tags as if they contain sensitive personal information, since, at least indirectly, they may.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Phoenix666 writes:How a giant short-faced bear reached the California Channel Islands:

Phoenix666 writes:BBC:

Phoenix666 writes:Phys.org: