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martyb writes:I first happened upon this marvel of engineering on this recent CNN Travel video story. Digging around the internet, I then found this late April story on CNN.London's new see-through Sky Pool is first of its kind:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Imperial College London:

upstart writes:$1 billion piracy ruling could force ISPs to disconnect more Internet users:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/the-military-wants-to-use-rockets-for-cargo-delivery-anywhere-on-earth/

takyon writes:Jeff Bezos says he will fly into space next month

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Electric Car Batteries Are Turning This Country Into an Actual Hellscape:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Microsoft Teams calls are getting end-to-end encryption in July:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Genetic tricks of the longest-lived animals:

martyb writes:Do Wristwatches Get Any Better than a Cuckoo Clock?:

Anti-aristarchus writes:Story at SciTechDaily:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Swiss mired in poisonous row over pesticides:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for FatPhil:'Smart Toilet' Uses Artificial Intelligence to Monitor Bowel Health:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RunawayXXXX:Never Say Never AgainNASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity set for 7th Red Planet flight on Sunday:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Linux x86/x86_64 Will Now Always Reserve The First 1MB Of RAM - Phoronix:

takyon writes:The Ship Sinking Off Sri Lanka Looks Like A Lasting Environmental Disaster

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Firefox 89: Can this redesign stem browser's decline?:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Reducing poverty can actually lower energy demand, finds research:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for raxas:Killer Drone 'Hunted Down A Human Target' Without Being Told To:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for raxas:China maintains 'artificial sun' at 120 million Celsius for over 100 seconds, setting new world record:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/05/charter-charges-more-money-for-slower-internet-on-streets-with-no-competition/

Anti-aristarchus writes:From NPR, National Public Radio:

Eratosthenes writes:Best View Yet of Exceptional Cosmic Explosion – Challenges Established Theory of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Universe:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:FCC fight against robocalls goes international:

martyb writes:Mockingbird song decoded:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Japan will send a transforming robot ball to the Moon:

takyon writes:Google Replaces Millions of Intel's CPUs With Its Own Homegrown Chips

takyon writes:U.S. Finds No Evidence of Alien Technology in Flying Objects, but Can't Rule It Out, Either (archive)

Anti-aristarchus writes:Recent story at The New York Times:

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mendax writes:NewAtlas published an article that may outline the future of secure computing:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Stack Overflow sold to tech investor Prosus for $1.8 billion:

looorg writes:NASA is launching 100 baby squids — and thousands of other organisms — into space for testing. Lets just hope it doesn't end like the classic NROL-39 badge.[*]SpaceX’s 22nd Commercial Resupply Mission to Space Station Launches Water Bears, Squid, Solar Panels:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:WordPress force installs Jetpack security update on 5 million sites:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Supreme Court reins in definition of crime under controversial hacking law:

DECbot writes:Wyoming has selected billionaire Bill Gates's company TerraPower LLC and Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway's owned power company PacifiCorp to build the nation's first Natrium reactor. As reported by Reuters:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Girl, 9, and sister, 4, walk away from crash with truck after taking parents’ car to drive to beach – My Blog:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:AMD is bringing performance-boosting SmartShift tech to Linux laptops:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Scientists make powerful underwater glue inspired by barnacles and mussels:

martyb writes:Venus can't wait—NASA plans blockbuster return to hothouse neighbor:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:FBI: REvil cybergang behind the JBS ransomware attack:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:New 'Swiss Army knife' cleans up water pollution:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:New 'superfood' for bees may be able to help detoxify hives contaminated with pesticides:

An Anonymous Coward writes:QUIC is Now RFC 9000:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:A Driverless Truck Got a Shipment Cross-Country 10 Hours Faster Than a Human Driver:

Fnord666 writes:It looks like the launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope has slipped again. It was slated to launch this coming Halloween but now it will be at mid-November at the earliest.According to Ars Technica:

martyb writes:Meat Producer JBS Says Expects Most Plants Working Wednesday:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Amazon Faced 75,000 Arbitration Demands. Now It Says: Fine, Sue Us:

takyon writes:Raspberry Pi Announces RP2040 Chips For $1

An Anonymous Coward writes:Employees are Quitting Instead of Giving Up Working from Home:

takyon writes:GCC 9.4 Compiler Released With 190+ Bug Fixes