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hendrikboom writes:At last someone recognizes that it matters what you do on a screen.

requerdanos writes:Robotic swarm swims like a school of fish:

requerdanos writes:Science journals to offer select authors open-access publishing for free:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Google says it's closing the Fitbit acquisition:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Hackers used 4 zero-days to infect Windows and Android devices:

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takyon writes:AMD has launched Zen 3-based "Cezanne" Ryzen 5000 mobile APUs at 15W, 35W, 45W, and 45W+ (overclockable Ryzen 9 5980HX and Ryzen 9 5900HX) TDPs. Compared to the previous-generation Zen 2 "Renoir" APUs, Cezanne has 19% higher instructions per clock. L3 cache is doubled (to 16 MB) and accessible by any core. Integrated graphics performance ("Vega"-based) has not improved aside from slightly higher clock speeds. All of the Cezanne models announced so far have 6 or 8 cores, with 2 threads per core. In addition to Cezanne, there are three Zen 2-based "Lucienne" models (5300U, 5500U, and 5700U) that are refreshes/rebadges of 15W Renoir APUs.Benchmarks have been spotted for a Cezanne desktop APU, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G, which may not be limited to OEMs like Renoir APUs were.AMD also launched two OEM-only Zen 3 desktop CPUs: the 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and 12-core Ryzen 9 5900. These are rated at 65 Watt TDPs, instead of the 105 Watt TDPs of their 'X' counterparts.AMD's exclusivity deal with Lenovo for Threadripper Pro CPUs (Threadripper with 8 memory channels and 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes) has ended, and manufacturers are preparing new sWRX8 motherboards. 64-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX, 32-core 3975WX, and 16-core 3955WX should be available to consumers around March. There's no word yet on Zen 3-based Threadrippers, but AMD will be launching Zen 3-based "Milan" Epyc CPUs later in Q1.See also: AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su: Interview on 2021 Demand, Supply, Tariffs, Xilinx, and EPYC

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:NASA Will Soon Choose One of These 3 Landers to Go Back to the Moon:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Craft brewers now have a new tool for sniffing out trace flavor compounds:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:NASA declares Mars lander InSight's burrowing 'mole' is dead:

An Anonymous Coward writes:'No longer acceptable' for platforms to take key decisions alone, EU Commission says

martyb writes:Tetris is no longer just a game, but an algorithm that ensures maximum hotel room occupancy:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1962:NASA TV to Air Hot Fire Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Missions:

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takyon writes:Wine 6.0 Released With A Plethora Of Improvements For Windows Software On Linux

takyon writes:Intel is splitting its high-end Tiger Lake mobile chip lineup to meet two TDP targets: 35 Watts and 45 Watts. Tiger Lake-H35 chips have been launched, with 4 cores, 8 threads, and 96 graphics "Xe" (Gen12) execution units. Later in Q1, Intel will launch 45 Watt TDP Tiger Lake with up to 8 cores, 16 threads.Intel has also launched new "Jasper Lake" Celeron/Pentium chips on a "10nm" process node. Jasper Lake uses the Tremont Atom core previously used in Lakefield. TDPs range from 6-10 Watts. 16 GB of memory is explicity supported, up from 8 GB of Gemini Lake Refresh (although boards like the ODROID-H2+ supported 32 GB, go figure). Graphics performance of the Pentium Silver N6005 should be substantially higher than its predecessor due to the use of Gen11 graphics and an increase to 32 execution units.See also: Intel says the Iris Xe Max isn't really for gaming. They're not wrong

takyon writes:Qualcomm to Acquire NUVIA: A CPU Magnitude Shift

takyon writes:Vulkan SDK Now Formally Available For Apple Platforms - Including Apple Silicon Support

takyon writes:$119+ BeagleV powerful, open-hardware RISC-V Linux SBC targets AI applications

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Intel Rocket Lake Desktop CPUs Will Launch in March, Gigabyte Confirms - ExtremeTech:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Danke Apartment: The 'broken eggshell' that left young Chinese homeless:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:COVID-19 severity linked to gut bacteria in first-of-its-kind study:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Rotten Egg Gas Could Guard Against Alzheimer’s Disease:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:You Can Now Easily Download All CIA UFO Documents to Date:

canopic jug writes:In recent years, the odds of orbital collisions has doubled due to all the debris, large particles, and just plain scrap flying around in orbit. These are fragments left from launches as well as from collisions between other objects already in orbit. The Economist is reporting that several methods for de-oribiting space junk are being tested, with the goal to get a handle on the problem while there is still time to do so. So far, nets, harpoons, and magnets are among the options which have been considered.

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martyb writes:Trump impeached for 'inciting' US Capitol riots:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956_:Rare Planet With Three Suns Has A Super Weird Orbit:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Quasar Discovery Sets New Distance Record:

requerdanos writes:Catalyst transforms plastic waste to valuable ingredients at low temperature:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956_:An iPhone 12 can shut down a pacemaker just by being near it:

Freeman writes:Bethesda, Lucasfilm tease new Indiana Jones video game:

Freeman writes:Russia may fine citizens who use SpaceX's Starlink Internet service:

Freeman writes:Jared Mauch didn’t have good broadband—so he built his own fiber ISP:

Liquid metal ink liberates form:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Groundbreaking research could provide key to kicking smoking habit for good:

DannyB writes:Small Idaho ISP 'Punishes' Twitter And Facebook's 'Censorship'...By Blocking Access To Them Entirely

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:c|net: CES 2021: Autonomous racing is coming to Indianapolis with the Indy Autonomous Challenge:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:That's it. It's over. It's really over. From today, Adobe Flash Player no longer works. We're free. We can just leave:

hendrikboom writes:Taiwan has found a way to use a carefully designed social network constructively.

takyon writes:NASA selects potential small-scale astrophysics missions, Hubble measures exoplanet's odd orbit

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Dems to ISPs: You're not gonna hike broadband prices, slap restrictions on folks in a pandemic, are you?:

takyon writes:Sci-Hub Founder Criticises Sudden Twitter Ban Over Over "Counterfeit" Content

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Do as the Romans: Power plant concrete strengthens with time:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Ubiquiti: Change Your Password, Enable 2FA:

DannyB writes:NASA's Europa Clipper has been liberated from the Space Launch System

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:LG's rollable phone is a tantalizing response to Samsung's foldables:

Freeman writes:New York City proposes regulating algorithms used in hiring:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Coronavirus China: Xingtai and Shijiazhuang cities plunged into lockdown amid outbreak.Two more cities in China, Xingtai (population 7 million) and Shijiazhuang (population 11 million), are now in lockdown. Authorities are attempting to limit the latest wave of COVID-19. After a period of calm, Hebei has reported over 130 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the past week. A potential outbreak of significant impact is now being thwarted in Xingtai and Shijiazhuang which is causing the citizens to panic buy and prepare for the worst. This recent activity comes at an unfortunate time with the start of the Chinese New Year looming; a time when many Chinese people travel to see family and friends. The World Health Organization is still excluded from China in its investigating of the origins of COVID-19.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

martyb writes:It's been one heck of a week:Against the backdrop of record-setting numbers of COVID-19 deaths and infections in the US and around the world, there was turmoil in Washington, DC. As court cases surrounding the presidential election were filed and dismissed, a close race in Georgia was coming down to the wire and with it control of the US Senate. While the US Congress was completing the Electoral College tally and certification, a mob formed outside — and eventually broke into — the US Capitol. This resulted in a 4-hour lock-down. Eventually, the intrusion was repelled, and the Electoral College count was completed: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was confirmed as the 46th president of the United States of America.Conspiracy theories have flourished. Propaganda has streamed forth across multiple platforms. Tempers have flared.And SoylentNews has been there for you. And have you ever spoken up! Two of the most-commented stories in the site's nearly seven-year history were posted in just the past week!Insomuch as the activities in the US Capitol were far from the US' most shining moments, neither were things all unicorns and rainbows on SoylentNews. Tempers flared. People were attacked and called names. I even accidentally deleted a story and the 17 comments attached to it! [NB: Problem addressed: the delete button no longer appears by default for our editors.]IRC (Internet Relay Chat):Read more of this story at SoylentNews.