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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Dozens sue Amazon's Ring after camera hack leads to threats and racial slurs:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Leonardo da Vinci's drawings have unique microbiomes, study finds:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:The Lasting Lessons of John Conway’s Game of Life:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:U.S. to allow small drones to fly over people and at night:

Insecure wheels: Police turn to car data to destroy suspects' alibis:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Himalayas act like an 'aerosol factory': Study - Times of India:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://joemorrison.substack.com/p/openstreetmap-is-having-a-moment-dcc7eef1bb01

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:New drug inhibits the growth of cancer cells:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Nikola sinks further and further.Nikola stock craters after cancellation of major garbage truck order:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:World's first wooden satellite to be launched by Japan in 2023:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:White House Launches Plan for a Nuclear Power System on the Moon:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Study suggests link between word choices and extraverts:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Why you're hounded by pop-ups about cookies, and how they could go away:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Discovery boosts theory that life on Earth arose from RNA-DNA mix: Newly described chemical reaction could have assembled DNA building blocks before life forms and their enzymes existed.:

McGruber writes:Edmund M. Clarke, the FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University, has died of Covid-19.Obituary: Edmund M. Clarke, CMU professor who won computer science's Nobel Prize equivalent:

AnonTechie writes:The Turing Test is obsolete. It's time to build a new barometer for AI

cafebabe writes:Last week, I compared Tesla design to Apple. Since then, it has become widely known that Elon Musk tried to sell Tesla to Apple in 2013. This has created considerable interest in Apple's autonomous vehicle project and Apple's progress with lithium batteries. However, it has not created considerable interest in Jony Ive's possible work for Ferrari nor in the progress of power transistors. I wrote about gallium LEDs and transistors in Dec 2017 and, specifically, GaNFET (Gallium Nitride Field Effect Transistor). I thought that it would be a good idea to check progress. Well, holy cr*p.On Mon 9 Nov 2020, a Texas Instruments press release announced power transistors which can switch 4kW (more than 600V, more than 6A) at 2.2MHz and, due to the 30mΩ resistance, do this with 99% efficiency. Indeed, cables may warm more than the 12mm×12mm transistors which require, at most, 40W heatsink. My calculations may be wrong but a homebrew, all wheel drive, six wheel vehicle, with 16 phase electric motors and these 4kW GaNFETs, can do a standing start quarter mile (400m) in less than 10 seconds. By 1980s standards, this is supercar performance. And from 2021 Q1, it is now possible to make this at home or a local makerspace.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

An Anonymous Coward writes:Many sources are reporting that Trump finally signed the pandemic relief bill:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:This plastics maker has big companies thirsting for its technology:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Mitsubishi Heavy to build biggest zero-carbon steel plant:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:IBM will pay $24.25 million to resolve FCC probes:

takyon writes:How state marijuana legalization became a boon for corruption

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:With an article that covers "From Cancer to Cloud" and beyond, Techrepublic asks: What is Microsoft Doing With Linux? Everything You Need to Know About its Plans for Open Source

An Anonymous Coward writes:Leaked Documents Show How China’s Army of Paid Internet Trolls Helped Censor the Coronavirus:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:U.S. approves NYSE listing plan to cut out Wall Street middlemen:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Dealing with dust: A back-to-the-moon dilemma - SpaceNews:

[Update 1; 2020-12-27 16:05:32 UTC: Added my conversation with TMB. Scroll down to view. Minor rewording of original story. --martyb]

Booga1 writes:Eurogamer reports: A month after launch, Assassin's Creed Valhalla starts selling XP boosts

c0lo writes:Toyota's game-changing solid-state battery en route for 2021 debut

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for FatPhil:The family with no fingerprints:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956_:More info is available about which college majors pay off, but students aren't using it:

canopic jug writes:Software developer Bert Hubert explores reverse engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate being rolled out. Pfizer claims to have used mRNA to encode instructions for producing the distinctive outer layer of protein coating the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956_:A Photograph With an Eight-Year Exposure Was Taken With a Beer Can:

c0lo writes:Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes 'next level' battery technology - sources

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Putting on the pressure improves glass for fiber optics:

takyon writes:MediaTek leapfrogs Qualcomm as the world's largest smartphone chipset vendor thanks to huge growth in India and Latin America

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:The ACLU Is Suing For Info On The FBI's Encryption Breaking Capabilities:

[2020-12-25 22:18:22 UTC -- Corrected typo (with thanks to maxwell demon) --martyb]

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Police Seize VPN Service Beloved by Cyber-criminals:

Tesla Allowed to Clear Part of Forest Near Berlin for New Factory, Reports Sayupstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Tesla Allowed to Clear Part of Forest Near Berlin for New Factory, Reports Say:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Google told scientists to use 'a positive tone' in AI research, documents show:

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c0lo writes:Stop the spread: no more plosive consonants (watch it)Picked from abc.net.au

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Video game revenues in 2020 set to top sports, movie industries:

fliptop writes:After spending years working behind the scenes to persuade regulators and law enforcement agencies in Washington DC, 30 states, and at least a dozen other countries, Oracle's efforts to rein in Google's search-and-advertising business are paying off:

AnonTechie writes:DeepMind's New AI Masters Games Without Even Being Taught the Rules: (Javascript required)

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Sex at Christmas tends to be off menu until fireworks at new year – study:

MostCynical writes:Boating Magazine has a story about the new Volvo Penta self-docking boat.

hendrikboom writes:Veracode has compared programming languages for incidence of vulnerabilities by collecting statistics on 130,000 applications they have scanned.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:YouTube's Copyright Filter Is Crushing Video Critique: