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AnonTechie writes:NASA is planning an interstellar mission that could last more than 100 years:

AnonTechie writes:Sandia Labs shows advanced wayfinding tech could finally become compact and fieldable:

DannyB writes:SpaceX needs to tame toilet trouble before weekend launch:

Freeman writes:FCC kicks China Telecom Americas out of US, cites Chinese government control:

looorg writes:Followup for the previous story about facial recognition for pupils in school to get their food.

DannyB writes:From SpaceNews.com: Rogozin says Crew Dragon safe for Russian cosmonauts

upstart writes:2 million Brits get a raise as minimum wage jumps to $13 an hour:

DannyB writes:Trump Given 30 Days To Have His Social Media Site Comply With Open Source License:

takyon writes:Signs of first planet found outside our galaxy

takyon writes:Pimax Announces $2399 Standalone Headset With 5.7K Per Eye & 200° Field Of View

upstart writes:Young Australians lodge human rights complaints with UN over alleged government inaction on climate:

upstart writes:EU scientists reveal long-term brain damage caused by Covid:

upstart writes:Machine Learning Can Be Fair and Accurate:

upstart brings us this story:International Team of Astronomers Reports on Largest-ever Observed Set of Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts:

upstart writes:Facebook sues programmer who allegedly scraped data for 178 million users:

hubie writes:From a very recent Scientific Reports paper, described very well by its abstract:

upstart writes:Tesla switches all standard-range vehicles to LiFePo chemistry:

upstart writes:Stretchy, bendy, flexible LEDs: They're also cheaper, faster and fabricated with an inkjet printer:

An Anonymous Coward writes:

upstart writes:American ISPs slammed for spying on their own subscribers:

Motor Trend reports on flat towing battery EV cars to recharge them, with several comments from several manufacturers.Can You Flat Tow EVs to Recharge Them? Yes, but There Are Asterisks:

owl writes:Home Alone is now a $250 Lego set, and it might be the most impressive fan-inspired model yet:

upstart writes:Scientists made a wooden knife that's three times sharper than steel blades:

Freeman writes:John Carmack pushes out unlocked OS for defunct Oculus Go headset:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/22/bluetooth_tracking_device/

An Anonymous Coward writes:Vice

takyon writes:White House further postpones disclosure of JFK assassination documents, citing Covid

"upstart" writes:Seamless wayfinding by a deafblind adult on an urban college campus: A case study:

looorg writes:Dutch forensic lab says it has decoded Tesla's driving data.A Dutch government forensic lab claims to have decrypted the data generated and stored in the cars made by Tesla. While doing so uncovered a lot more information than they expected, one would assume Tesla logged a lot more information than previously claimed (no surprise there for anyone).

takyon writes:We're closing the gap with Arm and x86, claims SiFive: New RISC-V CPU core for PCs, servers, mobile incoming

upstart writes:Researchers call for armchair astronomers to help find unknown hidden worlds:

upstart writes:How pearls achieve nanoscale precision:

takyon writes:Raspberry Pi 4 2GB gets a price hike to $45, 1GB version coming back for $35

upstart writes:“Largest Meat-Eating Predatory Dinosaur” of Triassic Period, Actually a Timid Vegetarian:

upstart writes:Ocean Cleanup Device Shows It Can Remove Plastic From the Pacific:

upstart writes:CDC panel recommends boosters for many Americans:

upstart writes:Elephants are rapidly evolving without tusks to escape ivory poachers, study finds - ABC News:

upstart writes:from the TMIAHM dept.Mining the moon's water will require a massive infrastructure investment, but should we?:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Trump’s Brand New TRUTH App May Violate Terms Of Open Source Code It’s Built On

JoeMerchant writes:Top FCC Official Calls For Ban of DJI Drones, Citing National Security Risk:

upstart writes:WHO honours Henrietta Lacks, whose cells changed medicine:

upstart writes:China's FAST telescope could detect self-replicating alien probes:

upstart writes:FDA authorizes Moderna, Johnson & Johnson booster shots for many Americans:

canopic jug writes:The New York Times has written about study results published recently in Nature which show rather precisely when Vikings had been living in what is now Canada, specifically at L’Anse aux Meadows.

DannyB writes:Senate directs NASA to choose another company to build a lunar lander:

upstart writes:Nine UK schools start scanning children’s faces to take their lunch money:

The US American Automobile Association ("AAA" — national auto club) has over 60 million members. It recently ran tests on current Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and concluded that heavy rain caused a high rate of errors. https://www.automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.com/news/cavs/aaa-research-reveals-that-heavy-rain-often-defeats-adas-functions.html

looorg writes:Groundbreaking transplant a step toward solving organ shortage.Researchers at NYU Langone have managed to attach a pig kidney to a human and get it to work (for 54 hours).That said a first tiny step perhaps. The process require gene-modified pigs.PETA etc. object, naturally.https://usatoday.com/in-depth/news/health/2021/10/19/pig-kidney-organ-transplant-into-human-milestone-science/5948819001/ [paywalled].Also at The New York Times:

owl draws our attention to the following:https://sfconservancy.org/copyleft-compliance/vizio.html

upstart writes:More than 99.9% of studies agree: Humans caused climate change: